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Changelog PDFControls.NET 2.0


2.0.114.0
October 14, 2021
bugfix
Load document with pages that have Type definition missing
2.0.113.0
September 17, 2021
bugfix
Fixed TextSelectMode.SelectCharacters text cursor position
2.0.112.0
July 12, 2021
bugfix
Content disappeared after saving a secured document
2.0.111.0
June 30, 2021
bugfix
Text disappeared when clicking into a multiline text field.
2.0.110.0
May 10, 2021
feature
Use font for FontSubstitutionMap from resources
2.0.109.0
December 8, 2020
bugfix
Fixed various issues
2.0.108.0
July 9, 2020
bugfix
fix custom text entry for drop down list field
2.0.107.0
June 25, 2020
bugfix
Ensure widget's visibility after its focus is set in JavaScript action
2.0.106.0
June 10, 2020
bugfix
Enumerator of Canvas threw InvalidCastException
2.0.105.0
May 12, 2020
bugfix
MultiLineTextBoxInteractor not honoring line feed when in focus
2.0.104.0
February 25, 2020
bugfix
PrintDialog now displays newly added shapes
2.0.103.0
February 10, 2020
bugfix
Fixing NullReferenceException on casting a clone of TextShapeCollection
2.0.102.0
January 6, 2020
bugfix
An unhandled exception of type 'System.ObjectDisposedException'
2.0.101.0
November 26, 2019
bugfix
In specific cases, an exception is thrown when saved the second time
comment
Optimised performance
2.0.100.0
January 11, 2019
bugfix
High memory usage and slow if PDF has large color images
2.0.99.0
November 20, 2018
bugfix
Fixed various small issues
2.0.98.0
October 25, 2018
bugfix
Fixed a JBig2 image rendering issue
2.0.97.0
October 2, 2018
bugfix
Fixed a crash caused by unspecified bounding boxes
2.0.96.0
September 20, 2018
bugfix
Document.MetadataSchemas returns all metadada schemas now
2.0.95.0
August 10, 2018
comment
Updated online help
2.0.94.0
July 5, 2018
bugfix
Metadata parser made a bit more lenient with invalid characters
feature
Added API to read/write kerning in TextShapes
2.0.93.0
June 4, 2018
bugfix
Fixed a multi-threading issue preventing the applications to quit
2.0.92.0
May 11, 2018
feature
Added method Interactor.Repaint
2.0.91.0
April 18, 2018
bugfix
Fixes various small issues
2.0.90.0
April 16, 2018
bugfix
Fixed an issue with rendering "new" pages
2.0.89.0
January 25, 2018
bugfix
Fixed the calculation of cursor position related to interactors
bugfix
Fixed a scrolling issue when screen scaling is bigger than 100% and the application is not flagged as dpiAware
2.0.88.0
January 19, 2018
bugfix
Fixed a crash caused by zooming while rendering
2.0.87.0
January 17, 2018
bugfix
Restore strong name for PDFControls DLLs
bugfix
Fixed concurrency issue when thumbnail was generated along with the related page
2.0.86.0
January 12, 2018
bugfix
Fixed some visiblity issues with PDFs changed on the fly
2.0.85.0
December 13, 2017
feature
Invalidate() method on PagesViewer now can be called to refresh viewer if underlying PDF changed
2.0.84.0
November 15, 2017
bugfix
Fixed a font corruption problem
bugfix
Fixed a build issue causing Visual Studio to crash
2.0.83.0
October 27, 2017
bugfix
Fixed some layer visiblity issues
2.0.82.0
October 5, 2017
bugfix
Fixed a font rendering issue when a monitor is scaled above 100%
bugfix
Fixed a layer visibility issue
2.0.81.0
September 22, 2017
bugfix
Fixed a caching issue
2.0.80.0
September 19, 2017
bugfix
Fixed an issue that caused wrong text encoding for embedded fonts
2.0.79.0
June 23, 2017
feature
On Annotations the NoRotate property is now available
2.0.78.0
May 23, 2017
bugfix
CreateShapes did not put objects inside the LayerShape objects
2.0.77.0
April 6, 2017
bugfix
In particular cases shapes from CreateShapes() would only be shown partly
2.0.76.0
March 22, 2017
bugfix
Loading a particular PDf document into the pages viewer would raise an exception
bugfix
In the reference api online help some text was missing
2.0.75.0
October 26, 2016
bugfix
UI does not follow cursor when tabbing off screen.
