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pdfaPilot Server Changelog

What's new in pdfaPilot Server 5.5.230

Mar 19, 2015
  • 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:
  • e-mail to PDF:
  • Support for additional archive formats for e-mail attachments (z7, tz, rar) [CA1022881]
  • Optimized naming for converted attachments keeps now their original file extension in attachment names and bookmarks
  • Support for HTML and HTM as e-mail attachments [CA1023701]
  • Improved handling for multi-level nested msg and eml files [CA1023102]
  • ToPDF: Added support for OpenOffice using 64Bit JavaVM
  • Reports:
  • XML-Reports: Page label is listed in page information
  • General:
  • Incorporate new ZUGFeRD schema (as defined in a corrigendum, published October 17, 2014)
  • 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:
  • Checks:
  • 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]
  • Fixups:
  • Make XMP metadata compliant: Problem solved, where multiple creator entries were not respected
  • Convert SMask to image mask: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an unexpected result [CA1023528]
  • Fixed issue, where an incomplete CIDset prevented a successful conversion to PDF/A [FP25347]
  • Problem solved, where conversion to PDF/A resulted in an unexpected behavior [CA1023509]
  • Problem solved, where conversion to PDF/A of certain PDFs resulted in an improper result [CA1023626]
  • Problem solved, where images were not properly converted during conversion to PDF/A in special cases [CA1023306]
  • 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 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
  • Fixed issue, where some PDF viewers were showing ab unnecessary warning when opening processed files in some cases [FP25347]
  • 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]
  • Actions:
  • ReDistill: Fixed issue, where processing special PDFs files causes an error [FP27494; FP27635]
  • 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]
  • e-mail to PDF:
  • Problem solved, where nested msg or eml files were not properly handled [CA1022881; CA1023102; CA1023717]
  • Problem solved, where protected PDFs as e-mail attachment were not properly handled [CA1023442]
  • 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]
  • 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]

New in pdfaPilot Server 5.2.221 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • Update of pdfaPilot Server, pdfaPilot CLI or pdfaPilot SDK free of charge for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)
  • 
Features:
  • New Fixups:
  • Remove bookmarks: Removes all bookmarks in a PDF [FP26479]
  • New Checks:
  • Page has objects using transparency [CA1022314]
  • Enhanced Profiles:
  • All PDF/A-1 and PDF/X-1 and -3 based Profiles, Profiles for Online Publishing and Digital Printing:
  • Flatten Transparency: Internal optimization has become deprecated and has been removed from the user interface
  • Enhanced Fixups:
  • All “Flatten transparency” Fixups:
  • Internal optimization has been deprecated and has been removed from the user interface
  • Actions:
  • ToPDF: Additional file formats supported for MS Word (.dot; .dotx; .dotm; .txt; .xml), MS Excel (.xslm; .xlt; .xltx; .xltm) and MS Powerpoint (.ppa; .ppam)
  • ToPDF: Font substitutions, which took place in MS Word can be reported on CLI and in SDK
  • CLI:
  • Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame works now also for office conversion processes
  • Distributed Processing:
  • Improved reporting for errors on CLI
  • Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v10.1.0PlusP3c)
  • All components on MacOS are x64 now
  • Fixes:
  • PDF/A Conversion:
  • Conversion of TrueType to CFF limited to fewer cases when absolutely needed[CA1023161]
  • Fixed issue, where glyphs were removed in some cases [CA1023274]
  • Problem solved, where an improperly defined annotation size was not properly handled [CA1023269]
  • Problem solved, where nested PDF files were not validated correctly [CA1023113]
  • Profiles:
  • Verify compliance with PDF/VT-1: Adjusted analysis of DPart structure [CA1023271]
  • Fixups:
  • Set document language to language in tagging structure: Problem solved, where Figure Tag description was removed [CA1023202]
  • Subset fonts: Fixed issue, where glyphs were removed in some cases
  • Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where annotations were removed during processing [FP24614; CA1022661]
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Fixed issue, where invisible layers were not properly removed [FP22502; CA1023254]
  • Remove layer: Problem solved, where content remained in the document [FP20692; FP20710; FP21689]
  • Fix font encoding: Fixed issue, where text was improperly positioned in some cases
  • Fix glyph width info: Problem solved, where width was not corrected [FP25347; CA1023058]
  • Checks:
  • Glyph width is inconsistent: Problem solved, where widths were not properly calculated in some cases [FP26600]
  • MD5 checksum of ICC profiles: Corrected naming of reported results
  • Actions:
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain PNG images were rotated
  • Create PostScript: Problem solved, where objects were moved in some cases
  • Create PostScript: Problem solved, where text became converted to images
  • Extract text: Fixed issue, where extracting text caused an error with some files [CA1023097]
  • E-mail to PDF: Fixed issue, where bookmarks were not properly created [CA1023075]
  • E-mail to PDF: Problem solved, where empty pages were added unnecessarily [CA1023115]
  • E-Mail to PDF: Problem solved, where the created file was invalid [CA1023078]
  • Collection: Fixed issue, where links were not properly created for embedded non-PDF files [FP26003]
  • Reports:
  • Font inventory report: Fixed issue, where glyphs and Unicode values were not listed [FP24267; FP24680]
  • Desktop:
  • Various improvements for usability and stability
  • Fixed problem, where creating a Check out of editing a Fixup resulted in an improper behavior
  • Server:
  • Problem solved, where Japanese language was not properly handled
  • Distributed Processing - Problem solved, where an unavailable dispatcher resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases
  • General:
  • Improved handling for font files without extension (Unix only) [CA1023053]
  • Problem solved, where customized Profiles did not handled embedded files properly [CA1023219]

