Release Highlights

Aspose.Words for C++ 24.10 adds robust enhancements across chart formatting, shape visibility, and markdown export. The release introduces CommandButton ActiveX control creation, nested shape grouping, and HTML-style markdown table export, while continuing to improve performance and platform compatibility for macOS and Linux.

New Feature

• ActiveX Control Support: You can now create CommandButton ActiveX controls in Word documents.
• Shape Visibility: The new Shape.Hidden property allows developers to control the visibility of shapes.
• Nested Group Shape Insertion: Enhanced InsertGroupShape API allows grouping of both individual and existing group shapes.
• Markdown Export Upgrade: Added support for exporting tables as HTML when saving to Markdown format.
• Pie and Doughnut Chart Formatting: Public properties added for fine-tuning Pie and Doughnut chart styles.
• Big5 and Taiwanese Font Support: Improved support for Big5 encoding and outdated Taiwanese fonts during rendering and layout.

Enhancement

• Chart Accuracy: Fixed rendering issues for logarithmic axes and data labels in various chart types.
• EPUB, HTML, and PDF Improvements: Enhanced layout precision and text alignment across formats, including font fallback and hyperlink fixes.
• RTF and MHTML Export: Resolved bugs related to missing shapes, image colors, and broken layout when exporting documents.
• Mail Merge Enhancements: Improved behavior with number formats, hyperlinks, and data sources containing special characters.
• Document Comparison and Loading: Reduced exceptions and improved robustness when comparing or loading large and complex files.

Cross-Platform Notes (macOS and Linux)

• macOS Compatibility: Fully supports macOS Monterey (12.0+) for 64-bit Intel-based Mac systems, ensuring stable rendering, layout, and export operations.
• Linux Compatibility: Compatible with Clang 3.9.1 or later, supporting x86_x64 architectures for reliable document processing and format conversions.
• Features like LINQ Reporting, PDF document loading, and Metered Licensing remain unsupported on C++ and are scheduled for future consideration.

Fix

• Fixed shape visibility errors, incorrect text wrapping, and missing elements in rendered PDF output.
• Addressed InvalidOperationException, ArgumentOutOfRangeException, and other critical errors during comparison, field updates, and rendering.
• Resolved issues in DOCX to PDF and DOCX to MD conversions, especially involving list layout, TOC, Thai/Chinese character rendering, and SDT formatting.
• Eliminated redundant footers, layout drift, and table overlaps during format transitions (e.g., DOCX to HTML to DOCX).
• Corrected Markdown-to-HTML formatting, font embedding issues, and compatibility warnings in PDF/UA validation.

👉 You can view the full list of updates by visiting Aspose.Words for C++ 24.10 Release Notes

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