Changelog

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Newest Release

2.2.0 - 27 Jun 2019

See the announcement post.

• Added
  Adds multithreaded rendering. (#18706)
• Added
  Adds a set bounding box method to Ink Annotation which will resize the points and line width automatically. (#20201)
• Added
  Adds methods to Controller for getting and setting the Scroll Mode. (#20284)
• Added
  Adds custom logging example to Catalog app. (#20299)
• Added
  Adds method for setting ViewState to Controller. (#20409)
• Added
  Added a Catalog example demonstrating signature storing and application. (#19997)
• Changed
  Changed the default Arabic font to Arial. (#20320)
• Changed
  Improved default font selection for Arabic. (#20320)
• Changed
  Improved print service error logging. (#16218)
• Changed
  Improved watermark placement and enhanced the Catalog example. (#19382)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with Note annotation and touch. (#18702)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with blinking annotation tools. (#18700)

Model

• Changed
  Improves loading performance for documents with complex outlines. (#20279)
• Changed
  Improves rendering of non-ASCII text. (#20189)
• Changed
  Improved automatic repair of AcroForms on loading documents with a large number of annotations. (#19947)
• Changed
  Support vertical alignment in single-line form fields when exporting or printing PDF files. (#19882)

2.1.0 - 5 Jun 2019

See the announcement post.

• Changed
  Improves font rendering. (#19910)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with Windows 10 1709. (#20079)
• Added
  Adds a Catalog example to show how to save and load signatures to file. (#19997)

Model

• Changed
  Updates Expat to version 2.2.6. (#19868)

2.0.0 - 21 May 2019

See the announcement post.

• Added
  Adds support for ARM64. (#19760)
• Added
  Adds CustomData property to IAnnotation for storing user defined data. (#18961)
• Added
  Adds ability to obtain glyph information. (#18813)
• Added
  Adds example code to the Catalog demonstrating prevention of text copying. (#19754)
• Added
  Adds support for mailto links. (#19532)
• Added
  Adds the ability to rotate pages with the document editor. (#18816)
• Added
  Added tile rendering API. (#18815)
• Changed
  Changed the minimum supported Windows 10 version to 1709 Fall Creators Update. (#19760)
• Removed
  Deprecated ExportFlattened methods. (#19755)
• Removed
  Deprecated TextForPageIndexAsync method. (#19755)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue when recalling an annotation preset which is invalid. (#19713)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with quotes in annotation content. (#19928)

Model

• Added
  Adds FontStyle to Instant JSON widget annotations. (#18083)
• Changed
  Improves results from Search.Library when Search.LibraryQuery.MatchExactPhrases is set to true. (#19685)
• Changed
  Update ICU to use OS provided library. (#18974)
• Changed
  Update libjpeg-turbo to 2.0.2. (#18973)
• Changed
  Update libpng to 1.6.36. (#18972)
• Changed
  Update zlib to 1.2.11. (#18975)
• Changed
  Updates the Botan library version to 2.10.0. (#19767)
• Fixed
  Fixes a potential crash when processing large documents under low-memory conditions. (#19768)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where malformed widget annotations weren't correctly attached to the form. (#19581)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where readonly checkboxes may not be rendered correctly. (#19506)

1.12.0 - 16 Apr 2019

See the announcement post.

• Added
  Adds model-only Document Editor. (#19320)
• Added
  Adds ability to obtain glyph information. (#18813)
• Added
  Adds support for passwords in Library indexing. (#18584)
• Added
  Adds support for cloudy border styles. (#19237)
• Changed
  Load Windows system fonts for rendering. (#19530)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where restricted document permissions incorrectly prevented annotating. (#19029)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with flattening Note annotations. (#19286)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with full-text-search cleanup. (#19533)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with rendering of imported json of ink annotations. (#19364)

Model

• Fixed
  Fixes a rare issue when parsing outlines. (#19469)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue when drawing a path using a pattern with alpha transparency. (#19148)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue when rendering text with an overlay blend mode. (#19151)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue when sharing a document that resulted in blank pages. (#19267)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where QuadPoints of link annotations were saved to the PDF incorrectly. (#19427)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where annotations created by Apple Preview may not be copied and pasted correctly. (#19154)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where link annotations may not work correctly after a document is exported. (#19222)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where some JPX images may not render correctly. (#18648)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where text edited in form fields was incorrectly set in other form fields as well. (#19236)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the fillColor property was ignored in Instant JSON for polyline annotations. (#19443)
• Fixed
  Fixes rendering of free text annotations with vertical alignment. (#19145)

1.11.0 - 14 Mar 2019

See the announcement post.

