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PDF-XChange Editor SDK Changelog

What's new in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 10.2.1.385

Jan 24, 2024
  • PDF-XChange Editor:
  • NEW Added new options to tune the appearance of the Comments pane:
  • Changes were made that make items more compact and to display comment text in a uniform style, and more. We also added other minor improvements to the pane's content appearance.
  • NEW Added an option to make comment popups on pages more compact:
  • Look to Preferences > Commenting > Display compact comment popups.
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue where IE or MS Edge in 'IE Mode' became unresponsive when opening PDF files.
  • Fixed an issue with restoring the last session when the application starts with a file argument (added an option to the Preferences/Documents). (41249, 41288)
  • Fixed an issue where it was possible to get an incorrect bookmark root name when using drag&drop of files in the thumbnail panel.
  • Fixed angle snapping for polyline/polygon tools. Holding the "Shift" key as a modifier limits the positioning of the line to pre-defined angles.
  • Fixed "nudge object" moves with the Ctrl+Shift combination. Previously the Ctrl+Shift key combination was not responding, this has been corrected. (41259)
  • Fixed issue with the undo/redo when adding checkmarks for comments.
  • Fixed an issue with then Comments pane.
  • Fixed an issue when 'checkmarking' comments when the UI language is set to something other than English. (41250)
  • Fixed an issue with the comment popups on pages: in some cases they may become light grey, even for colored comments. (41290)
  • Fixed an issue with resetting/importing settings after performing commands through the Quick Launch feature. (41300)
  • Fixed an issue that was present only in some very rare cases that resulted invalid shading.
  • In the Comments pane the ability to add/remove checkmarks and change status for multiple selected comments, rather than just one selected comment was restored.
  • Improve the PRC model handling.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 10.2.0.384 (Jan 24, 2024)

  • NEW:
  • Added the ability to create a "Place" for WebDAV services. (T# 6160)
  • Added new commands that enable the toggling of document tab title styles in the document tab context menu. (T# 6556) (40593, 41154)
  • Improved control of image compression in the "Enhance Scanned Pages" operation.
  • Updated the 'Comments' pane. The design has been improved, and we added functionality that enables the editing of comment text inside the pane, and a feature to easily filter/find comments that contain specified text. We also added simple buttons to add replies, lock/unlock, and change options.
  • Added the ability to set margins on document pages.
  • Added the ability to edit the 'destination' of Named Destinations.
  • Added functionality to convert email files to PDF. Open email message files (.msg and .eml) in PDF-XChange Editor to convert them to PDF.
  • Added a search feature inside comment replies, using either the Search pane or the Find feature. (T# 6677) (25594)
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a possible crash when signing PDF/A documents.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking the "Set To Zero" button was greying out the "OK" button in the Crop Pages feature. (T# 6535) (40531)
  • Fixed an issue with duplicating form fields in the "Duplicate Pages" feature. (T# 5034, 6549) (33584, 40572)
  • Fixed an issue with scaling content after setting "Offset" parameters in the "Resize Pages" feature. (T# 6651)
  • Fixed an issue with the size of XForms when changing their content. (T# 6685)
  • DocuSign - fixed an issue where changed signatures were not not updating.
  • Fixed some UI automation issues to improve support for screen readers.
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Drag and Drop' of files placed on the right side of the 'Compare Documents' dialog box. Previously, dropping files there replaced the documents on the left side of the dialog box.
  • Improved copy and paste options for Rich Text.
  • Changed indent handling and alignment for RTL (right-to-left) text.
  • Added an option to specify page size and crop position for the Crop Pages tool. (T# 6543) (40549)
  • Added the ability to open the program without restoring the last session if it is opened with a file argument. (T# 6564) (40610)
  • Added the ability to modify the numbering step in macros for the "Bates Numbering" feature. (T# 3998)
  • Added the ability to open a session, without closing open documents, using Ctrl+Click or the right-click context menu within a session. (T# 6637) (40835)
  • Added font size information to the Save as Optimized dialog box. View screenshot
  • Add navigation buttons to the Redaction Infobar. View screenshot
  • Implemented "Single Sign-On" for WebView authentications.
  • Added a 'Delete' command to the 'Edit Text' context menu.
  • Added a filter for illegal symbols in the 'Rename' feature. (39212)
  • Added the ability to trim the white space of bookmarks in the "Create Links from Bookmarks" feature. (T# 6723)

