Recalculation Implementations Enhanced for MPP & XML File Formats inside Java Apps

What's New in this Release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the release of Aspose.Tasks for Java 17.3.0. This month’s release is kind of maintenance release where Aspose team has not only work hard to fix the bugs reported by the valued customers, but also made improvements in the overall API architecture for improved functionality. The bug fixes included in this month’s release affect a number of functionality areas of the API in terms of improvement. It has fixed issues related to reading and writing MPP files that resulted in exceptions while saving the file. It has also fixed issues related to the formula value calculations while working with date time formula fields of a project. The recalculation issues have been fixed for these fields including DateAdd, DateDiff and DatePart. It has also improved the recalculation implementations for both MPP and XML file formats. This includes bug fixes that resulted in unexpected output in some cases. Fixing such issues has improved the API behavior in terms of expected output for specified criterion. Below is the complete list of bug fixes and enhanced features included in this release.

• Inconsistent behavior of %Complete in MPP
• WBS Codes written to MPP file are not same as Microsoft Project
• ArgumentOutOfRangeException is raised when setting task Finish date
• Empty timephased data added in XML for type AssignmentWork (.NET)
• Formula values not calculated properly for DateAdd, DateDiff and DatePart
• Project reading exception while loading MPP file
• Project Reading Exception while Loading MPP file

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for Java documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

- Extended Task Attributes: https://docs.aspose.com/display/tasksjava/Extended+Task+Attributes

- Writing Metadata to MPP: https://docs.aspose.com/display/tasksjava/Writing+Metadata+to+MPP

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for Java

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical Java Project management component that enables Java applications to read, write & manage Project documents without utilizing MS Project. It supports reading MS Project Template (MPT) files as well as allows exporting project data to HTML, BMP, PNG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, XPS, XAML and SVG formats. It reads & writes MS Project documents in both MPP & XML formats. Developers can read & change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations & calendars.

More about Aspose.Tasks for Java

- Homepage of Aspose.Tasks for Java: http://www.aspose.com/products/tasks/java

- Download of Aspose.Tasks for Java: http://www.aspose.com/downloads/tasks/java

- Online documentation of Aspose.Tasks for Java: http://www.aspose.com/docs/dashboard.action

Aspose Pty Ltd was founded in March 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The corporate portal was firstly launched in October 2002. Aspose strives to provide the richest component choices for global .NET programmers. Thousands of organizations from tens of countries have acquired Aspose products, including Microsoft, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, DuPont, Hilton Hotels, Reader's Digest, Bank of America, Boeing, Siemens, etc.

Contact Information
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Lane Cove, NSW, 2066
Australia
Phone: 888.277.6734
Fax: 866.810.9465

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