• API
  Adds the ability to get the document outline programmatically. (#18814)
• API
  Adds form field support. (#18543)
• API
  Ability to highlight search results via API. (#18694)
• API
  Added a method to get cropbox and mediabox. (#18810)
• API
  Added a method to get page rotation. (#18810)
• API
  Added method to retrieve document title. (#18580)
• Added
  Added ability to place sidebar on left or right side. (#19025)
• Added
  Added support for PdfView and printing watermarks. (#17029)
• Changed
  Significant performance improvments for large documents. (#19143)
• Changed
  Improved user experience with image annotations. (#19230)
• Changed
  Better error message and exception for license errors. (#18167)
• Changed
  Prebuilt Catalog app package supplied with SDK. (#18916)
• Changed
  Catalog app builds out of the box. (#18734)
• Changed
  Changed Catalog example app to use bundled NuGet package. (#18461)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue when setting annotation colors to transparent. (#18978)

Model

• Added
  Adds support for modifying form fields and annotation widgets to Instant Document JSON. (#18771)
• Fixed
  Fix an issue in full-text search that could cause a deadlock during indexing. (#18750)
• Changed
  Loading PDF actions is now more reliable. (#18843)
• Fixed
  Fixes a bug where annotations parsed from XFDF would be displayed incorrectly on a rotated page. (#17603)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where some layers were hidden incorrectly. (#14439)

1.10.1 - 14 Feb 2019

• Changed
  Improves performance when reading and writing to file. (#18897)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with reporting the incorrect toolbar items. (#18730)

1.10.0 - 31 Jan 2019

• Added
  Adds support for opening PDFs and retrieving info without a PdfView. (#17841)
• Added
  Adds support for PdfView and printing watermarks. (#17029)
• Added
  Adds the ability to customize dropdown groups for toolbar items. (#17438)
• Added
  Adds annotation rotation to image, stamp and text annotations. (#18634)
• Added
  Adds the text highlighter default toolbar item. (#18666)
• Added
  Adds more PdfView property reset options. (#18238)
• Added
  Adds public CSS classes for annotation toolbars toolboxes. (#2392)
• Added
  Adds PSPDFKit-Icon-<IconType> public CSS classes to style individual icons. (#2664)
• Added
  Adds persistence of properties to ink signatures. (#2479)
• Added
  Adds automatic font size calculation for combo box widgets. (#2644)
• Added
  Adds 4pt, 6pt, 8pt, and 200pt to the list of possible font sizes for text annotations. (#C18485)
• Changed
  Improves performance of annotation selection. (#18459)
• Changed
  Correct access for SpacerToolbarItem. (#18538)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with annotation preset updates reporting incorrect values. (#18585)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with line cap selection. (#18418)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the annotation toolbar layout would break when changing the font size. (#2225)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where rotating the page could eventually trigger an exception. (#2622)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where markup annotations changes were not being persisted in the annotation preset. (#2621)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where ink signatures were created at the current page index instead of the related signature form field. (#2642)
• Fixed
  Fixes wrong computed document height when opening a sidebar. (#2652)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the minimumZoomLevel and maximumZoomLevel where wrong on landscape documents. (#2661)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with custom ToolbarItem where the selected property was ignored. (#2662)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the selected item was not shown in the list of font sizes for text annotations. (#2672)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where some overflown text fields would not adjust the font size. (#2677)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue while highlighting where the current highlight annotation would disappear if clicked. (#2675)