2.0.74.0
October 14, 2016
bugfix
FreeText annotations with rich text would not show in a PagesViewer
2.0.73.0
September 23, 2016
bugfix
FreeText annotations with rich text have an improved appearance.
bugfix
PDFViewer sometimes scrolls on change of focus.
2.0.72.0
August 2, 2016
bugfix
Line breaks ignored in FreeText annotation.
feature
Introduced BeforePrint event.
2.0.71.0
June 9, 2016
bugfix
Fix handling OpenType fonts without a standard CMap subtable
bugfix
Various bug fixes
2.0.70.0
February 4, 2016
bugfix
Line markups are rendered with an offset.
bugfix
Stichting signed documents throws an exception.
2.0.69.0
November 4, 2015
bugfix
Fixed an issue that sometimes not all pages were rendered
bugfix
The engine is more lenient now with PDFs not containing MediaBox information
2.0.68.0
June 10, 2015
bugfix
Fix rendering spaces in tooltips
2.0.67.0
March 19, 2015
bugfix
Fix incorrect font usage issue after merging documents
bugfix
Fix an issue with losing field values in single page view mode.
2.0.66.0
January 21, 2015
bugfix
PDFControls.NET is made more lenient with some broken PDFs
2.0.65.0
December 10, 2014
bugfix
Fix an issue in which images or pages were rendered black
2.0.64.0
November 26, 2014
bugfix
Some pages are not displayed entirely.
2.0.63.0
November 13, 2014
bugfix
Fix an issue with handling of user interface events
bugfix
Fix an issue which caused some PDFs being broken after saving them
2.0.62.0
September 25, 2014
bugfix
Fix saving documents after disabling some layers
bugfix
Fix an issue with not displaying some PDFs
2.0.61.0
July 10, 2014
comment
After a pan or zoom, a newly visible area is updated in the background after which it is displayed. In the short meantime, a grey background was shown. We know show the actual background color (normally white) which makes the experience somewhat smoother.
2.0.60.0
June 25, 2014
bugfix
Some JPEG images do not get shown.
bugfix
Occasional null reference exception for fields that have a tooltip defined.
feature
PDFControls.NET is now available as a NuGet package. From the Package Manager Console run: Install-Package TallComponents.PDFControls.Standard or Install-Package TallComponents.PDFControls.Professional
2.0.59.1
April 8, 2014
bugfix
Corrupt link annotations cause an exception upon opening.
2.0.59.0
January 9, 2014
feature
The ContentShape class has been extended with a RenderingIntent property.
bugfix
Clicking the OK button of the printing dialog causes problems in a Citrix environment. The OK button will now only become enabled after the paper sizes have been established.
bugfix
Text with an apostrophe cannot be pasted into some documents.
comment
We no longer provide Visual Studio 2005 sample projects.
feature
The samples of the professional edition have been synchronized with the PDFKit.NET 4.0 samples. As a result, the following additional non-GUI samples are available for the professional edition: ClipShapes, CreateLayers, DownscaleImages, RedactionSample, StampFooter, CreateBarcodes, CropPages, CustomSignVerifyAndUpdates, ExtractGlyphBoxes, and RoundedRectangles.
2.0.58.0
October 30, 2013
bugfix
Providing Document.Open() with the wrong password generates an incorrect exception.
2.0.57.1
October 3, 2013
bugfix
The client profile edition may render some characters incorrectly.
