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What's new in Convert Doc 18.20

Jun 6, 2023
  • Moving a licenses between two computers with Windows 11 was failing.

New in Convert Doc 18.10 (Dec 28, 2022)

  • Application load time reduced. The number of input/output files within the drop down list box was reduced from 10 to 6 for faster load times. Scheduling form job source most recently used list was reduced from 20 to 10.

New in Convert Doc 18.00 (Dec 25, 2022)

  • Office 2021 compatibility completed.

New in Convert Doc 17.60 (Dec 7, 2022)

  • Documentation updated for accuracy and completeness.

New in Convert Doc 17.50 (Feb 6, 2022)

  • Certified Windows 11 compatibility

New in Convert Doc 17.00 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • A helper application has now been included to assist in an issue that rarely occurs.

New in Convert Doc 16.42 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • When selecting certain user interface controls, the user interface would hide the Advanced Options button. An Options button has been added for those times when advanced options do not apply.

New in Convert Doc 16.20 (Feb 10, 2021)

  • When converting from PDF to DOCX and specifying not to use MS Word (by changing the following ini file entry: bUseMSWordToGoFromRTFtoDOCX=FALSE ) MS Word was still being loaded. Version 16.20 no longer loads MS Word.

New in Convert Doc 16.10 (Dec 11, 2020)

  • Registration issue resolved. Users who are attempting to upgrade options (e.g. Server upgrade) and already had registered all users were running into problems. The newly purchased options were not being implemented.

New in Convert Doc 16.00 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • Sample batch files had incorrectly referenced the incorrect URL for further examples. These sample batch files have been updated for clarity also. Sample batch files are available in this folder after installation:
  • %appdata%SoftInterface, IncConvert DocDemo Batch Files

New in Convert Doc 15.253 (Feb 6, 2020)

  • Documentation updated for accuracy.
  • Tutorial Videos updated. Now hosted on Youtube as a watchlist.

New in Convert Doc 15.20 (Nov 1, 2019)

  • Documentation updated for accuracy.
  • Tutorial Videos updated. Now hosted on Youtube as a watchlist.

New in Convert Doc 15.01 (Aug 22, 2019)

  • Converting HTML to Doc/DocX: When viewing output file in MS Word, spell checking only flagged original content and not content added to the word doc.
  • Converting HTML: Text may be hidden if left indent is set with 'margin-left' within the html.
  • Converting to HTML: Redundant formatting info was being created.
  • Converting RTF: Paragraph frame missing
  • Converting RTF: Made more robust
  • Converting HTML: Large images were causing width/hight issues
  • Converting HTML: Extra long text content withint body tag causes error

New in Convert Doc 14.50 (May 29, 2019)

  • Language file update: Brazilian-Portuguese

New in Convert Doc 14.40 (Mar 9, 2019)

  • User interface: Language selection dialog had a bug. Closing using the top right 'control box' we cause app to revert to English.

New in Convert Doc 14.00 (Jan 31, 2019)

  • Some Word files were unable to be converted to PDF. This issue began with version 12.20.

New in Convert Doc 13.00 (Oct 31, 2018)

  • Office 2019 compatibility. Latest version of Office 365 compatibility.
  • When using Word to do conversions or special processes: More user friendly error messages are being created to assist users with faulty Word/Office installations.
  • Documentation updated to show videos properly

New in Convert Doc 12.70 (Apr 18, 2018)

  • DOCX Conversion: Now more robust.
  • DOCX conversion: Character styles are lost
  • RTF Conversion: Incorrect paragraph formatting of the last paragraph
  • Conversion to RTF: Error occurred when file contained 'Code 128' font
  • Conversion to/from HTML: Last paragraph sign always contains default font (12 pt Arial)

New in Convert Doc 12.60 (Mar 22, 2018)

  • Command Line: Using /L{Log File} switch created an extra output log file.

