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Datalogics Adobe PDF Library Service Bulletin 2024-NOV-APDFL18-1

Datalogics Adobe PDF Library Service Bulletin 2024-NOV-APDFL18-1

For Windows, Windows ARM, Linux, Linux ARMv8, Mac, Mac ARMv8 and AIX
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

We want to let our customers know that APDFL is now available for the following platforms: Windows ARM, Linux ARM and MacOS ARM.

APDFL is also available for Nuget and Maven.

Contact us to learn more.

If you have a suggestion or need help at any time, let us know how we can support you and improve our solutions by reaching out to tech_support@datalogics.com.

Datalogics APDFL v18.0.5PlusP1d - Now available for download!
This version introduces the following features:
•    Update JPEG library to 9F.
•    SF#46561 – Document merging has been improved to be more resilient when dealing with problematic documents to process successfully versus raising an error.
•    SF#46617 – The PDDoc parameter has been removed from the following functions as it was not functional in practice
•    DLCreatePDEImageFromFile
•    DLCreatePDEImagesFromTIFF
•    DLCreatePDEImageFromASFile
•    DLCreatePDEImagesFromASFile
•    With this release, the NuGet package version has been increased to 18.42.0.
•    With this release, the Maven package version has been increased to 18.42.2.

This version resolves the following bugs:
•    SF#46383 – Whitespace characters (except leading and trailing) in Keyword values are retained when inserted into the dc:subject bag via the PDDocSetInfoAsASText call.
•    SF#46434 – Corrects a problem with page rendering when encountering a Shading Pattern using a DeviceN colorspace in some cases.
•    SF#46441 – Corrects a problem with page rendering of Separations when encountering a Shading Pattern using a DeviceN colorspace in some cases.
•    SF#46474 – Corrects an issue with PDDocReplaceUnembeddedSimpleFonts() where the created glyphs Widths weren’t correct in some cases.
•    SF#46569 – Corrects an issue where PDFOptimizer could discard fonts in use of Annotation Appearances in some cases.
•    SF#46587 – Fixes an exception that could be raised erroneously during PDF Optimization when dealing with some Type 3 Fonts. Improves PDF Optimization to not raise an exception when encountering an invalid Annotation.
•    SF#46591 – Corrects an issue in PDF/A conversion where requesting Part 1 would actually result in Part 4.
•    SF#46604 – Corrects a problem rasterizing a document using a problematic CIDFontType0 font where glyphs using it didn’t appear.
•    SF#46625 – Fixes a problem during XFA data import that could occur leaving a Signature Annotation in an ill-defined state using Forms Extension.
•    SF#46630 – Corrects a problem with Image Exporting to PNG where for some images using a SoftMask the output was incorrect.
•    SF#46627 – Corrects a problem where Color Conversion of Indexed Images could drop a Mask by mistake.

How to upgrade to the NEW version

  1. Connect: sftp://ftp.datalogics.com using an FTP client (port 22) or CLICK HERE to log in using your browser
  2. Use your private username/password that was provided during your evaluation/purchase
    1. Username: <<your user account number>>
    2. Password: <<your user password>>
  3. Issue a change directory to /Products/apdfl/[platform]/APDFLv18.0.5Plus/

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