What's new in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 5.8.0.0

Aug 11, 2011
  • Bugs:
  • 28313 - PDF to image conversion produces blank images
  • 25131 - Aspose does not support field flattening in append mode
  • 28367 - Characters randomly missing in extracted text
  • 28391 - Unable to cast exception on extracting pages
  • 27786 - Filling multiple fields of same name with image
  • 21124 - InvalidCastException on applying security
  • 27980 - Contents are not shown properly after concatenation
  • 24797 - Unable to concatenate the PDF file
  • 21098 - Adding carriage return and line feed in text field

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 5.7.0.0 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Bugs:
  • 21414 - Barcode (image) is being added on the whole page
  • 25537 - Aspose does not support Field flattening in append mode.
  • 25433 - Adding multiline text changes font of the text box
  • 25435 - Stamp is applied on all pages instead of specified page
  • 24039 - Problem setting FormFieldFacade attributes
  • 24573 - Missing contents on printed output
  • 26344 - Name and CreationDate attributes are missing when exporting annotation

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 3.4.0.0 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • What's New?
  • Supports extracting some non-English text such as Chinese and Japanese.
  • Adds a new class PdfBookMarkEditor to manipulate bookmark.
  • Adds a new method PdfAnnotation.FlatteningAnnotations() to support flattening annotations.
  • Adds new methods SetFieldScript() and RemoveFieldAction() in FormEditor to provide more powerful feature of JavaScript.
  • What's Improved?
  • Attachment feature is improved. More types of attachment are supported and getting attachment from very large PDF is supported.
  • Digital signature feature is improved. The document security settings can be reserved after digital signature. A document can be signed for multiple times. The signature can be verified by public key.
  • The processing for Additional MetaData is enhanced.
  • What's Fixed?
  • 6518 - Problem with ReplaceText function in PdfContentEditor
  • 6563 - pdfcontent doesn't release file on save(replaceTxt)
  • 6718 - creating bookmark changes fonts
  • 6541 - Trouble merging image from FDF
  • 6506 - ExportXml Problem When Access Stream
  • 6542 - Form Field Name Discovery
  • 6419 - Flattening Barcode Field in XfaForm failed
  • 7525 - Concatenate Error
  • 7174 - Remote Form Field Copying in AcroForm
  • 6645 - removing dangerous elements from PDF document
  • 7513 - Too long object name! error with a particular PDF
  • 7832 - PDFExtractor - Other data about extracted attachments
  • 7917 - Creating document attachments
  • 7884 - Inserting XMP data into an existing pdf as PdfA1B complient
  • 7587 - N-Up pages
  • 7432 - tailer not found in reading certain pdf
  • 6091 - Some texts are missed while using PdfExtractor to extract text

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 3.2.0.0 (Oct 22, 2008)

  • New
  • Supports event&action features in Links and Bookmarks.
  • Supports JavaScript features in class PdfContentEditor and in pushbutton fields.
  • Supports filling barcode fields.
  • Supports getting the name of the signer in a digitally signed pdf.
  • Improved
  • Adds some properties in class BookMark to support bookmark Actions.
  • Supports importing Annotations from Pdf files in stream form.
  • Printing effect is enhanced for some types of printers.
  • Supports compact xml format in method Form.ImportXml().
  • Fixed
  • The bookmark can not work after concatenation
  • Highlighting Text in PDF
  • Input string was not in a correct format error
  • Text half cut off
  • Displaying watermark issue over particular pdf files
  • Import/Export XML Data issues with PDF

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 2.7.0.0 (Jan 3, 2008)

  • Supports creating bookmarks for all pages and creating nest bookmark.
  • Supports exchanging bookmarks of XML and extracting bookmarks to HTML.
  • A new method Form.GetFieldFlag() is added for disposing Form fields more flexibly..
  • A set of new methods and properties are added in PdfViewer for printing large pdf files more efficiently.
  • Winform demos are added.
  • Validation is implemented when filling text fields.
  • The converting and representation of Number Percent Date and Time is enhanced for AcroForm.
  • The method of extracting links is improved. Links in footer is supported and the method becomes more stable.
  • MultiLineText is supported when disposing Form fields.
  • Fix: The coordinates are different with other methods when using AddText.
  • Fix: Form field appearing after 'Concatenate' method is called.
  • Fix: Invalid token type encountered when reading pdf.
  • Fix: PdfFileInfo throws exception.
  • Fix: Flatten fields error.
  • Fix: Landscape page is being printed in portrait.

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 2.6.4.0 (Nov 2, 2007)

  • Multiple-line text field is supported. FieldType.MultiLineText is defined in FieldType.cs, which can be applied in FormEditor.AddField().
  • Getting properties of signatures is supported in PdfFileSignature. New methods of getting properties includes: GetSignNames(), IsCoversWholeDocument(), VerifySigned(), GetRevision(), GetReason(), GetLocation(), GetDateTime() and GetToltalRevision().
  • Fixed: Unwanted fields during concatenating.
  • Fixed: Flattening after AutoFiller.ImportDataTable().
  • Fixed: TextField cropped after flatting all fields .
  • Fixed: Stamp position is not correct when using PdfFileStamp to add stamp on some PDF files .
  • Fixed: InvalidCastException is thrown when extracting bookmarks which contain "named destination".

