wkhtmltopdf Changelog

What's new in wkhtmltopdf 0.12.2.1

Jan 21, 2015
  • update OpenSSL to 1.0.1l
  • #2084: [qt] make background transparent by default when rendering to PDF
  • #2142: fix wkhtmltoimage ignoring --javascript-delay and --window-status
  • #2151: [qt] fix PDFs rendering without embedded fonts on 64-bit Cocoa build

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.12.2 (Jan 21, 2015)

  • external libraries updated: OpenSSL to 1.0.1k, libpng to 1.5.21 and xz to 5.2.0
  • fix build failure with unpatched Qt >= 5.3
  • #1539: [qt] using OpenType fonts now results in selectable text on Windows
  • #1638: [qt] fix incorrect rendering of JPEG images on Windows Server 2008 x64
  • #1639: block access to local files on Windows when an invalid URL is used
  • #1640: [qt] make table page-break logic opt-in via CSS at the row level
  • #1676: do not allow overriding the header/footer settings for cover pages
  • #1676: set page margins correctly via computed header/footer heights for multiple URLs
  • #1758: fix corrupt image when output is specified as - in wkhtmltoimage on Windows
  • #1722: [qt] fix broken hyphenation with soft-hyphens
  • #1769: fixed unicode URLs in links
  • #1772: added variable 'isodate' for substitution in headers/footers
  • #1790: fix handling of temporary files during PDF conversion via API
  • #1808: fix [sitepage] and [sitepages] not working without HTML headers/footers
  • #1825: fix handling of non-ASCII characters in command-line arguments
  • #1863: [qt] blank page or crash with low DPI on Windows
  • #1892: --window-status causes endless loop with --header-html
  • #1906: fix wrong comparison when parsing list parameters
  • #1944: [breaking change] fix the reflection subsystem to fix the non-functional API
  • #1949: fix generation of tarball in the posix-local build
  • #1955: installer does not work on 32-bit OS X (10.6.x or 10.7.x)
  • #1961: add explicit dependency on minimal font packages for all linux targets
  • #1988: fix footer spacing being ignored (and header spacing being used instead)
  • #1992: add support for CentOS 7 target
  • #2055: [qt] rendering of Thai symbols is very slow

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.11.0 RC 1 (Feb 9, 2012)

  • Fix issue 149 : Use base url to resolve links
  • Fix issue 667 : Expose load settings in image c binding
  • Fix issue 707 : Relative links are converted to absolute links
  • Update to newer version of qt

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.10.0 rc2 (Jan 31, 2011)

  • Some bugfixes. Archives can now be extarcted by meer mortals.

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.9.7 (May 24, 2010)

  • Use \- some more places in the man page.
  • Work around issue 220 : Allowing the good load check to be disabled.
  • Fix issue 223 : Replace date and time in headers and footers.
  • Fix issue 225 : Add support for links in headers and footers.

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.9.5 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • Fix issue 196 : Unable to use none ASCII file names.
  • Fix multiple issues with links in the pdf file

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.9.1 (Feb 4, 2010)

  • Added change log to release tar ball
  • Fixed up man page
  • Fix  issue 140 : --disable-javascript shod not affect --header-html
  • Fix  issue 142 : We now wait for --redirect-delay microseconds before printing a page, allowing for javascript redirects to occure, or dynamic content to be generated. However if a window.print() javascript statement is executed we wait no longer.
  • Fix  issue 147 : Detect if --header-html is html
  • Fix  issue 155 : Cookie support is broken
  • Add support for userdefined replacements in headers and footers.
  • Fix bug where the header line would not be horizontal

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.9.0 (Jan 12, 2010)

  • Complete code rewrite.
  • Add support for HTML headers and footers.
  • Do not exit 0 when a 404 has occured
  • Added a manual/readme
  • Added an installer under windows
  • Fix issue 47 : Give better error message if destination is not writeble
  • Fix issue 56 : with checkboxes printed badly
  • Fix issue 61 : PDF's send to stdout are broken on windows
  • Fix issue 74 : Scale of output is not fixed
  • Fix issue 92 : Support space between headers and contest
  • Fix issue 125 : Html documents from stdin does not work under windows
  • Allow headers and footers to be utf8
  • Add zoom support
  • Add support for internal and external links
  • Add links and back links to the table of content
  • Links in the table of content, and outline now point at the correct location.
  • Fixed multiple issues with wrong TOC and outlines
  • Add support for custom HTML headers
  • Add support for loading and saving cookies
  • Add support for POST requests
  • Make static build work with older versions of libc
  • Much more that I have now forgotten.
  • Add support for custom page sizes
  • Upgrade to qt4.6 fixing issues with not beeing able to copy text in acroread
  • Upgrade to qt4.6 fixing issues with only one font family working.

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.9.0 Beta 3 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • Complete code rewrite.
  • Add support for HTML headers and footers.
  • Fix issue 56 : with checkboxes printed badly
  • Do not exit 0 when a 404 has occured
  • Added a manual/readme
  • Fix issue 92 : Support space between headers and contest
  • Fix issue 47 : Give better error message if destination is not writeble
  • Fix issue 74 : Scale of output is not fixed
  • Allow headers and footers to be utf8
  • Add zoom support
  • Add support for internal and external links
  • Add links and back links to the table of content
  • Links in the table of content, and outline now point at the correct location.
  • Fixed multiple issues with wrong TOC and outlines
  • Add support for custom HTML headers
  • Make static build work with older versions of libc
  • Much more that I have now forgotten.
  • Add support for custom page sizes
  • Upgrade to qt4.6 fixing issues with not beeing able to copy text in acroread
  • Upgrade to qt4.6 fixing issues with only one font family working.

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.9.0 Beta 2 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Complete code rewrite.
  • Add support for HTML headers and footers.
  • Fix issue 56 : with checkboxes printed badly
  • Do not exit 0 when a 404 has occured
  • Added a manual/readme
  • Fix issue 92 : Support space between headers and contest
  • Fix issue 47 : Give better error message if destination is not writeble
  • Fix issue 74 : Scale of output is not fixed
  • Allow headers and footers to be utf8
  • Add zoom support
  • Add support for internal and external links
  • Add links and back links to the table of content
  • Links in the table of content, and outline now point at the correct location.
  • Fixed multiple issues with wrong TOC and outlines
  • Add support for custom HTML headers
  • Make static build work with older versions of libc
  • Much more that I have now forgotten.

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.8.3.1 (Oct 5, 2009)

  • Allow custom page numbering (patch by Refael Bedia)
  • Add options to support HTTP authentication
  • Fix yet another leek in batch mode (patch by Mário Silva)
  • Fix issue when compiling with OT4.4
  • Fix issue regarding X11 with unpatched Qt

New in wkhtmltopdf 0.8.0 (May 29, 2009)

  • Added support for changing default input encoding (static binary only)
  • Added support for supplying user style sheet