DevExpress Office File API 20.2.5

Improves Word Processing, Zip Compression and Archive APIs.
January 21, 2021
New Version

Fixes

PDF Document API

  • "Specified method is not supported" exception occurs on saving a specific PDF document.
  • DirectX Rendering - A page with specific axial shading cannot be rendered with large zoom factors.
  • Parsing - A document cannot be read if it contains a choice form field with an incorrect value.
  • Pkcs7Signer cannot sign a document with an RSA key that uses CNG Key Storage Provider under Microsoft .NET Framework.
  • Rendering - A non embedded 'ZapfDingbats' font with 'WinAnsiEncoding' is rendered incorrectly.
  • Rendering - Some JPEGs cannot be decoded via the LibJpeg library v62.
  • System.ArgumentException is thrown on saving a document with a flattened interactive form.

Spreadsheet Document API

  • A Spreadsheet 2003 XML document that has a custom property with a large number as a value cannot be loaded.
  • ArgumentOutOfRangeException is thrown on an attempt to change the data source for a pivot table with sorted fields.
  • IndexOutOfRangeException is thrown on exporting a specific document to PDF in v20.2.
  • 'Password to Modify' is not preserved on document saving.
  • PivotCaches.RefreshAll exception when the Pivot Table DataSource reference contains an apostrophe.
  • Rich text in cells is cropped in exported PDF documents on Linux OS.
  • The AutoFitRows method makes hidden or filtered out rows visible.
  • The content of certain cells is missing in the exported PDF document and the width of merged cells is calculated incorrectly in v20.2.
  • Usability - Not all connector presets are available in the API.

Word Processing Document API

  • Search - The Document.StartSearch method returns an incorrect document range if the document contains hidden text or fields.
  • Usability - There is no API that imports/exports a document from/to a byte array.

Zip Compression and Archive API

  • DevExpress.Compression.CrcErrorArchiveItemException is thrown on an attempt to unzip a ZIP file with a non-zero check sum if the archive is encrypted with the AES algorithm.
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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