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 2.6.3.0 (Oct 18, 2007)

  • New: COMB text field is supported in Form class.
  • New: Scaled Image Field: support for fully filling with the new Form.FullyFilled Property.
  • Fixed: The document printed is not similar to Original PDF.
  • Fixed: pdf head signature is not found.
  • Fixed: PdfViewer dosn't close file .
  • Fixed: Concatenating PDF Docs with bookmarks error .
  • Fixed: Convert PDF to TIFF File without loosing any information
  • Fixed: wrong license problem in version 2.6.1.
  • Fixed: Unable to cast object error when Concatenating documents
  • Fixed: Invalid pdf format:pdf head signature is not found

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 2.6.2.0 (Oct 11, 2007)

  • New: FormEditor.AddField() has been promoted to support CropBox. Fields adding to invisible area will be moved to CropBox area automatically. Also a bool value is returned from this function. Refer to this post .
  • New: Form.FillField() for multiple line text fields has been updated. Now it both works for AcroForms or XfaForms, whatever the font type, font size or border style. Refer to this post.
  • New: Form.FillImageField() has been promoted to support Image scaling setting. Currently, "Scale Image Proportionally", "Scale Image to Fit Rectangle" and "Use Original Size" are available for Xfa Image Fields. Refer to this post.
  • Fixed: A bug of combobox export value has been fixed for Form.ImportFdf(). In this hotfix, a choice box will be filled either by item labels or by export values defined in fdf. Refer to this post.
  • Fixed: A bug of combobox filling has been fixed.
  • Fixed: Another bug of combobox filling has also been fixed. Whether combobox items list is defined in pdf or not, it can be filled correctly.
  • Fixed a series problems for replacing text.Solved the bugs that the pdf document can not be opened or show text afer replacing text,invalid color space problem.
  • Fixed the bug that Concatinating throws "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 2.6.0.0 (Aug 30, 2007)

  • Digital signature is supported. A new class PdfFileSignature is added. Example can be found here .
  • New method FormEditor.AddListItem() is added. User can add an additional item to a ListBox/ComboBox field, either in AcroForm or XfaForm. Also a new method FormEditor.DelListItem() is provided. User can remove an existing item from a ListBox/ ComboBox field, either in AcroForm or XfaForm.
  • Improved: Form.GetField() is upgraded. User can get the value of a multiple choice List Box. All selections are linked as a single string, each one separated by a comma such like "Item1,Item3,Item4". But this feature only works for AcroForm. At the same time, Form.FillField() is also overridden for multiple selection setting. User can fill a multiple selection List Box with several choices. Finally, Form.ExportXml() and Form.ImportXml are also upgraded for multiple choice List Box supporting.
  • Fix: ExtractBookMarks doesnot run with some Pdf
  • Fix: Concatenating error for pdf documents contain bookmarks
  • Fix: Concatenating error for pdf documents contain form fields
  • Fix: Extracting links error from Pdf contains links in the footer.
  • Fix: ComboBox Filling and Flattening changes Background Color
  • Fix: Vertical alignment in XFA text field
  • Fix: Filling combobox error for Adobe 7 / 8
  • Fix: Encryption Not Working when license is set
  • Fix: "can't find CMap file" error when extracting text from PDF
  • Fix: "Null Reference" error when replacing text in PDF
  • Fix: "out of memory" exception of PdfViewer on the pdfs of 100 pages

New in Aspose.PDF.Kit for .Net 2.5.2.0 (Aug 23, 2007)

  • In Class PdfPageEditor, users can set value for the property Alignment and VerticalAlignment to set the alignment styles between the original page and result page.
  • In PdfContentditor, CreateBookmarks() is added for creating bookmarks of all pages with specified color,bold,italic.
  • In PdfContentEditor, CreateBookmarksAction() is added for Create a bookmark with the specified action. The supported action types include �GoToR�, �Launch�, �GoTo� and �URI�.
  • In PdfContentditor, annotations such as "Line", "Square", "Circle", "Polygon" and "PolyLine" can be extracted or exported by ExportAnnotationsXfdf() and ExtractAnnotations().
  • In PdfContentditor, creating the caret annotation and rubber stamp annotation is supported.
  • In PdfContentditor, deleting the annotations of specified type is supported.
  • In Class PdfExtractor, two GetNextPageText methods and HasNextPageText methods are added to support getting each page's text in the PDF file. FormEditor.AddSubmitBtn() has been provided for AcroForm Fields. Users can add a new submit button with specific HTTP/MAIL URL. User can also modify the URL as he will through FormEditor.SetSubmitUrl( ).
  • Fix: Creating temp files while Extracting text.
  • Fix: The watermark's position is not correct while using PDF page as watermark after resizing.
  • Fix: PDF file is incorrect after ReplaceText.
  • Fix: Text doesn't get replaced and the quotes are replaced by question marks when replacing text.
  • Fix: Extract text error with PDF file that doesn't contain any text.
  • Fix: Unexpected character exception in extracting text.
  • Fix: Word brokes when extract text.