2.0.57.0
September 24, 2013
bugfix
Some secured document do not render. This issue was introduced in PDFControls 2.0.54.0.
feature
PRO ONLY: The viewer preferences now allow access to the following PDF settings: Duplex, NumCopies, PickTrayByPdfSize, PrintArea, PrintClip, ViewArea, ViewClip, PrintPageRange, PrintScaling.
feature
The windows domain license can now also be activated for new dns style domain names, next to the old NetBIOS domain names.
2.0.56.1
September 2, 2013
bugfix
Allow the border of the BookmarkViewer to be set to none. This implies that the default is now also none, so you may have to set it explicitly to keep the looks of the GUI the same as for earlier versions.
2.0.56.0
July 31, 2013
bugfix
Wrong cursors are used for the annotation resize boxes on rotated pages.
bugfix
The last item in the BookmarksViewer is sometimes invisible. This issue only happens in .Net 2.0 due to a bug in .Net.
bugfix
Some embedded fonts do not get rendered.
2.0.55.0
June 28, 2013
bugfix
Non-symbolic truetype fonts that do not specify an encoding may be rendered incorrectly.
feature
Certain hungarian accented characters are not rendered.
2.0.54.0
April 10, 2013
bugfix
Font.CreatePaths throws an exception for some font types.
2.0.53.0
February 28, 2013
feature
Improved support for opening documents with a corrupt object reference table.
bugfix
Stackoverflow when opening a document with a corrupt font definition.
2.0.52.1
January 30, 2013
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Page.CreateShapes removes soft masks.
2.0.52.0
January 29, 2013
bugfix
PRO ONLY: An exception may be thrown when cloning a newly created page with a new widget. This issue was introduced in release 2.0.44.1
2.0.51.0
January 18, 2013
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the location of interactor borders may be slightly off.
feature
Improved support for text markup annotations that specify an incorrect bounding rectangle. These markup annotations would be invisible previously.
2.0.50.0
November 22, 2012
bugfix
PRO ONLY: FreeText.BorderColor does not control the border color but the interior color.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added FreeText.Orientation and Stamp.Orientation properties. These allow creation of rotated markup annotations (multiples of 90 degrees).
feature
PRO ONLY: Added FreeText.InteriorColor, FreeText.TextColor and FreeText.FontSize.
bugfix
Annotations with a zero width or height may lead to an ArgumentOutOfRangeException.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added Square.InteriorColor.
2.0.49.0
October 30, 2012
bugfix
PDF documents that incorporate javascript prevent garbage collection of a PagesViewer instance.
2.0.48.0
October 24, 2012
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Adobe reader gives error "there was an error on this page" for files saved in evaluation (unlicensed) mode.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: A null reference exception may get thrown if a custom event handler causes an interactor to be removed during painting.
2.0.47.3
October 11, 2012
bugfix
A PagesViewer instance may not get garbage collected.
2.0.47.2
August 28, 2012
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Child bookmarks cannot be deleted in all cases.
2.0.47.0
June 21, 2012
feature
PRO ONLY: Reduce caret blinking overhead for RDP connections.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the lost focus event does not fire when the application closes.
2.0.46.0
April 11, 2012
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Non-embedded fonts in overlays/underlays are not rendered.
comment
The default color transformation mode has been changed to HighQuality.
feature
PRO ONLY: a TextEdit sample has been added that allows simple text modifications.
feature
PRO ONLY: an EditRectangles samples has been added that allows rectangles to be added to a page, and allows moving and resizing of these rectangles.
bugfix
The .Net 4 assemblies cannot open secured documents.
2.0.45.0
March 27, 2012
bugfix
PRO ONLY: dropping a draggable interactor may have it "jump" to an incorrect location.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: resizing an interactor is now restricted to the boundary of the parent. This avoids placing the interactor at a position where it does not react to mouse events.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: an interactor may have an incorrect ghost image when being dragged after resizing it.
2.0.44.1
March 8, 2012
bugfix
Setting the BackColor of the BookmarksViewer has no effect.
bugfix
PagesViewer.SelectText does not always scroll the selected text into view.
feature
Added the property WorkAroundImageTransparencyPrintSize to the GdiRenderSettings. Setting this value may substantially decrease print output size, but for some documents this may result in artefacts in the output.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Interactively resizing an interactor/annotation to zero width/height may lead to an exception.
