DevExpress Document Server 17.1.3

Released: May 17, 2017

Updates in 17.1.3

Features

  • PDF Document Processor
    • Create/Delete Interactive Form - With this release, you can programmatically add new form fields to a PDF document, remove existing form fields or the entire interactive form from the PDF document.
    • Extended Set of Supported Characters for Non-Embedded Fonts - v17.1 extends the characters set for non-embedded fonts for both PDF Graphics and the AcroForm API from ISO Latin-1 to Adobe Glyph List.
    • Highlighted Text - With this release, the PDF Document Processor can render highlighted text.
    • Document Password Protection Enhancements - You can now use one of the following encryption algorithms to protect your PDF documents:
      • 128-bit AES (used by default)
      • 256-bit AES
      • 128-bit ARC4
      • The PDF Password Protection API can also work in partial trust environments.
  • Spreadsheet Automation
    • Rotated Text - With this release, you have the ability to rotate text within individual spreadsheet cells. Rotated text can be printed and exported to PDF format.
    • File Type Detection - With this release, you don't need to specify the document format when loading it from a stream or Byte array using 'LoadDocument' methods. The file type is now identified automatically by the integrated file format detector.