Groupdocs.Blogs

Introducing Z-Order for Text Signatures in GroupDocs.Signature for .NET 19.9

We are back with another monthly release of our eSign API - GroupDocs.Signature for .NET. This release includes three new features, three improvements, and a bug fix. So in this article, I’ll give you a walk-through of the latest release. Support of Z-Order for Text Signatures Z-order determines the order for the overlapping, two-dimensional objects in an x-y plane. Put it simply, if X-axis represents the width and Y-axis represents the height then Z-order will represent the depth of the object.

Adjust Contrast when Converting a Document to Image

Up till now, there was a simple document to image conversion process. With the GroupDocs.Conversion for Java release version 19.10, we’ve added a number of interesting features for image conversion. Set color mode when converting to JPEG Option to set compression mode Adjust image brightness and contrast Set gamma Option to flip image Have a look at its implementation of the above features in Java Conversion from CDR CDR is a vector graphics file.

Introducing more simplified and improved GroupDocs.Merger for .NET

GroupDocs.Merger for .NET allows you to merge or manipulate document structure across a wide range of file formats. Those who are new to this API, you can join several documents into one, split single document to multiple documents, reorder or replace document pages, change page orientation and manage document password. Version 19.9 is a major release. We totally restructured the API and below are the reasons to migrate: Merger class introduced as a single entry point to manage the document processing of any supported file format API is improved to decrease memory usage Easy to instantiate proper options class and control over document structure manipulation processes Those who are already using the API, let us share the code difference.

Introducing API v2 of GroupDocs.Parser for .NET

The all-new API v2 of GroupDocs.Parser for .NET has been released! It would be a piece of breaking news for those who are already using our document parsing API as well as who are looking for an easy to use solution for extracting text, images, and metadata from PDF, word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, emails, EPUB & ZIP file formats. What’s new in the API v2? We have done some major updates at the architecture level of the API to perform product optimization.

Process the Microsoft Outlook Email Attachments in a .NET Viewer Application

An ‘attachment’ is a file such as a document or a photo that is attached to an email. It’s easy to attach pictures, files, contacts, emails and many other items to your Outlook messages. If you selected a file on your local computer or group document library for the attachment purpose, a copy of the file is attached to the email. The case: A software developer is making a document viewing application.

Redact Classified Content from Documents using All-New GroupDocs.Redaction for .NET

We are continuing the journey of revamping our products to bring a more simplified and easy to use interfaces for you. We have done it for many of our document manipulation APIs and recently, we have released all-new GroupDocs.Redaction for .NET API for you as v19.9. With this release, we have made it even easier for you to programmatically remove or mask classified information from text, metadata, and the annotations in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents as well as images.

Verify Digital Signature in Documents using C#

Digital Signatures in documents look similar to the paper-based signatures, however, being certificate-based electronic signatures they contain the identity of the signer in encrypted form. The certificates are issued by trusted and authorized Certificate Authorities. These authorities identify the person the certificates are issued to. This is why the digitally signed documents can be verified at any time. In this article, I’ll show you how to programmatically verify the digital signature in PDF, Word, and Excel, documents by using GroupDocs.

Introducing Simple and Easy to Use .NET Document Conversion API

We are introducing a new public API that is designed to be implemented easily. Those who are using previous version of the API (below 19.9), you don’t have to worry. The legacy API has been moved into legacy namespace. If you want to upgrade to v19.9, it is required to make project-wide replacement of namespace usages from GroupDocs.Conversion to GroupDocs.Conversion.Legacy in order to avoid any build issues. Why to use new version?

A simplified and easy to use document comparison API

A major advantage of GroupDocs.Comparison for .NET is its ability to tightly integrate with any .NET project. This integration gives an extra mark to your application or project. GroupDocs.Comparison for .NET 19.9 comes with a lot of breaking changes. The legacy API have been moved into Legacy namespace**.** So, when you update to this version it is required to make project-wide replacement of namespace usages from GroupDocs.Comparison. to GroupDocs.Comparison.Legacy to resolve build issues.

View MPP Files Created in MS Project 2019 using GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET 19.9

Hello everyone! We have recently released version 19.9 of GroupDocs.Viewer for .NET with the support of new file formats as well as a number of bug fixes. So in this post, I am going to write about what is new in this release particularly for those who are interested in viewing Microsoft Project files (.mpp) using .NET API. Microsoft Project is a famous project management software that is proved to be helpful for the managers as well as the other stakeholders in making, organizing, tracking and analyzing their project plans.