Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 9:00AM Red Software is proud to update its ASP.NET WebControl for PDF form filling, editing, signing, and viewing, RAD PDF to version 3.31. Even with Microsoft dropping support for Internet Explorer, this release continues to support nearly ever browser and platform, including Internet Explorer back to to IE6 (as well as the latest desktop, mobile, and touch devices).
This release includes new PdfObject properties for both the Client API and Server API, like LockWidth and LockHeight.
Additionally, this update improves PDF processing speed and compatibility with slightly damaged/malformed files.
This version includes security updates related to damaged PDF files and rendering PDF files with a nested transparency group as well as other minor bug fixes.
This update is available free of charge to customers with an active Maintenance Plan.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:00AM Today, Red Software updates RAD PDF, a leading ASP.NET 3.5 / 4.x / Core / 5 / 6 web component for editing, form filling, reading, and signing PDF files in an online GUI.
Version 3.30 includes a new AddPath() server-side API for PdfSignatureShapes and copySignatureTo() Client API method.
Additionally, this release includes important bug fixes and security improvements.
This update is available free of charge to customers with an active Maintenance Plan.
ASP.NET, PDF signing, Security, edit PDF in Announcements, RAD PDF Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 9:00AM Red Software is excited to release RAD PDF 3.29, the PDF GUI / WebControl for ASP.NET Core / Framework / .NET 5 / .NET 6. This update to the PDF editor / PDF form filler / PDF signer / PDF viewer introduces a base implemention for offline use, which allows a ASP.NET web applications to cache PDF edits in RAD PDF offline until an internet connection is resumed.
Additionally, this version fixes a bugs related to certificate signed files, date formatting, and text selection.
This update is available free of charge to customers with an active Maintenance Plan.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 10:00AM Today, Red Software releases RAD PDF 3.27, the newest version of the PDF reader, PDF annotator, PDF editor, PDF form filler, PDF form designer, PDF signer, and more for ASP.NET (including .NET Core, .NET 5, & .NET 6).
This release includes improved language support for languages which require complex text layout or scripts, like Arabic, Thai, Devanagari, Lao, and others. The new UseUniscribe property allows RAD PDF to use Microsoft's Uniscribe to assist in adding new fields and text which have connected characters or other complex font features required by the language. (This feature is only available when running RAD PDF on Windows.)
The new PdfAnnotation.Flatten and PdfField.Flatten properties allow for individual annotations and form fields to be flattened when saving a PDF. This allows developers to more easily implement custom workflows where certain elements of a PDF should be "burned in" or flattened.
Additionally, this version enhances server efficiency with "empty" documents, improves the client-side PDF rendering engine, allows Lite Document sessions to be updated, and fixes a number of important bugs.
This update is available free of charge to customers with an active Maintenance Plan.
ASP.NET, Arabic, PDF Form Flattening, Thai, Uniscribe, pdf, pdf forms in Announcements, RAD PDF Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 9:00AM Today, Red Software updates RAD PDF, a leading ASP.NET / ASP.NET Core / ASP.NET 5 web component for editing, form filling, and signing PDF files in an online GUI.
This release now automatically pre-loads pages before and after the current page, allowing for smoother navigation from page to page in the RAD PDF interface. This behavior can be toggled using the new DisablePreloading property.
This update also includes some minor bug fixes including an issue when using small form fields and graphics in Safari 15 on macOS.
This new version is available free of charge to customers with an active Maintenance Plan.
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