2.0.43.1
December 13, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: An exception gets thrown when saving certain documents.
2.0.43.0
December 7, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: The Page.Glyphs propery does not contain the glyphs that are present in the Underlay and Overlay of the page, nor does it contain these glyphs after saving the document.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Page.CreateShapes() does not return shapes that have previously been saved from the Underlay or Overlay.
bugfix
Type 3 fonts cannot be selected.
feature
The quality of rendering of monchrome bitmap fonts has been improved slightly.
2.0.42.0
November 17, 2011
feature
Assemblies for .Net 4.0 and .Net 4.0 Client Profile are included.
bugfix
Fit to page does not work correctly for two-up layouts.
bugfix
Rectangle annotations block user interaction for underlying fields.
bugfix
Memory use is sometimes much higher than necessary.
2.0.41.0
August 30, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the javascript doc.print() function does not work.
bugfix
The print dialog may disable the page range field when all pages are selected in reverse.
bugfix
Creating a document with a non-seekable BinaryReader instance leads to an exception.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added a SimpleXhtmlShape example.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added a sample using a Topaz tablet to create signatures.
bugfix
Note icons do not stay upright when pages are rotated.
2.0.40.0
August 5, 2011
bugfix
Certain types of optional content (i.e. some layers) cannot be turned off.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the Text property of Markup annotations may be empty for annotations that do not specify rich text contents.
feature
PRO ONLY: Markup annotations have a Contents property that specifies the plain text contents of the markup.
2.0.39.0
June 27, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the drop-down area of non-interactive drop down lists is active.
2.0.38.0
June 7, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: empty drop down lists may cause an exception.
bugfix
Word selection may select too many characters.
feature
Double-click will select a word in SelectText mode.
feature
Improved support for corrupt documents with layers. These previously could result in an empty viewer with a red cross.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: editing large multiline text fields is very slow.
2.0.37.0
May 25, 2011
bugfix
A security exception may get thrown on some systems.
feature
PRO ONLY: accessing Javascript.Scripting.MenuItem.Enabled and Javascript.Scripting.MenuItem.Marked properties may throw exceptions.
feature
The Viewer classes have been extended with a ViewerSettings.FastScrolling flag. This is on by default, but it may lead to problems when the system zoom level has been set to a different value than 100%. The FastScolling flag is mostly of interest for remote desktop connections.
feature
detection of whitespace has been improved for text search and text selection.
bugfix
Changing the printer in the printer dialog will not set the correct printer default (as is common in Windows).
2.0.36.1
April 28, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: calculations on non terminal fields may not be executed.
2.0.36.0
April 19, 2011
breaking
PRO ONLY: TallComponents.PDF.JavaScript.Scripting.Global.Initialize() has been replaced by TallComponents.PDF.JavaScript.Scripting.Doc.Initialize(). The new Doc.Initialize() method will be invoked after a document gets opened, before any other javascript gets executed.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Javascript handling has been aligned with Adobe Acrobat behavior. In javascript code the "global" object is no longer a true global object that persists across documents. It is now a member object of the javascript document object. Values can still be persisted by providing an appropriate implementation for the "global" .net class, which still is a "static" object.
feature
PRO ONLY: The DocumentViewer class has been extended with a CaretBlinkTime property. By default this value is set to the system-wide caret blink time.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Annnotations that have a Popup are not interactive.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Popup interactors are not opened at the correct location.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: choice fields do not behave correctly if they contain duplicate export values.
2.0.35.0
March 28, 2011
bugfix
Memory is released too late for documents using javascript.
bugfix
Templates do not maintain field definitions.
2.0.34.0
March 17, 2011
bugfix
Fonts that incorrectly override the encoding of the ZapfDingbats or Symbol font may not render properly.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: editing large multiline text boxes is slow.
bugfix
Changing the font of the BookmarkViewer has no effect on the fonts in the bookmarks tree.