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 10.1.2.382 (Oct 24, 2023)

  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed some security and stability issues. Click here for further information.
  • Fixed some problems with editing images directly on page content. (T# 6342) (39671)
  • Fixed rare cases of the user interface freezing on opening the Open/SaveAs dialog windows.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 10.1.1.381 (Sep 20, 2023)

  • PDF-XChange Editor:
  • NEW Added the ability to reverse sub-paths.
  • NEW Updated the 'Replace Pages' page range options to use a new page range style.
  • In the "Replace pages" dialog, a selection of pages has been added from the following options: current page, selected pages and manually specified pages.
  • NEW Added an option to fix invalid 'ToUnicode' maps for embedded fonts.
  • Fix fonts with incorrect unicodes. To use this feature, select a single text element in the Content panel and use "Repair ToUnicode CMap" from the context menu
  • NEW Added an option to use 'bottom-up Y-axis' in the Transform tool.
  • This option provide to reverse the coordinate system in the transform tool. While we know that the PDF Standard uses bottom up. It is not intuitive to users to have to reverse the ruler, an option for the Transform Tool to use "Bottom Up Y Axis" would make it much easier for users to use this tool.
  • NEW Added an 'Audit Space Usage' command in the DocumentInfo location and the File menu.
  • Also was created new "Audit Space Usage" command, which can be added in any ribbon panel by "Customise Toolbars"
  • NEW Added a feature to merge selected layers. (T# 6326)
  • NEW Added an option to paste copied PDF content as stamp. (T# 6485) (40351)
  • NEW Added a “Filling Rule” property for path content items.
  • A property of a “Path” object, the Filling Rule provides some control over how a fill is defines and displayed.
  • NEW Added an option to apply redaction to the contents of form fields (40683)
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a potential crash when switching to a document opened from a disconnected external driver.
  • Updated built-in support for CJK encodings (T# 6502).
  • Fixed the Move Pages (and page range) caret "^" so that page numbering starts from '1' (T# 6555).
  • Fixed an issue in the "Change Zoom" feature that was changing the X/Y value of some bookmarks to 'Inherit'. (T#6433) (40156)
  • Fixed an issue that was present when saving document navigation points while keys, mouse buttons or 'touch' controls are in use (being held down). (T# 6345)
  • Fixed possible issues when pasting images from the Windows 10 Snipping Tool.
  • Improved how we handle broken files. (T# 6561).
  • The 'Clear Signature' tool can now clear signatures created using a certificate from a file.
  • Shell extensions - the property handler now has an 'attachment' property for PDF files. (171133, 171133)
  • Changed the manner in which 'flip' options are used in the Transform tool. View screenshot
  • Added "Open in Window" options for the "Go to a Page in Embedded Document" feature. (T# 5932) View screenshot
  • Added the ability to manage page ranges in the "Build Table of Contents from Bookmarks" feature. (T# 4959) View screenshot
  • Added a feature that disables 'Alt shortcuts' if Ctrl is pressed immediately after Alt. This provides an additional key order option for enabling Ctrl+Alt shortcut combinations. (T# 5991) (38470)
  • Added the ability to create "presets" for paper sizes in the "Create New Document" and "Insert Empty Pages" dialogues. (T#6438)
  • Added an option to "drag and drop" files into the Create Custom Stamp dialog box.
  • Added a right click context menu for options in the 'Recent Files' list. (T# 6508) (40463)
  • Added an option to use sequential numbers in macro functions in the 'Add Text to Bookmark Titles' feature. (T# 5776) (36804)
  • Made improvements to the identification of form fields.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 10.0.1.371 (Jun 29, 2023)