New in Convert Doc 12.50 (Jan 10, 2018)

  • NOTE: This version now requires the following operating systems (or newer): Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows XP

New in Convert Doc 12.20 (Aug 16, 2017)

  • Converting DOCX to HTML: Invalid xhtml created
  • Converting HTML: Incorrectly nested meta tags within <TR> tag caused problems.
  • Converting HTML: Loading HTML stalls application
  • Converting RTF: Better handling of illegal tab stop locations
  • Converting RTF: Incorrect symbol characters/font
  • Converting to HTML: Paragraph colored borders and background colors were not being retained.
  • Converting to PDF: Wrong ligatures
  • Conversion of docs with Images: Image was shown at top border of doc if located inside a read only application field

New in Convert Doc 11.60 (Mar 24, 2017)

  • User interface completely updated. Fonts are now 25% bigger. This is great for those using bigger monitors.

New in Convert Doc 11.50 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • If images were in header/footer, they would remain in the output file even though "Embed Images Into Output" option was not enabled.

New in Convert Doc 11.40 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Command line /? switch now works. Help file was shutting down, now opens equivelent URL.

New in Convert Doc 11.30 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • Documentation updated. On-line documentation now responsive to the device and user friendly

New in Convert Doc 11.20 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Converting a document containing odd & even headers/footers wouldn't convert.
  • Converting RTF: Some very special cases caused an error.
  • Converting RTF: Improperly formatted RTF files would result in lossed document data.
  • Converting to RTF: In special case, section break was missing.
  • Converting HTML: Transparency (Alpha value) wouldn't convert properly.
  • Converting HTML: Tables with rowspan attribute spanning multiple text blocks caused wouldn't convert.
  • Converting HTML: Files with very large images created an out of memory issue.
  • Converting HTML: An extra paragraph is created in files with very long textual content.
  • Converting HTML: The + character was changed to a space character if it is part of a URL.
  • Converting HTML: Parameters were being removed from URLs.
  • Converting HTML: Nested block quotes were not supported.
  • Converting HTML: Symbol font in style attribute of UL/OL tag was overwriting list item fonts.
  • Converting DOC: Some very special cases caused an error.
  • Converting DOCX: Some very special cases caused an error.
  • Converting DOCX: If there was a paragraph indentation on first line then issues with style properties being correctly inherited occurred.

New in Convert Doc 11.10 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • Installation was enhanced to allow for wrapping application within a service.

New in Convert Doc 11.01 (Nov 18, 2016)

  • When converting from DOC to DOCX the resulting output file was in 'Compatibility Mode' when viewed within MS Word. This seems to have only been an issue for those using the MS Word method, where the installed version of MS Office is 2013 or greater.

New in Convert Doc 10.30 (Aug 10, 2016)

  • Chinese language file added.

New in Convert Doc 10.20 (Jul 22, 2016)

  • Special Process 50, 55 and 56 did not recognize docx file type.

New in Convert Doc 10.16 (Jul 22, 2016)

  • English: Documentation professionally reviewed and edited.

New in Convert Doc 10.10 (Feb 12, 2016)

  • Skip INPUT files already processed (i.e. Do not overwrite existing Output files) implemented in the File\Options menu item. Any input file that has an associated output file that exists will not be processed when this feature is enabled.

New in Convert Doc 10.06 (Dec 28, 2015)

  • Error 21 resolved.

New in Convert Doc 10.04 (Dec 15, 2015)

  • Documentation updated. Wildcards " and *, as well as date/time fields better explained.

New in Convert Doc 10.03 (Dec 14, 2015)

  • During registration, the "Register Now" button sometimes did nothing.

New in Convert Doc 9.83 (Dec 12, 2015)

  • Windows 10 Compatibility improvement.
  • In the File\Options menu item you can now specify to not overwrite the OUTPUT file when specifying the INPUT file.
  • You can now specify input files better with wild cards * and ?. For example: C:\Input\Prefix*.TXT or C:\Input\*Post.TXT will now work. Also ???.TXT will work.

