Similarly to the SharePoint version released yesterday, today’s release of the Muhimbi PDF Converter Services is a small, but important, upgrade that solves a number of bugs and introduces some refinements.
A quick introduction for those not familiar with the product: The Muhimbi PDF Converter Services is an ‘on premises’ server based SDK that allows software developers to convert typical Office files to PDF format using a robust, scalable but friendly Web Services interface from Java, .NET, Ruby & PHP based solutions. It supports a large number of file types including MS-Office and ODF file formats as well as HTML, MSG (email), EML, AutoCAD and Image based files and is used by some of the largest organisations in the world for mission critical document conversions. In addition to converting documents the product ships with a sophisticated watermarking engine, PDF Splitting and Merging facilities, an OCR facility and the ability to secure PDF files. A separate SharePoint specific version is available as well.
Some of the main changes and additions in the new version are as follows:
2619
CAD
New
CAD Converter - Add configurable search folder to search for X-Refs
2616
Merging
Fix
Bookmarks break when merging certain, existing, PDF files
2622
Merging
Fix
Some pages are ignored when merging certain pre-existing PDF files
2423
MSG
Fix
'TO' shows garbled content when using 'Name and Address' for certain emails
2630
MSG
Fix
Extra RTF control codes in generated PDF for certain emails
2775
MSG
Fix
Information missing in certain emails
2578
OCR
Fix
PDFs that show correctly, but are internally rotated, are not OCRed correctly
2682
OCR
Fix
Some PDFs error in Acrobat after OCR
2700
OCR
Fix
OCR Concurrency issue under extreme load
2461
Other
Improvement
Improve support for Office 2016
2585
Other
Improvement
Improve setting of default printers
2500
Setup
Fix
‘Back' button does not work on 'Select the license file' screen
2501
Setup
Fix
Leaving domain name empty is allowed, but fails later
2611
Setup
Fix
Folders within 'systemprofile' are not created on some systems.
2690
Setup
Fix
Error while installing - service does not start and times-out
2787
Setup
Fix
Fix URL for downloading external dependencies
2589
Setup
Improvement
Removing backup files' sometimes takes a very long time.
2593
Setup
Improvement
Improve internet connectivity test
2606
Setup
Improvement
Exceptions from external actions are not logged
2610
Setup
Improvement
Set the hostname in the config file to be the FQDN
2620
Setup
Improvement
Add local admin check in installer
2632
Setup
Improvement
Review and update unattended installer
2594
Setup
New
Validation screen does not detect Office 2016
For more information check out the following resources:
Unlike the major 8.0 version released at the end of 2015, today’s release of the Muhimbi PDF Converter for SharePoint is much smaller, nicer, gentler. This maintenance release does not come with many new features, but it contains some important fixes and refinements, which are just as important.
For those not familiar with the product, the PDF Converter for SharePoint is a lightweight solution that allows end-users to merge, split, watermark, secure, OCR and convert common document types - including InfoPath, AutoCAD, MSG (email) MS-Office, HTML and images - to PDF as well as other formats from within SharePoint using a friendly user interface, workflows or a web service call without the need to install any client side software or Adobe Acrobat. It integrates at a deep level with SharePoint and leverages facilities such as the Audit log, Nintex Workflow, K2 blackpearl, localisation, security and tracing. It runs on SharePoint 2007, 2010, 2013 & SharePoint Online and is available in English, German, Dutch, French, Traditional Chinese and Japanese. For detailed information check out the product page.
