WPViewPDF V5 has been released on 5.11.2021. Among other things, it includes support for 'Patterns".
The update is free for customers who purchased Version 4 after 31.3.2021.
Compared to V4, WPViewPDF V5 does not introduce any changes to the programing interface. The upgrade process should be very smooth.
WPViewPDF has beeen developed to make it possible not only to view PDF files but also to really work with them.
To make it easy to provide the user a powerful GUI a new action system has been integrated. It makes it possible to automatically initialize the menus and toolbars required. Most work has been put into the draw object and the new annotation system. Now it is possible to offer the user the possibility to add annotations to the PDF information. It is also possible to extract attachments from the loaded PDF files.
- All new action system. This allows it to create a GUI efficiently and quick.
- new ActionMode: pan, select objects, draw etc.
- add PDF annotations to a PDF file.
Supported are at present:
* highlight annotation
* text background (the used can select text and the annotation will cover the area)
* square annotation
* symbols with Popups
* squiggly underline annotation
* links
- PLUS: add field widgets (form fields) to a PDF file
* text fields (also multi-line)
* check boxes
* combo box
* list box
- move any existing annotation
- delete any existing annotation
- drag&drop support
- scale the PDF pages when saving to a new PDF file
- PDF form filling
- create draw objects on a "document layer". The document layer survives reloading a PDF file. This makes it possible to apply the same draw objects to various PDF files. With WPViewPDF PLUS it is possible to save the objects to XML and load as XML.
- trigger mail merge events on marked text draw objects.
- flatten PDF forms / annotations
- convert PDF into watermark: The user can select a PDF file and use certain PDF pages as background for the current PDF files. It is possible to reuse the same page on multiple pages.
- Extract attachment data, i.e. ZUGFeRD XML
- Although WPViewPDF does not include java script support, it is possible to use the standard script functions as single lines in the (K)ey and (F)ormat Actions of a Widget.
Please note that saving is disabled for protected PDF files by default.
Using the compiler switch IGNORE_SECOPT_IN_DFM it is possible with Delphi to disable that the property SecurityOptions is loaded from the DFM data. This makes it possible to set the property later in code.
Please review the list of internal actions for any relevant changes.
WPViewPDF 5.0.4.0 release 10.12.2021
+ in AcroForm fields the /MaxLen parameter is now loaded and saved and also used by the rendering.
Using MaxLen a certain count of characters can be specified in a field so the characters are
spaced accordingly: 
* Improvements to AcroForm Load&Save code
+ command COMPDF_LoadStreamAsWatermark
WPViewPDF 5.0.3.0 release 26.11.2021
+ new Delphi example code to append pages and add JPEG images
- several improvements for the use of COMPDF_BeginUpdate / COMPDF_EndUpdate
WPViewPDF 5.0.2.0 release 24.11.2021
+ new command COMPDF_Attachment_Command allows it to delete an attachment (WPViewPDF PLUS)
* several improvements in image handling
+ new exported method in PLUS edition:
the function makes it easy to update the info items, such as subject, Creator or Producer in a PDF file.
+ support for line dash patterns
* revised code to support transparency
WPViewPDF 5.0.1.0 release 17.11.2021
+ revised JPEG2000 (JPXDecode) loading routine
> now operates in 32 and 64 bit version of WPViewPDF
> better compatibility with certain JPEG2000 data streams
> support for CMYK JPEG2000 images
WPViewPDF 5.0.0.0 release 5.11.2021
+ redesigned icons for the zoom button panel
+ support for patterns to improve PDF display quality
+ much improved loading speed for PDF files which use RoleMaps
* revised CMAP evaluation code
* improved path drawing and clipping logic
* impoved acroform checkbox handling
* remove Char(0) from extracted text.
WPViewPDF 4.9.0.2 release 28.8.2021
- updated compression / decompression code
WPViewPDF 4.9.0.1 release 20.7.2021
- fix problem with CIDToGIDMap interpretation (has precendence to Encoding cmap)
WPViewPDF 4.9.0.0 release 7.7.2021
- fix problem with subset fonts with encoded "+" in the name
WPViewPDF 4.8.4.6.1 release 14.6.2021
- clean char(0) when returning info items
WPViewPDF 4.8.4.6 release 22.5.2021
- fix problem that added image objects were drawn upside down
WPViewPDF 4.8.4.5 release 11.5.2021
* Updated operation of option DONTSETDEVMODE=2 in pdfPrint
WPViewPDF 4.8.7.4 release 24.4.2021
* improvements to color space handling
WPViewPDF 4.8.7.3 release 25.3.2021
* updated cmap decoding
- fixed problem with font names encoded using special characters such as #20
WPViewPDF 4.8.7.1 release 5.3.2021
- fix problem introduced by PDF comments in compressed object streams (appeared in 4.8.7.0.)