New in Convert Doc 9.81 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Move INPUT file to folder option no longer requires the output folder to exist at the time you set this up.
  • Move INPUT file to folder option will incorporate the same enhancements for using Date-Time fields as described next.
  • OUTPUT file/folder names can now have date and time attributes associated with it.
  • The following are now recognized:
  • [YMD] - Date in the format YYYYMMDD (year, month, day)
  • [MDY] - Date in the format MMDDYYYY (day, month, year)
  • [Y] - Year in the format YYYY
  • [M] - Month in the format MM
  • [D] - Day in the format DD
  • [HIS] - time in the format hhmmss (hour, minute, second)
  • [H] - Hour in the format hh
  • [I] - Minute in the format mm
  • [S] - Second in the format ss

New in Convert Doc 9.71 (Dec 1, 2015)

  • Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1) Compatibility modifications completed. This version will be much more reliable on the latest operating systems.

New in Convert Doc 9.70 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Converting to HTML: If images were exported as separate files they had no file extension.

New in Convert Doc 9.50 (Oct 19, 2015)

  • Office 2016 compatibility done.

New in Convert Doc 9.30 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • Added ability to preserve time stamp to output file. See the File\Options menu item

New in Convert Doc 9.20 (Jul 3, 2015)

  • Conversion: Some TIF files within input files were not converting.
  • Conversion of HTML: Enhancements were made.
  • Conversion of DOC: Enhancements were made.
  • Conversion of RTF: Text was always behind objects in headers/footers

New in Convert Doc 9.10 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • PDF Conversion algorithm upgraded to handle a wider variety of PDFs

New in Convert Doc 9.06 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • Output file names were defaulting to lower case, instead of what the user typed in.

New in Convert Doc 9.00 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Conversion of DOC/DOCX: If the input file had MS WordArt graphic an error occurred.
  • Conversion of DOC/DOCX: Text was missing within numbered structured list levels.
  • Conversion of DOCX/DOC/RTF: Certain input files created more pages in the output file than expected.
  • Conversion of HTML: Attribute 'rules' on table tag could cause a problem.
  • Conversion of HTML: If a file had a missing image an error would occur.
  • Conversion of HTML: If there was a STYLE element in TBODY can caused a crash.
  • Conversion of HTML: Image Alt Text: If there was a Line feed character within the text an error occurred.
  • Conversion of HTML: Indents for lists are not imported.
  • Conversion of HTML: Lists had wrong indentation.
  • Conversion of HTML: Specific HTML documents cause exceptions.
  • Conversion of HTML: Table cells containing PRE tags can caused an error.
  • Conversion of HTML: Tags whose name was 'image' cause problems.
  • Conversion of HTML: Too many bullet points were showing up with an unordered list.
  • Conversion of HTML: Unknown markup declarations caused problems.
  • Conversion of HTML: URLS from Https were not being loaded.
  • Conversion of RTF: Documents containing fixed objects in footer or first page header were unable to load.
  • Conversion of RTF: Header and Footer distance values were showing up incorrectly.
  • Conversion of RTF: Wrong font specified at begin of main document under special circumstances.
  • Conversion of RTF: Wrong page formatting issue.
  • Conversion to DOCX, DOC, RTF: Tables were missing.
  • Conversion to DOCX: Hyperlinks with hash sign (#) didn't work.
  • Conversion to DOCX: MS Word Content Controls caused an error.
  • Conversion to DOCX: Paragraphs were shifting, and table boarders were missing
  • Conversion to HTML: Docs containing a large amount of tables can cause an error.
  • Conversion to HTML: Font size info is not converted in some cases.
  • Conversion to HTML: If a bulleted list exists in the input file a large space above list was produced.
  • Conversion to HTML: Pound sign #, within URL was being encoded.
  • Conversion to HTML: Text within a list, colors are not properly exported.
  • Conversion to PDF: Export of images did not work in all cases (Lossy).
  • Conversion to PDF: Hyperlinks after SPACE characters may not show up in output file.
  • Conversion to PDF: Missing hyperlinks.
  • Conversion to PDF: Table header are not exported to PDF.
  • Conversion to RTF: Numbered list values were incorrect.
  • Conversion: Documents containing a section break within a table caused an error.
  • Conversion: Errors occurred when image source urls did not have a file extension.
  • Conversion: UNC path was not able to be used for exporting images.
  • Conversion: URLs to images returning a error page instead of image data were not ignored.

