PDFtoolkit VCL

[ProPlus Edition]
- Enhanced Text rendering in PDFViewer with support for Unicode characters.
- Support for images compressed using CCITT compression technique in PDFViewer.
- OnViewerMouseUp, OnViewerMouseDown and OnViewerMouseMove events introduced in PDFViewer component.

[Professional Edition]
- Support for Adobe PDF Form 7.

[Standard Edition]
- Support for Hybrid (mix of PDF version 1.4 and 1.5/1.6) PDF Files.
- Bookmarks can now be added with specific font style and color.

[ProPlus Edition]
- Printer component now prints correctly for the set number of copies.
- Memory leaks in ExtractTextFormatted method rectified.
- Memory leaks in SearchFirst method rectified.
- FromPage and ToPage properties of PDFPrinter now works properly.

[Professional Edition]
- The file name and description of the file attached to PDF are now shown properly when encrypted.
- Annotation title and contents are now shown properly when encrypted.
 
[Standard Edition]
- Extraction of XML metadata now works fine when in compressed form.
- PDFDocument now works correctly for streams compressed using 'A85' compression technique.
- JavaScript actions now works correctly when encrypted.
- Bookmark title is now shown correctly when encrypted.
- SetPageTransitionEffect method now works correctly.
- DocInfo properties now return the values correctly.
- Radio buttons now do not compulsorily require one Radio Item to be selected when added.
 

- Parameter of type TgtBookmarkAttribute added to the following methods:
CreateNewBookmark()
AddChild()
AddChildByAction()
AddNext()
AddNextByAction
AddPrev()
AddPrevByAction()
AppendChild()
AppendChildByAction()
Modify()
ModifyByAction()
ModifyPrev()
ModifyPrevByAction()
ModifyNext()
ModifyNextByAction()

+ Help file updated with new topics, examples and corrections.
+ Other optimizations and fixes.
 

[ProPlus Edition]
- Support for images compressed using CCITT compression technique in PDFViewer.
- OnMouseUp and OnMouseDown events introduced for PDFViewer component.
- GetFilteredTextList method introduced to filter TextElements present in a particular region in the PDF.

[Professional Edition]
- Support for Adobe PDF 7 forms.

[ProPlus Edition]
- FromPage and ToPage properties of PDFPrinter now works properly.
- Collate property of PDFPrinter now works properly.

[Professional Edition]
- The file name and description of the file attached to PDF are now shown properly when encrypted.
- Annotation title and contents are now shown properly when encrypted.

[Standard Edition]
- Java script actions now works correctly when encrypted.
- Bookmark title is now shown correctly when encrypted.
- SetPageTransitionEffect method now works correctly.
- DocInfo properties now returns values correctly.
- Radio Button now do not compulsorily require one Radio Item to be selected when added.

- TgtPDFImageElement class modified.

[ProPlus Edition]
- TgtPDFSearchPanel component introduced. It can be used to search text in a PDF Document. It can also be linked to gtPDFViewer for viewing the searched text. 
- Properties PrinterCapabilities and AdvancedPrinterSettings added to retrieve and set various capabilities and settings such as Bin, Duplex, Color, Orientation, PrintQuality etc. 
- Improved rendering of text with increased precision.
- Improved rendering of Images with support for Indexed and DeviceGray color space and CCITT 3 1D compressed images.
- SearchAll method added to retrieve all instances of the searched text in the PDF Document. 
- Highly improved SearchFirst and SearchNext methods - now find matches regardless of the internal structure or formatting of the PDF file.

[Standard Edition]
- Full support for reading PDF version 1.5 and 1.6 (Acrobat 6 and 7) files.
- Open-ended page range support added for all methods having PageRange parameter.

[Professional Edition]
- EmbedUsedTrueTypeFonts method now works correctly for most TrueType fonts.
- Problem with locking of attached file, when using InsertFileAttachment method now corrected.

[Standard Edition]
- PDF Version 1.5 and 1.6 files having form fields now load correctly.
- ExtractPagesTo method now works correctly for PDF Documents having Form Fields.
- InsertWatermark method now works correctly when inserting images for any page range.
- Problems with loading of certain PDF Documents having Outlines or Acroforms is now corrected.

- PageNumber parameter added to OnRenameField event.

- Help file updated with new tutorials, examples and corrections.

[ProPlus Edition]
- Enhanced rendering of Text in Viewer and Printer.
- Enhanced rendering of Images in Viewer and Printer.
- Enhanced rendering of Path Elements in Viewer and Printer.

[Standard Edition]
- TgtPDFDocument now loads document even if the document is being accessed by another application.

[Professional Edition]
- ExtractText method now works fine when a PDF page contains multiple content streams.
- TextOut method now works fine when called after the InsertBlankPageAt method.