2.0.33.0
February 21, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the viewer does not clear password fields after saving. This in inconsistent with Adobe Acrobat, nor does it reflect the fact that passwords are not saved.
bugfix
Transparency of monochrome images is not always honored.
bugfix
Calling undefined javascript functions or indexing undefined arrays will stop execution of that javascript code. This complies more with the javascript specification.
2.0.32.0
February 10, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: rich text field scrolling and cursor positioning behaves erradically.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: field values have not yet been updated after calling the base OnLostFocus method of an interactor layer (inconsistent behavior).
bugfix
PRO ONLY: ValueWidgetInteractor.Text does not behave as expected during OnLostFocus calls.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the javascript field.checkThisBox method does not behave correctly for radio buttons.
2.0.31.0
January 25, 2011
feature
PRO ONLY: added a WidgetInteractor constructor.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript field.SetFocus() may fail to set the focus if the field is not visible in the viewer.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: fields that are associated with template pages are not saved.
2.0.30.0
January 11, 2011
bugfix
PRO ONLY: showing the overflow marker for drop down boxes is based on the export value, not the display value. This may result in unexpectedly showing/hiding overflow markers.
bugfix
In some situations, selected text does not get highlighted.
feature
PRO ONLY: a HighlightText sample has been added.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Writing a PDF document in AppendUpdate mode may result in a corrupt document.
2.0.29.0
December 14, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: changing field.display in javascript only has effect for 1 widget.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript object.toString() delivers the wrong result. This issue was introduced in 2.0.27.0.
feature
PRO ONLY: text fields and combo boxes have a SpellCheckAllowed property.
2.0.28.0
December 9, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: SelectedText may incorrectly return an empty string during OnMouseDown.
bugfix
Control characters in WinAnsi encoding are rendered as bullets.
bugfix
The speed setting of the mouse wheel is not taken into account.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: overflow markers show up too often.
2.0.27.0
December 2, 2010
feature
Added additional font mappings for Times.
bugfix
Jpeg 2000 images with 4-bit samples do not render.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: scroll bars behave eratically after moving a multiline text widget.
feature
PRO ONLY: The IText interface allows controlling the selection of a text box.
bugfix
The thumbnails viewer does not always correctly indicate the visible pages in the PagesViewer.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: line markup is placed at the wrong location, and cannot be moved in SelectAnnotations mode.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: All but the most basic line and square markup is lost when moved/resized.
feature
PRO ONLY: line markup can be created programmatically, including line endings, leader lines and captions. See the new CreateLineMarkup sample.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: added support for javascript try/catch.
2.0.26.0
November 9, 2010
feature
The ThumbnailsViewer.DrawPageNumbers option has been added, which controls drawing page numbers beneath each thumbnail.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: pages do not get updated corrected after savng a document.
feature
The printing controls have been extended with an UnhandledException event.
2.0.25.0
November 2, 2010
bugfix
A mixture of portrait and landscape pages leads to overlapping pages in multi-column (grid) views.
bugfix
Some Type 1 fonts (PostScript fonts) render distorted.
feature
PRO ONLY: Font.Create accepts multiple additional font folders (semicolon separated).
2.0.24.0
October 14, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: tabs do not work properly in multiline text fields.
feature
The GlyphCollection has been extended with a Page property.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript doc.pageNum does not work.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript doc.movePage, doc.insertPages, doc.replacePages, and doc.deletePages do not work.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: changing the export value of a radio button leads to an incorrect appearance.
2.0.23.0
October 7, 2010
feature
PRO ONLY: added a CreateImageFieldInteractor virtual method in AnnotationInteractorFactory. This makes is possible to provide custom interactor for image fields.
feature
Added EmbeddedFile.FolderName property.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added PushButtonWidget.GetIcon method.
bugfix
Page.CreateShapes may create a black rectangle.
feature
Added PageLayout.Custom to the StandardPagesViewer. This mode does not interfere with the PageSelection and LayoutManager.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: arrow down stops working when a dropdown list gets a value that is not one of the options.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript util.scand() does not work.
feature
Improved handling of documents with invalid resources.