WPViewPDF 4.8.7.0 release 19.2.2021
- fix problem when loading certain PDF files which have been manipulated by signing process.
The problem was caused by the use of comments in compressed object streams.
WPViewPDF 4.8.6.0 release 5.2.2021
* Loads PDF which use newlines instead of spaces in object numer
+ improvement in transparency support /ca /CA
WPViewPDF 4.8.5.2 release 8.10.2020
* Load PDF file which use a "Catalog" not marked as such
WPViewPDF 4.8.5.0 release 8.10.2020
Compiled with latest Delphi compiler available
jbig dll rebuilt with current zlib code
WPViewPDF 4.8.4.0 release 3.6.2020
+ added support for inverted grayscale image
WPViewPDF 4.8.3.3 release 3.6.2020
* removes null object references from page catalog to avoid confusion of certain PDF readers
WPViewPDF 4.8.3.1 release 22.5.2020
* improved compatibility to not well formed text objects in PDF
WPViewPDF 4.8.3.0 release 12.5.2020
- fix a possible AV in the DLL after a project was opened and page controls were used.
- there was a problem in the 64 bit edition of the MakeImage DLL which has been fixed.
+ Command(Set_PaintMode, 16) can be used to disable rendering of all annotations
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.8 release 23.3.2020
- it is now possible to send a parent window handle to the engine
when using the command COMPDF_PrinterSetup and COMPDF_PrintDialog
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.7 release 26.2.2020
- some improvements in acroform handling
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.6 release 13.2.2020
- Improvement in color space decoding
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.5 release 2.1.2020
- solve a problem with rare encoding of inline images BI/IE
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.4 release 16.12.2019
+ WPViewPDF DLL now uses the PE Flag IMAGE_FILE_NET_RUN_FROM_SWAP
to fix rare problems which occured when the executable was running from a folder on the network
- ignore Predictor property when set to PNG-None
- fix problem with recursion when reading annotations which contain actions
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.3 release 18.11.2019
- fix problem with text extraction (and find text) when a certain rare font cmap was used
* wp_type1ttf.dll and wp_type1ttf64.dll have been recompiled with VS2010 Pro to not require the VS runtime
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.2 release 5.11.2019
- do not abort on incorrect AES buffer length but decode what's possible
- fixed command id COMPDF_ZoomThumbnailsAuto=79 to set auto zoom for thumbnail view
WPViewPDF 4.8.2.1 release 30.10.2019
* missing width for character id 0 is set to 0 to solve problem with incorrectly encoded cmap
- font encoding for OSX PDF files.
- fix offset for draw text objects
WPViewPDF 4.8.1.1 release 9.10.2019
- fix a problem introduced by version 4.8.1.0
- annotations and draw objects did not paint and export correctly when the page cropbox used a negative x and y parameter
+ COMPDF_ZoomThumbnailsAuto = 79; // Set the auto zoom property of the thumbnail view
// 0 = Off, 1= Width, 2=FullPage, 3=SideBySide, 4=AsManyAsPossibleInRow 5=AsManyAsPossibleInRowMinOne (=default)
* PDF fonts which were not using a certain encoding are now using the "Standard" encoding
WPViewPDF 4.8.0.2 release 8.9.2019
- fix problem when decoding 2 bit images
+ it is possible to set a filter to limit the area where the text is extracted.
pdf.command(COMPDF_GetTextSetOptions, 4+2); // Activate the filter
pdf.command(COMPDF_GetTextFilterRectX, 150); // ..Y, ..X1, ..Y1
WPViewPDF 4.8.0.1 release 30.8.2019
- fix problem with 64 bit use in .NET
* call fall back routine for fonts which are missing cmap table
WPViewPDF 4.7.3.3 release 21.7.2019
- improves compatibility with PDF with encode descendent fonts in embedded objects instead of indirect
- the text export could write #0 to html files. Those will now be skipped.
