GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET 20.3 Release Notes

Release notes for GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET 20.3

This page contains release notes for GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET 20.3.

Major Features

There are 9 features, improvements, and bug-fixes in this release, most notable are:

  • Added support of Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Template (.xlt) file format
  • Added new option that enables users to set filename when rendering archive files

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release

KeySummaryCategory
VIEWERNET-1898Add Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Template (.xlt) file format supportFeature
VIEWERNET-2351Specify filename when rendering archive filesFeature
VIEWERNET-2155Reduce margins when rendering LaTeX (.tex) filesImprovement
VIEWERNET-2355Return unknown file type when passing null or empty string as extension or media typeImprovement
VIEWERNET-2356Accept attachment object instead of attachment IDImprovement
VIEWERNET-86DefaultFontName setting is not working for rendering Word Processing documents into HTMLBug
VIEWERNET-2120Page size is 0 for HTML modeBug
VIEWERNET-2347The number greater than zero is expected exceptionBug
VIEWERNET-2352Output shows compressed file content/data as Compressed Word FileBug

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Changes in GroupDocs.Viewer.FileType class

public static readonly FileType XLT = new FileType(“Microsoft Excel Template”, “.xlt”); field added

Microsoft Excel Template (.xlt)

public static FileType FromExtension(string extension) method behavior changed

This method now accepts null or empty string and returns FileType.Unknown file type instead of throwing InvalidArgumentException.

public static FileType FromMediaType(string mediaType) method behavior changed

This method now accepts null or empty string and returns FileType.Unknown file type instead of throwing InvalidArgumentException.

Changes in GroupDocs.Viewer.Options.ArchiveOptions class

public FileName FileName { get; set; } property added

The filename to display in the header. By default, the name of the source file is displayed.

Changes in GroupDocs.Viewer.Options.FileName class

public class FileName class added

This class represents the name of the file.

/// <summary>
/// The filename.
/// </summary>
public class FileName
{
    internal string Text { get; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The empty filename.
    /// </summary>
    public static readonly FileName Empty = new FileName("<empty>");
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The name of the source file.
    /// </summary>
    public static readonly FileName Source = new FileName("<source>");
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes new instance of <see cref="FileName"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="fileName">The name of the file.</param>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown when <paramref name="fileName"/> is null.</exception>
    public FileName(string fileName)
    {
        if (fileName == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileName));
        Text = fileName;
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a string that represents the current object.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>A string that represents the current object.</returns>
    public override string ToString()
    {
        return Text;
    }
}

Changes in GroupDocs.Viewer.Results.Attachment class

public Attachment(string fileName) constructor added

Initializes new instance of Attachment class.

/// <summary>
/// Initializes new instance of <see cref="Attachment"/> class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">Attachment file name.</param>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Thrown when <paramref name="fileName"/> is null or empty.</exception>
public Attachment(string fileName)

Changes in GroupDocs.Viewer.Viewer class

public Viewer(String filePath, Common.Func getLoadOptions) constructor has been removed

Please switch to the constructor that accepts LoadOptions object instead of factory method.

Viewer(String filePath, Common.Func getLoadOptions, ViewerSettings settings) constructor has been removed

Please switch to the constructor that accepts LoadOptions object instead of factory method.

public void SaveAttachment(string attachmentId, Stream destination) method set as obsolete

This method is obsolete and will removed in June 2020 (v20.6). Please switch to the method that accepts Attachment as a first parameter.

public void SaveAttachment(Attachment attachment, Stream destination) method added

Saves attachment file to the destination stream.

/// <summary>
/// Saves attachment file to <paramref name="destination"/> stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="attachment">The attachment.</param>
/// <param name="destination">The writable stream.</param>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown when <paramref name="attachment"/> is null.</exception>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown when <paramref name="destination"/> is null.</exception>
/// <exception cref="Exceptions.PasswordRequiredException">Thrown when password is required to open the document.</exception>
/// <exception cref="Exceptions.IncorrectPasswordException">Thrown when password that was specified is incorrect.</exception>
/// <exception cref="Exceptions.GroupDocsViewerException">Thrown when attachment could not be found.</exception>
public void SaveAttachment(Attachment attachment, Stream destination)