2.0.22.0
September 16, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: adding or removing pages during an event handler may freeze the application, or result in exceptions.
feature
PRO ONLY: added support for tabs in single-line text fields. These can be entered programmatically or by pasting.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the cursor does not resize dynamically.
2.0.21.0
September 9, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript field.page does not work.
feature
PRO ONLY: interactor focus is maintained when the PagesViewer regains focus.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: selecting text in fields disables selection of static text.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: dynamically increasing javascript array sizes does not work correctly.
2.0.20.0
August 26, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: button.Rectangle cannot be changed from javascript.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the PopUpMenu overridable is not called if only 1 menu item is provided.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: interactive word selection improperly selects the first character on the next line as well.
2.0.19.0
August 18, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: pasting chinese characters in a field does not work. Instead question marks are shown.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: entering characters to cycle through the options of a drop down list is case sensitive.
bugfix
Some type 1 fonts do not render correctly.
2.0.18.0
August 16, 2010
bugfix
The current page index is computed incorrectly when rotated pages are involved.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: form fields that are added through javascript do not use Helvetica as their default font.
feature
PRO ONLY: collapsed dropdown lists will cycle through the the available options when typing the character of an option. This only applies to dropdown lists that do not allow custom data entries.
2.0.17.0
July 22, 2010
feature
STD ONLY: the standard editon now also allows specifying a CMap folder (previously the CMAP folder had to be placed next to the executable).
bugfix
Using multiple threads to access various documents concurrently may lead to an exception.
bugfix
Words may have too much spacing between them. This issue was introduced in 2.0.16.0.
bugfix
Images may have stripes in them depending on the rotation of a page. This is caused by an inconsistency in GDI+ for which we have implemented a workaround.
2.0.16.0
July 7, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: a maximum number of zero characters for a field does not have the same effect as setting no maximum. This is not consistent with Adobe Acrobat behavior.
bugfix
A dynamically opened PagesViewer may throw an exception for documents that have an open action.
feature
Implemented an optional workaround for a driver issue (PCL and XPS) that causes too many paths to be closed. This issue shows up as an additional straight line between end points of a curve. See TallComponents.PDF.Rasterizer.Configuration.GdiRenderSettings.WorkAroundClosePathBug.
2.0.15.0
June 17, 2010
feature
Added some default font mappings for the Calibri font.
bugfix
Printing to PostScript printers is extremely slow for certain documents (this is basically a GDI/driver issue for which we have implemented a workaround).
bugfix
Certain Tiff images do not get displayed.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: importing field data, or assigning it via JavaScript does not respect the specified maximum number of characters.
feature
PRO ONLY: support for javascript field.buttonGetIcon() and field.buttonSetIcon has been added.
2.0.14.0
June 3, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: painting does not work during drag'n drop.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: drop down lists do not react properly to annotations becoming (in)visible or interactive.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the actual Effects value is not passed up to the viewer during a DragDrop event.
bugfix
Dashed lines may be rendered incorrectly.
feature
PRO ONLY: comboboxes will auto-complete while entering text.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Widget.Font may be incorrect.
feature
PRO ONLY: ImageShape.CreateBitmap method has been added. This can be used to get a bitmap from the image shape which is returned by page.CreateShapes.
2.0.13.0
May 26, 2010
feature
The PrintSettings will print all pages if its PagesAsIndices/PagesAsString property has not been initialised.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Fields that have a dot in the field name are not removed correctly.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: font family names are sometimes null or incorrect.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: ImageShape does not suppport a particular type of indexed Tiff files.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: very small text fields may lead to an out-of-memory exception.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: long drop down lists may get clipped at the left.
feature
PRO ONLY: added a HighlightFields flag to the StandardPagesViewer that mimicks similar functionality in Adobe Acrobat.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: font resources in a widget are not always found.