WPViewPDF 4.7.3.1 release 7.6.2019
- checkboxes were not flattened correctly when AS property was not correct.
* command COMPDF_ZoomThumbnails can now be used to set the maximum zoom value for thumbnails. The default is 10%.
(Any increase of the window width will created additional columns if the maximum zoom value has been reached)
WPViewPDF 4.7.3.0 release 10.4.2019
+ command COMPDF_LoadActionCursor can be used to change the cursor used by certain
Action modes. Use command( COMPDF_LoadActionCursor, 1, crCross ) to change standard cursor.
+ added command function to VCL interface:
function TWPViewPDF.command(command: Integer;
IntParam: {$IFDEF WIN64} IntPtr {$ELSE} Integer {$ENDIF};
IntParam1: Integer; IntParam2: Integer = 0;
IntParam3: Integer = 0; IntParam4: Integer = 0 ): Integer;
- fix problem with 2 bit indexed color images with
- fix of ToInicode interpretation if no spaces were used as separator
WPViewPDF 4.7.2.0 release 18.3.2019
+ the command COMPDF_Zoom can now be used with the string parameters
StrPar='XYWHx,y,w,h' to scroll to the PDF coordinates x,y,w and h (72 dpi on the page)
StrPar='PXYWHp,x,y,w,h' to scroll to the PDF coordinates x,y,w and h on page p
WPViewPDF 4.7.1.2 release 7.3.2019
- fixes problem with 64bit DLLs in last build - they were not loading
WPViewPDF 4.7.1.1 release 2.3.2019
* PLUS edition: improved form handling
WPViewPDF 4.7.1.0 release 27.2.2019
+ added some support for FunctionType 4 separation color
- fixed "stack error" exception
WPViewPDF 4.7.0.0 release 25.2.2019
+ new command: COMPDF_SetAnnotEditModes modifies the way the TAB key works in formular mode
* improved TAB handling and scrolling formular mode
WPViewPDF 4.6.5.1 release 21.1.2019
+ new: Drag&Drop support with Delphi and TWPViewPDF.
To use assign events OnDragOver and OnDragDrop.
- fix stability problem when drag&drop was used with Delphi 10.3 Rio in 64bit application.
WPViewPDF 4.6.4.6 release 12.1.2019
- improvements to 64 bit DLL
- fix for bullet sign
WPViewPDF 4.6.4.5 release 13.12.2018
* Updated documentation for command COMPDF_Attachment_AddAF.
--> Please pass the id returned by this command as second parameter when you load the data which should be used by a PDF attachment.
- fixed problem when saving PDF file with attachments
WPViewPDF 4.6.4.4 release 5.12.2018
- correctly hides text written with Tr3 mode but still allows text selection
WPViewPDF 4.6.4.3 release 30.11.2018
- improves compatibility to PDF files which save spaces in front of object numbers
- solves AV problem on problematic CCITT data
WPViewPDF 4.6.4.1 release 19.10.2018
- when rendering draw objects with right aligned text into the PDF the text was not positioned correctly
- when rendering draw objects with centered aligned text was not positioned correctly
WPViewPDF 4.6.4.0 release 16.10.2018
* PrintHDC, GetMetafile does not cache the page commands anymore which reduces the
memory consumption if a large number of pages are processed.
- fix problem with certain images with indexed color
- fix problem that font size was not read from widget annotations (DA parameter)
- fix line breaks in multi-line edit fields
* .NET interface supports new parameter options in AddDrawObject()
WPViewPDF 4.6.3.3 release 10.9.2018
- fix cache problem which caused large memory consumption when extracting text
+ command COMPDF_NoViewer can be used to temporarily disable the rendering for fast loading and text extraction
- Annotation Flags "F" were not handled correctly. They are now correctly loaded from prp.v.F
This causes annotations which are supposed to be invisible to be hidden (though they are selectable in certain operation mode)
WPViewPDF 4.6.3.2 release 22.8.2018
+ command COMPDF_RenderDrawobjects now returns the number of rendered objects.
Use Bit 8 in the parameter to only count the objects.