  • NEW Added the ability in the Measurement Calibration dialog, to use a localized decimal separator as well as the period (.) character. (40427)
  • Allows regional settings to influence decimals used in calibration.
  • NEW Added an extension to the Adobe Acrobat JS API
  • Added a global.changed(<variable name>) method. This PDF-XChange extension to Adobe Acrobat JS API complements global.subscribe method for using in JavaScript async functions.
  • Example of usage:
  • async function MonitorGlobal(varName) {
  • try {
  • for(;;) {
  • const newValue = await global.changed(varName);
  • console.println(`New value for ${varName}: ${newValue}`);
  • } catch {
  • console.println(`${varName} deleted`);
  • MonitorGlobal('v1').finally(()=>console.println('Monitoring completed'));
  • app.setTimeOut('global.v1=1;', 1);
  • app.setTimeOut('global.v1=2;', 1000);
  • app.setTimeOut('delete global.v1;', 2000);
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a possible crash in the Read Out Loud plugin on some old versions of Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the Editor to crash when activating 3D content in PDF files.
  • Fixed an issue with the lack of access to system's color profiles
  • Fixed an issue with formatting percentage values in some XFA forms. (T#5157)
  • Improved the rendering speed when CMYK profiles are involved.
  • Fixed an issue where we were using a slightly wrong image size when pasting an image on a page. (T# 5879)
  • Fixed issue with handling the Home, End, PgDow, and PgUp keys in the 'Named Destinations' pane. (T# 5846) (37790)
  • Fixed a minor bug with displaying tooltips on dialog buttons where in some cases they did not appear.
  • Fixed an issue with redrawing toolbars after switching Speech-Engines. (40390)
  • Fixed an issue whereby once reading aloud was completed, opening and closing the Speech Options dialog resulted in Read-Out-Loud starting again. (T# 6484) (40395)
  • Minor improvement in OCR which may increase performance in cases where a pdf page contains just a single scanned image.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.5.368.0 (Apr 7, 2023)

  • Added a 'Exit Full Screen' item to all context menus on pages when document is in fullscreen mode.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added an option on the Comments pane of the Editor's preferences to control how 'Fit Box by Text Content' deals with annotation width.
  • Critical error or bug fixJavaScript Engine
  • Fixed an issue where a document level script could ignore "Enable JavaScript" settings.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted XPS files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed/improved the UI-Automation backend in order to solve known issues with screen-reader apps, with 'Narrator' for example.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed unnecessary duplication of selected annotations when they were only clicked (not dragged) by a user with the Ctrl key pressed.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a minor issue with title font in the Ribbon's File-menu on certian asian systems. (40129)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with activating the correct main frame window when a user clicked on the corresponding result-item in the search pane. (40142)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the 'Fit Box by Text Content' for freetext and callout annotations with rotated content.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with filtering annotations with replies.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.5.367.0 (Mar 7, 2023)

