The latest public release of Solid Framework SDK is now available for download from the developer portal at www.solidframework.net. This is version 10.0.8870.
Extraction of wide tables that were tiled over multiple pages
If a table within a spreadsheet is wider than the paper size then it will be created as a multi-page “tiled” PDF. Previously this would have resulted in the file being reconstructed with multiple tables.
Solid Framework 10 is able to reconstruct these pages to give a single wide table.
Example of a tiled PDF being reconstructed as a wide spreadsheet
This functionality is enabled by default, but can be disabled by setting DetectTiledPages to false.
Exact mode for converting to HTML
Solid Framework has been able to reconstruct HTML for many years. This has been done by “reflowing” the document which results in a web page that may be easy to read, but that may not look like the original PDF.
Solid Framework 10 now allows HTML to be created that looks very similar to the PDF by setting ExactMode to true.
Better Handling of Z-Order
Some PDFs with complex layers were not being reconstructed correctly. Solid Framework 10 now handles these files better.
FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN OCR
Improvements have been made in being more consistent with font types and styles to provide a more aesthetic document.
IMPROVED TOLERANCE OF CORRUPT PDFS
A number of PDF files that could not previously be converted due to errors can now be corrected and a valid document reconstructed from them.
Breaking Changes
A number of changes have been made to simplify the API and improve consistency between the managed and native C++ SDK
Run time errors
License.Import now throws InvalidLicenseException immediately for invalid licenses, rather than delaying the error until conversion is attempted. This could result in slightly different behaviour than was previously the case.
Compile time errors
The following may cause compile time errors:
Code Removal
LicenseCollection has been removed. Use SolidFramework.License.Import instead
ValidateOnly and VerifyOnly properties have been removed from PdfToPdfAConverter. Use Validate and Verify methods instead
Deprecation
PagesModel.PagesCount has been deprecated in favor of PagesModel.PageCount
Renamed properties
PdfPageHolder.CommentsCount has been renamed to PdfPageHolder.CommentCount
PdfPageHolder.LinksCount has been renamed to PdfPageHolder.LinkCount
OcrTextRegion.OcrLines has been renamed to OcrTextRegion.OcrLineCount
OCRTransformationResult.GetPageWordsCount has been renamed to OCRTransformationResult.GetPageWordCount
OCRTransformationResult.GetPageConfidentWordsCount has been renamed to OCRTransformationResult.GetPageConfidentWordCount
OCRTransformationResult.GetDocumentWordsCount has been renamed to OCRTransformationResult.GetDocumentWordCount
OCRTransformationResult.GetDocumentConfidentWordsCount has been renamed to OCRTransformationResult.GetDocumentConfidentWordCount
Property replaced with Method
The ViewerPreferences property of PdfDocument.Catalog now has been replaced with a GetViewerPreferences(bool create) method and a RemoveViewerPreferences() method
C++ API specific changes
Changes to Names
Methods in the C++ API are now all use Pascal-case (e.g. setOutputPath is now SetOutputPath)
Methods starting GetIs,GetHas and GetWas have had their ‘Get‘ dropped
PagesModelBase class has been renamed to PagesModel
ConverterBase classes have been renamed to Converter (e.g. PdfToWordConverterBase is now PdfToWordConverter)
Other Changes
SolidFramework.cpp no longer includes stdafx.h
CustomData properties have been removed from the Converter classes. (Custom data can captured within a lambda expression when setting the std::function progress/warning callback or stored within a subclass when overriding OnProgress/OnWarning)
Collections in the C++ API are now exported as std::vectors
The latest public release of Solid Framework SDK is now available for download from the developer portal at www.solidframework.net. This is version 9.2.8681.
During routine testing of our large PDF collection, it was found a very small number were no longer able to be converted. This affected approximately 1 PDF in 100,000.
The latest public release of Solid Framework SDK is now available for download from the developer portal at www.solidframework.net. This is version 9.2.8680.
