Year 2016 Docotic.Pdf notices

Updated on December 31, 2016

This page contains all Docotic.Pdf release notices for year 2016.

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Docotic.Pdf 5. Now includes a version for .NET Standard Library and ability to extract vector paths.

October 22, 2016

We have just released Docotic.Pdf 5.0.

This release includes a version for .NET Standard Library 1.3. So, starting from 5.0, Docotic.Pdf can be used in .NET Core and Universal Windows Platform apps and services. This is besides .NET 2 and later frameworks, of course.

Our customers asked us to add the ability to extract vector paths from documents. And here it is. By the way, you can extract clip regions, too. Take a look at the Extract text, paths and images sample to get an idea about how it works.

Version 5 adds the ability to open and create PDF documents encrypted with AES-256. This should come in handy if you need stronger security algorithms in your workflow.

We also fixed a number of issues related to drawing and extraction of images. And as always, text extraction was also improved.

There are other changes.

Support for PDF layers, improvements in forms handling and more precise drawing

April 29, 2016

I am pleased to announce that Docotic.Pdf 4.9 is out on our site and on NuGet.

In the latest version, we added support for layers (also known as optional content groups). The library can now create layers, enumerate existing layers, add widgets, controls and XObjects to layers. Check the Layers group of samples for some examples of what was added.

Starting from Docotic.Pdf 4.9, the library can draw documents with soft masks properly. And we also improved support for blend modes and transparency groups. By the way, the new version can also remove transparency groups from PDF documents. This feature is important if you are converting existing documents to PDF/A.

We significantly improved forms handling in the library. The library does a better job in parsing of controls and their associated actions. We fixed issues related to the drawing of forms and changing properties of existing controls. And we didn't miss the opportunity to fix some bugs in form filling and flattening.

There are a number of fixes for text extraction and drawing. They include fixes for vertically written, stroked or rotated text.

We also fixed image-related issues. The new version handles JPEG, JBIG2 and PNG images (including images in CMYK color space) better.

There are quite a lot of other changes.

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