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Quick PDF Library 8.13 Released

Rowan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:57:36 +0000

The final version of Quick PDF Library 8.13 has been released and is ready for download from our updates page. This version includes numerous enhancements to the library including improved text extraction accuracy, rendering, security handling and 64-bit support. Visit the product updates page to download this new version and see a full list of the changes.

Download 8.13 from our Product Updates page

Highlights

Improved text extraction accuracy
Fixed rendering of inverted CMYK JPEG images in 64-bit builds
DPI information is stored in TIFF output from the renderer
PrintDocument, GetPrinterBins and GetPrinterDevModeToString fixed in Delphi 4-2005 and LIB edition
And much more…

Upgrading To Version 8

If you are still using version 7 and would like to upgrade visit this page:

Upgrade To Quick PDF Library 8

More information on upgrading to version 8 can be found online here.

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.

Quick PDF Library 7.26 Released

Rowan — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:49:05 +0000

The final version of Quick PDF Library 7.26 has been released and is ready for download from our updates page. This version includes numerous bug fixes, enhancements and new functions. Click on the link below to go to the upgrade page.

Download 7.26 from our Product Updates page

Release Notes

Enhancements

Improved handling of unexpected CCITT data streams
Elimination of invalid character codes in text extraction
Improvements to accuracy of text extraction
GetFormFieldSubName changed to return UTF-8 text for all field types
Type library files included with ActiveX (special version for VB6)
Added options 5 and 6 (character width output) to GetPageText function
Better handling of malformed TrueType font data
Added support for CMYK JPEG2000 images
NormalizePage function now adjusts annotations
Handle missing endbfchar token from malformed CMaps
Malformed xref tables (shifted object numbers) now handled correctly

New functions

CreateNewObject
GetOptionalContentGroupPrintable
GetOptionalContentGroupVisible
GetBaseURL

Bug fixes

Parsing of strings containing invalid reverse solidus codes corrected
Reduced inconsistencies of internal image conversions
Corrected image reversal for CCITT mask images
LIB Edition of QPL now built with FastMM4 memory manager
ServiceUnit.dfm correctly generated as part of source code release
Corrected the direction rectangle paths are drawn
Corrections to the way parent form fields are created
Internal parent/child relationship corrected with NewChildFormField
JPEG images with DeviceN color space now rendered correctly
NormalizePage function correctly handles rotated annotations

Quick PDF Library 7.25 Beta 3 Released

Rowan — Thu, 19 May 2011 09:24:13 +0000

Quick PDF Library 7.25 beta 3 has been released and is ready for download and testing. This new beta includes updates to the CMap parser, improved memory handling for image decoding and various other updates to the library.

This beta release also includes the new Quick PDF Library Developer Guide that we mentioned a couple of weeks ago.

The 7.25 beta 3 installer can be downloaded from the button below.

Release Notes

Enhancements

Added support for CCITT images with /Indexed color space
Improvements to EMF import font scaling
Improved reading of CID font encoding
Documents with malformed trailers are now handled gracefully
Reduced memory consumption with CanvasDC functions
Added support for CCITT images with EncodedByteAlign encoding
Documents with malformed page tree nodes are now processed
Improvements to accuracy of text extraction
Image resolution can now be read from certain BMP images
Improved text alignment with certain CFF fonts
Added support for CCITT images with the EndOfLine flag
New Quick PDF Library Developer Guide
CMap parser now supports variable length codes (beta 3)
Memory reduction on image decoding (beta 3)
Metafile import now compresses images (beta 3)

New functions

GetEmbeddedFileID
NormalizePage
DARemoveUsageRights
RemoveUsageRights
DrawImageMatrix (beta 3)

Bug fixes

ExtractPages, CopyPageRanges and ExtractPageRanges now handle inherited resources
DrawDataMatrixSymbol now defaults to black if the fill color has not been set
DrawDatamatrixSymbol correctly encodes double digits
Resources are correctly freed during EMF+ output
Corrected page indexing for DAFindPage
Outlines are correctly appended during document merging
Annotations now drawn independently of page transformation matrix
Improvements to image decoding to prevent inverted images
Image indexing bug removed from the renderer image caching system (beta 3)
NewFormField returns a correct result even for fields with duplicate field names (beta 3)
Improved error handling during image extraction (beta 3)

ARTS PDF Workshop Now 100% Free And Powered By Quick PDF Library

Rowan — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:07:17 +0000

ARTS PDF Workshop, a Microsoft Excel add-on that lets you retrieve, manipulate, and print PDF information quickly and easily, has been upgraded to use Quick PDF Library as its core PDF engine. In addition the add-on is now also 100% free.