New in Convert Doc 8.6953 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Japanese help file updated for latest web browsers.
  • Japanese help file now uses CHM help file instead of using web based help. This will make it much quicker.

New in Convert Doc 8.68 (Oct 17, 2014)

  • When Adding the first conversion item, the user interface now selects the just added item in the 'Conversion Task List'. This allows for modifying the just added item with the Update button. Previously, a user would have to manually click the just added row to modify it. This is much more user friendly.

New in Convert Doc 8.67 (Aug 25, 2014)

  • Documentation updated to reflect recent enhancements
  • Languages folder has been moved to the %AppData%\Softinterface, Inc\ folder

New in Convert Doc 8.66 (Aug 9, 2014)

  • Application default font set to Tahoma. In some instances of Windows 7 (perhaps 8.x) the default font "MS Sans Serif" was installed but not the smaller type fonts. This resulted in a user interface with text much too large.

New in Convert Doc 8.50 (Jul 12, 2014)

  • Application prevents user from writing to operating system protected folders
  • Application loads and exits faster now. Extra needless startup and shut down items removed.
  • User interface: The 'Conversion Task List' grid now auto-sizes the Input and Output file columns making it much easier to see everything.
  • User interface: The LOG displays much better now that the table auto-sizes allowing for the viewing of the error/warning.
  • User interface: CTRL-TAB and (SHIFT-CTRL-TAB) now works far Tabbed items within dialog boxes.
  • If a 'Conversion Job' file (e.g. *.SII) has #OPEN.SII at the end of the filename then the 'conversion job' will only be opened for editing and not executed when chosen from Windows Explorer. For example a file named c:\MyJobs\WorkingOnThis#OPEN.SII will open within the user interface when double clicked. Without the #OPEN.SII the 'Conversion Job' file will execute as before.
  • User interface: Adjusted user interface to handle Windows 7 64 bit default font size
  • User interface: When opening a conversion Job file, the default folder will initially be %AppData%\Softinterface, Inc\Convert Doc\
  • Demonstration 'Conversion Job' files are now installed in %AppData% folder.
  • Users can specify the following in the program and commandline:
  • %USERPROFILE% or %HOMEPATH%
  • %APPDATA%
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%
  • %MYDOCUMENTS%
  • %WINDIR%

New in Convert Doc 8.40 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Manual updated
  • Version number now shown when launching application.
  • Windows 8 Installation - Removed excess icons in the Start menu.

New in Convert Doc 8.30 (Nov 19, 2013)

  • Registration upgraded to handle Windows 8.

New in Convert Doc 8.21 (Oct 30, 2013)

  • If the program was closed while the size was maximized to the screen the software would not re-open.This was introduced in version 8.20.

New in Convert Doc 8.20 (Oct 19, 2013)

  • Installation upgraded to handle Windows 7 and Windows 8 better.

New in Convert Doc 8.00 (Sep 27, 2013)

  • Documentation/Help completely reviewed and updated for accuracy.
  • Image import enhanced.
  • Conversion from HTML enhanced.
  • Converting to HTML enhanced.
  • Conversion to DOC, DOCX, RTF: tables were missing on extremely rare circumstances.

New in Convert Doc 7.77 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Documentation/Help updated.
  • Chrome now works properly for html web based help.

New in Convert Doc 7.76 (May 31, 2013)

  • Selecting the INPUT or OUTPUT folder. When the asterisk was used, the program would always start the selection at the root ("computer") instead of the path last chosen. This is now resolved allowing for quick file/folder selection.

New in Convert Doc 7.70 (May 16, 2013)

  • Conversion of RTF using MS Word method: More pages were being created in the output than in the input file.