  • Implemented the annot.refType and annot.replyTo properties.
  • Added 'Expand All/Collapse All' buttons in the Advanced tab of the Metadata dialog box.
  • Added 'Delete but Retain Children' feature for Bookmarks pane.
  • The Default OCR engine (Tesseract) has been upgraded to the latest stable version (5.3).
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted TIFF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted XPS files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PDF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed the issue where some digital signatures generated by DocuSign were reported as invalid.
  • Fixed the issue with the annot.gestures property. (39785)
  • Fixed the issue with the doc.addWatermarkFromFile property. (39385)
  • Fixed the issue with the 'Fit Box by Text Content' feature for callout and freetext annotations. (T# 4819)
  • Fixed the rare issue with formatting measure values when fraction types are used. (T# 6362)
  • Fixed the issue with moving hidden form fields via keyboard in the form editor. (T# 6381)
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused a crash when loading PDFs that contain XFA forms.
  • Fixed the issue with the 'Sort Pages by Bookmarks' feature on some documents. (T# 6343)
  • Fixed the issue with the error message that appears when opening documents from a session.(T# 6359) (39711)
  • Fixed the issue with the enabled/disabled state of 'Insert/Replace Text' buttons on toolbars. (39772)
  • Fixed the issue that could cause a crash when a floating pane is active and the shortcut for 'Full Screen' is used. (39769)
  • Fixed a rare issue that resulted in the incorrect positioning of redaction rectangles when OCR is being performed on a document and the 'Editable Text and Images' mode is enabled.
  • Edit Content Tool: fixed the logic used with the selection of objects on pages when users right-click to open the context menu. Right-clicking on selected objects now retains the current selection, as it should.
  • Changed a way of handling document information tags when converting from MS Office document formats.
  • Fixed how information is displayed in the document info bar for PDF/A-4, PDF/A-4e and PDF/A-4f files.
  • Added the ability to replace non-existent files when opening the associated session. (T# 6360) (39702)
  • Fixed/improved the 'OCR Images' feature: reinstated the output options (for Enhanced OCR engine only). (39995)
  • Improved/fixed the detection of skew/rotation angles when OCR is being performed on documents/images.
  • Updated third-party components to address their known vulnerabilities.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.5.366.0 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • Added a GroupPolicy-permission to add/delete/renew license keys by the user Prefs > Registration page.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the position of newly created sessions.
  • (39602)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed compatibility issues when redacting annotations.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with potentially wrong colors in the user interface icons with some color profiles associated with specific monitors.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue with Merge Pages on some specific documents.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with pages autoscroll when the SelectText tool is used.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the Find-feature: it didn't clear itself when the Find-popup was closed (via Esc key or X-button).
  • (39609)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a broken Advanced section in the Search pane.
  • (39607)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with Copying multiline text on pages when the 'Add line breaks after each text line' option is turned off (Prefs > PageText).
  • (39624)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with showing context menus when using a stylus on toolbars and other windows.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with showing special context menu for items on toolbars when customization mode is enabled.
  • (39623)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • A minor fix for better support of custom colors for selections on pages.
  • (39633)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core
  • Improved scaling annotation when doing a page resize.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.5.365.0 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • Added the ability to remove pages that bookmarks point to in the 'Pages' and 'Sections' context menus of the Bookmarks pane. (T# 6261)
  • Added the ability to OCR multiple selected images to their context menu. (T# 5979)
  • 38418)
  • Added the ability to go to next or previous bookmark using the hotkeys Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] as the default setting. (T# 6226)
  • Added the ability to set named destinations as targets for new links by double clicking on the destination. (T# 6013)
  • 38557)
  • Added the ability to update bookmark/named destination targets using selected text. (T# 5888)
  • 37840)
  • Added the ability to manage application prompts that have the 'Do not show again' option. (T# 5916)
  • 37933)
  • Added the ability to move selected page objects diagonally with the arrow keys. (T# 6111)
  • 38880)
  • Added an option to resize pages to match a specified page of the current document. (T# 6250)
  • OneDrive plugin improved to work with OneDrive for Business
