GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET 3.1.0 Release Notes

This page contains release notes for GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET 3.1.0

Major Features

This is the version of new generation GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET. The most notable features are:

Added ability of native annotating Words documents
Improved performance of document Viewing
Added ability to export annotated Words documents

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release

Key	Summary	Category
ANNOTATIONNET-196	Implement getting not all pages of document at once (performance improvenet)	Improvement
ANNOTATIONNET-197	Increase slow Performance on big file	Improvement
ANNOTATIONNET-216	Implement proper exception for unsuported annotations for Slides and Cells formats	Improvement
ANNOTATIONNET-189	Implement ResourceRedaction annotation in Word documents	New Feature
ANNOTATIONNET-191	Implement Strikeout annotation in Word documents	New Feature
ANNOTATIONNET-190	Implement TextField annotation in Word documents	New Feature
ANNOTATIONNET-187	Implement Text Replacement in Words documents (comments)	New Feature
ANNOTATIONNET-188	Implement TextHighlight annotation in Word documents	New Feature
ANNOTATIONNET-211	Implement Text Area annotatoin in Words documents	New Feature
ANNOTATIONNET-213	Update open-source WebUI sample to use GroupDocs.Annotation 3.1.0	New Feature
ANNOTATIONNET-198	Implement document export to Word	New Feature

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

This section lists public API changes that were introduced in GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET 3.1.0. It includes not only new and obsoleted public methods, but also a description of any changes in the behavior behind the scenes in GroupDocs.Annotation which may affect existing code. Any behavior introduced that could be seen as a regression and modifies existing behavior is especially important and is documented here.

Example of creating Annotations of different types (for Words format) Skip to end of metadata

Text Annotation

            AnnotationInfo textAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                PageNumber = 0,
                SvgPath = "[{\"x\":186.698,\"y\":706.196},{\"x\":318.41201,\"y\":706.196},{\"x\":186.698,\"y\":697.196},{\"x\":318.41201,\"y\":697.196}]",
                Type = AnnotationType.Text
            };

Area Annnotation

            AnnotationInfo areaAnnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                BackgroundColor = 11111111,
                Box = new Rectangle(87.9f, 276.5f, 435.7f, 87f),
                PageNumber = 0,
                Type = AnnotationType.Area
            };

Strikeout Annotation

            AnnotationInfo strikeoutAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                Box = new Rectangle(87.9f, 276.5f, 435.7f, 87f),
                PageNumber = 0,
                PenColor = 1201033,
                SvgPath = "[{\"x\":208.392,\"y\":313.088},{\"x\":519.659,\"y\":313.088},{\"x\":208.392,\"y\":304.088},{\"x\":519.659,\"y\":304.088}]",
                Type = AnnotationType.TextStrikeout
            };

Text Field Annotation

            AnnotationInfo textFieldAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                FieldText = "text in the box",
                FontFamily = "Arial",
                FontSize = 10,
                Box = new Rectangle(92f, 73f, 106f, 45f),
                PageNumber = 1,
                Type = AnnotationType.TextField,
            };

Text Replacement Annotation

            AnnotationInfo textReplacementAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                FieldText = " \"REPLACED TEXT\" ",
                FontSize = 10,
                SvgPath = "[{\"x\":251.224,\"y\":637.20401},{\"x\":327.89,\"y\":637.20401},{\"x\":251.224,\"y\":628.20401},{\"x\":327.89,\"y\":628.20401}]",
                PageNumber = 0,
                Type = AnnotationType.TextReplacement,
            };

Arrow Annotation

            AnnotationInfo arrowAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                Box = new Rectangle(479f, 218f, -261f, -89f),
                PageNumber = 0,
                Type = AnnotationType.Arrow,
            };

Text Redaction Annotation

            AnnotationInfo textRedactionAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                PageNumber = 1,
                SvgPath = "[{\"x\":72,\"y\":676.07},{\"x\":196.427,\"y\":676.074},{\"x\":72,\"y\":662.674},{\"x\":196.427,\"y\":662.674}]",
                Type = AnnotationType.TextRedaction,
            };

Resource Redaction Annotation

            AnnotationInfo resourceRedactionAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                Box = new Rectangle(69f, 337f, 449f, 118f),
                PageNumber = 1,
                Type = AnnotationType.ResourcesRedaction,
            };

Underline Annotation

            AnnotationInfo underlineAnnotation = new AnnotationInfo
            {
                PageNumber = 1,
                SvgPath = "[{\"x\":415.17499,\"y\":628.874},{\"x\":511.85101,\"y\":628.874},{\"x\":415.17499,\"y\":619.874},{\"x\":511.85101,\"y\":619.874}]",
                Type = AnnotationType.TextUnderline
            };