Version history

• Version 3.0.43.0, released July 8, 2010
  • The WPF evaluation banner is no longer transparent, as that turned out to cause slow printing/large spool files (the latter is basically a .Net/Driver issue).
  • Implemented an optional workaround for a driver issue (PCL and XPS) that causes too many paths to be closed. This issue shows up as an additional straight line between end points of a curve. See TallComponents.PDF.Rasterizer.Configuration.GdiRenderSettings.WorkAroundClosePathBug.
  • Support for .NET 4.0 and .NET 4.0 Client Profile added (2 new assemblies).
  • Reconstructing corrupt documents has been improved.
• Version 3.0.42.1, released June 24, 2010
  • 16-bit images may fail to render.
• Version 3.0.42.0, released June 23, 2010
  • Printing to a PostScript printer is extremely slow for certain documents (this is basically a GDI/driver issue for which we have implemented a workaround).
  • Some fonts do not render.
  • generating WPF output fails for some documents with ligatures.
  • Page clipping is slighlty off.
  • Some images contain black bars.
• Version 3.0.41.0, released June 11, 2010
  • Added some default font mappings for Verdana.
  • A RenderCurves flag has been addded to the CurveRenderSettings, so that rendering of curves can be turned off.
  • A RenderPageGraphics flag has been added to the render settings, which allows one to just render the annotations on a page.
  • Some fonts do not get rendered.
  • The RenderImages and RenderText flags do not work for non-WPF rendering.
  • Tiling patterns may not render correctly due to a GDI+ issue. Effects may vary per machine/OS/resolution.
• Version 3.0.40.0, released June 3, 2010
  • XPS output is now searchable.
  • Dash patterns are incorrect.
  • Some low-resolution images get rendered badly (introduced by 3.0.39.0).
• Version 3.0.39.0, released May 28, 2010
  • The PDFPrint sample may shift printed page content to the right and down.
  • Some images contain stripes.
  • CFF fonts may rendered garbled.
• Version 3.0.38.0, released May 11, 2010
  • Improved handling incorrect/corrupt documents.
• Version 3.0.37.0, released May 4, 2010
  • Reconstructing corrupt documents has been improved.
• Version 3.0.36.0, released May 3, 2010
  • Flate encoded images with a predictor are sometimes incorrect rendered.
  • Correct JavaScript code may be rejected or does not behave as expected.
  • Ccitt encoded images can be rendered distorted
• Version 3.0.35.0, released April 20, 2010
  • Reduced the print spool size for files with particular low resolution images.
  • Patterns are not rendered in rare cases.
  • Reconstructing corrupt documents has been improved.
• Version 3.0.34.0, released April 12, 2010
  • DocumentInfo.LastModifiedDate getter added.
  • Document.Calculate method added.
  • Reconstructing corrupt fields has been improved.
  • Several JavaScript fixes has been made.
• Version 3.0.33.0, released March 3, 2010
  • Added support for type 7 shadings (tensor-product patch meshes).
  • ConvertToTiff may create an image that is 1 pixel too narrow or too low, based on the specified resolution.
• Version 3.0.32.0, released February 8, 2010
  • The ScaledPrinting sample now supports a LandScape flag.
  • page.SingleImageOnly sometimes returns true, however there is text on the page as well.
  • Some inline images are decoded incorrect, resulting in incorrect rendered pages.
  • Recreating corrupt document sometimes throws a NullReferenceException during the document constructor.
  • Rendering documents with layers can result in empty pages.
• Version 3.0.31.0, released January 25, 2010
  • Fields are rebuild when a missing or currupt AcroForm entry in the PDF is found.
  • Some CMaps cannot be parsed, resulting in missing characters.
  • Corrupt encoded names inside PDF results in missing content. We now detect this -- skip them -- and continue.
• Version 3.0.30.0, released January 5, 2010
  • Some DCT images are rendered inverted.
• Version 3.0.29.0, released December 28, 2009
  • Memory use has been reduced for large images.
  • Support has been added to deal with certain types of corrupt Type 1 fonts.
  • In rare situations TrueType fonts are not rendered.
  • Page.SingleImageOnly may throw an exception.
  • Images masks may sometimes fail to render correctly. This typically leads to incorrect shadow effects.
• Version 3.0.28.0, released December 18, 2009
  • Some pages are rendered completely blank.
  • Sometimes field content is not rendered.
• Version 3.0.27.0, released December 16, 2009
  • In rare situations a password encrypted document cannot opened without password, even if it has no user password, a WrongPassordException is thrown.
  • Some Type 1 fonts do not render correctly.
• Version 3.0.26.0, released December 2, 2009
  • License.GetLicenseInfo() returns the assembly version only.
  • Word spacing is multiplied with the horizontal scaling, resulting in incorrect distances.
  • The FreeText and RubberStamp annotation that have no appearance in the PDF are rendered a little fuzzy.
• Version 3.0.25.0, released November 19, 2009
  • Annotations that have no appearance in the PDF are not rendered (if enabled in the AnnotationRenderSettings). For the following types we constuct a custom appearance: FreeText, Highlight, Line, RubberStamp, Square, SquigglyUnderline, StrikeOut, Text, Underline and Widget (form fields).
• Version 3.0.24.0, released October 22, 2009
  • The AxialShading doesn't clamp and the extend bools are not respected.
• Version 3.0.23.0, released October 9, 2009
  • Final/RTM version.
  • The VB samples have been synchronized with their CS counterparts.
• Version 3.0.22.0 [RC], released September 28, 2009
  • First release candidate.