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Altova StyleVision 2012 released

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:38:57 GMT

Designing a form in StyleVision's design view.

Composite styles can now be applied to RTF, Word, and PDF as well as HTML and Authentic electronic forms.

Altova StyleVision is a drag-and-drop, visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL, and database data into eye-catching HTML, RTF , PDF, OOXML/Word, and Authentic electronic form output. Altova StyleVision is standards-based and supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. Altova StyleVision is optimized for single source publishing and even integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012

Composite Styles - You now have even more control over how output content is formatted with support for composite styles in StyleVision. In Version 2012 you can use XPath to build a composite that controls multiple style features of a single attribute. In addition, composite styles can now be applied to RTF, Word, and PDF as well as HTML and Authentic electronic forms.
Assigning dynamic class values to RTF, Word, and PDF output - In the past StyleVision users have been able to use XPath to assign class dynamically in HTML and Authentic - now this functionality has been extended to RTF, Word, and PDF as well.
Choose CSS file via XPath - StyleVision offers a great deal of flexibility around output formatting by supporting multiple CSS files in a single design. Now you can exert even more control through the use of XPath to select individual CSS files for output to HTML and Authentic electronic forms based on end user input or other parameters. The XPath is evaluated at the beginning of output processing so that you can easily change the appearance of the entire document - a single CSS or all CSS files associated with the design can be selected.
Support for HTML5 and CSS3 - StyleVision 2012 now supports HTML5 and CSS3 styles. HTML output mode is selected via the same dialog box used to select Internet Explorer compatibility. CSS3 styles (e.g., background-size, font-stretch) can be added in the Styles or Properties entry helper window or called from an external CSS.
JDBC database driver support - StyleVision now supports JDBC drivers to make it even easier for Java developers as well as others to connect to databases. The Database Connection Wizard makes it easy to configure the JDBC connection - simply enter the connection string and select a valid JDBC driver from the dropdown to enable a connection.
Java API - In response to multiple user requests, Altova is pleased to announce the introduction of a completely revamped native Java API. With the introduction of this new native Java API, you can write code that accesses methods and properties in StyleVision from Java applications. Java developers can now more easily automate StyleVision functionality in Java projects - without having to adapt the COM API. This provides even more flexibility for users working with Java.
New samples for API use - StyleVision now includes several code samples in JScript, C#, and Java that demonstrate how to utilize the Java or COM API to automate StyleVision from different development environments.
Search in Project Window - StyleVision's robust design capabilities mean that users are developing ever more sophisticated projects with multiple folders and sub-folders. Altova has now made it easier to find files in large projects by enabling users to search in the project window- flexible search options make locating files even faster. Simply highlight the title bar in the project window and press Ctrl-F to invoke the Search dialog box.

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy®, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

PEERNET Image Printers updated

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Converting documents using Raster Image Printer.

PEERNET virtual printers can create a variety of image formats from any Windows application, just as if you scanned your document. The following editions are available:

Updates in 9.0.013

Improved performance of printing lots of small documents in a row.
Improved performance of text extraction.
Fixed issue with COM API reporting jobs not completed when no jobs in print queue, introduced by Windows 7 and Windows 2008 SP1.

About PEERNET

PEERNET Leading the way in graphic and digital imaging software for over 8 years. PEERNET products create solutions that range from simple display, printing, and conversion tools, to powerful high-end server-based products that leverage the web to streamline enterprise workflow. Our products allow you to convert any document from any application into a variety of graphic file formats such as Adobe PDF, and high quality digital image files like JPEG, TIFF, GIF and many others.

Column Data Adapter released

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:40:25 GMT

Using Excel to track data from SharePoint.

Use Access and Excel to track data from ArtfulBits SharePoint Columns.

Column Data Adapter is an add-on that allows you to track data from other ArtfulBits Columns in Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. By default SharePoint allows you to connect and manage list data from standard SharePoint columns only. Column Data Adapter works with the following columns: Progress, Category, Follow-Up, DateTime, Discussion, Cascaded Lookup, Cross-Site Lookup and Parent Selector.

