Aspose.Newsletter: generate & recognize barcodes for UTF-8

Aspose publishes August 2009 Newsletter for .NET & Java programmers. It highlights all the newly supported features by Aspose.BarCode, Aspose.Workflow for .NET, Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services, Aspose.Words for Reporting Services, Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET, Aspose.Words for .NET, Aspose.Report for .NET, Aspose.Cells for JasperReports, Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services and Aspose.Words for Java. We will also provide information about migrating your code for MS Office Automation to Aspose using Aspose.Network for .NET. You will learn about the latest news from Aspose along with the monthly technical article, which demonstrates how to generate and recognize barcodes for UTF-8 (Unicode) characters using Aspose.BarCode for .NET. In addition to this, we will introduce the latest tutorial video from Aspose, which shows you how to print barcode of exact size based on unit using Aspose.BarCode for .NET.

Product Spotlight

Aspose.BarCode is a robust and reliable component, written in managed C# and Java, which allows developers to quickly and easily add barcode generation and recognition functionality to Microsoft .NET applications (WinForms, ASP.NET and .NET Compact Framework) as well as Java applications (J2SE, J2EE and J2ME). Aspose.BarCode supports most of the established barcode standards and barcode specifications. It has the ability to export to multiple image formats including: BMP, EMF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF and WMF. With Aspose.BarCode developers have full control over every aspect of the barcode image including: background color, bar color, image quality, rotation angle, x-dimension, captions, customer defined resolution and more. Take the time to download the free evaluation version today to see how Aspose.BarCode can work for you.

Create XPDL 1.0 and XPDL 2.1 compatible workflow applications with Aspose.Workflow for .NET

The latest version 2.0.0 of Aspose.Workflow for .NET has been released. This release includes new XPDL Designer and enhanced Workflow Engine. Designer provides its users the ability to create or manage XPDL 1.0 or XPDL 2.1 packages and Engine allows the users to upload XPDL 1.0 and XPDL 2.1 packages and to create XPDL 1.0 and XPDL 2.1 compatible workflow applications. This version also provides the ability to suspend or resume a workflow process at runtime and to get the assigned users for a task. Also included with this release are numerous improvements and bug fixes. For more information you can view the official release page and the relevant blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Workflow for .NET can be downloaded from here.

MS SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services supported by Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services

Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services version 1.5.0 has been released. In this version we have added support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. Another exciting feature in this version is the support for Report Viewer. By installing Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services on a development machine, you will be able to add the ability to export to PDF format from Report Viewer working in local mode. In addition to this, the new release also includes numerous other improvements and bug fixes. For detailed information you are requested to view the official release page and accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services can be downloaded from here.

Smarter document layout with Aspose.Words for Reporting Services

The latest version 3.1.0 of Aspose.Words for Reporting Services has been released. This release introduces a smarter document layout algorithm. Particularly, now the Microsoft Word's "Repeat as header row at the top of each page” feature is used to represent repeatable table and matrix headers (as well as group headers) in the exported document. We have also added the DontBreakTables page breaks placement mode. For more information please consult the official release page and the relevant blog post. This release was soon followed by the release of version 3.1.1 of Aspose.Words for Reporting Services which is a hotfix that contains two important bugfixes. First, it addresses the long table cells problem reported by our customers. Second, it addresses the invalid group page breaks placement that occurred for some relatively complex report design. For more information please consult the official release page and the relevant blog post. Also included with these releases are numerous improvements and bug fixes. The latest version of Aspose.Words for Reporting Services can be downloaded from here.

64-bit OS fully supported by Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET version 3.5.0 has been released. In this release all unmanaged code has been rewritten and replaced with managed code and 64-bit OS is now fully supported. The features of Form editor and PDF extractor have also been improved. In addition to this, the new release also includes numerous other improvements and bug fixes. For more information, you are requested to view the official release page and the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Words for .NET supports export to XML Paper Specification (XPS)

The latest version 6.5.0 of Aspose.Words for .NET has been released. In this release we have added support for exporting documents or pages as XPS (XML Paper Specification). We have also added support for Table Styles, Table Style Conditional Formatting and Document Themes. In addition to this vertically merged table cells are supported when converting to PDF, rendering and printing. Also included with these releases are numerous improvements and bug fixes. For more details, please consult the official release page and the relevant blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Words for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Report for .NET 1.0.0 Released

Aspose.Report for .NET version 1.0.0 has been released. Aspose.Report for .NET can be used for a variety of tasks ranging from ad hoc reports to quick and easy search screens and a variety of great looking charts. The first version of Aspose.Report for .NET includes three sub components; AdHoc for ASP.NET, AdHoc for WinForms and Chart. For more information, you are requested to view the official release page and the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Report for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Editable charts supported by Aspose.Cells for JasperReports

The latest version 1.0.0 of Aspose.Cells for JasperReports has been released. In this version, we have supported different types of charts including bar, area, pie, line etc. The charts in the exported report(s) can be edited in MS Excel with great ease. The component easily integrates with JasperServer and also eliminates the dependency on POI library. For more information please consult the official release page and the relevant blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Cells for JasperReports can be downloaded from here.

Export RDL reports to PPTX with Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services

Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services version 3.2.0 has been released. This release is based on the latest version of Aspose.Slides for .NET and introduces a new export format. Now you can export your RDL reports to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (PPTX) in addition to the previously supported formats like PPT and PPS. Numerous other improvements and bug fixes have also been incorporated into this release. For more information, you are requested to view the official release page and the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Words for Java with improved ODT, DOCX and CSS support

The latest version 3.1.0 of Aspose.Words for Java has been released. This release includes over 150 fixes and enhancements. The support for ODT load and save has reached the "production" level. We have also improved support for CSS when loading HTML as well as added support for loading encrypted DOCX documents. In addition to this, Glossary Document and Building Blocks are supported in DOCX documents. For more information please consult the official release page and the relevant blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Words for Java can be downloaded from here.

Migration from MS Office Automation to Aspose – Aspose.Network

In this month’s newsletter we include information for migrating to Aspose.Network your Microsoft Office Automation code for adding attachments and HTML text to Outlook MSG file. You can find the detailed article with complete code here.

Technical Article – Generate and recognize barcodes for UTF-8 (Unicode) characters

In this article we show you how to generate and recognize barcodes for UTF-8 (Unicode) characters using Aspose.BarCode for .NET.

Tutorial Video –Print barcode of exact size based on unit

In this video, we will use Aspose.BarCode for .NET to generate a barcode of exact size, specified by image width and height. You can view the video here.

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