This release of Aspose.Cells for C++ (v24.8) focuses on improving pivot table functionality, chart rendering, and overall performance for your C++ spreadsheet processing apps running on macOS.

Key Highlights

• Supercharged Pivot Tables: Generate dynamic pivot tables, enable sorting by specific pivot items, and enhance overall pivot table performance with the latest release of the C++ Excel API.
• Powerful Chart Rendering: Enjoy empowered chart visualization with precise label positioning, refined rendering, and different chart types support on macOS.
• Enriched Formula Calculation: You can benefit from trustworthy formula evaluation, along with support for complex functions, such as YEARFRAC and LET.
• Manage Excel File Formats: Aspose.Cells for C++ 24.8 effectively handles various Excel formats with augmented conversion, import, and export features.

New Features

• Support for visiting all cells containing “Place in Cell” pictures has been introduced.
• This C++ spreadsheet processing library version includes the VALUETOTEXT function for flexible data manipulation.
• Developers can now sort pivot tables by pivot field items for improved data analysis on macOS.
• Upgrade your apps with support for sorting by specific pivot items to refine data presentation.
• Seamlessly edit formulas with blank spaces for elevated formula creation.

Enhancements

• Leverage the ability to encrypt documents for enhanced security control without encrypting document properties.
• Version 24.8 of the C++ library offers a character rendering boost in Excel to PDF conversion for accurate output.
• Easily render text content to PDF for better visual consistency on Apple Mac.

Bug Fixes

Here are some of the issues we fixed in Aspose.Cells for C++ 24.8:

• Resolved YEARFRAC formula calculation issue with February 29th and January 1st.
• Fixed hyperlinks in PDF not working after formula calculation.
• Addressed LET function evaluation error.
• Corrected spreadsheet conversion errors.
• Improved chart rendering by fixing missing data labels, incorrect arrow/bullet positioning, and label alignment issues.
• Addressed Excel file to PDF conversion rendering issues.
• Resolved text underline display errors in PDF conversion.
• Fixed HTML-rich text rendering issues.
• Corrected SpreadsheetML to XHTML conversion errors.
• Improved image positioning in XLSX to HTML conversion.
• Resolved pivot table area formatting loss after opening the resultant spreadsheet in Excel.
• Fixed worksheet corruption after saving with PivotTables.
• Addressed issue with sorting row field by values in a specific field.
• Corrected rendering of merged cells with blank rows removed.
• Retained math equations when opening Excel spreadsheets.
• Fixed result file crashes when resaving the sample file.
• Resolved error messages when opening XLSX files.
• Improved data accuracy and consistency when importing JSON into Excel.
• Corrected single node export as attributes when exporting to JSON.
• Retained outline borders after refreshing pivot tables.

Public API Changes

• Added new methods for pivot table sorting and filtering.
• Introduced properties for customizing chart appearance.
• Updated calculation engine for improved accuracy.

You can view the list of all new features, enhancements, and bug fixes introduced in this release by visiting Aspose.Cells for C++ 24.8 Release Notes.