PDF reDirect Changelog
What's new in PDF reDirect 2.5.2
May 7, 2013- This is a minor upgrade for the Freeware users. Here is the full list of changes:
- FIXED: Bug that showed an error message when Command Line contained a filename exactly 3 letters long.
- FIXED: Minor typo in French language file.
- FIXED: Upgrade not running automatically after download is completed.
- IMPROVED: Updated the Portuguese-BR language file (thanks to Luciano K).
- IMPROVED: Made default the "Overwrite Existing File (Give Warning)" setting for new installations.
- DOCUMENTATION: Added instructions for IT Administrators for network/server installation.
- DOCUMENTATION: Mentioned that silent "/S" install switch must be capitalized instructions in the help file.
New in PDF reDirect 2.5.0 (May 7, 2013)
- New user interface
- Added a dropdown to access recently accessed documents so that it's easier to navigate to a recent folder
- Added the ability to specify the startup page of the PDF
- Added quick access (basic and advanced) to the printer properties
- Added font conversion and subset options
- Added support for unicode (for languages that need this)
- Added the ability to create your own custom page sizes
- COMPATIBILITY:
- Compatible and tested with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7
- It is compatible with 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows
- Note: this version is not compatible with Windows NT, 95, 98SE, or ME. Please continue using the old versions for those.
New in PDF reDirect 2.2.8 (May 7, 2013)
- NEW:
- Added Swedish as another supported language
- Added Hungarian (Magyar) Translation
- Added option to place Path and Filename into the clipboard when PDF is saved (ie use it to paste into an e-mail)
- Added ability to specify the page to be displayed when the PDF is opened
- Added Grayscale Colorspace option (customer request). Note: it does NOT convert objects or images to gray.
- Added Japanese paper sizes
- Added all "B" paper sizes such as B4, B5, etc (B0 to B10).
- Added ability to create custom paper sizes
- Added "Force to 0 degrees" Page rotation
- Added thumbnail or list view of PDFs in the "Files" list
- Added ability to specify individual settings for each printer output file in the Merge List.
- Added ability to type or paste a path in the filename box
- Added "Fit Two Pages" Page View Style Option.
- IMPROVED:
- Modern user interface
- Display PDF properties popup when placing mouse over a PDF file
- Recently accessed paths now works with unicode paths (Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, etc.)
- Saving preferences/settings is now 4x faster
- Code stability by using late binding code for PDF Distiller since most users do not use it.
- Can now press "F5" to refresh the Files List Box if it does not update automatically.
- shutdown speed (Program closes faster when clicking the Exit button)
- Improve compatibility w Acrobat v7 & v8 by not removing Printer Files after Install
- Improved log Recording Time Accuracy to improve troubleshooting
- Error reporting to the user (error message less generic, with error number)
- the "Hide All Controls" View Style no longer hides the Status bar (per Adobe's new PDF Reader specification)
- Program startup is now from 0.4 to 1.1 seconds faster on Vista & Win7 machines
- Components are fully unregistered & re-registered when installing "on top"
- PDF reDirect stays in the systray when minimized to the systray and new prints are added (per customer request)
- Systray tooltip text shows merge list status (ie how many files in the queue)
- Limited maximum size of files to upload to 4MB to prevent the bug report system from overloading
- REMOVED:
- Windows 95, 98, ME Printer Drivers from package
- DOCUMENTATION:
- Updated the documentation,
- Changed to the new HtmlHelp format which makes it possible to search the help file content.