[Standard Edition]
- SetFormFieldValue method now works fine when text strings include '(' and ')'.
- SetFormFieldValue method now works fine when text strings include CR and LF.

-SaveToHTTPResponse method has now been made optional to allow Delphi Standard edition users to use PDFtoolkit. Enable the WebAppServices switch in gtPTKDefines.Inc to use this method. 

- Help file updated with new topics, examples and corrections.

[ProPlus Edition]
- Outline/Bookmark Viewer component introduced. Now the outline (Table of Contents) can be viewed and navigated just by placing a component on your form and setting a few properties.
- Enhanced viewing and printing of PDF path elements.

[Professional Edition]
- Properties added to provide an option to hide and not allow printing of FormFields.
- Property added to edit the SubmitURL of a Button.

[Standard Edition]
- Filename property added to TgtPDFDocument component.
- Parameter added to SaveToFile method to allow setting of NeedAppearance flag for FormFields.

- Print command issued from gtPDFViewer when a file is loaded from a stream now prints correctly.
- TextOut method now works correctly for different locales.
- Addition of FormFields now works correctly when encryption is enabled.
- Text color for FormFields are now shown correctly.
- PageNo associated with TgtPDFFormFieldElement now returns correct value in GetPageElements method.

- TgtPDFDocument/Viewer/Printer/Outline interaction and connection architecture modified for greater reuse, elegance and performance. Now the document is read only once for viewing, printing, outline display and manipulation.
- Filename Property removed from the Viewer and Printer component. They connect to TgtPDFDocument instead. Use TgtPDFDocument.Filename.
- LoadFromStream method removed from Viewer and Printer component. They connect to TgtPDFDocument instead. Use TgtPDFDocument.LoadFromStream.
- OnPassword event removed from the Viewer and Printer component. Use TgtPDFDocument.OnPassword instead.

[ProPlus Edition]
- Support for embedded TrueType fonts, not installed in the target system for viewing/printing - if font is embedded it will be installed and removed after rendering.
- Support for Inline Images in the Viewer.
- LoadFromStream method provided for gtPDFViewer.
- LoadFromStream method provided for gtPDFPrinter.
- GetInstalledPrinters method introduced.
- SelectPrinterByIndex method introduced.
- SelectPrinterByName method introduced.
- Reset method introduced for gtPDFViewer and gtPDFPrinter to unload the document.

[Professional Edition]
- EmbedUsedTrueTypeFonts method introduced, to enable greater independence and portability to PDF files.

[Standard Edition]
- LoadFromStream and SavetoStream can now accept THandleStream objects.
- TgtPDFDocument is now Thread Safe.
- Complete support for all methods, for use in different locales.

- Title property in TgtPDFOutline class now returns the correct widestring.
- InsertBlankPageAt method now works fine in non-English locale.
- ExtractTextFormatted now works fine in the presence of inline Images.
- SetUp dialog now applies correct Encryption settings.

- TgtRect moved to gtUtils.
- Function gtRect() moved to gtUtils.
- Redundant property UseFileStreams removed from TgtPDFDocument, LoadFromStream can be used instead.
- ResetDocument name changed to Reset.
- DocInfo properties removed from Published to Public.
- TgtPDFFileAttachment class moved to gtExPDFDoc.
- TgtPDFRect class removed, TgtRect to be used instead.
- TgtImageType removed, TgtImageFormat to be used instead.

[ProPlus Edition]
- Searching of text in PDF files with the versatile SearchFirst and SearchNext methods.
- GetPageElements method redesigned for better access to page elements.
- Color support for Form Fields in the viewer.
- Support for CMYK color space in the viewer.
- Support for various Character encoding.
- Support for Text Alignment of Form Fields in the viewer.

[Professional Edition]
- Get list of fonts used in a PDF with full font details.
- Enhanced Flattening of Form Fields.
- Enhanced creation of Form Fields.
- Support for Creation Date/Time, Contents, Author, Subject for file attachment.
- Creation Date/Time support for different annotations.

[Standard Edition]
- Programmatically changing size of page.
- Programmatically cropping a page.

- Memory leaks in ExtractText, ExtractTextFormatted and GetPageSize fixed.
- Flattening of Multi-line Form Fields rectified.

- Enumeration "TgtPDFElementType" modified: etLine, etRectangle and etCurve removed; etPath and etFormField added.

[ProPlus Edition]
- Zooming of PDF document in the PDF viewer component introduced.
- Set scaling of PDF document in PDF printer introduced.
- Printing in Actual size of PDF Document and Paper size taken care of.
- Form fields are now rendered in the PDF viewer and PDF printer components.
- PDF viewer and PDF printer components now support viewing/printing of more types of PDF documents.