Model

• Added
  Adds support for cloudy borders in shape annotations and free text annotations via Instant JSON. (#18547)
• Changed
  Improves initial text parsing performance. (#18534)
• Changed
  Improves performance when looking up fonts. (#17981)
• Changed
  Updates the Botan library to version 2.9.0. (#18271)
• Changed
  Use app name in JavaScript alerts. (#18529)
• Fixed
  Fixes a problem importing/exporting color values. This could lead to unnecessary appearance stream regeneration. (#18428)

1.9.1 - 7 Jan 2019

• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with the Nuget package. (#18242)

1.9.0 - 20 Dec 2018

• Changed
  Improvements to API documentation. (#18016)

UI

• Added
  Adds smooth line rendering for ink annotations and ink signatures. (#1588)
• Added
  Adds ability to prevent text copying. (#17965)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issues where PdfView mode can be stuck. (#18127)

Model

• Added
  Adds CreatedAt and UpdatedAt to IAnnotation. (#17977)
• Added
  Adds CreatorName to IAnnotation. (#17976)
• Added
  Adds NoView property to IAnnotation. (#18017)
• Added
  Adds the ability to import and export via XFDF. (#17843)
• Added
  Added Name property to IAnnotation. (#17944)
• Added
  Added ability to use custom data providers and sinks. (#17842)
• Changed
  Improves handling of malformed documents when parsing the extended graphics state. (#18057)
• Fixed
  Fixes a crash parsing text on a very small number of documents. (#18032)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where Search.Library would return incorrect results when searching within documents that contained Unicode surrogate pairs (like Emoji) in their text. (#3292)
• Fixed
  Fixes issue with future access list if file is no longer available. (#17884)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue importing text annotation styles from Instant JSON. (#17949)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with file access in app assets. (#17876)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issues where OnDocumentOpened event not always fired. (#18126)

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.7

• API
  Adds public CSS class for active Dropdown Buttons. (#2466)
• Added
  Adds new stroke color icon to avoid confusion for non closed shapes (ink, lines, polylines). (#2508)
• Added
  Adds support for deleting selected annotations with Backspace and Delete keys. (#1405)
• Changed
  Improves contrast of annotation toolbar icons. (#2508)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the annotation toolbar layout would break when changing the font size. (#2225)
• Fixed
  Fixes the mixup between the border color and the fill color icons. (#2508)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the last point of an ink annotation line being created was lost when releasing the pointer. (#2518)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where stamps UI would break when editing text. (#2445)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where some standard stamp annotations were being rendered as Custom. (#2467)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where stamp annotations were rendered rotated when viewing rotated documents. (#2486)
• Fixed
  Fixes bookmarks sidebar translations to be more accessible and self explanatory. (#2478)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with SidebarMode.BOOKMARKS not being activatable via public API. (#2500)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where note annotations content new lines were not being rendered. (#2487)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where annotations could be deleted even though read only mode is enabled. (#2505)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where certain annotation toolbar items did not share the same height. (#2508)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where annotations hit test area was too wide. (#2127)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where setting className and icon for the layout-config got ignored. (#2536)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the annotation toolbar for note annotations was shown when in read only mode. (#2461)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where text selection using the touch mode was not properly working. (#2407)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where stamp annotations added to rotated PDF pages were not rendered correctly. (#2521)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where rendered squiggle annotations would shrink when the viewport was zoomed out. (#2555)
• Changed
  Improves automatic font size calculation for text widgets. (#C18095)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where custom stamps were not being correctly validated. (#2477)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where attachments provided via InstantJSON were not created upon initialization. (#2530)
• Fixed
  Fixes issues when importing annotations on rotated pages using InstantJSON. (#C17814)
• Fixed
  Fixes some visualization issues with markup annotations, especially on rotated pages. (#C17889, #C18002, #C18024)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where squiggly annotations may not be created correctly on rotated pages. (#C17950)
• Fixed
  Fixes text parsing issue noticed on a very limited number of documents. (#C18032)

