 |
FREE Download | Purchase pdfMachine |
Release History pdf file converter pdfmachine
| Ver | Release Date | Changes |
| 10.4 | 12-Oct-04 |
Fixed Problems: |
| 10.3 | 01-Oct-04 |
Fixed Problems: |
| 10.2 | 04-Aug-04 |
Fixed Problems: |
| 10.0 | 06-Jul-04 |
Fixed Problems: StationeryEnableStationeryFirstPage
|
| 9.9 | 15-Jun-04 |
* Fix problem where sometimes edit boxes did not work in options on foreign
language versions of pdfMachine. * Fix for sharing pdfMachine printer on network. * Fixed so -addport works for adding multiple printers. * Fixed parameter parsing for documents from Internet Explorer |
| 9.6 | 28-May-04 |
Changes: * Added support for text popup annotations and icons. * Added support for reading in any pdf file for editing. * New look options based on tree view * Added about box * New trial version watermark * New dialogs for changing N-Up, Stationery, doc info, security on current document. * Support for all 128 bit standard security settings Bug fixes: * Fixed crash that sometimes occured in parm parsing. * Fixed speed problem on batch jobs using "SaveFileAs". |
| 9.5 | 16-Jan-04 |
Changes: * Added 'overrideUserSettings' option to bgsconf.ini file. If set to 1, then the settings in the bgsconf.ini file are used instead of the regular user settings. Bug fixes: * Fixed problem with PDF stationery not working sometimes - fonts would be all messed up. * Fixed problem where "Save" button in the Edit mode was not working. |
| 9.4 | 4-Jan-04 |
Changes: * Added toolbar button to IE - it finds all hyperlinks in page and preserves them in PDF. Bug fixes: * Fixed auto appending problem where stationery was not working. * Fixed problem where rapid prints would fail after around 2000 prints. * Fixed memory leak that occurred in auto appending mode in pdfMachine viewer. * Fixed problem with rapid prints from Word 97. |
| 9.3 | 5-Nov-03 |
Changes: * Supports different stationery on first and subsequent pages. * Added toggle viewer button * Customizable toolbars (double click on toolbar or select from menu) * Ability to add your own toolbar buttons to call program or script * Added new Next Action = Save As - pops a "Save As" dialog. * Removed NextAction "display What do you want to do next Dialog" (no long required, as "toggle viewer" mode handles this) * Added "Show 'Printing Status' window while printing" option * Reduced the number of confusing options on the "Save Filename As" combo Bug fixes: * Fixed the "security not being applied bug" when next action was "no next action". * Fixed problem with the default printer being incorrectly set in Outlook * Fixed problem when installing multiple printers with different options * Fixed problem with Nup and some documents * Fixed problems with server/client "point and print" installs where client machine was still displaying "trial version" when it shouldn't have. |
| 9.2 | 8-Oct-03 |
Added pdfScanMachine utility. Added image support in Edit mode. Added install option for MS Office addin. Fixed problem where rapid multiple print jobs would not be appended properly. Fixed problem with Word template modification. |
| 8.9 | 15-Sep-03 | Added MS Office Integration, page rotation and N-Up support. |
| 8.8 | 17-Jun-03 | Fixed problem with MS Wordart in 32 bit driver. |
| 8.7 | 10-Jun-03 | Added: bookmark support and parameter parsing. |
| 8.6 | 19-Feb-03 | Fixed problem with NT installs done under users with "domain administrator" access. |
| 8.5 | 17-Feb-03 | Fixed problem with some missing images from word on 95/98/ME |
| 8.4 | 13-Feb-03 |
Fixed problem with text appearing as numbers in PDF' generated by Visio
docs. Fixed MS Word transparency problem on NT. Fixed problem with European chars from Excel Added auto append to open viewer Fixed problem with encrypted PDF's containing embedded links not working properly |
| 8.1 | 18 Dec 2002 |
Fixed problem with "Lucinda Console" font. Fixed problem with print server point & print installs on NT. |