[Professional Edition]
- Support for removing existing Page level and Document level actions introduced.
- Association of nested actions in Page Level and Document level introduced.
- Association of actions with the created form field introduced.
- Cloudy appearance now supported for Circle, Square, and Polygon annotations.
- Border Style support introduced for annotations.

- Complete support for Delphi 2005 Win32 (VCL).

- Document information problem with encrypted documents fixed.
- Display of additional setup dialog in procedure ExtractPagesTo fixed.
- Font problem with multi-line text field fixed.
- Problem with reset button functionality fixed.
- Problem with button appearance fixed.
- Problem with text alignment in single line text field fixed.
- Viewing of characters with accents fixed.
- Problem with text precision set for viewer not being effective when printing through viewer fixed.
- Printing in actual size of PDF Document and Paper size taken care of.
- Help file updated with more examples.

- Property ViewType removed from TgtPDFViewer class. Use Zoom and GetStandardZoomValue instead.

- Delphi 2005 support.
- Documentation highly improved and expanded with lots of tutorials, examples and how-to procedures.
- Installation greatly improved. Also removes old installs, which usually lead to problems.
- Insertion of new blank pages.
- Unicode support for text watermarks, document information and bookmarks.
- Vertical writing mode for text watermarks.
- Merging options for bookmarks and form fields introduced.
- Reading and writing XMP metadata into document.
- Run-time setup dialog introduced.
- Support for adding and associating various Actions with bookmarks [URI, GoTo, GoToR, Launch, JavaScript].
- [Pro] Extraction of plain text with basic formatting.
- [Pro] Insertion of text with optional HTML formatting.
- [Pro] Variables / Place holders support for Text watermarks. Built-in variables include Page#, Total Pages, Date and Time.
- [Pro] Insertion of new form fields introduced.
- [Pro] Retrieving and editing full set of form fields attributes.
- [Pro] Form fields flattening by name, index and page number.
- [Pro] Adding of various annotations types introduced [Text, FreeText, Line, Square, Circle, Highlight, Underline, Squiggly, Strikeout, Stamp, Ink].
- [Pro] Unicode support for text annotations introduced.
- [Pro] Addition of various Action types: URI, GoTo, GoToR, Launch, JavaScript introduced.
- [Pro] Association of actions with annotations, bookmarks and document and page events.
- [Pro] File Attachment support. Attaching / Embedding external files to PDF introduced.
- [Pro] Stitching on top and stitching side-by-side introduced.
- [ProPlus] Activation of links in page content introduced [http://, ftp://, e-mail and file://].
- [ProPlus] PDF Viewer component introduced.
- [ProPlus] PDF Printer component introduced.
- [ProPlus] Extraction of full details of all page contents [text, images and graphics] as objects introduced.
- Highly improved and expanded documentation with lots of tutorials, examples and how-to procedures.

- Form fields problem in procedures for Merging, Inserting, Extracting and Appending pages fixed.
- Large resultant file size problem after inserting Unicode text watermark fixed.
- "Font <font name> not supported" error seen in input locales other than English now fixed.
- Document Catalog Names dictionary problem fixed.
- All Actions types are processed while loading document.
- Processing of Named destinations fixed.
- Memory leaks fixed.

- Following form field related methods in TgtCustomPDFDocument class have been deprecated. Use GetFormField method instead.
  GetFormFieldName
  GetFormFieldValue
  GetFormFieldType
  GetFormFieldDescription
  GetFormFieldAllowedValues
  IsFormFieldReadOnly
  SetFormFieldValue
  RenameFormField
  SetFormFieldReadOnly

- Unicode support for document information and bookmarks provided.
- Embedding and Sub-setting of True-Type fonts implemented for text watermarks.
- Saving PDF directly to HTTP Connection introduced.
- Form Fields processing
  - Merging of Form Fields implemented.
  - Modifying of appearance of filled form fields implemented for viewing in Acrobat Reader and XPDFViewer.
  - "ENoAcroFields" exception introduced.
  - Method introduced for obtaining description of form field.
  - Removing of form fields implemented.

- Media box error for pages corrected.
- "Invalid typecast" error while inserting watermark corrected.
- Error with form field index corrected for form-field functions.
- Exceptions related to form-fields taken care of.
- Errors in filling of Combo box and List box fields corrected.

- Check for user permissions for encrypted documents removed.
- Button fields are also considered now in fields list.

- Insertion of watermark for individual pages introduced.
- Help file updated with more FAQ and examples.
- Code samples updated.

- Form-Filling feature optimized.
- Problem with reading PDF files fixed.
- Problem with inserting watermark corrected.
- Problem with retaining passwords of encrypted document corrected.

- Form Field index changed from 1-based to 0-based.