Features

Link SharePoint lists into an Access database, including viewing and editing ArtfulBits Columns values
Export column data to Microsoft Access
ArtfulBits Columns support in Access forms and reports
Edit ArtfulBits Columns in Microsoft Access
Export column data to Microsoft Excel

About ArtfulBits

ArtfulBits was established by enterprising Professionals with a strong IT background in March 2005. The company's development center is situated in Lviv, in the West of Ukraine and the representative office is placed in Czech Republic. ArtfulBits provides custom software development and IT outsourcing services for its clients from the USA, Canada and Europe. In December 2007 it employed over 60 highly qualified and talented IT specialists.

Full Convert Enterprise updated

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:19:00 GMT

Convert your database with Full Convert Enterprise.

Full Convert Enterprise is a high speed database converter with support for Access, dBase, FoxPro, Interbase, Firebird, Lotus 1-2-3, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, ODBC, Paradox, SQL Server, CSV, XML. It will migrate your database tables with all the data, create indexes, foreign keys - and more. Full Convert Enterprise provides customization features, conversion scheduler for recurring migrations, built-in database explorer, a powerful command-line interface, character set conversion, global datatype translation rules and support for SQL expressions to transform data on the fly. Full Convert Enterprise supports huge databases (hundreds of GB in size).

Updates in 5.15

Replaced XlsReadWriteII Excel components with more reliable NativeExcel components
Auto-detect empty Excel cells and using only used section of the sheet
Fixed bug in 'Interpred dates in years 0000-0099 as 1900-1999' option handling

About Spectral Core

Spectral Core is an independent software vendor specializing in database solutions. They have customers in 80 countries all over the world and thousands of companies (including Fortune 500 companies) and individuals using their applications to solve database related issues, migrate their data or simply improve their efficiency.

Altova StyleVision 2011r3 released

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:37:08 GMT

Designing a form in StyleVision's design view.

Adds Digital signatures for XML documents plus support for new PXF file format and Internet Explorer 9.

Altova StyleVision is a drag-and-drop, visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL, and database data into eye-catching HTML, RTF , PDF, OOXML/Word 2007, and Authentic electronic form output. Altova StyleVision is standards-based and supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. Altova StyleVision is optimized for single source publishing and even integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2011r3

Digital signatures for XML documents - Enterprise only
Support for new PXF (Portable XML Forms) file format
New spell checker with improved dictionary support
Support for Internet Explorer 9
Support for .TIFF, .JPEG XR, and .SVG image formats
Scripting editor supports .NET 4.0
Ability to add additional .NET assemblies for scripting

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools -- including XMLSpy®, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

File Conversion Center adds Acrobat X support

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:32:00 GMT

Converting files using PEERNET File Conversion Center.

PEERNET File Conversion Center V4.0.008 also adds Internet Explorer 9.0 and GhostScript 9.01 support.

PEERNET File Conversion Center is a Microsoft Windows application that enables you to quickly and easily convert documents, spreadsheets, Web pages, PostScript files, and more into images (such as TIFF, JPG, BMP, and GIF) or Adobe PDF files. You can also use File Conversion Center to convert files from one image type to another or print files to one or more printers, all at the same time.

Updates in V4.0.008

Adobe Acrobat and Reader X (10.0.01) support added
Internet Explorer 9.0 Release Candidate support added
GhostScript 9.01 support added
File Conversion Center no longer unresponsive when using Word Macros working with HTML files in a Window 7 system with Protected Mode enabled in Internet Exporer 8.0.
Fixed Window 7 compatibility issue with Convert to menu.
Expanded Error Messages in Log File

About PEERNET

Create PDF/A-1b files using Raster Image Printer

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:34:00 GMT

Converting documents using Raster Image Printer.

Version 9.0.011 also adds Windows 7 (SP1), Internet Explorer 9.0 and Adobe Acrobat and Reader X support.

Raster Image Printer supports more than 24 file formats, including the JPEG format used to post images on the Internet. Raster Image Printer is ideal for document imaging, computer-aided document design (CADD), and graphic design.

Updates in 9.0.011

Support added for:

Windows 7 (SP1)
Internet Explorer 9.0
Adobe Acrobat and Reader X (10.0.xx)

New features and fixes:

New feature added to allow creation of PDF/A-1b standard complaint files.
New feature added to support saving sent messages in the sent folder when using extended MAPI.
Resolved issue with memory leak in spooler (spoolsv.exe) process.