  • Added an option to save documents automatically, without displaying the Save As dialog box, when digitally signing documents. (T# 6122, 6176)
  • Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW
  • Added the ability to export PDF to WebP images
  • Added support of Metadata templates. (T# 5636)
  • Added an option to export/import metadata. (T# 5628)
  • Added an option to specify how links on a page can be activated (by click, Ctrl+click, or double click). (T# 6269)
  • Added a special command with shortcut (Ctrl+Home) that puts the keyboard focus on the page view directly. (T# 878)
  • Search Pane: added 'This Exact Phrase' option
  • 20541)
  • Newly added featureEditor ActiveX SDKNEW
  • Search Operation: added the option of specifying multiple files/folders for the input
  • Improved/optimized 'Rename Document' feature
  • Added new options (CaseSensitive, WholeWordOnly, RegExp, etc) for the Find feature's filtering ability in several panes, such as Recents, QuickLaunch, CompareDocs:Diffs and HistoryView (available via the icon on the right)
  • Added a set of new commands to have the ability to directly activate any document tab from the first ten tabs using shortcuts from [Ctrl+Num1] to [Ctrl+Num0] (note that shortcuts are customizable)
  • Added the ability to add Links to Layers. (T# 6238)
  • Added the ability to copy base content using Ctrl+Drag. (T# 5527)
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PNG files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted TIFF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
  • Fixed spaces with zero width
  • Fixed the issue with displaying search marks on the scrollbar in single page mode. (T# 6187)
  • Fixed the issue when deleting pages from a document did not always decrease the file size. (T# 6248)
  • Fixed the issue where digital signatures generated by DocuSign were reported as invalid
  • Fixed the issue with context loss when pasting as metafile. (T# 6217)
  • Fixed compatibility issues with redaction annotations
  • Fixed the issue when document color override affected printing, even when the option was disabled. (T# 6231)
  • Fixed the issue with editing the action lists of bookmarks/links when the original action list has been corrupted. (T# 6137)
  • Fixed the issue with applying default styles for measurements with fractions
  • Fixed the issue with incorrectly estimated progress duration for the Search feature in bookmarks
  • Fixed the URL verification procedure for cases when the UNC url has more than three slashes after the scheme prefix, and added more known NoAuthority-schemas
  • Fixed the issue with disabling commands inside the ribbon/format tab for selected objects inside the portfolio preview window, and fixed the logic with autoshowing the Portfolio tab in the ribbon
  • Compare Documents: fixed the issue with hiding the format change differences when the 'Formatting' category is turned off
  • 39161)
  • ActiveX SDK
  • Search Pane: refactored the 'Where' combo to fix issues related to cases described on the following forum topics
  • 39139, 39140)
  • Search Pane: fixed the issues with drawing highlighted text inside the results pane when some highlight ranges overlapped
  • Search/Find+Redact: fixed the issue with case when, according to search criteria, text is partially overlapping.(T# 6253)
  • 39352)
  • Search/Find+Redact: fixed the issue with consecutive words when a line break is present between them. (T# 2246, 6135)
  • 20541, 161068)
  • Fixed an issue with thumbnail selections that contains images, paths and text items. (T#6195)
  • 39184)
  • Fixed an issue with restoring sessions by using the 'Just open documents from the session' option in the 'Manage Sessions' dialog box. (T#6301, 6303)
  • 39326)
  • Fixed an issue with using the 'Row Data by Column' macro in the 'Populate PDF Forms' feature.(T# 6063)
  • Fixed handling some embedded CFF fonts. (T# 6241)
  • Fixed incorrect embedding of some OTF(CFF) fonts. (T# 6294)
  • Improved the correction of broken files. (T# 6252, 6273)
  • Plugins
  • Improved the usability of selecting fonts in the 'Generate Bookmarks From Page Text' and 'Create Links from Bookmarks' features
  • Plugins
  • Added options to customize the title of contents in the 'Build Table Of Contents' feature. (T# 6056)
  • Added an option to display 'Logical Page Numbers' in the 'Advanced Search Result'. (T# 6178)
  • Added an option to add a bookmark for each file in the RTF to PDF operation
  • Added an option to add a bookmark for each file in TXT to PDF operation
  • Improved space handling for CJK languages
  • Improved text line positioning for editing PDF text
  • Added a feature in navigation mode: when the "End" key is pressed on the last page, the view is scrolled to the end of the last page
  • Added ability to paste multi-line text into single-line edit boxes
  • Improved support for Touchscreens: added single finger-scroll everywhere, without any conflict with DnD, Multiselect or ContextMenu options (just tap-and-move to scroll, tap-hold-and-move to DnD/Multsel, tap-hold-untap to ContextMenu); and fixed several other issues. (T# 6204)
  • Changed behavior for cases when the mouse pointer is over the scrollable control in the Ribbon and user spins the wheel-button. Now it scrolls during such control (whereas previously it was used to scroll through the ribbon tabs)
  • Fixed/improved the 'Merge Pages' feature: the position of merged pages; the use of 'Select Sheets' options; retaining actions with objects. (T#6272, 6268)
  • Improved the 'Summarize Comments' feature. (T# 5994, 6118)