ARTS PDF is a sister business division of Quick PDF, which are both owned by Debenu.

ARTS PDF Workshop lets you view and update the properties of batches of PDF documents, including document info (title, author, subject and keywords), as well as document open options and security. It is a great tool for batch updating multiple PDF files at once.

The Excel add-on can be downloaded from the ARTS PDF Workshop page on www.artspdf.com.

Quick PDF Library 7.24 Released

Rowan — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:17:58 +0000

The official version of Quick PDF Library 7.24 has been released and is ready for download from our updates page. This version includes numerous bug fixes, enhancements and new functions. The 7.24 installer can also be downloaded from the button below.

Release Notes

New functions

GetFormFieldNoExport
GetFormFieldRequired
SetFormFieldNoExport
SetFormFieldRequired
GetFormFieldChoiceType
SetAnnotBorderStyle
IsTaggedPDF
DAEmbedFileStreams
RemoveCustomInformation

Bug fixes

Range check improvements to Type1 decoding
Corrected missing letters in form field annotations
Rendering and extraction of direct font dictionaries
ToUnicode CMaps handled for non-CID fonts
MissingWidth font metric used instead of DW
Consistent handling of CCITT images on various operating systems
Improvements to nested CID font widths structures
Improvements to parsing of various destination structures
Improvements to parsing of comments and whitespace
Inline image resource stream improvements
Memory allocation fix in JBIG2 decoder
Bitmaps row access fix in JBIG2 decoder
Appearance stream generation for auto-size fields now handles alignment correctly
Resource names are now correctly normalized in the renderer
Infinite loop in xref processing of small files eliminated
Process DPI tags in TIFF images correctly (AP1 marker)
Aspect ratio of canvas corrected
EPS output bug fixes (miter limit and image references)

Enhancements

DataMatrix 2D barcodes can be rotated
Support for GS1-128 (EAN-128) barcodes
Support for DeviceN color spaces
Faster direct access page searching for very large documents
DrawDataMatrixSymbol allows the fill color to be set
Memory optimizations for ICC based images
Get/set embedded file description
CFF font data in OpenType fonts enabled for non-embedded fonts
More options for getting/setting choice form field flags
Added an option to retrieve an annotation’s border width
Added support for B/W LZW images
SetCustomInformation now allows empty values

Debenu has acquired iSEDQuickPDF (now named Quick PDF Library)

Karl — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:25:55 +0000

We’re very pleased to announce that Debenu has acquired the rights to the iSEDQuickPDF library (QuickPDF) from SEDTech (Pty) Ltd. Under Debenu the PDF library will be renamed Quick PDF Library and its new home will be www.quickpdflibrary.com.

Background

iSEDQuickPDF was first released in Q1, 2001 by SEDTech and over the years has become one of the most popular libraries for creating, manipulating, and rendering PDF files.

Whilst development slowed considerably over the past few years, we’re happy to say that it’s now under new management. We’ve been feverishly working on a new and updated Quick PDF Library release “behind-the-scenes” bringing version 5.11 to 7.12

How to purchase

Customers who purchase the existing version 5.11 after Feb 3, 2009, will be entitled to receive a free upgrade to version 7.12 when it is released in mid-to-late Q1. In addition, customers can use this coupon code UNRIVALEDPDF to save US$30 when purchasing a new license.

What’s new

Whilst full details on the 7.12 release are yet-to-follow, a number of the immediate updates are…

Major changes since 5.11:

support for Japanese fonts
links to embedded files
object caching in DA functions

Minor changes:

content stream parsing changes
support for color constants in html text
metafile world scaling
png transparency
array parsing improvements
tiff parsing improvements
implementation of simple truetype rasterizer

Upgrades

A free upgrade will be provided for all customers who purchase the existing 5.11 version after Feb 3, 2009. Users who purchased the library before this date will be able to upgrade to the latest version for $149.40 USD (40% discount). Upgrades to version 5.11 (which will entitle you to a free upgrade to 7.12) can be purchased from this link (proof of purchase will be required before new serials are sent).

We’d love to hear from you — please send any questions using this contact form.

Welcome to the Quick PDF Library blog

Rowan — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:17:19 +0000

Welcome to the Quick PDF Library blog. We will be using this blog to keep Quick PDF Library users up-to-date with every aspects of the library — from new releases, to tips and tutorials, and special offers. Basically anything that we think might be of benefit to our customers.

Stay tuned, we have some exciting announcements to kick things off.