About PEERNET

Altova StyleVision adds barcode support

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:02:00 GMT

Designing a form in StyleVision's design view.

Version 2011r2 also adds the ability to generate ASPX Web applications, additional chart types and PDF bookmark tree.

Altova StyleVision Enterprise Edition is a drag-and-drop, visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL, and database data into eye-catching HTML, RTF, PDF, OOXML/Word 2007, and Authentic electronic form output. Altova StyleVision is standards-based and supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. Altova StyleVision is optimized for single source publishing and even integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML.

The following editions are available:

Altova StyleVision is also available as part of Altova MissionKit 2011 for Enterprise Software Architects and Altova MissionKit 2011 for Enterprise XML Developers.

Updates in 2011r2

Barcode support
Ability to generate multiple output files from a single design template
Ability to define reusable XPath expressions
Support for embedded images in XML
Additional chart types and features
Ability to generate ASPX Web applications
PDF bookmark tree
Ability to create visible/internal combobox values

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2011r2_Launch_02162011.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

Convert between SQL Server and MySQL

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Converting from SQL Server to MySQL with SqlTran.

SqlTran is a database conversion tool that will allow you to easily convert SQL Server to MySQL or MySQL to SQL Server.

SqlTran is a database migration tool which migrates tables, views, procedures, functions, triggers, indexes, foreign keys. It will migrate all your data and transforms function calls to valid native target database functions. SqlTran will migrate SQL Server to MySQL and MySQL to SQL Server, and has plans for SQL Server to Oracle and Oracle to SQL Server. Use SqlTran to convert your Microsoft SQL Server database to the open-source MySQL database platform.

Features

State of the art semantic parsers enable SqlTran to truly understand your code
Able to connect to your source and target databases and create a perfect copy in another database engine
Handles tables, indexes, foreign keys, views, stored procedures, functions, triggers
True function call translation: functions are mapped to native functions, parameters reordered and transformed
Emulates source database features not available in the target database (where theoretically possible, SqlTran does it for you)
Copies data using high-speed algorithms. Data creation script can be exported to file.
Gives you full control - you can mark certain objects to be skipped, locked, or manually override the translation
In addition to creating target database directly, you can export source and target SQL scripts

About Spectral Core

Quick PDF Library 7.23 new LIB Edition

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:21:00 GMT

A sample PDF created in C# with Quick PDF Library.

New LIB edition of SDK for C/C++ developers plus bug fixes and enhancements for digital signatures and font handling.

Quick PDF Library (formerly iSEDQuickPDF) is a royalty-free PDF developer SDK used in thousands of desktop and server applications for working with PDFs on all levels. Quick PDF Library's robust API includes over 500 functions, enabling you to create, render, print split, merge, encrypt, modify and manipulate PDF form fields. Quick PDF Library provides advanced support for JavaScript. Images can be added in BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG and EMF format with Quick PDF Library. Quick PDF Library (formerly iSEDQuickPDF) allows you to embed TrueType and Type1 fonts. With Quick PDF Library, TrueType fonts can be subsetted allowing Unicode text to be drawn. Quick PDF Library also includes a full built-in PDF rasterizer allowing PDFs to be rendered to the screen or printer. Adding advanced PDF functionality to your applications is simple with Quick PDF Library (formerly iSEDQuickPDF).

Updates in V7.23

First release of Quick PDF Library LIB Edition (static link .lib)
Improvements to exception handling while accessing file streams
Renderer handles images and vector graphics using the /Lab color space
LoadFromCanvasDC allows control over which fonts are embedded
Documentation improved for NewChildFormField function

About Debenu

Debenu is a leading document management and PDF software vendor, and the company behind Quick PDF Library. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, Debenu has grown both organically and through acquisitions since it was founded in 2007 by Karl De Abrew, the founder and former CEO of Nitro PDF Software, and Rowan Hanna. Quick PDF Library is a key element of Debenu's Document Management suite which also includes Benubird Pro and Quick PDF Tools.

