Aspose Newsletter December 2011

Aspose wins DevProConnections Community Choice Awards

This month we won two medals in the DevProConnections Community Awards! Thank you to everyone who voted for us. It is great to know that our users like our products enough to vote for us. Read the news release.

To celebrate, and to offer something back to our community, we are running a sweepstake and offering a discount code on our Facebook fan page. Everyone who likes Aspose in December can enter a sweepstake to win an iPad 2. A winner will be randomly selected in January.

It’s not just new fans we want to give something to. All of our fans get 20% off Aspose.Total in December. The discount code is on our Facebook fan page and is valid until the end of the year.

Thank you for reading.
John Owens, Aspose Scotland Team Leader
@aspose

Product Spotlight – Aspose.Slides for .NET lets developers work with Microsoft PowerPoint files

Aspose.Slides for .NET allows .NET applications to read, write and manipulate PowerPoint documents without using Microsoft PowerPoint. It gives developers control over presentation slides far beyond simple conversion. Download Aspose.Slides for .NET.

Technical Article – Disabling Microsoft Excel error check options with Aspose.Cells for Java

Microsoft Excel has a number of automatic error checks. Aspose.Cells for Java’s ErrorCheckOptions class allows you to manage them. Occasionally, numbers may be formatted and stored in cells as text. This technical article shows you how to disable that error check option. Read the technical article.

Tutorial Video – Extracting contacts from PST files with Aspose.Email for .NET

With Aspose.Email for .NET it is easy to extract contacts from a PST file. The process is simple: open an existing PST file, access its contact folder and save each contact as vCard and Outlook MSG files. This video takes you through the steps in just under four minutes. Watch the tutorial.

Migration Tip – Changing the page setup for a document using Aspose.Words for .NET

Aspose.Words for .NET allows you to work with Microsoft Word documents from within your applications independent of Microsoft Automation. You can manipulate Word documents without having to interact with other applications on the machine or server. The process is fast and stable. This tip shows you how to use Aspose.Words for .NET to change the page setup for a document. Read the migration tip.

New Releases and Updates

• Aspose.Total for .NET – a compilation of our latest .NET products.
• Aspose.Cells for .NET 7.0.3 – adds support for advanced formatting when converting to PDF and many fixes.
• Aspose.Words for .NET – our monthly Aspose.Words for .NET release.
• Aspose.Pdf for .NET 6.4.2 – a hotfix that solves conversion and printing issues.
• Aspose.BarCode for .NET 4.4.0 – adds barcode recognition to Silverlight and a couple of fixes.
• Aspose.Diagram for .NET 1.7.0 – adds support for rendering shadows on shapes and a number of enhancements and fixes.
• Aspose.Imaging for .NET 1.1.0 – adds support for the .NET Compact Framework’s core functionality and PSD files.
• Aspose.Email for .NET 1.1.0 – allows you to create PST files, add a BCC field to MHT headers, identify mail folders in PST files and much more.
• Aspose.Total for Java – a compilation of our latest Java products.
• Aspose.Cells for Java 7.0.3 – hotfix that introduces the PivotField.getBaseIndex() method and a number of enhancements and fixes.
• Aspose.Words for Java – our monthly Aspose.Words for Java release.
• Aspose.Pdf for Java 3.0.2 – allows you to convert PCL files to PDF, adds support for TrueType font maps, CCIFF encoding and a number of fixes.
• Aspose.Email for Java 1.1.0 – allows you to create PST files, add a BCC field to MHT headers, identify mail folders in PST files and more.
• Aspose.Total for SharePoint – a compilation of our latest SharePoint products.
• Aspose.Total for SSRS – a compilation of our latest Reporting Services products.
• Aspose.Total for JasperReports – a compilation of our latest JasperReports products.