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PDF4NET adds XDP format support

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:18:00 GMT

A PDF form created with PDF4NET.

Version 4.3 adds support for read/write of PDF files in XDP packages and import/export of data in XDP format.

PDF4NET is a .NET library for creating, editing and filling PDF files on the fly from any .NET application. PDF4NET provides a simple API that allows you to create complex PDF documents, or to edit existing PDF files with a few lines of code. O2 Solutions PDF4NET core functionality can be divided into 3 main areas: PDF creation, PDF editing and PDF forms filling. The library provides support for both standard .NET framework and .NET Compact Framework. Project costs are reduced when developing with O2 Solutions PDF4NET because it can be distributed royalty free. Buy PDF4NET with 1 Year Support Subscription to obtain all PDF4NET upgrades, PDF4NET updates and priority support for 1 year. PDF4NET is Runtime Royalty free. Your PDF4NET purchase includes both standard .NET framework and compact .NET framework PDF4NET editions.

The following editions are available:

PDF4NET is also available with PDFView4NET in the PDFBundle4NET.

Updates in V4.3

Read/write PDF files in XDP packages
Import/export data in XDP format

About O2 Solutions

O2 Solutions is a small Romanian based software company focused on developing products for the software industry. It is dedicated to providing the finest components and highest quality support to its customers and to the worldwide developer community. The company is committed to supporting the .NET Framework in the present and future by developing high performance components for all .NET enabled environments.

PDF4NET adds AES-256 encryption

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:23:00 GMT

A PDF form created with PDF4NET.

Version 4.2 also adds support for Unicode passwords, PDF portfolios plus function-based, axial and radial shadings.

PDF4NET is a .NET library for creating, editing and filling PDF files on the fly from any .NET application. The library provides a simple API that allows you to create complex PDF documents, or to edit existing PDF files with a few lines of code. Its core functionality can be divided into 3 main areas: PDF creation, PDF editing and PDF forms filling. The library provides support for both standard .NET framework and Compact .NET framework. Project costs are reduced when developing with PDF4NET because it can be distributed royalty free.

The following editions are available:

PDF4NET is also available with PDFView4NET in the PDFBundle4NET.

Updates in V4.2

AES-256 encryption and Unicode passwords
PDF portfolios
Function-based, axial and radial shadings

About O2 Solutions

PDF4NET patched to V4.1.3

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:36:00 GMT

A PDF form created with PDF4NET.

The following editions are available:

PDF4NET is also available with PDFView4NET in the PDFBundle4NET.

Updates in V4.1.3

Optimized extraction of images with Indexed colorspace based on CalRGB colorspace.
Dispose method throws an exception in NETCF edition in some situations - fixed
Imported PDF files that contain indirect references in document information dictionary are not saved correctly - fixed
When content is extracted from a PDF file that uses shared resources are pages level, only the resources for first extracted content are extracted correctly, the other are not - fixed
PDF/A files are not created correctly when the time separator is not the ':' - fixed
String objects less than 16 bytes in AES encrypted files are not decrypted correctly - fixed
Text is too large in textbox fields with autosize fonts - fixed
Textbox fields with Helvetica font without Encoding entry are not filled correctly with extended ascii chars - fixed
When a PDFDocument is created from a stream, the stream is disposed when the document is disposed - fixed
When extracting pages from a file, the field widget's additional actions are not preserved - fixed
Size of autosized font in textbox is not computed correctly when the font is replaced for display with another font - fixed
PDF files that use /Pages instead of /Page for leaf page objects cannot be loaded - fixed
Textbox fields that use TrueType fonts cannot be filled with Unicode text - fixed

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PDF4NET supports Flash annotations

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:44:00 GMT

A PDF form created with PDF4NET.

Version 4.1.2 also supports the use of shared resources when extracting multiple pages.

The following editions are available:

PDF4NET is also available with PDFView4NET in the PDFBundle4NET.

Updates in V4.1.2

Added support to keep shared resources when extracting multiple pages at once
Added support for loading destinations by name
Added support for Arial and Verdana fonts in PDFFontFace enumeration in .NETCF edition
Added support for Flash annotations
Added support for TrueType collections (.ttc) in TrueTypeFont constructors

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PDF4NET improves handling of large PDFs

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:35:00 GMT

A PDF form created with PDF4NET.

Version 4.1.1 also allows creation of PDFMetafile objects from Metafile objects.

The following editions are available:

PDF4NET is also available with PDFView4NET in the PDFBundle4NET.

Updates in V4.1.1

Added support for bar width reduction in unidimensional barcodes
Added support for creating PDFMetafile objects from Metafile objects
All device colors are now supported for gradient brushes
Added support for better handling of large PDF files with document level resources
Added support to specify whether to parse the page content in order to remove unused resources from page's resources dictionary and not to extract them

About O2 Solutions

PDF4NET updated to V4.1

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:30:00 GMT

Entering data into a PDF form.

New version adds PDF/A support, plus the ability to load local fonts in HTML text.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V4.1

New Features

PDF/A support - added support for creating PDF/A-1b compliant PDF files
Added support to load fonts from local machine in HTML text

Bugs Fixed

In some situations the field names are not renamed correctly and the resulting file is invalid
Destination page is not loaded for goto actions in link annotations
Bookmarks are not displayed when the document is encrypted
Adding a document information object to a document saved in partial mode causes the final PDF file to be damaged
In some scenarios movie annotations cannot be played
An exception is thrown when trying to draw characters that do not exist in the font
Custom property names are returned with a slash prefix
An invalid content stream is generated when flattening form fields that have content stream appearances that do not end with a white space
Multiline textbox fields cannot be filled if the text cannot be wrapped to fit the field width
Text using fonts with MacRomanEncoding is not displayed correctly when character codes differ from WinAnsiEncoding
Textboxes that use a font that is not defined in the PDF file cannot display the field value
The signature cannot be validated when creating an empty appearance for it
Document information is not saved correctly in incremental mode
Underline, squiggly and strikeout annotations cannot be created
PDFDocument.BeginSave method fails when a security manager is attached to the document
Middle aligned text is not aligned correctly on vertical
Saving a PDFDocument to Response.OutputStream throws an exception
Metadata schema is not stored in document information when PDFMetadataSchema.StoreSchemaInDocInfo property was true
Layers are not created correctly when the PDFDocument is created from a source PDF file
Some DrawTextBox overloads still use PDFFont parameter type instead of PDFFontBase
Pages with annotations cannot be loaded when document is loaded in partial mode

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PDF4NET updated to V4.0

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:12:00 GMT

Entering data into a PDF form.

Latest version adds partial document load/save and text search/extraction functionality.

Updates in V4.0

Partial document load
Partial document save, save document page by page, or page fragment by page fragment
Incremental updates
Text extraction
Text search
Custom appearance for annotations
Flatten annotations
Enhanced AcroForms object model
JPEG 2000 and JBIG2 support in image extraction
Public API for access to low level COS objects