2.0.12.0
May 12, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: text widgets with very small height may lead to an OutOfMemory exception.
feature
PDFControls.NET has become more robust against invalid destination specifications.
bugfix
Setting the alignment properties of the viewer in VS designer has no effect.
bugfix
Using a non-left horizontal alignment leads to incorrect graphical updates while resizing.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: some check boxes appear to be not interactive.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: locally defined javascript functions do not work.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the action context does not hold the correct reason, source and target values.
bugfix
CCitt encoded images may be rendered distorted.
2.0.11.3
May 3, 2010
feature
Some license types added.
2.0.11.2
April 30, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the javascript method doc.getField does not return null if it fails, but undefined.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript variable declarations may not become undefined at the start of a loop, nor if the right hand side delivers an undefined value.
2.0.11.1
April 29, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: parameters that are passed into javascript SOAP methods may evaluate to null.
2.0.11.0
April 27, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: correct javascript code may be rejected or does not behave as expected.
feature
PRO ONLY: added support for the javascript app.popUpMenuEx function. See TallComponents.PDF.JavaScript.Scripting.App.
feature
PRO ONLY: added javascript support for hiding and showing templates.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: document level javascript code is invoked too late.
feature
PRO ONLY: added support for the javascript userName field property.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: very small multiline text fields may lead to an out-of memory exception.
feature
PRO ONLY: hidden fields and readonly fields will no longer be highlighted, similar to Adobe Acrobat.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: markup annotations are no longer interactive by default, so that they do not hide mouse event from underlying widgets.
2.0.10.0
April 20, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: creating a 2D bar code shape may throw an exeption.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: some BMP mages may throw an IndexOutOfBound exception after adding them as a shape.
feature
Reconstructing corrupt documents has been improved.
2.0.9.0
April 8, 2010
feature
PRO ONLY: Added support for the following javascript field properties and methods: setAction, removeField, rect, alignment, textFont, multiline, and lineWidth.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added information and compatibility sources that help porting Custom Annotations.
feature
PRO ONLY: added support for the javascript app.response() method.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: writing a file with AppendUpdate mode may lead to a corrupt document.
feature
PRO ONLY: the non-editable dropdown list will now also show (empty) values that are not one of the options, to be more compatible with Adobe Reader/Acrobat.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the javascript field.getItemAt() method does not interpret missing bExportValue arguments correctly.
2.0.8.0
March 25, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Date-Time fields cannot be edited.
feature
The compatibility sources of the PagesViewer and the ThumbnailsViewer have become more compatible with PDFReaderControls 1.1.
bugfix
The UnhandledException event is sometimes not fired, and an exception is raised instead.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the PreviewMouseUp event is not fired for the PagesViewer after the mouse got dragged.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added SimpleXhtmlShape.DefaultJustified, DefaultLeftMargin, DefaultLineHeight and DefaultTextIndent.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added PageIndexDestination.
feature
DocumentInfo.LastModifiedDate getter has been added.
2.0.7.2
March 17, 2010
bugfix
The custom cursor mode does not turn off panning, and does not respect a custom cursor appearance.
bugfix
Closing a PagesViewer may lead to a null reference exception. This issue was introduced by 2.0.7.1.
2.0.7.1
March 15, 2010
bugfix
PagesViewer does not free up all memory after Disposing it.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript field.strokeColor does not work.
2.0.7.0
March 10, 2010
feature
The PagesViewer in the compatibility sources now has a ClientToDocumentTransformation definition.
feature
PRO ONLY: the javascript doc.resetForm method now also accepts a single field name for its argument.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: overflow markers are not shown directly after opening a document.
bugfix
In some situations, the ThumbnailsViewer may not repaint correctly after resizing.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript MouseDown events do not get triggered for annotations that already have the focus.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: javascript MouseUp events get trigered before radio button values are changed, which turns out to be incompatible with Adobe Acrobat.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: Setting a RadioButtonField.Value to null do not deselect the current option.
feature
PRO ONLY: RadioButtonField.CanBeDeselected boolean added.
feature
Added support for type 7 shadings (tensor-product patch meshes).