| 7.8 | 13 Dec 2002 |
Added support for Asian, Hebrew, Arabic fonts as well as others. Added "document info" tab. Fixed some "funny char" problems when printing to a Postscript printer. Encryption is now applied for all "Next Actions". Fixed bug that occurred when you deleted the final page in a document. Fixed some German spelling mistakes. Auto Append feature now does not require a file to exist prior to enabling. Fixed "use document title as file name and show dialog" option not showing the dialog. |
| 7.8 | 21-Nov-02 | Added 'confirm email attachment name' and 'automatically send email if To address is set' options to Next Action tab. |
| Fixed problem with multiple printer installations on the one machine. Added support for "Developers Version". | ||
| 7.5 | 14-Nov-02 | Fixed problem with MS Word and Win98. Added extra page sizes for NT/2000/XP driver. |
| 7.4 | 12-Nov-02 |
Major upgrade: "Point & print" installation Simplified PDF stationery You can now use PDF files on network shares as stationery. Simplified installer New registration code mechanism New registry locations for options Options are now stored under KCU\Software\pdfMachine Email attachment filename prompting You are now prompted to confirm the email attachment name prior to launching the default email client. Several minor bug fixes including: Default paper size now depends on what country you are in bold fonts on Win95 VISIO 2002 garbled text problems Printing empty notepad document crashing Printing PDF's from Acrobat reader crashing Resolution problems on 32 bit driver |
| 6.9 | 12-Jul-02 | Added append to file feature.Added support for pdfMachineCmdLine.exe. |
| 6.5 | 15-May-02 | Fix for italic problems on Win95/98/Me. |
| Fix for text rotation problems on Win96/98/Me. | ||
| Fix for preview not visible problem - acrobat reader splash visible instead. | ||
| 6.3 | 3-May-02 | Support '@filename' for PDF filename. Fixed 'edit hang' or 'send fail' problem that occurred first time after installing prior to a save. |
| 6.2 | 19-Apr-02 | Fixed barcode font problem. Now display error message when user selects PDF stationery that is encrypted or was not produced by pdfMachine. |
| 6.1 | 15-Apr-02 | First release with new look buttons and page editing capability. Also, security/encryption may be automatically applied without launching the pdfmachn.exe application. Also support for '@filename' as email parameters. |
| 5.9 | 9-Apr-02 | Fixed "only worked in session 0" problem with WinXP faster user switching and Windows Terminal Server. |
| 4.9 | 6-Feb-02 | Fixed a bug where some large documents were being encrypted incorrectly. |
| 4.8 | 5-Feb-02 | Fixed problem with encrypted documents not encrypting URL links. |
| 4.7 | 4-Feb-02 | Added on the fly generation of hyperlinks for URLS. |
| 4.6 | 29-Jan-02 | "Save settings" on security options now saves options for use on subsequent prints. Fixed "no PDF file produced" problem (occurred from within Excel sometimes on Win98). |
| 4.5 | 24-Jan-02 | Added JPEG image compression and image downsampling options. |
| Added 30x42 inch page size. Added "save settings" to security options. | ||
| 4.4 | 16-Jan-02 | Fixed problem that caused rubbish chars to be printed when printing PDF files generated by pdfMachine to Postscript printers. |
| 4.3 | 15-Jan-02 | Fixed problem that caused Adobe Acrobat Reader to crash when printing PDF files generated by pdfMachine to Postscript printers. Note that this appears to be a bug in Acrobat reader - but we implemented a workaround. |
| 4.2 | 9-Jan-02 | Fixed problem with encryption sometimes not working properly when PDF stationery was enabled. |
| 4.1 | 8-Jan-02 | Fixed problem with character placement that manifested itself when using the SolidWorks CAD package. |
| 4 | 3-Jan-02 | Added support for PDF encryption. Also added online registration system. |
