DevExpress Office File API 20.1.7

Improves PDF, Zip Compression and Spreadsheet APIs.
August 27, 2020
New Version

Fixes

Installation (Microsoft .NET)

  • The DevExpress installer checks for LogifySend.exe file updates even if the "I do not wish to participate..." option was chosen.

PDF Document API

  • Parsing - Documents containing annotations with an invalid content value cannot be opened.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader shows the "1 Miscellaneous Change(s)" message in the Signature Panel if the document was incrementally updated by PdfDocumentSigner.
  • Export - Font is substituted with an incorrect font on Linux.
  • Parsing - A document containing the choice form field with an invalid "Top index" value cannot be opened.
  • Parsing - Documents with resources on branch page tree nodes are loaded incorrectly.
  • The PDF Document API library for .NET Standard cannot be executed in .NET Framework runtime.
  • Usability - There is no API for deferred signing.
  • Usability - There is no API to create a signature with a widget that belongs to several document pages.

Spreadsheet Document API

  • Usability - There is no public API to disable the pivot field dropdown.

Word Processing Document API

  • Export to HTML - Image URIs are not retained for floating pictures.
  • Initialization of the XRRichText control takes additional time in the Apple macOS environment.
  • Tables - Resulting cell widths are inconsistent after table cells are split.
  • Tables - Setting width for a cell located in a column with merged cells may produce an incorrect table.

Zip Compression and Archive API

  • DevExpress.Compression.CrcErrorArchiveItemException is thrown on an attempt to extract items from a password-protected archive.
  • System.NotSupportedException is thrown on an attempt to change the ZipItem.Name property value.
DevExpress Office File API

DevExpress Office File API

Read and write Excel and Word files, create and edit PDF documents, generate barcodes and compressed archives.

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