Released: Dec 14, 2022

Updates in LEADTOOLS Document Suite SDK

Features

• Added support for Microsoft .NET 6 and 7.
• Document Viewer
  • eSignatures - With the new eSignature support, developers can easily add simple signature images to documents and PDFs.
• Document Editor
  • Added new LEADTOOLS Document Editor control for HTML/JavaScript development. The LEADTOOLS Document Editor control provides a word-processor like experience that can load, edit, and save PDF, DOC/DOCX, and RTF formats.
  • Document Editor Data Streaming - The LEADTOOLS Document Editor can stream document data between the client and the server.
  • Combine Speech Recognition and Document Editing - Now with speech recognition, the Editor enables users to transcribe audio to text, edit the result, and save to one of many formats including PDF, DOCX, and TXT.
• Office and Text Formats Enhancements
  • Office format decryption - LEADTOOLS can decrypt DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, and PPT/PPTX files.
  • New option to show hidden PowerPoint slides.
  • Improved rendering of PowerPoint slides, especially when dealing with master and layout slide relationships.
  • Load spreadsheets saved as XLSB (Excel Binary).
  • Major enhancements have been made to the rendering of PST, MSG, and EML formats.
  • Load and render text files with ANSI, UTF7, UTF8, UTF16LE, UTF16BE encoding.
• PDF SDK Updates
  • Enhanced font embedding techniques, which result in better conversion to PDF/A files.
  • Expanded PDF digital signature support to Java for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android.
  • Parse and update AcroForms fields and data.
  • Added PDF Form Field support:
    • Text Box.
    • Check Box.
    • Radio Button.
    • List Box.
    • Combo Box (also referred to as Drop-down List or Select List).