- fixed problems when writing check boxes in PDF forms
* improved text extraction (more exact X coordinate calculation)
WPViewPDF 4.6.3.1 release 14.8.2018
- the scaled print mode (COMPDF_PrintUseScaling) also set the paper size which worked against the purpose
WPViewPDF 4.6.3.0 release 9.8.2018
- fix cmap reading error when <..> codes were on the same line
- fix problem with acroform objects which used fields as indirect reference
- fix problem with PrintDialog loosing focus on Alt+TAB
- COMPDF_ACTION_WRITE can be used to localize the action captions.
The problem that some sub menus were not been localized has been fixed.
+ understand Encoding: UniGB-UTF16-H
WPViewPDF 4.6.2.3 release 24.7.2018
* change default value for COMPDF_GetTextSetOptions = 272 - set bit 2 if you need y position written as text baseline position (=default) or clear bit 2 to save the top position. (Consistency to WPViewPDF V3)
WPViewPDF 4.6.2.0 release 21.7.2018
+ new command: COMPDF_GetTextSetOptions (=272) - set bit 2 if you need y position written as text baseline position or clear bit 2 to save the top position
WPViewPDF 4.6.1.0 release 2.7.2018
+ The text extraction method has been revised for better detection of lines of text, even if not
printed at the exact same vertical position.
WPViewPDF 4.6.0.0 release 29.6.2018
+ command COMPDF_SinglepageMode,2 can now be used to toggle the single page mode.
* improve compatibility with PDF files which use Encoding as indirect reference.
WPViewPDF 4.5.3.0 release 29.5.2018
- fixes problem with XForms
- fixes problem with separation color used for stroking
* updated Demo DLL
WPViewPDF 4.5.2.5 release 27.4.2018
- fixes problem with annotations (caused by 4.5.2.2 - XForm handling)
- check annotation with CA property = 8 now shows X
WPViewPDF 4.5.2.3 release 20.4.2018
+ command DONTSETDEVMODE can now be used to disable the landscape detection on w>h
- workaround for PDF files which use incorrect ASCII85 encoding
WPViewPDF 4.5.2.2 release 11.4.2018
* improve ToUnicode interpreter to not fail on incorrect range
* limit size of intermediate bitmap used for PrintHDC when UseRotation=true
* improve PDF compatibility
- handles inverted CMYK image stream
- use current state as default state for XForm painting.
Solves problem if XForm does not define any colors.
WPViewPDF 4.5.2.0 release 28.3.2018
- fix problem with "use rotate" parameter of PrintHDC
WPViewPDF 4.5.1.0 release 8.3.2018
- fix internal AV introduced by new "scn" handling
- fix redraw issue after text selection
WPViewPDF 4.5.0.0 release 7.3.2018
+ command COMPDF_Get_XMPBuffer can be used to read the loaded PDF metadata.
The IntParam is used to select the loaded PDF-File to examine. (default=0).
It is also possible to provide the NAME of the PDF-File to check in the StrParam.
The Result Value = -2 if IntParam is not valid or the provided PDF filename was not loaded before.
- invisible text can now be selected
- Rendering of annotations and draw objects used wrong position when a crop box was used in PDF.
- improvement to comment handling for postscript page description
- improvement of text highlight to annotation conversion. (AddHighlightAnnotationForText)
- MouseUp event was lost when internal code handled mouse event as well.
+ AddHighlightAnnotationForText now accepts Alpha parameter in Range 0..255
WPViewPDF 4.4.4.0 release 7.2.2018
* the PDF to text feature now adds spaces if it detects gaps between rendered text elements
this feature can be switched off with Command(COMPDF_DontSynthesizeSpaces,1)
+ COMPDF_Ann_ModifyAddProps can now be used to set the "HighlightType"
* improved text selection and highlighting
WPViewPDF 4.4.3.3 release 22.1.2018
* Handle the case when '-' was used in image draw operation and encoded as #2D in dictionary
+ accept PDF 2.x as input format
WPViewPDF 4.4.3.2 release 15.1.2018
* do not write MarkInfo if not all PDF files which are merged use this flag
- fix problem in CMYK conversion
WPViewPDF 4.4.3.0 release 15.12.2017
* improvement of handling for embedded objects which are using HexEncoding
+use Command(COMPDF_SetSaveMode, 8192 * 1024) to save all fonts, not just the ones which are used.