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.4.364.0 (Sep 28, 2022)

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PDF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted U3D files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with text color when using the Microsoft IME to enter characters.
  • (39286)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedFonts
  • Fixed issue with rendering certain specific fonts.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue in the Link View when moving links between the pages.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a scanning process freeze issue. (affected some old scanners).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed different issues caused by the incompatibility of the AzureRMS plugin with some external components that get loaded into the Editor process (including some printer and scanner drivers, shell extensions etc.)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a possible (rare) crash related to using some ScreenReader-apps. (T# 6209)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issues with locked-for-read files or zero-size files after using the saveAs-PDF/A feature.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with using the 'Find and Redact' tool on documents opened directly from SharePoint. (T# 6219)

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.4.363.0 (Aug 16, 2022)

  • Added Czech patterns for redaction/sanitization.
  • Fixed the issue with creating portfolios via the Outlook plugin.
  • Fixed the issue when copying/pasting annotations between pages of different orientations caused the incorrect placement of these annotations. (T# 6173
  • Fixed the issue with editing some fields in document metadata.
  • Fixed a rare crash related to using custom keyboard shortcuts.
  • Fixed an issue with the handling of the 'Summarize Visible Annotations Only' option in the 'Summarize Annotations' feature. It now skips all invisible annotations by default when the 'Include invisible annotations' option is disabled.
  • Fixed the issue with starting the Editor's window in maximized mode.
  • Fixed the issue with the handling of the 'paste comments into mouse position' option.
  • Fixed the issue with the handling of URI/URLs with custom schemas, such as 'onenote:', 'news:', 'tel:', etc.
  • Fixed the issue with adding incorrect page labels when inserting pages from a different document.
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the future
  • Improved handling of removing/adding columns (fields in portfolios.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.4.362.0 (Aug 10, 2022)