| 3.9 | 27-Dec-01 | Fixed problem with un-initialised port name. |
| 3.8 | 19-Dec-01 | Better support for NT/w2k/XP for running pdfMachine from 'regular' user accounts. |
| Fixed large polygon problem in 32-bit driver. Amended license agreement. | ||
| 3.5 | 10-Dec-01 | Added 'trimNameChar' value to registry. This controls if the default name is trimmed. |
| 3.3 | 7-Dec-01 | Fixed the "cogs appear and then nothing" problem that occurred sometimes on win98.Fixed "OpenPrinter failed" install problem.Added support for 24" x 36 " page size. |
| 3.2 | 4-Dec-01 | Added PDF stationery support. |
| Added support for A2 page size on NT. | ||
| 3.1 | 19-Nov-01 | Added support for A0, A1 & A2 page sizes. |
| 3 | 18-Nov-01 | Fixed the Win98/IE5.5 "Line: 1014 Error: Unspecified Error" problem. (IE Bug!) Configurable resolution is now available for W2k/2000/XP.Fixed horizontal lines in images problem.Fixed the problem with Acrobat Reader 5 hanging around. It now shuts down when pdfMachine exits. |
| 2.8 | 8-Nov-01 | It now remembers the previous directory that was last saved to. The pdfMachn.exe application (the one with the pdf viewer embedded in it with the row of buttons at the top) now remembers its last size and position. The pdfMachn.exe application is now launched by mapisnd.exe - which means that it runs in the security context of the currently logged in user so you should have no trouble saving to a network drive. |
| 2.7 | 6-Nov-01 | Fixed problem with 16-bit driver having zero height rectangles - the result being the PDF displayed ok but could not be printed. |
| Fixed problem where 16-bit driver would not handle some big images. | ||
| 2.6 | 5-Nov-01 | Fixed problem with Win95/98/Me versions not remembering registry settings. Added 'random filename' option. |
| 2.5 | 30-Oct-01 | Created separate download for pdfMachine & ArcItUp client. |
| 2.4 | 20-Oct-01 | Fixed problem where mail send options didn't work properly on win95/98/Me platforms. |
| Fxed problem with saving to network mapped drives. | ||
| 2.3 | 18-Oct-01 | Added support for editing configuration options from printer setup dialogs. |
| Fixed problem 16-bit driver had with remembering page size and orientation. All save as dialogs now remember the last directory they were in. | ||
| 2.2 | 16-Oct-01 | Fixed problem with email client not being launched on systems that used MS Exchange. |
| 2.1 | 12-Oct-01 | Added support for configuration of watermarks and other configuration options. |
| 2 | 11-Oct-01 | Added support for Turkish, Greek, Russian, Baltic, Central European, Vietnamese and Thai character sets.Added PDF preview program - pdfmachn.exe. Created help file.Fixed overwritten text problem in 16bit driver. Fixed 0 width line problem that caused some PDF pages to come out blank when printed - even though they were viewer ok in Acrobat viewer.Improved MAPI mail support.Improved setup program. Fixed problems that occurred when user was not logged in as Administrator. |
| 1.9 | 7 Sep 2001 | Added A3 support for 16bit driver. Also added the ability to control the destination filename and the "next action" behaviour via registry settings. |
| 1.8 | 31-Aug-01 | Fixed problem with horizontal and vertical hatched polygons in 32bit driver. Fixed problem on NT that caused invalid numbers in PDF files. Win95/98/Me driver unchanged. |
| 1.7 | 22-Aug-01 | Improved 32 bit drivers’ support for crosshatched polygons and shaded polygons. Fixed spacing/justification problem on 16-bit driver. Improved memory management for small images. Fixed an incompatibility with Ghostscript.Fixed problem with italic text. |
| 1.4 | 17 Aug 2001 | Improved memory management for small images. Also fixed problem with some Winding chars not appearing. |
| 1.1 | 14 Aug 2001 | This fixed some minor image bugs and added support for unicode characters. |
| 1 | 8-Aug-01 | This was the first commercial release. |
| BETA1 | 26-Jul-01 | This was the first public release. |