- fix problem that draw objects do not work correctly with SetGlobalParameter('ReduceMemoryUsage=1'
+ better alignment of the view panel relative to the thumbnail/bookmark view
WPViewPDF 4.4.2.0 release 8.11.2017
+ detect corrupted PDF data with garbage at end of file
* optimized detection of fonts which are using 2-byte CIDs
* improved support for embedded fonts
WPViewPDF 4.4.1.0 release 3.10.2017
- write the flag /EncryptMetadata when file encryption was activated
+ use command( COMPDF_SetSecurityMode, 1+4096) to activate encryption also of metadata in 40 bit or
command( COMPDF_SetSecurityMode, 2+4096) in 128 bit security mode.
WPViewPDF 4.4.0.0 release 22.9.2017
- fix problem when saving PDF file with named destinations
- fix problem when displaying bookmarks
* improvement when saving PDF which contain unicode strings in name array
WPViewPDF 4.3.4.0 release 20.9.2017
+ use command(COMPDF_SetSaveMode, 8192 * 256) to always write NeedAppearances=true
+ use command(COMPDF_SetSaveMode, 8192 * 512) to always write NeedAppearances=false. This fixes the problem that AcrobatReader asks to save changes.
+ experimental: Use SetGlobalParameter('ReduceMemoryUsage=1') to reduce the storage of path objects.
That helps with PDF files which use a lot(!) of text paths on a page but can slow down repaint.
WPViewPDF 4.3.3.0 release 7.9.2017
- COMPDF_GetPrinter could not be used with CommandGetStr
- fix problem with desired width/height with GetImageExt
WPViewPDF 4.3.2.0 release 26.7.2017
- update to font character selection
WPViewPDF 4.3.1.0 release 10.7.2017
+ using the command COMPDF_Ann_Undo = 560 it is now possible to disable and enable the UNDO buffer.
use Command(COMPDF_Ann_Undo, 4) to disable, Command(COMPDF_Ann_Undo, 5) to enable.
WPViewPDF 4.3.0.0 release 21.6.2017
+ flatten form (annotations) when saving the file
+ option DeleteFormFields=1 in pdfMerge()
+ option FlattenFormFields=1 in pdfMerge()
+ The save modes can be specified with SaveToFile command
+ The save modes can be specified with pdfMerge as parameter SaveMode=x
- fixed memory issue caused by undo system
WPViewPDF 4.2.5.0 release 31.5.2017
+ COMPDF_Ann_ModifyAddProps can now be used without updating the screen at once. Add option 16.
- fix exception error which could happen with some corrupted PDF files.
WPViewPDF 4.2.4.0 release 11.5.2017
- fixed hyperlinks to named destinations
WPViewPDF 4.2.3.0 release 3.5.2017
- fix problem with wrong character width when font height in PDF was negative.
WPViewPDF 4.2.2.0 release 20.4.2017
- fix a stability problem when reading annotations which were using quadpoints
+ detect "caret" annotation
* improve strikeout annotation
WPViewPDF 4.2.1.0 release 5.4.2017
- fix problem when ScreenToPage was used directly after a LoadFromFile.
WPViewPDF 4.2.0.0 release 29.3.2017
- fix problem when saving attachments from PDF
+ add support for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.9 release 15.3.2017
+ new option for pdfMerge: COPY_NON_ENCRYPTED=1 will copy the original file if only one source file was
specified and that source file was not encrypted.
+ new option for pdfMerge: PASSWORDxxx=1 sets a password (xxx=1..999) in a list of passwords used for the loaded PDF files.
+ Use SetGlobalParameter('DrawImageBands=1') to make WPViewPDF draw large monochrome bitmaps using several bands instead of
one big bitmap. This has been introduced to increase compatibility with certain printers. (Experimental - may become default in future)
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.8 release 9.3.2017
+ support for text RenderMode 1 (outlined text)
- fix for gray scaled JPEG2000 encoded images
* when writing PDF files Signature annotations are written together with the accompanied field
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.6 release 2.3.2017
- fix problem for certain JBIG2 images which showed up after last build.
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.5 release 24.2.2017
* property SecurityOptions defaults now to []. Please check if it is required to disable the save functionality.
* includes a workaround to avoid printing problems of pixel based barcodes on some printers
* improves text find method
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.4 release 18.2.2017
+ the VCL defined a new method AddHighlightAnnotationForText
Use "atfoundtext=1" in the options. Note: x,y,w,h must also be provided!