Spectral Core joins ComponentSource

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:05:00 GMT

Convert your database with Full Convert Enterprise.

Full Convert Enterprise provides fast, feature-rich database conversion and data migration.

Features

Handles databases of unlimited size
Supports 16 database engines for conversion source
Supports 10 database engines for conversion target
Full Unicode support
Creates all data, indexes and foreign keys
Data throughput of thousands of records/sec
Easily handles hundreds of gigabytes of data
Advanced command-line support
Built-in scheduler for recurring conversions
BLOB and MEMO fields are fully supported
Runs on all Windows versions

About Spectral Core

Altova StyleVision adds dynamic charting

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:03:00 GMT

Designing a form in StyleVision's design view.

2011 release adds advanced reporting features, including support for charts in XML, database and XBRL reports.

Altova StyleVision Enterprise Edition is a drag-and-drop, visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL, and database data into eye-catching HTML, RTF , PDF, OOXML/Word 2007, and Authentic electronic form output. Altova StyleVision is standards-based and supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. Altova StyleVision is optimized for single source publishing and even integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML.

The following editions are available:

Altova StyleVision is also available as part of Altova MissionKit 2011 for Enterprise Software Architects and Altova MissionKit 2011 for Enterprise XML Developers.

Updates in 2011

Charts as a new design element
The addition of charting to StyleVision's general purpose reporting capabilities - including support for modular designs, conditional templates, dynamic publishing, creating electronic forms, multiple output formats, and more - makes for an advanced and highly scalable decision support tool for XML, database, and XBRL content. As with all StyleVision designs, charts can be rendered for multi-channel output in HTML, RTF, PDF, Word 2007+, and as electronic forms. Users can now insert different configurations of the following charts/graphs in their template designs: 2D & 3D pie charts and bar charts, category line graphs, value line graphs and gauge charts. The Chart Configuration dialog enables users to easily select chart type, title, size, and data using string entries and/or XPath expressions. Chart data is selected using XPath statements. Users can input the statements directly into the dialog or they can get some assistance with XPath syntax using StyleVision's built-in XPath Builder to define the chart context node, series name (or z-axis), x-axis, and y-axis. Styles and properties can be defined using the All settings... option in the Chart Configuration dialog, and/or by using the StyleVision entry helper windows. Using advanced features like editable variables in Authentic and XPath predicates lets users create forms that can be manipulated by end-users for the desired result.
Chart wizard for XBRL files
Adding to its XBRL rendering capabilities, StyleVision now allows users to generate charts in their XBRL reports using a comprehensive wizard. Charts are created by simply dragging a financial statement or other parent node to the design pane and choosing Create XBRL Chart to start the XBRL Chart Wizard. Users can customize the data rendered in their charts by selecting the desired category or series values (Concept and Period are default) in the properties dialogs. The Period Properties dialog gives options on how to handle XBRL periods, which convey the relevant instant or intervals of time for XBRL reporting. As with the charting feature mentioned above, chart styles and properties can be controlled using the All settings button in the Chart Wizards and/or by using the StyleVision entry helper windows, where users can select chart type, background color, fonts, alignment, etc.
Scripting & toolbar editor for Authentic
StyleVision includes an integrated scripting environment that allows users to interact with XML and database reports using forms, event handlers, and macros created in the Scripting Editor interface. Scripting adds new options for creating Authentic applications.
Multi-channel output of HTML/CALS tables
HTML and CALS provide standard tags for representing the structure of tables and are often used common documentation projects as well as in XML industry standards such as DocBook, DITA, and more. Support for HTML/CALS tables means that StyleVision will automatically recognize values dictating table structure such as column number, row height, etc., and apply them to rendered output (v2011 adds support for rendering HTML/CALS tables in HTML, RTF, PDF, AND Word 2007+ - previous releases have supported output to Authentic e-Forms).
Assigning styles to HTML/CALS tables
StyleVision users can now also use the design interface to assign additional presentation styles to HTML and CALS tables such as column and row attributes like width and alignment, font attributes, background color, and more. This enables customers to add information that may be missing from the source format. For instance, in the example below styles have been applied to the table caption, header, and row margins.
Multiple assignments to HTML/CALS tables in a single schema
There are some situations in which different elements can be assigned in the same schema to represent HTML/CALS tables. For example, the DocBook specification uses both the <table> and <informaltable> elements as tags for CALS tables. StyleVision allows users to differentiate between these data structures and define separate styles to each using the Edit HTML/CALS tables dialog.
Ability to import existing XSLT files
Instead of having to design templates from scratch to access StyleVision functionality, users will now be able to base their designs on existing XSLT files that were designed for HTML output or XSLT files with XSL:FO commands for output in PDF. Users will simply specify the XSLT file and schema source and the template will be loaded into the design pane where it can be used for multi-channel publishing and/or to add additional styles using StyleVision's graphical user interface. Any changes to the underlying XSLT code can be previewed or saved at any time.
Support for Apache FOP 1.0
StyleVision now supports the latest version of the XSL:FO processor Apache FOP 1.0.