1.8.0 - 29 Nov 2018

• Added
  Adds bookmarks support. (#17028)
• Added
  Adds support for stamp annotations. (#17027)
• Added
  Adds a helper method for getting all annotations. (#17452)
• Added
  Adds a toggleable toolbar item. (#16632)
• Changed
  Interaction mode changes now set focus on the WebView. (#17439)
• API
  Breaking changes made to ToolbarItem to allow richer button support. (#17481)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with annotation borders drawn too thick. (#17599)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where annotation setting were not remembered. (#17341)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with Image annotation properties. (#17597)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with file access in app assets. (#17876)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with text preset positions. (#17447)
• Fixed
  Fixes issue with future access list if file is no longer available. (#17884)

1.7.1 - 29 Oct 2018

• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with unresponsive toolbar buttons. (#17371)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where preset updates could not be disabled. (#17388)

1.7.0 - 23 Oct 2018

• Added
  Added incremental saving and made it the default mode. (#17079)
• Added
  Added Auto-Saving to the PdfView. (#14399)
• Added
  Added the ability to provide a custom logger. (#17268)
• Added
  Added the ability to set the sidebar mode programmatically. (#16947)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where documents with a large number of form fields failed to display editing options. (#16911)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with ink signature persistence. (#17201)

1.6.1 - 26 Sep 2018

• Added
  Added annotation preset update event. (#16778)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the print dialog does not receive a source. (#16796)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with Rects in markup annotations. (#16806)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the pager toolbar item would disappear. (#2320)

Model

• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where not all form fields were listable immediately after opening a document. (#16479)

1.6.0 - 6 Sep 2018

• Added
  Adds support for image annotations. (#16682)
• Added
  Adds Outline and Annotation Sidebars. (#16660)
• Added
  Adds localization support. (#15629)
• Added
  Adds Annotation Presets. (#16660)
• Added
  Adds Importing and Exporting of Instant Document Json. (#16557)
• Added
  Adds IsSignature property to Ink annotation. (#16251)
• Added
  Adds method for serializing partial, incomplete annotations to JSON. (#16660)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with NuGet and x64 architecture. (#16431)
• Fixed
  Fixes exception reporting with creation. (#16718)
• Fixed
  Fixes toolbar manipulation in PdfView.Loaded. (#16476)

1.5.4 - 13 Aug 2018

• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with some licenses unable to display documents. (#16428)

1.5.3 - 7 Aug 2018

• API
  Removed InteractionMode.LayoutConfig. (#16312)
• Added
  Add flattening example to Catalog example app. (#16275)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue when saving populated forms. (#16336)

1.5.2 - 01 Aug 2018

• Added
  Adds NuGet package to SDK. (#16200)
• Added
  Adds layout-config item to toolbar item types. (#15999)
• Added
  Adds the ability to set the toolbar early. (#15903)
• Changed
  Improves print dialog exception handling (#16218)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with toolbar colors. (#16094)

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.4.1

• Changed
  Improves text selection behavior when there is padding between the individual text lines. (#2090)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the viewport was too large when zoomed in. (#2086)

1.5.1 - 19 Jul 2018

• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where certain licenses failed. (#16116)

1.5.0 - 17 Jul 2018

• Added
  Adds support for shape annotations. (#15807)
• Added
  Adds support for password protected PDFs. (#15467)
• Added
  Adds ability to flatten PDFs. (#16062)
• Added
  Adds an event handler OnSuspendUnloading to PdfView. (#15892)
• Added
  Adds export example code to Catalog app. (#15913)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where exporting to the currently open file failed. (#15994)

Model

• Changed
  Allows printing without a PdfView. (#15225)
• Fixed
  Fixes issue with setting toolbar hiding in xaml. (#15904)