  • Added the ability to auto-fill named destinations from selected text. (T# 5807)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • A major overhaul of how we handle portfolio PDFs was implemented.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a tab on the document properties dialog that allows one to add/edit custom properties. (T# 6092)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added the ability to edit document metadata via the "Advanced" tab on the Document metadata dialog.
  • Newly added featureEditor PluginsNEW
  • Added the ability to set a Blurred or Pixelated background image as an overlay when performing Redaction.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Convert-To-Office: added the ability to recognize characters using OCR (for specific fonts with corrupted ToUnicode table etc.)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Convert-To-Excel: added a feature to export links from a PDF file to an Excel Workbook
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • A 'Crop' feature was added to the image editor.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Comments pane. The 'Expand All' command now also expands text of comments.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to display and change the 'Layer' property of images and XForms (in the Properties pane).
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to display and change the 'Transparency Group' properties for XForms (in the Properties pane).
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to the "Fields" pane to select fields via user-specified type. (T# 5835)
  • (37575)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to reset selected fields. (T# 6095)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added additional "Barcodes" such as pdf417, dataMatrix, aztec, maxicode, ean13, ean8, code39, code128, codabar, upcA.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to specify last N pages of a document without using absolute numbers.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added an 'In All Docs from this Window' option for searching in documents only in the currently active window. (T# 6164)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added support of vertical toolbars. You can now dock existing toolbars to left/right sides of windows.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a tiny vertical toolbar on the left of the document view (tab) to quickly show/hide all document's panes. This toolbar ('Quick Tools') can be easily customized.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Search marks are now shown on the vertical scroll bar in Single Page mode as well as in Continuous mode.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Added additional checks for some JS methods to increase security. (ZDI-CAN-17527, ZDI-CAN-17726, ZDI-CAN-17727, ZDI-CAN-17728).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted PBM/PGM/PNM files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17630, ZDI-CAN-17660).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted ICO files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17631).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17634, ZDI-CAN-17635, ZDI-CAN-17637, ZDI-CAN-17637, ZDI-CAN-17673).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted WMF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17638).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted JPG files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17628, ZDI-CAN-17629, ZDI-CAN-17632, ZDI-CAN-17633).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17636, ZDI-CAN-17674, ZDI-CAN-19286, ZDI-CAN-17764, ZDI-CAN-17765, ZDI-CAN-17767, ZDI-CAN-18069).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted PNG files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-18068).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted JBIG2 (or JBIG2 stream in PDF) files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17724, ZDI-CAN-17725, ZDI-CAN-17809, ZDI-CAN-17810).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling large object numbers in PDF files. Reported by Dr. Philip Kolvenbach, Secure Software Engineering Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted PDF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17772, ZDI-CAN-17778).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Fixed an issue where the operation "Generate Bookmarks From Text" was creating individual bookmarks from the same style text separated by space that should have been only one bookmark. (T# 5902)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Fixed an issue where after opening the dialog for "Generate Bookmarks From Text", one couldn`t select any text.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue where a pressure sensetive pencil tool may generate 'circles' which should not appear. (T# 6024)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue where transparent PNG files were not properly handled when added as a stamp. (T# 6044)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Improved support for 3D annotations. Fixes in many models. (T# 5308)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed/impoved the export form fields to FDF.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with content selection when pasting it on the default layer. (T# 6168)
  • (39028)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedShell Extensions
  • Fixed some issues with configurations that use multiple monitors with different resolutions.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added the ability to "toggle" the loupe tool on/off. (T# 6107)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added the ability to ignore (not rasterize) text base content when using "Rasterize Pages". (T# 5767)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Changed the location of the options for creating Bookmarks and Named Destinations from a selection to the context menu of their respective panes.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added the option to be able to use a selected page (in the Thumbnails Pane) when creating a page range in the Page Numbering Tool. (T# 5976)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added showing, in Properties Pane, the compression method used in images. (T# 6099)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor Plugins
  • Added new options for working with existing bookmarks when using "Generate Bookmarks From Text".
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor Plugins
  • Added an new style, a "Chapter [BLANK]" page, for use when creating a "Table of Contents from bookmarks". (T# 5699)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Improved IME handling.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureShell Extensions
  • Added icons for explorer context menu.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Compare Docs: improved the scroll-syncronization of left and right views; fixed several minor bugs in the UI.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Fixed/Improved a special UI-control to choose files as used on many modal dialogs in Editor.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Improved/Updated support for Portfolios: it now has a modern, convenient and light UI, and a whole new set of portfolio-editing features.
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the futureEditor
  • The 'Copy Full File Name' command is split into two commands now - one copies only file the name as a text, while second copies the file itself into the clipboard.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.3.361.0 (Apr 14, 2022)

