PDF Converter API and Server Platform 8.1

Posted at: 13:57 on 27 May 2016 by Muhimbi

Similarly to the SharePoint version released yesterday, today’s release of the Muhimbi PDF Converter API and Server Platform 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 API and Server Platform 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