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2011_Launch_090810.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools -- including XMLSpy®, the preeminent product in its class -- Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

Xml2PDF adds Excel to PDF support

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:14:00 GMT

An XML file and the resulting PDF created with Xml2PDF.

Version 1.2.1 can be used to automatically create PDF, XPS, TIFF and SVG documents from any Excel file.

Xml2PDF is an engine (.NET API) for converting XSL-FO, SVG, XHTML and Microsoft Word (WordML 2003, DocX) documents into PDF, PS, XPS, and raster graphics (TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WMF). Xml2PDF uses Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) as an XML parser and XSLT processor. Thus, any XSLT or XML feature implemented in this parser is automatically supported. Besides the standard XML syntax validation, Xml2PDF provides an additional XSL FO validation against the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.0, 1.1. Supported Input XML formats include: XSL-FO, SVG (both as a stand-alone input format and as a part of XSL-FO), XHTML (including complete CSS support), Word (WordML 2003, DocX, Word 2007 XML) and Excel (.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb). Supported Output formats include: PDF, XPS, PS, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WMF. Server and Redistributable licenses are available.

Updates in V1.2.1

Now includes Excel to PDF support. Altsoft Xml2PDF now supports almost all Excel features. It can be used to automatically create PDF, XPS, TIFF, and SVG documents from any Excel file (.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb).

About Altsoft

Altsoft is a software company that provides solutions for XML publishing, font management and computer graphics. Most of its products are Microsoft .NET based, however the company also presents multiplatform solutions. Its team consists of motivated, dynamic and highly talented developers, testers and managers including professionals in computer graphics, specialists in object-oriented programming languages and analysts with strong mathematical background. Altsoft always press on developing innovating solutions and learning new technologies. The company implements the most advanced computer technologies as well as developing new ones.

Raster Image Printer adds PDF security

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:10:00 GMT

Viewing document properties with Raster Image Printer.

Version 9.0 adds the ability to set PDF security options and faxable image creation capabilities.

Raster Image Printer supports more than 24 file formats, including JPEG, TIFF, PDF, GIF, PNG, PCX and PSD. Raster Image Printer is ideal for document imaging, computer-aided document design (CADD), and graphic design.

Updates in 9.0

Raster Image Printer 9.0 has been upgraded and enhanced to unify the driver with PEERNET's family of image printer drivers, TIFF Image Printer and PDF Image Printer. All drivers now share the same user interface, options and most features as applicable.

Technical Enhancements Include:

Improved the performance of the printer driver to take advantage of parallel processing capabilities on multi-core machines.
Custom paper size improved, major improvement for those working with large paper or rotated paper sizes such as AutoCAD users.
Removed the need to use the named paper size Custom Size; custom paper sizes can now be set directly through the Advanced Features tab without changing the paper size set on the printer driver's Layout tab.
Can now create custom paper sizes larger than 54x54inches.
Units for custom paper size are now entered as inches (English units) or centimeters (Metric units)
Added the ability to create faxable images:
Supports creating Profile F and Profile S monochrome fax images, and Profile C color fax images.
Fax images can be created in Letter, Legal, A4(ISO), A3(ISO) and B4(ISO) paper sizes.
Customize fax image scaling and its alignment on the fax-sized page.
Supports the following fax resolutions: 100 x 100, 200 x 100, 200 x 200, 204 x 98, 204 x 196, 300 x 300, 400 x 400, 408 x 391, 204 x 391, 300 x 600, 400 x 800, 600 x 600, 600 x 1200, 1200 x 1200.
A reduced fax mode palette is used when creating Profile F and Profile S fax images.
Added the ability to set PDF security options:
40-bit/128-bit encryption.
Customize user permissions on the created PDF, such as copying text and graphics, printing or changing the document and adding or changing comments and form fields.
Set passwords for opening or changing the PDF.