MAIN FEATURES
Improved Handling of Z-Order when Reconstructing PowerPoint
PowerPoint and Word both support multiple layers of content, with those on top potentially obscuring those beneath. In some situations the order of these layers was incorrect, resulting in text or other items on the page being “lost”. This problem has been resolved for a number of samples which exhibited this problem.
Further improvements in OCR
Improvements have been made in beingh more consistent with font types and styles to provide a more aesthetic document.
Improved tolerance of corrupt PDFs
A number of PDF files that could not previously be converted due to errors can now be corrected and a valid document reconstructed from them.
Ongoing improvements in self-documentation
A number of parameters that used obscure numbers now use Enums instead. This is aimed at improving long term maintainability of code but may cause compile time errors.
This affects PagesModel and PdfDocument classes only.
Solid Framework – 10.0.8870
/in Release Summary /by Solid DocumentsThe latest public release of Solid Framework SDK is now available for download from the developer portal at www.solidframework.net. This is version 10.0.8870.
This is a Major Release. and includes a number of breaking changes.
MAIN FEATURES
Extraction of wide tables that were tiled over multiple pages
If a table within a spreadsheet is wider than the paper size then it will be created as a multi-page “tiled” PDF. Previously this would have resulted in the file being reconstructed with multiple tables.
Solid Framework 10 is able to reconstruct these pages to give a single wide table.
Example of a tiled PDF being reconstructed as a wide spreadsheet
This functionality is enabled by default, but can be disabled by setting DetectTiledPages to false.
Exact mode for converting to HTML
Solid Framework has been able to reconstruct HTML for many years. This has been done by “reflowing” the document which results in a web page that may be easy to read, but that may not look like the original PDF.
Solid Framework 10 now allows HTML to be created that looks very similar to the PDF by setting ExactMode to true.
Better Handling of Z-Order
Some PDFs with complex layers were not being reconstructed correctly. Solid Framework 10 now handles these files better.
FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN OCR
Improvements have been made in being more consistent with font types and styles to provide a more aesthetic document.
IMPROVED TOLERANCE OF CORRUPT PDFS
A number of PDF files that could not previously be converted due to errors can now be corrected and a valid document reconstructed from them.
Breaking Changes
A number of changes have been made to simplify the API and improve consistency between the managed and native C++ SDK
Run time errors
License.Import now throws InvalidLicenseException immediately for invalid licenses, rather than delaying the error until conversion is attempted. This could result in slightly different behaviour than was previously the case.
Compile time errors
The following may cause compile time errors:
Code Removal
Deprecation
Renamed properties
Property replaced with Method
C++ API specific changes
Changes to Names
Other Changes
Solid Framework 9.2.8681
/in Release Summary /by Solid DocumentsThe latest public release of Solid Framework SDK is now available for download from the developer portal at www.solidframework.net. This is version 9.2.8681.
During routine testing of our large PDF collection, it was found a very small number were no longer able to be converted. This affected approximately 1 PDF in 100,000.
This release resolves the issue.
There are no other changes from version 9.2.8680.
Solid Framework 9.2.8680
/in Release Summary /by Solid DocumentsThe latest public release of Solid Framework SDK is now available for download from the developer portal at www.solidframework.net. This is version 9.2.8680.
MAIN FEATURES
Improved Handling of Z-Order when Reconstructing PowerPoint
PowerPoint and Word both support multiple layers of content, with those on top potentially obscuring those beneath. In some situations the order of these layers was incorrect, resulting in text or other items on the page being “lost”. This problem has been resolved for a number of samples which exhibited this problem.
Further improvements in OCR
Improvements have been made in beingh more consistent with font types and styles to provide a more aesthetic document.
Improved tolerance of corrupt PDFs
A number of PDF files that could not previously be converted due to errors can now be corrected and a valid document reconstructed from them.
Ongoing improvements in self-documentation
A number of parameters that used obscure numbers now use Enums instead. This is aimed at improving long term maintainability of code but may cause compile time errors.
This affects PagesModel and PdfDocument classes only.