Syncfusion Essential PDF Releases

Released: Oct 26, 2011

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Updates in 2011

  • HTML to PDF Conversion via Gecko - The current HTML to PDF conversion requires Internet Explorer to be running on the server. This new feature uses Mozilla instead on the server to do the conversion and overcome the limitations with Internet Explorer 9

Released: Aug 11, 2011

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Updates in 2011 Vol 3

  • PDF Viewer - The implementation of this feature is very important for several reasons. It forms the foundation for several other features that may be implemented in the future. It can be used in both Windows Forms and WPF applications. This feature supports exporting PDF files to various image formats such as .bmp, .jpeg, and .png.
  • Background Image Support - Essential PDF provides options to customize the appearance of a PDF grid. Now, support is provided for positioning...

Released: Feb 14, 2011

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Updates in 2011 Vol 1

  • The TryGetField and TryGetValue methods have been added to obtain form fields and form-field values, respectively.
  • Images in an EMF are now properly preserved.
  • Font baseline is now properly preserved in HTML-to-PDF conversion.
  • A "Null Reference" exception is no longer thrown when merging documents.
  • PdfLoadedDocument is now released after opening a document with the wrong password.
  • Bookmarks with Unicode characters can now be rendered when merging.
  • The height of...

Released: Nov 9, 2010

Updates in this release

Updates in Syncfusion Essential PDF 2010 Vol 4

  • Support for time-stamping a digital signature has been added
  • Support for 128- and 256-bit AES encryption has been added
  • Support for collapsing the bookmark tree of a document has been added

Released: Nov 3, 2010

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Updates in Syncfusion Essential PDF 2010 Vol 4

  • AES 128- and 256-bit support
    Essential PDF supports strong encryption using a 128- and 256-bit AES algorithm. Documents encrypted with Acrobat 7.0 and Acrobat 9.0 standards can now be decrypted and edited with Essential PDF.
  • Timestamp with digital signatures
    Essential PDF supports timestamps with digital signatures, noting the date and time when a document is digitally signed.

Released: Jul 21, 2010

Updates in this release

Updates in Syncfusion Essential PDF 2010 Vol 3

  • A number of formatting issues in EMF to PDF conversion have been fixed, so Essential PDF can now render vertical text in a metafile.
  • The FileStream object now closes for the ImportDataXFDF function
  • Text extraction is now properly performed in documents converted from HTML
  • The ImageInfo property of a page no longer throws the wrong value of a bound
  • XFDF data can now be imported into PDF forms
  • An exception is no longer thrown when merging documents...

Released: Apr 26, 2010

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Updates in 2010 Volume 2

Complete integration with the Visual Studio 2010 designer surface and support for Silverlight 4 and ASP.NET MVC 2.0.

Essential PDF

  • Enhanced text extraction
    The text extraction feature has been enhanced to provide more reliable text extraction across all documents generated from any source. Essential PDF can be used in real-time business scenarios, adding indexing capabilities to your applications.
  • Free-Text Annotation
    Text annotation enables you to display text directly...

Released: Nov 26, 2009

Updates in this release

Updates in 2009 Volume 4

  • Native Silverlight Support
    Essential PDF now provides native support for Silverlight, which runs inside the client browser and generates PDF documents. It supports manipulation from the client side without any server-side interactions or external dependencies
  • Performance Improvements
    Essential PDF’s performance has been greatly improved. This performance enhancement offers faster HTML to PDF conversion, document merging, and Word to PDF conversion.
  • Extraction and...

Released: Nov 26, 2009

Updates in this release

Updates in 2009 Vol. 4

Essential Chart ASP.NET

  • Custom Axes in Polar and Radar Charts
  • Multiple Pie or Bull’s-Eye Type Charts

Essential Schedule ASP.NET

  • Appointment Rendering Time

Essential Grid ASP.NET MVC

  • Performance Enhancement
  • Summary Rows
  • Disable-Sorting Columns
  • Multicolumn Drop-Down Grid

Essential Tools ASP.NET MVC

  • Menu
  • Generic Drop-Down
  • AutoComplete Text Box

Essential DocIO

  • Native Silverlight Support
  • Performance Improvements
  • Improved Word to PDF Conversion

Essential PDF

  • Native Silverlight...