File type, compression and color reduction options on the File tab have been moved to the Save tab and have been simplified to make it easier to select the output file type. The Compression options are now on their own tab, making it easier to select compression settings for individual file types.

New Color Reduction options have been added to give greater control over the output files:

Reduce to 256 color palette will reduce each page to a maximum of 256 colors.
Reduce to 16 color palette will reduce each page to a maximum of 16 colors.
Reduce to optimal palette, 256 colors max will reduce each page to its minimum number of colors with a maximum of 256 colors.
Reduce to optimal palette, 16 colors max will reduce each page to its minimum number of colors with a maximum of 16 colors.

Added the following enhancements to page and image processing:

Added Trim feature that can automatically trim page margins based on a customizable intensity level.
Crop had been enhanced to include the ability to:
- crop and discard image margins
- crop and keep an inside area of the image
Image Brightness Level allow you to lighten or darken the image or text.
Copy To has been enhanced to include the ability to:
- copy all or part of the image to a new page of the same or different size, including margin settings.
- choose scaling and alignment of the new image.
Units are now entered as inches (English units) or centimeters (Metric units).

New image resampling features replace the older Scale output to DPI and allows:

Scaling the output image to a particular width and height.
Setting the new dimensions can be set using Pixels, as a Percentage of the original size, or by setting a new image resolution (DPI).

All printing is processed synchronously with the print job in the print spooler. The print job is held in the print queue until the file is created and is ready for further processing. This is different from the previous versions of the driver and should simplify the automation process for application developers who are watching the printer queue to determine when the file is created.

Control Strings can now be enabled or disabled. Control Strings are disabled when Raster Image Printer 9.0 is installed.

Added the ability to extract text from the printed documents. New Text Extraction features include:

Text layout options to better preserve the formatting of the text in the original document
Text extraction files encoded as ANSI, UTF-8 or UTF-16
Emulate Windows, Unix or Mac end-of-line encoding
Emit page breaks in the text file

Includes PNSrv9 COM Interface
The PNSrv9 COM Interface was designed to make it easier for you, the developer, to programmatically control the Raster Image Printer through your .NET applications by providing the ability to control and communicate with the Raster Image Printer 9.0 during the printing and file creation process. It replaces and greatly enhances the older script file methodology used in the previous versions of the printer.

About PEERNET

PEERNET products create solutions that range from simple display, printing, and conversion tools, to powerful high-end server-based products that leverage the web to streamline enterprise workflow. Its products allow you to convert any document from any application into a variety of graphic file formats such as Adobe PDF, and high quality digital image files like JPEG, TIFF, GIF and many others.

Xml2PDF patch released

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:35:00 GMT

An XML file and the resulting PDF created with Xml2PDF.

Xml2PDF is an engine (.NET API) for converting XSL-FO, SVG, XHTML and Microsoft Word (WordML 2003, DocX) documents into PDF, PS, XPS, and raster graphics (TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WMF). Xml2PDF uses Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) as an XML parser and XSLT processor. Thus, any XSLT or XML feature implemented in this parser is automatically supported. Besides the standard XML syntax validation, Xml2PDF provides an additional XSL FO validation against the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.0, 1.1. Supported Input XML formats include: XSL-FO, SVG (both as a stand-alone input format and as a part of XSL-FO), XHTML (including complete CSS support), Word (WordML 2003, DocX, Word 2007 XML). Supported Output formats include: PDF, XPS, PS, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WMF. Server and Redistributable licenses are available.