2.0.6.0
February 22, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: the OnMouseClick event does not get fired for read-only Annotations after having IsOver return true for these.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: control-arrow does not work in text fields.
bugfix
The PrintDialog constructor may throw an exception on some systems.
2.0.5.0
February 4, 2010
feature
Added a Message event to the Viewer classes so that render issues can be monitored.
feature
PRO ONLY: Added a DroppedDown property to the DropDownListInteractor, which controls expanding/collapsing the dropdown list.
feature
PRO ONLY: clicking on the "down arrow" of of a DropDownListInteractor will not only expand the list, but also collapse it.
feature
PRO ONLY: the DropDownListInteractor will expand above the field if there is not sufficient room below.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: destinations with null coordinates lead to an empty view.
feature
The PrintDialog and the PaperSizeListControl have been extended with a Unit property.
bugfix
An InvalidOperation exception may be thrown when closing the application.
2.0.4.0
January 26, 2010
bugfix
The thumbnails viewer may fail to show a document.
bugfix
Scrolling may sometimes introduce artefacts at the bottom of the viewer, typically duplicated graphics.
bugfix
The viewer may leak memory for each document that is opened.
bugfix
The viewer may show blank pages at unpredictable times.
feature
Fields get rebuilt when the AcroForm entry in the PDF is missing or currupt.
feature
Incorrectly encoded names inside a PDF result in missing content. We now detect this -- skip them -- and continue.
bugfix
Some CMaps cannot be parsed, resulting in missing characters.
2.0.3.0
January 20, 2010
bugfix
PRO ONLY: FreeText markup may get incorrect colors when changed.
feature
PRO ONLY: added a specialized FreeTextInteractor, LineInteractor and SquareInteractor.
bugfix
The printing dialog does not always automatically select the default printer.
bugfix
Changing StandardPagesViewer.PageLayout in Visual Studio Designer results in an exception.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: (shift) tabbing does not proceed to the previous/next page in single page layout.
bugfix
The arrow keys and mouse wheel do not scroll to different pages in single page layout.
bugfix
the PDF page dimensions are not always matched correctly to the actual paper size when printing with UsePdfPageSize.
feature
TallComponents.PDF.Navigation.PageDisplay.FitBoundingBoxHorizontally and TallComponents.PDF.Navigation.FitBoundingBoxVertically have been added.
2.0.2.0
January 8, 2010
breaking
The namespaces TallComponents.PDF.Rasterizer.Configuration and TallComponents.PDF.Rasterizer.Fonts have been removed and their elements have been moved to TallComponents.PDF.Configuration and TallComponents.PDF.Fonts respectively.
breaking
PRO ONLY: The "WinForms" prefixes have been removed from factory classed in TallComponents.Interaction.WinForms.Factories.
breaking
PRO ONLY: TallComponents.PDF.JavaScript.Scripting.Messages.DoesNotMatchFieldFormat has been renamed to TallComponents.PDF.JavaScript.Scripting.Messages.InvalidFormat.
bugfix
Document.Write with keepOpen is true sometimes generates corrupt PDF documents.
bugfix
Some documents may trigger a stack overflow.
comment
First RTM release.
breaking
STD ONLY: Page.Draw(bitmap) has been replaced by Page.GetThumbnail(width, height)
breaking
STD ONLY: the license classes are now the same as for the professional edition.
breaking
STD ONLY: Document.MajorVersion and Document.MinorVersion have been replaced by Document.Version, similar to the professional edition.
breaking
STD ONLY: the InternalDestination class now refers to a Page instead of a page index, similar to the profesional edition.
breaking
PRO ONLY: The interactor classes have been put in a similar hierarchy as the annotation, widget and markup classes.
feature
PRO ONLY: the Layers collection is now of type InteractorLayerCollection, which derives from Collection.
bugfix
PRO ONLY: added shapes may not get shown immediately.
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