Quick PDF Library 7.22 Released, Includes Delphi XE and JBIG2 Support

Quick PDF Library 7.22 has been released and is ready for testing. This is the official (and final) build of 7.22 and it is jam-packed with new functions, enhancements and bug fixes. Three major highlights for this release include Delphi XE support, JBIG2 support and improved CMYK rendering.

Release Notes

New functions

• SetImageResolution
• SetOutlineRemoteDestination
• SetRenderDCOffset
• SetOverprint
• CompareOutlines
• GetOutlineObjectNumber
• NewDestination
• AddLinkToDestination
• NewNamedDestination
• GetDestName
• SetOutlineNamedDestination
• SetRenderScale
• GetRenderScale
• SetFindImagesMode

Bug fixes

• Circle co-ordinates in metafile import
• Empty fills in metafile import
• Added support for a text output operator in the renderer
• Alignment calculations for the FitImage function for different measurement units
• Corrected DADrawCapturedPage function
• NewStaticOutline function accepts a ParentID of 0
• LoadFromString correctly sets the SourceFileSize
• Improvements to retrieval of annotation properties (page number)
• Improvements to font name matching for non-embedded fonts
• Improvements to form field appearance stream generation for rotated pages/fields
• Improvements to form field appearance stream generation for fields with auto-size fields
• GetTableColumnCount returns correct result
• Adjustments to EPS output
• Corrected the operation of the DAMovePage function
• Improvements to direct access form field functions
• Protection from divide by zero exceptions in the renderer
• Correct handling of offset CropBox in the renderer
• Direct access image extraction corrected for TIFF images

Enhancements

• Support for rendering images compressed with JBIG2 encoding
• Support for reading PDFs containing malformed (19-byte) xref table entries
• Support for CFF fonts stored in OpenType format
• Support for Format2 charset tables in CFF font data
• Support for remote destination file names in GetOutlineOpenFile
• Added new DLL import for C++ with MFC (CString instead of std::string)
• Added new DLL import for Visual FoxPro
• Added new DLL import for VB.NET
• Support for Delphi XE
• FitTextBox, allow Options = 3
• Improved CMYK to RGB mapping
• Added support for bleed, trim and art box in CapturePageEx
• Added support for bleed, trim and art box in DACapturePageEx
• Improvements to GetNamedDestination
• Upgraded internal ZLib library to version 1.2.5
• Improved loading of documents with data after the %%EOF tag
• Added new DLL import for C++ with MFC (CString instead of std::string)
• Added new DLL import for Visual FoxPro
• Added new DLL import for VB.NET
• Support for Delphi XE
• Direct access image extraction now supports JPEG images

Feedback! Any feedback large or small is appreciated. We’ll shortly be planning the next round of exciting new features for Quick PDF Library, so we’d really like to know what you want to see added to the SDK. Don’t be shy, email us at support@quickpdflibrary.com and have your say.