Released: May 15, 2024

Updates in 2024 Q2 (2024.2.426)

Features

• Document Processing Libraries
  • The minimum supported .NET Framework version for Document Processing Libraries is now 4.6.2.
  • Document Processing Libraries Versions built against .NET Framework 4.0 and .NET Core 3.1 are now removed.
• PdfProcessing
  • Exposed an option to plug logic for embedding a subset of a registered font for frameworks different from .NET Framework.
  • Introduced support for OTF font file format.
  • Added the ability to handle documents containing invalidly located clipping path operators.
  • Added the ability to handle documents with invalid structure of path construction operators.
• SpreadProcessing
  • Introduced Description property for FloatingShapeBase.
• Visual Studio Code Extension
  • Added Document Processing Libraries Configuration Wizard for Telerik UI for Blazor and Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core.

Fixes

• PdfProcessing
  • Fixed issue where text rendering was not correct in scenarios with negative font and/or negative horizontal scaling.
  • Fixed a NotSupportedCompressionMethodException with the message - Cannot decode stream with a not supported compression method.
  • Fixed issue where incorrect characters were displayed when merging multiple PDF documents with the RadFixedDocument.Merge method.
  • Fixed issue where NullReferenceException was thrown when exporting a document with CFF Type1 font.
  • Fixed issue where import-export caused missing characters with specific document.
  • Fixed issue where an InvalidOperationException was thrown when exporting font that was available but not used.
  • Fixed issue where the read-only flag was not respected when importing a document.
  • Fixed issue where a dictionary with invalid entry could not be imported correctly and broke the import process.
  • Fixed issue where the Form field height was wrong after export with a specific document.
  • Fixed issue involving wrong character widths when merging documents with exactly the same font but different character widths.
• SpreadStreamProcessing
  • Fixed issue where the application was stuck when importing the last row of a worksheet which had a property set but had no cells.
• WordsProcessing
  • Fixed issue where a NullReferenceException was thrown when a Hyperlink was placed before a MailMerge group.
  • Fixed issue where image in Header or Footer with IsBehindDocument set to True was rendered on top of the text.
• ZipLibrary
  • Fixed issue where you cannot open newly added files to a password-protected zip archive.