Updates in 2009 V1.1.27

Problem with unchecked checkboxes fixed
notFoundImages problem fixed
Formtext field support added
Problem with incorrect table-width fixed
Support for OMML(MathML) added
Downsampling problem is fixed (Word)
The support of floats in Word and HTML improved
Headers and footers selection problem fixed
Background problem in tables fixed
Bookmarks in PDF background added (MergePDF)
Problems with watermarks in rotated pages fixed
Whitespace problem in SVG fixed
Multiple XPS problems fixed
Memory leak problem fixed
Line problems in XSL-FO fixed
Problems with hanging and first lines in MS Word fixed
Problems with borders fixed
Checkbox problem fixed
Nullable bookmarks problem fixed

About Altsoft

PDF Pro SDK now available

Wed, 26 May 2010 19:09:00 GMT

Converting a PDF file to WMF with PDF Pro SDK.

Visual Integrity's high performance libraries add PDF conversion functionality to your applications.

PDF Pro SDK is a compact, high performance set of libraries used by developers to integrate PDF import and editing into applications supporting output to many image formats including: DXF, HPGL, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, WMF, EMF, EPS, SVG, TIFF and ASCII. PDF Pro SDK delivers the flexibility developers need to control the conversion process on a granular level. Using intelligent configuration options, output is controlled and format deficiencies can be compensated for.

Options in the PDF Pro SDK Series include:

pdf2cad Pro SDK - converts PDF to DXF, HPGL
pdf2image Pro SDK - converts PDF to GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF
pdf2picture Pro SDK - converts PDF to WMF, EMF, EPS
pdf2svg Pro SDK - converts PDF to SVG
pdf2tiff Pro SDK - converts PDF to B&W TIFF
pdf2text Pro SDK - converts PDF to ASCII, supports Unicode

About Visual Integrity

Founded in 1993, Visual Integrity has long been recognized as an industry leader in the area of vector graphics and conversion technologies for PDF, PostScript, Windows Metafile and other vector formats. With offices in the USA and Europe, Visual Integrity's products power the transformation of visual content for use in enterprise applications, publishing systems and on the Web. The technology benefits from extensive industry experience, multiplatform development and a strong vision for visual content management and reuse. Broad in scope, the products play a critical role in enterprise process and workflow automation, content management and integration of import/export filters into commercial and enterprise applications. Proven and robust developer products include command-line access, automation tools and API access via a DLL for Windows and a CLI for UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X. Input formats include PDF, EPS, PostScript, AI, WMF and EMF and output formats cover all industry standard vector and raster formats. A text extraction module is also available. Custom development and OEM inquiries are welcome.

StyleVision adds global templates

Wed, 05 May 2010 17:24:00 GMT

Designing a form in StyleVision's design view.

2010 Release 3 enforces formatting rules across documentation and supports Visual Studio 2010.

Altova StyleVision is a drag-and-drop, visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL and database data into eye-catching HTML, RTF , PDF, OOXML/Word 2007, and Authentic electronic form output. Altova StyleVision is standards-based and supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. Altova StyleVision is optimized for single source publishing and even integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010 Release 3

Support for iXBRL (Enterprise edition only)
iXBRL, or Inline XBRL, is a standard for embedding XBRL fragments in an HTML document so that the same source can be used for both human and machine processing. HMRC, which provides XBRL oversight in the United Kingdom, has officially adopted iXBRL so this is a necessary feature for users that fall under that jurisdiction. iXBRL reports can be generated automatically based on XBRL instance files, and StyleVision gives users some formatting options to ensure that their reports are displayed correctly.
Global templates for any element (all editions)
StyleVision now allows designers to create Global Templates for any element, not just global elements in XML Schema. Global Templates are invoked by the main template and are used to define reusable document fragments in situations where an element (or type) occurs within various elements or in various locations. For example, if a para element needs to have the same appearance no matter where it occurs, it may make sense to use a Global Template to enforce its formatting rules across the documentation. Users can also choose to use arbitrary XPath statements to select document locations for applying Global Templates. This is an advanced feature that enables StyleVision users to easily create modular designs and manage large documentation efforts with ease.
Support for Visual Studio 2010 (Professional and Enterprise editions only)
StyleVision now integrates with the newest release of Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010.

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2010Release3_Launch_050510.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

ComponentSource adds Visual Integrity

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:42:00 GMT

Converting a PDF to JPEG format with FLY SDK.