  • Added the ability to select OCR-languages by clicking anywhere on the row of languages dropdown-list.
  • Critical error or bug fixEditor
  • Fixed an issue that was introduced in the previous build where some operations (like importing bookmarks, or adding attachments) could freeze the Editor.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue when an ink annotation is added with a presure sencitive profile that may produce dot-like artifacts.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue where changing the font for a standard stamp sometimes did not have any affect.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedShell Extensions
  • Fixed an issue with localization of the ShellExtension-menu.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a hang in the "Save As Optimized" operation.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issues with TWAIN scanning
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the 'All Supported Files' filter in the the 'Open File' dialogs: some supported types were missing from that filter.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed selection drawing for the 'Zoom In/Out' tool.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added white backgrounds for the Stamp-, Sign-, CommentStyle- thumbnails in the Dark Mode of the UI.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 9.3.360.0 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • Added a feature for Comparing two PDF Documents (RibbonUI > Review > Compare Documents).
  • Added the ability to remove brokeninvalid Named Destinations. (T#5485)
  • Added the ability to export snapshot to an image directly from the context menu. (T#5927)
  • Added a `Set Layers Visibility` action creation and modification dialog.
  • Newly added featureEditor PluginsNEW
  • Added a possibility to Merge Duplicate Bookmarks.
  • Added support for adding video and sound rich media annotations in PDFs.
  • Support for existing screen annotation.
  • Added a feature to control the thickness of underline and strikeout annotations.
  • Added the ability to localize/customize text on Standard stamps.
  • Added options to disable animated underline-effect for selected tabs (Ribbon tabs: CustomizeToolbars > Options; Other tabs: Prefs > General > TabsAndWindows)
  • Added correct support for rounded corners for Editor's windows in Win11.
  • Added Month-groups in the HistoryView pane.
  • Fixed the incorrect redaction of some images. (T# 5924)
  • Implemented a Workaround in handling poorly-formatted color spaces.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed page navigation by keybord to match the corresponding commands on the document bar. (T# 4112)
  • Fixed an issue when locking individual fields with signatures that was not working. (T# 5856)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue showing field properties in form editing tools when using the dark UI theme. (T# 5881)
  • Fixed an issue with creating pencil annotations with variable profiles under some conditions.
  • Fixed a rare issue that was apparent when converting .xps, .docx, .xlsx, or .pptx files.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Cropped the very long list of extensions displayed in 'All Supported Files' filter inside the 'Open/Save File' dialog.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the appearance of the vertical scrollbar which displays many search-marks - previosly it was hard to see the knob-button under such marks. (T# 5944)
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Highlight from File' feature.
  • Added the ability to set a position for the resulting images in the Enhance Scanned Pages plugin
  • Added a parameter to the FileName macro to extract part of a name. (T# 5818)
  • Added an option to skip larger/smaller than specific pages in the Resize Pages feature. (T# 5017)
  • Improved performance of PDF optimization
  • Enabled saving a PDF document to a destination file that is a filesystem alias of the source file. Examples of such aliases include alternate network shares, symbolic link etc.
  • We are now reusing a stamp's appearance when the same stamp is placed multiple times on the same document.
  • Improved the performance of the application's start up (~20-30% faster).
  • Disabled autoswitching focus to the Format tab when the Stamp tool is activated.
  • Changed the filter rule in the HistoryView pane: now the same document can be presented in different groups simultaneously.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 8.0.338.0 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with Ctrl+C shortcut handling.
  • (34185)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with disappeared warning-message before deleting selected objects in Thumbnails, Bookmarks, Attachments, Named Destinations.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with auto showing the pop-ups for newly created text-markup annotations (Highlight, Underline, Strikeout, etc).
  • (34228)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fix for Exclusive mode for the Hand tool that interfered with the Full Screen mode Navigation bar (bar was un-clickable).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the disappearing document panes during sharing the Editor's window via Microsoft Teams meeting.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with pop-up menu shadows under Microsoft Teams session (strange white thin bars were instead of normal thin shadows).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed trouble with un-selectable Squiggly-annotations.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Fixed issue with 3D Plugin on 64-bit Windows without d3dx9_43.dll.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed issue with some digital certificates for signing PDF documents.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Placing signatures and signing documents now is available in free version of the Editor.

New in PDF-XChange Editor SDK 7.0.326.1 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • Support for print job in PDF format (sent directly to the printer port)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedJavaScript Engine Fixed an issue with date formatting that was introduced in build 326.0
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Browser Plugins Began using modern common cotrols for the IE plugin to workaround an issue with the drop-down calendar control.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed an issue when saving a GoToE action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins Fixed a bug in the Read Out Loud plugin that causes issues with some symbols.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed an issue with saving correct page sizes after inserting/removing pages that was only evident in very specific PDF files (T# 4401).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed a very rare issue with rendering some specific paths (introduced in 326.0). (T# 4411)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed an issue in TWAIN scan relating to incorrect scan area.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed an issue with the background colour for tooltips on pages. (31196)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed an issue with loading the layout of document panes when saved layout-data is corrupted (for example: partial registry-settings can be removed by 3rd-party apps such as RegCleaner). This issue was detected in the context of the IE-plugin with the following symptom: sometimes IE opens a blank gray tab instead of the normal document-view.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed an issue with applying a custom comment-style to the selected TextBox-annotation(s) when the style is choosen from the dropdown-palette in the 'Format' tab.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins SharePoint: fixed the error "Operation should be retried" sometimes encountered when saving files.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins DropBox: fixed "Untitled" document name bug when saving a new document to certain DropBox locations.