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Version: Version 1.4

Release notes

Learn about the latest updates of:

Pdftools SDK​

Version 1.4​

Added​

  • Before this update, only the common name (CN) of a signing certificate could be retrieved. With this update, you can get the full distinguished name (DN) of a signing certificate. The DN format is RFC 4514. The DN includes the legal name, country, and other information about the person or authority who owns the certificate.
  • Before this update, you could only read and write to file streams with the C API. As of this update, you can also use memory streams with the C API.

Version 1.3​

Added​

  • DocumentAssembler class. This class allows you to combine multiple input PDF documents into one output document, or split one input PDF document into multiple output documents.
  • You can now include a customizable signature appearance when Signing a PDF document. A signature's appearance may be any combination of text, images, and other PDF documents.
  • Linux: Added new distribution for older Linux systems (glibc 2.12+).

Changed​

  • Before version 1.3.3 you needed to use an evaluation license key to try the Pdftools SDK. With version 1.3.3, you can use the Pdftools SDK without a license key with watermarked output files. As a result, you can try the Pdftools SDK without any license key. To remove the watermark from the output files, contact the Pdftools sales team through the Contact page to get a full license.

Version 1.2​

  • Added the MetadataSettings class. This class allows you to set Metadata in the output PDF document, by providing them in the producer method's OutputOptions.

Changed​

  • Linux: The minimum required glibc version was upgraded from 2.27 to 2.34.

Version 1.1​

Added​

  • Signature validation for the digital signing functionality. This allows you to extract signing certificate information and trust chain information, and perform validation of time-stamps, handle expired certificates, use custom trust stores, and check for the latest document revision.

Changed​

  • Updated C API ZIP archive layout: The C API ZIP archive directory layout has been updated (see Getting-started).
  • Updated Java API ZIP archive layout: The Java API ZIP archive directory layout has been updated (see Getting-started).

Toolbox add-on​

Version 1.0​

Added​

  • Integrated the Toolbox add-on into the Pdftools SDK. Now all the functionality from the PDF Toolbox SDK is included with your Pdftools SDK license.

Pdftools SDK Shell Tool​

Version 1.2​

Added​

  • Support PDF to PDF/A file conversion. All supported PDF and PDF/A versions are listed in Supported PDF versions.
  • Support PDF file validation of conformance with PDF or PDF/A standards listed in Supported PDF versions.
  • Before version 1.2 the Pdftools SDK Shell Tool was only available as a framework-dependent .NET application. Now you can also download the Pdftools SDK Shell Tool as a self-contained application for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Version 1.1​

Added​

  • Support for merging and splitting PDF files to assemble new output documents.
  • Support for rendering a PDF files to an image suitable for fax, archiving, or viewing.

Version 1.0​

Added​

  • Support for converting images to PDF or PDF/A files
  • Support compression and optimization of PDF files for web, archive, or print, and the compression to minimize the file size.