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.4

• Added
  Adds support for shape annotations: line, rectangle, ellipse, polyline and polygon. (#1203)
• Added
  Adds public CSS classes for the Layout Config toolbar item and dropdown for easy styling. (#2064)
• Changed
  Improves style of disabled buttons. (#1920)
• Changed
  Changes the order of PSPDFKit.defaultToolbarItems. (#2039)
• Fixed
  Fixes a rendering issue that resulted into blurry pages at certain zoom levels. (#1824)
• Fixed
  Fixes a regression where form fields were read-only when the document permissions didn't permit modification. (#1976)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where forms were not enabled when document permissions didn't permit modifying annotations and forms. (#1999)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where annotation toolbars and some toolbar buttons included undefined as class name. (#2013)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with long text overflowing in the layout configuration dropdown. (#2023)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the delete icon in the annotation toolbar was visible although the annotation was not created yet. (#2043)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where the text-align icon was not correct. (#2042)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with forms not rendering in standalone when rotating pages. (#2057)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where invalid annotations crash the application. (#2004)

1.4.1 - 28 Jun 2018

• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with selection handles. (#15836)

1.4.0 — 21 Jun 2018

• Added
  Adds ARM Support. (#15185)
• Added
  Adds a code example for custom CSS to the Catalog app. (#151635)
• Added
  Adds a code example to demonstrate multiple PdfViews on page. (#15739)
• Added
  Adds the ability to print a range or selection from document. (#15207)
• Changed
  Improves PdfView CSS property URI validation and error reporting. (#151664)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue when resizing the print window. (#15687)

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.3.2

• Fixed
  Fixes a regression where readOnly form fields were not properly disabled. (#1921)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with selection grippers not working on Windows touch devices. (#1925)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with contextual menus overlap the text markup annotation popover on some touch devices. (#1925)

1.3.0 — 30 May 2018

• Added
  Adds the ability to add custom toolbar items. (#14193)
• Added
  Adds the ability to change the toolbar item order. (#14193)
• Added
  Adds the ability to get and set ink signatures. (#15370)
• Added
  Adds utility methods for converting Instant JSON coordinates to PDF coordinates. (#15376)
• Changed
  Improved performance of file access and memory usage. (#15151)
• Changed
  Prevents pinch-zoom from zooming the toolbar. (#15425)

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.3

• Added
  Adds support for ink signatures. (#1704)
• Changed
  Improves rendering performance when resizing the sidebar and when switching between page modes. (#1859)

1.2.1 — 14 May 2018

• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with CompareOptions flags. (#15220)

1.2.0 — 3 May 2018

• Added
  Adds the Indexed Full-Text Search feature. (#14830)
• Added
  Adds the ability to get page sizes. (#14992)

Model

• Changed
  Improves compatibility of note annotations with certain third-party viewers such as Apple Preview. (#14953)
• Added
  Added the annotation name to Instant JSON. Also renamed pspdfkit/file name to filename to prevent collisions. (#14856)
• Added
  Added better detection for standard stamp subjects for Instant JSON. (#14919)

1.1.0 — 9 Apr 2018

• API
  Extensive refactor of API. (#14515)
• API
  Adds support for getting the text behind a markup annotation. (#14793)
• API
  Adds support for getting, setting, and responding to selected annotation changes. (#14779)
• Added
  Adds createdAt, updatedAt, and creatorName to Instant JSON. (#14443)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where CR and LF characters were not accepted in annotation content. (#14459)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue where newline characters were not accepted in annotation content. (#14459)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with middle vertical alignment of annotations. (#14687)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with permissions when exporting to a StorageFile. (#14620)

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.2

• Added
  Adds support for parsing GoToEmbeddedAction, GoToRemoteAction, HideAction, JavaScriptAction, LaunchAction, and NamedAction. (#1736)
• Changed
  Improves rendering performance on low-resolution and mobile devices. (#1727)
• Fixed
  Fixes an issue with the layout of slider inputs on Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11. (#1775)

1.0.1 — 5 Mar 2018

• Added
  Adds an event handler, OnCurrentPageChanged, which occurs when the currently visible page changes. Example code is provided in the Catalog app. (#14279)
• Added
  Adds a parameter to PrintHelper for describing the print job in the system print dialog. (#14362)
• Changed
  Improves performance while debugging. (#14346)

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.1.2

• Added
  Adds support for automatically extracting links from text. (#C13944)

Previous Releases

1.0.0 — 15 Feb 2018

• Changed
  Initial Release