New in Convert Doc 7.66 (Apr 20, 2013)

  • Command line: Using MS Word conversion method, /C15 is now allowed for DOTM output file type.

New in Convert Doc 7.60 (Jan 11, 2013)

  • Conversion to PDF using MS Word method: Was failing beginning with Office 2013

New in Convert Doc 7.50 (Oct 27, 2012)

  • Converting to PDF: EMF Data was duplicated for interpolated images
  • Conversion of HTML: Table header is not shown on the next page
  • Conversion of HTML: Maximum text length inside tables increased
  • Conversion of HTML: Paragraph formatting doesn't override paragraph style

New in Convert Doc 7.40 (Oct 10, 2012)

  • Compatibility with Office 2013
  • Conversion using 'MS Word' method: PDF's can now be converted with the MS Word method.
  • Three new OUTPUT file types are available:
  • Strict Open XML Document (docx) [Requires office 2013 or greater]
  • Single File Web Page (*.mht)
  • HTML Filtered (*.htm)

New in Convert Doc 7.30 (Sep 8, 2012)

  • Converting to: RTF, DOC, or DOCX: Incorrect character formatting of a number in a numbered list.
  • Converting from: RTF, DOC, or DOCX: Incorrect wrapping style for objects behind text.
  • Conversion from RTF: If there was text between two tables this text was sometimes incorrectly placed.
  • Conversion from HTML: Some DIVs tags which should be have been converted to text frames were imported as plain paragraphs.
  • Conversion to HTML: When using inline styles certain html elements were lost.
  • Converson of Word documents: Enhancements made
  • Conversion: For the first line of text, image text wrapping wasn't working.

New in Convert Doc 7.20 (Sep 8, 2012)

  • The EMF image type is now supported.
  • Conversion of DOCX. WMF files now handled properly. Formatting better
  • Conversion to HTML: INPUT files with Kanji support enhanced.
  • Conversion from HTML: Numerous enhancements and fixes.
  • A DIV tag with an emtpy style attribute caused an issue.
  • Widths of images were not being considered when dealing with table cell widths
  • Invalid control characters encoded as characters entries are now removed
  • base64 encoded images with line breaks caused an issue
  • Some DIVs were being converted to text frames
  • Tables with superfluous COL elements caused an issue
  • Converting to PDF: Some INPUT files caused memory overuse
  • Conversion to RTF: Some minor bug fixes.
  • Conversion from RTF: Some minor bug fixes.
  • Colors not matching
  • Enhanced RTF importing
  • Some TIFs with bi-levels were being incorrectly converted.

New in Convert Doc 7.15 (Aug 1, 2012)

  • Conversion Items may now be moved within the 'Conversion Task List'. Select the CONVERSION menu item or the RIGHT MOUSE CLICK to open a pop-up menu item. Move UP, DOWN, FIRST, and LAST are now available. CTRL-U and CTRL-D also move a conversion item up and down respectively.
  • Users may now be asked to save the 'Conversion Job' file if they are exiting, loading an existing 'Conversion Job' file, or requesting to create a new 'Conversion Job'. If there is no 'conversion job' file at the time, there must be at least 2 conversion items in the 'Conversion job' to be asked to save. Users will not be asked to save if they've loaded a 'Conversion Job' and haven't modified it.

New in Convert Doc 7.05 (Jul 4, 2012)

  • Command Line: If the regional settings were not English, running the software for the first time would prompt the language selection form. This has been resolved.

New in Convert Doc 6.56 (Oct 4, 2011)

  • Error could occur page size was too large.
  • Language file for Japan updated.

New in Convert Doc 6.15 (Oct 14, 2010)

  • Special Processes: When specifying a target file with the wild card, the file extension of the output files did not always use what was specified.