New in pdfaPilot Server 5.1.211 (Aug 13, 2014)

  • Support for released ZUGFeRD version 1.0 (German e-invoice standard)

New in pdfaPilot Server 5.1.210 (Jul 9, 2014)

  • FEATURES:
  • New Fixups:
  • Remap characters from Unicode Private Use Area: Map Unicode from PUA to another valid Unicode [FP21906]
  • Remove all tagging information: Removes all tagging structure [CA1022859]
  • Enhanced Fixups:
  • Font to outline: “Apply to” added to control, which fonts are outlined
  • Desktop:
  • Visualizer: Added option to set simulation profile and improved handling if an OutputIntent exists
  • Profile editor: Several predefined filters in search field for Checks and Fixups
  • CLI:
  • Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame
  • Server, Dispatcher or Satellite can be used as service on Windows
  • Distributed processing:
  • Optional failover for Dispatcher in Client-mode
  • Possibility for typification for Satellites
  • Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame for distributed processes
  • Local processing (as a fall-back) can be disabled
  • Optimization for connecting process between Dispatcher and Satellite
  • FIXES:
  • PDF/A conversion:
  • Added correction “Substitute characters using .notdef glyph with space characters” to conversion using CLI, Switchboard, QuickConversion
  • Fonts used for form fields will be embedded completely to ensure full functionality after conversion to PDF/A [CA1020787]
  • Fixups:
  • Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where text was not properly handled for certain PDF created by PhotoShop
  • Rotate pages: Problem solved, where page rotation factor was not handled correctly for links in some cases [CA1022891]
  • Font-related corrections: Problem solved, where false entries in PostScript font resulted in an improper behavior
  • Font-related corrections: Problem solved, where glyphs seemed to be corrupt when viewed in Acrobat 8
  • Font-related corrections: Fixed issue, where glyph widths did not match after processing [CA1023004]
  • Remove JavaScript not associated with actions: Problem solved, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly removed
  • Remove actions: Problem solved, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly removed
  • Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where fixup did not work like expected
  • Remove or adjust annotations: Problem solved, where annotation was moved outside page area instead of being flattened into page content
  • Remove or adjust annotations: Fixed issue, where annotations were not properly rotated
  • Subset fonts: Optimized handling for width entries of unused glyphs [CA1022860]
  • Make font names unique: Problem solved, where errors occurred during postprocessing in certain cases
  • Substitute characters using .notdef glyph with space characters: Fixed issue, where text was moved during processing
  • Create bookmarks from headings: Problem solved, where existing bookmarks were removed
  • Checks:
  • Document contains actions: Fixed issue, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly detected
  • Document contains JavaScript: Fixed issue, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly detected
  • Symbolic TrueType font has Encoding dictionary: Problem solved, where unusual encoding entry was not detected properly
  • Character references .notdef glyph: Problem solved, where .notdef glyphs were not recognized in certain cases
  • Actions:
  • ToPDF: Support for latest Pages (Version 5.2) for Mac
  • ToPDF: TXT files will be handled by MS Office if no OpenOffice is installed (Windows + MacOS)
  • e-mail-to-PDF: Problem solved, where certain MIME type entry in e-mail were not handled properly [CA1022881]
  • e-mail-to-PDF: Fixed issue, where umlauts were not converted in certain cases [CA1022881]
  • Reports:
  • Template-based PDF-Reports: Corrected use of time zone of local computer time
  • Problem solved, where MHT reports could not be created using the Server UI [FP25271]
  • Desktop:
  • Some Problems solved, where user interface did not work as expected
  • Acrobat PlugIn:
  • Problem solved, where batch processing resulted in an improper behavior in Acrobat 9
  • General:
  • Desktop: Optimized handling of unused conditions
  • Desktop: Improved indexing of check and fixup names during import of profiles
  • ProcessPlans: Optimization for PostCheck when standard conversion is used
  • Checks: Optimized analysis to reduce needed amount of memory

New in pdfaPilot Server 2.2.119 (Jul 24, 2010)

  • Fixes:
  • CLI: Problem on Mac solved when CLI was started by user with no home directory

New in pdfaPilot Server 2.1.112 (Apr 28, 2010)

  • Problem solved where result file was not opened after converting a PDF