Posted at: 14:32 on 07 February 2020 by Muhimbi
Well, it is that time of the year again, time for a brand-new release of the Muhimbi PDF Converter Services (See this post for the new SharePoint version). Versions 10.0 already, yep, there is no version 9 because we are just like Microsoft and Apple. Perhaps we should have called it Version X.
In all seriousness, we have skipped the 9.x range as those version numbers are reserved for the Online version of our software. From a feature perspective all 3 platforms (SharePoint, the SDK and Online Subscription services) are generally in sync.
As always there are many improvements and refinements, but also some great new features, specifically:
- Barcode watermarks.
- Print-only watermarks.
- Attaching email and InfoPath attachments in their original format.
- New HTML Converter.
- Filter out useless 'signature' images during email conversion.
- Filter out attachments based on their file type.
- Allow any MS-Word style to be designated as a heading level (for PDF Bookmarks and TOC).
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. Separate SharePoint and Cloud-based Subscription services are available as well.
When upgrading from a previous version, read this Knowledge Base article first.
The main changes and additions in the new version are as follows:
| 1723 | Attachments | New | Support embedding of attachments inside a PDF in original file format |
| 5339 | Attachments | New | Implement filtering of attachment types during conversion |
| 5364 | AutoCAD | Fix | Out of Memory exception during AutoCAD conversion |
| 4879 | AutoCAD | Fix | Resource leak in CAD conversions |
| 4904 | AutoCAD | Improvement | Implement sorting of CAD layouts by their Tab Order |
| 5024 | AutoCAD | Improvement | Improve PDF rendering of certain DXF files |
| 4630 | AutoCAD | New | Add support for latest R2018 DWG files |
| 4882 | Conversion | Fix | Error related to 'Protected View' when converting Office documents. |
| 5407 | Conversion | Improvement | Resolve performance issues related to Office telemetry |
| 4709 | Core | Improvement | Improve logging |
| 5341 | Fix | RTFHTML email parsing issue | |
| 4845 | Improvement | Improve encoding of EML headers | |
| 4728 | New | Filter out useless 'signature' images during email conversion | |
| 5027 | HTML | Fix | Convert Page to PDF problem with Filter in List |
| 5433 | HTML | Improvement | Improve conversion of Power BI pages |
| 3162 | HTML | Improvement | Improve conversion of 'Modern View' SharePoint pages |
| 4618 | HTML | Improvement | Implement new HTML Converter that supports all modern standards |
| 4309 | HTML | Improvement | Clean up converted HTML links without protocol |
| 4763 | HTML | Improvement | Investigate special characters in HTML conversion |
| 4844 | HTML | Improvement | Improve support for converting of Nintex Forms 2010 |
| 3499 | HTML | New | Add support for 'repeating headers and footers' in HTML converter |
| 5333 | InfoPath | Fix | InfoPath conversion fails if xml does not define the 'my' namespace |
| 5413 | MS-Word | Fix | Signed Word document Fail to Convert |
| 5931 | MS-Word | Improvement | Improve page numbering and various field types during MS-Word conversion |
| 4834 | MS-Word | Improvement | Improve MS-Word 3rd party template handling |
| 4891 | MS-Word | New | Allow any MS-Word style to be designated as a Heading level |
| 4805 | Samples | Improvement | Create batch files for .Net sample code for building and running |
| 4808 | Samples | Improvement | Make Java sample codes work with newer Java versions |
| 4807 | Samples | Improvement | Update PHP sample HTML page |
| 4883 | Samples | New | Add Sample Code to GitHub |
| 4740 | Samples | New | Add .net Core sample code |
| 5383 | Setup | End of life | Drop support for Windows Server 2003 (No longer supported by installer) |
| 5366 | Setup | Fix | During installation Windows security pop up is visible |
| 4614 | Setup | Fix | Fix Suspicious Double File Extension Execution AV Warnings |
| 4975 | Setup | Improvement | Implement new code signing mechanism |
| 5405 | Watermarking | Fix | Watermarking fails for certain PDF files |
| 5351 | Watermarking | Fix | Out of memory exceptions during certain watermark operations |
| 5367 | Watermarking | Fix | Chinese characters not appearing in text watermark |
| 5342 | Watermarking | Improvement | Implement date and time localisation in watermarks |
| 4248 | Watermarking | New | Add 'Print Only' Watermarks |
| 2396 | Watermarking | New | Add support for barcode watermarks |
For more information check out the following resources:
- Product Page.
- Brochure.
- FAQ & Knowledge Base.
- Release Notes.
- Administration Guide.
- User & Developer Guide.
- All PDF Converter Services related Blog Posts.
As always, feel free to contact us using Twitter, our Blog, regular email or subscribe to our newsletter.
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Labels: Barcode, News, PDF Converter Services, Watermarking
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