New in Convert Doc 6.14 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • PDF to DOC enhancments

New in Convert Doc 6.13 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Images not embedded in output file was not working since version 6.12. Now working

New in Convert Doc 6.12 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Command line improved for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and greater. The manifest file was renamed so that running the ConvertDoc.EXE won't bring up the UAC (User Account Control) approval dialog by default. Command line users must understand that if they have UAC enabled, and they are doing a command line with output to a protected folder, the results will be placed in the %localappdata%\VirtualStore folder. If you think UAC is having an effect on the command line you can quickly change the name of the program in your command line from ConvertDoc.EXE to ConvertDoc.Admin.EXE. Doing this will enable a prompt to elevate security before the command line is fully executed.
  • Numerous fixes for the conversion to/from HTML and RTF files
  • Improved conversion of files with PNG and JPGs.
  • Improved PDF/A conversion output

New in Convert Doc 6.00 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Windows 7 compatibility enhancements made. Default report folders now updated.
  • Working well now with Office 2010

New in Convert Doc 5.72 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Command line: Conversion from PDF to DOCX: Regardless of what was chosen in the user interface, MS Word was never being used for the final generation of the DOCX.

New in Convert Doc 5.70 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Conversion from PDF to TXT: File moving/deleting of input files after conversion was not working.

New in Convert Doc 5.69 (Jul 12, 2010)

  • Conversion from PDF to DOCX: File moving/deleting of input files after conversion was not working.

New in Convert Doc 5.68 (Jul 12, 2010)

  • Conversion of DOC: Table formatting sometimes missing
  • Conversion of DOC: Conversion errors occurred when rectangles of zero height or width were found
  • Conversion of DOCX: "Open XML SDK 2.0" generated files were not able to be read
  • Conversion to HTML: Truncation of base64 data could occur
  • Conversion to HTML: References to missing images within the input document caused an error
  • Conversion to HTML: Documents with hyperlinks within text frames could cause an error
  • Conversion of HTML: Character entities (i.e. semi-colon, ;) without semicolon would cause an error
  • Conversion of HTML: The content of td and tr tags in the wrong places would be ignored
  • Conversion of HTML: Embedded images in link caused an error
  • Conversion of HTML: Hidden lists were being shown, or caused empty rows
  • Conversion of HTML: Some whitespace characters between hyperlinks disappeared
  • Conversion: JPG files lacking resolution information are not converted properly
  • Conversion to RTF: OLE objects without a metafile caused an error
  • Conversion to RTF: Properties of paragraphs inside text fields in wrong place
  • Conversion of RTF: Empty section and a bookmark at the end of the input document caused an error
  • Conversion of RTF: nested table inside field not read properly

New in Convert Doc 5.67 (May 19, 2010)

  • Conversion of PDF to DOC/RTF. In some complex PDF's text was not found.

New in Convert Doc 5.665 (Apr 24, 2010)

  • Server operating systems running 5.655 had an issue. Error 13 has been resolved.

New in Convert Doc 5.65 (Apr 24, 2010)

  • Normal.DOT was being asked to be saved on some systems when 'MS Word' method was chosen.
  • Conversion to RTF: Numbered list within a table are not converted properly
  • Conversion to PDF, there were issues with link targets
  • Conversion of files with some embedded TIFs were causing an issue
  • Conversion of RTF files, properties of table rows after the table would break the table
  • Conversion of RTF files, an empty field at the very end of a document would cause an error
  • Conversion of HTML: Some links were causing an error
  • Conversion of HTML: Anchored images in the last paragraph were omitted
  • Conversion of HTML: Standalone XHTML tags were not being converted properly
  • Conversion of HTML: If a list entry is empty then the closing tag (UL) is missing and the html would be considered invalid.
  • Conversion of DOC files, Anchored images that were exported could not be loaded
  • Conversion of DOC/DOCX Files: Wrong font character set data
  • Conversion of DOCX: After a forced page break, additional paragraphs occurred.

New in Convert Doc 5.26 (Feb 4, 2009)

  • Conversion of very large PDF to DOC was timing out

New in Convert Doc 5.23 (Oct 13, 2008)

  • Conversion From PDF to DOC/RTF: Japanese PDF's were not always converting.

New in Convert Doc 5.19 (Jul 17, 2008)

  • Conversion of Chinese PDF's now handled properly.