pdfToolbox Server Changelog

What's new in pdfToolbox Server 7.6.314

• FEATURES:
• Enhanced Profiles:
• All “Convert to PDF/A…”-Profiles: New Fixup “Replace glyphs without Unicode to SPACE characters” [CA1023466; CA1023522]
• New Checks:
• Has private Illustrator information [FP23244; FP26833]
• Radial smooth shade without radius
• Several new properties related to embedded files (especially for PDF/A-3)
• Enhanced Checks:
• Possibility to use negation of regular expressions in those checks added, where values can be defined
• Remove object level metadata: Option to remove XMP metadata from structure elements added
• New Fixups:
• Replace glyphs without Unicode to SPACE characters
• Enhanced Fixups:
• New function to switch between normal and table view in certain Fixups [FP27603]
• Set relationship entry for embedded files: “Apply to” added for more flexibility
• Actions:
• ToPDF: Added support for OpenOffice using 64Bit JavaVM
• CLI:
• UncompressImg: Extended scope, works now also for images-based Checks used in Fixups [FP27168]
• Improve reporting of additionally created files from ProcessPlans
• Reports:
• XML-Reports: Page label is listed in page information
• General:
• Deactivation of licenses using Desktop and CLI
• Introduced a validity period for activation with generated license file
• License files used in CLI-only environments needs to be activated before deployment
• Improved reporting if a Fixup is not successful for all objects (especially on CLI Fix and FixFailure will become reported now)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v10.1.0PlusP3n)
• FIXES:
• Profiles:
• Verify compliance with PDF/X-4p: Problem solved, where the trailing space for RGB was not properly regarded [CA1023556]
• Fixups:
• Fix glyph width information: Fixed issue, where positioning of glyphs changed in certain cases [FP25990; FP26244; FP27795; CA1023570]
• Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where glyphs are distorted in some cases [FP24435]
• Flatten transparency:
• Problem solved, where text was not properly formatted after processing [FP24371]
• Problem solved, where text vanished in certain cases [FP25667; FP27233; FP27270; FP27639]
• Problem solved, where glyphs were displaced [FP26089]
• Make XMP metadata compliant: Problem solved, where multiple creator entries were not respected
• Make XMP metadata compliant with PDF/X-4: Fixed issue, where unusual DocInfo entry was not properly removed [FP27145]
• Convert SMask to image mask: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an unexpected result [CA1023528]
• Convert colors using DeviceLink profiles: Problem solved, where colorspaces in DefaultRGB or DefaultCMYK were not properly handle in some cases [CA1023656]
• Remove objects outside of page area: Fixed issue, where certain cases of text placement was not properly respected [FP27658]
• Make font names unique: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an improper behavior during postprocessing [FP20693; CA1022294]
• Set MIME type entry for embedded files: Fixed issue, where entry was not properly set in certain cases
• Set page label: Adjusted handling to enable modification of complete page ranges [FP27217]
• Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where font was not embedded due to missing Subtype-entry [FP27498]
• Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where conversion was not successful in certain cases [FP26772]
• Problem solved, where Smooth Shades were not properly handled in some cases [CA1022421]
• Problem solved, where invalid UTF-8 font names were not corrected [CA1023559]
• Checks:
• Number of effectively non-empty plates: Fixed issue, where selected units for aperture was not properly respected [CA1023646]
• Effective Ink coverage:
• Fixed issue, where result was not properly determined if aperture was identical to sample size [CA1023392]
• Optimized handling to avoid unnecessary internal rendering [CA1023410]
• If custom area is defined, it will be corrected to stay inside of CropBox if original dimension exceeds this box [CA1023392]
• Fixed issue, where certain PDF structures resulted in false hits [FP27559; FP27939]
• Fixed issue, where some kinds of Smooth Shades were mistakenly flagged as invalid [CA1023332]
• Actions:
• ReDistill: Fixed issue, where processing special PDFs files causes an error [FP27494; FP27635]
• Impose: Problem solved, where umlaut characters used in PlaceText resulted in an unexpected font [CA1023435]
• ToPDF: Fixed issue, where the print area of XSLX-Excel-documents were not properly respected [FP27328]
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where Unicode file names of TIFF files resulted in an unexpected behavior [CA1023605]
• Save as image: Fixed issue, where overprint was not respected in some cases [CA1023059; FP27495]
• ProcessPlans:
• Problem solved, where reports created by sequence steps did not contained annotations [FP27963]
• Problem solved, where removing of steps resulted in an improper behavior in certain cases [FP27757]
• Desktop:
• Reports: Problem solved, where custom PDF reports were not properly created in certain cases [FP27718; FP27979]
• Variables dialog: Problem solved, where quotation marks became replaced by operating system (MacOS only) [FP27547]
• Compare: Problem solved, where custom settings could not be used for reports [FP26947]
• Server:
• Checkpoint: Problem solved, where preview did not work for PDF with Japaneses characters in filename [FP26938]
• Reports: Fixed issue, where overview reports were not properly created [FP27966]
• Fixed issue, where not convertible non-PDF files were moved into “Processed”- instead of “Error”-folder [FP26835]
• General:
• Fixed problem, where special characters in name of Output Intent avoided a proper profile export [FP28111]
• Desktop: Fixed issue, where text was not properly displayed (MacOS Retina only)
• CLI:
• Improved handling of hotfolders when user “nobody” is used (Linux only)
• Problem solved, where no template based PDF reports were created if ProcessPlans has been used [FP27087]