FLY SDK provides API access to PostScript, PDF and Metafile creation and conversion.

FLY SDK delivers enterprise class features via a DLL or simple command-line interface to digest PDF, PostScript and Metafiles and render them as editable vector files or high-fidelity image formats. Intelligent configuration options give developers a high degree of control over the resulting conversion parameters. With FLY SDK entire files can be converted or just selected pages. FLY SDK requires just two calls to automate the conversion of files and the creation of a conversion profile (.ini).

Features

Advanced filter options allow you a high degree of control
Specify pages to convert or page range
Options to choose resolution, color depth and compression
Options to reference, substitute or outline Type 1 and TrueType fonts
Crop output to remove white space or convert at page size
Ignore vectors, images, text during conversion
Rotate output by any degree
User definable file numbering/naming conventions for multi-page output
Graphical Shape Recognition
Available via command line or Windows VB/C++ DLL
Input Formats: PDF, PostScript, EPS, WMF, EMF, CGM, API Calls, Print Driver
Vector Output: SVG, CGM, WMF, EMF, MIF, DXF, EPS, PDF, PostScript, HPGL
Image Output: TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP
ASCII Output: Stripped ASCII, text with placement

About Visual Integrity

The technology benefits from extensive industry experience, multiplatform development and a strong vision for visual content management and reuse. Broad in scope, the products play a critical role in enterprise process and workflow automation, content management and integration of import/export filters into commercial and enterprise applications. Proven and robust developer products include command-line access, automation tools and API access via a DLL for Windows and a CLI for UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X. Input formats include PDF, EPS, PostScript, AI, WMF and EMF and output formats cover all industry standard vector and raster formats. A text extraction module is also available. Custom development and OEM inquiries are welcome.

Altova StyleVision updated

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:31:00 GMT

Designing a form in StyleVision's design view.

Latest release adds 64-bit version, enhanced header/footer options and vertical text support.

Altova StyleVision Enterprise Edition is a drag-and-drop visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL, and database data into eye-catching HTML, RTF, PDF, OOXML/Word 2007, and Authentic electronic form output. Altova StyleVision is standards-based and supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. Altova StyleVision is optimized for single source publishing and even integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010 Release 2

64-bit version
Support for editable variables in Authentic e-Forms (Enterprise edition only)
Keyboard shortcuts for moving layout boxes
Enclose/remove templates for table rows and columns
Enhanced header/footer options
Support for vertical text
Ability to pass parameters to design fragments

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2010Release2_Launch_021610.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

PEERNET File Conversion Center updated

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:17:00 GMT

Converting a PDF to TIFF Archive format with File Conversion Center.

Latest release adds support for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, Server 2008 SP2 and Vista SP2.

Updates in V4.0.005

Added support for:

Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008(SP2)
Windows Vista (SP2)
GhostScript 8.64

About PEERNET

PEERNET products create solutions that range from simple display, printing, and conversion tools, to powerful high-end server-based products that leverage the web to streamline enterprise workflow. Our products allow you to convert any document from any application into a variety of graphic file formats such as Adobe PDF, and high quality digital image files like JPEG, TIFF, GIF and many others.

Altova releases StyleVision 2010

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Designing a form in StyleVision's design view.

Latest release adds XHTML output, true electronic forms and support for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8.

Altova StyleVision is a drag-and-drop, visual XSLT stylesheet designer for designing stylesheets that render eye-catching HTML and RTF output from XML or database content and produce electronic forms for use with Altova Authentic. Altova StyleVision supports XSLT 1.0/2.0, CSS, JavaScript and all major databases. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML. The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010

Completely new design paradigm
True electronic forms design through absolute positioning in design layouts
Ability to print design templates
Support for multiple page layouts in one document
Inline HTML, XSLT, XSL:FO processing commands
Extension templates based on any XPath
Ability to import external XSLT files
Column formatting for print output formats
XHTML output option
Disable-output-escaping function
Ability to modify output DPI
Support for variables in design
Native code calls (.NET, Java, JavaScript, etc.) in XPath statements
Support for fixed lines in form design
Internet Explorer support extended to include IE8
Windows 7 Support

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2010_Launch_102809.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.