- fix a flicker problem when highlighting text
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.3 release 9.2.2017
- fix problem with FindText - the scrolled position was slightly off
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.2 release 3.2.2017
* the text export now calculates more accurate positions in the xyhtml code
* find text returns better coordinates
- fix: when a PDF file used a cropbox the annotation frame was drawn at a wrong position
- acrofields with auto size text were always written with fontsize 12
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.1 release 27.1.2017
* avoid problem with PDF files which use comment in the page description
+ MergeText now uses COMPDF_BeginUpdate/COMPDF_EndUpdate to improve performance
WPViewPDF 4.1.9.0 release 26.1.2017
- fix for command COMPDF_ACRO_SET which can be used to set the acrofields used by a PDF form
WPViewPDF 4.1.8.4 release 4.1.2017
- fix a problem when saving some rare PDF files
* improve scrolling in thumbnail view
WPViewPDF 4.1.8.3 release 23.12.2016
* includes workaround for incorrect PDF files which miss endobj markers.
WPViewPDF 4.1.8.2 release 21.12.2016
* bitmaps with of bit height will now be printed without any anti alias. This
fixes problems with barcodes which were printed with some shading.
- in scanned documents some characters showed up when the font was not defined.
- display characters corrected when CIDtoGID and ENCODING cmap was used.
* improved interpretation of cmap definitions
* the handliung of ligatures (fi) has been improved
WPViewPDF 4.1.8.1 release 13.12.2016
- fixes a problem with some images introduced in last release caused by compiler issue
* fixes DEMO expiration problem
WPViewPDF 4.1.8.0 release 7.12.2016
+ Improvments to PDF-Workbench. This object can be created be used without having to use a window handle.
* WPViewPDF also works fine to print the PDF pages on a HDC. No window handle is required - PrintHDC
- fixes a memory leak which sometimes occured when PDFs were using monochrome JPEGs
+ using command COMPDF_UseGDIPainter with parameter = -2 it is now possible to select the standard, non
GDI+ painter to be used by PrintHDC and GetMetafile.
+ added a Delphi demo which is using PDF-Wokbench object.
+ added fall-back for font output in case the font could not be loaded by integrated font engine
WPViewPDF 4.1.7.4 release 24.11.2016
- fix an internal exception when creating a field
* don't save AcroForm object if it was detected to have no fields.
+ the parameter "F" of a widget controls if the widget is printed or not.
Use SetGlobalParameter('AddFieldDefaultF=1') to make WPViewPDF add the value F=4 to all
fields which do otherwise miss this property.
WPViewPDF 4.1.7.2 release 22.11.2016
+ event: OnChangePageSelection
+ Use SetGlobalParameter('rotatemeta=1') if you need to extract pages as metafiles with applied page rotation.
Instead of SetGlobalParameter(stringvalue) it is also possible to call Command(200000, stringvalue)
WPViewPDF 4.1.7.0 release 18.11.2016
- fix: It was not possible to move a page to last position when a page was deleted
- fix problem with special CID font
+ impove drag&drop in thumbnail view
+ added support for color inline graphics
WPViewPDF 4.1.6.4 release 18.10.2016
- fix problem with wide outlines in some texts
+ added support for subforms in AcroForms.
* more strict interpretation for Bit 10 in security P flag (=extract graphics and text)
WPViewPDF 4.1.6.2 release 6.10.2016
* ignore path drawing inside text blocks (workaround for some PDF files)
* improved display of FreeText annotations
- VCL: In API FindText a variable was named DontGoToPage although its meaning is GoToPage - it has been renamed to "GoToPage"
- fix for Y position when FindText was used.
- FindNext was broken
WPViewPDF 4.1.6.0 release 28.9.2016
- improves saving of highlight annotations
- fixes problem with loaded multi line selection
+ during adding highlights the user can press CTRL+Z to undo the last change
WPViewPDF 4.1.5.7 release 15.9.2016
* enhanced font width measurement
* enhanced character location in CID fonts
- fix problem with encrypted PDF files which use a non-standard FileID
WPViewPDF 4.1.5.5 release 31.8.2016
- drag over caused AV in Delphi XE up to 10.0
- move pages did not work correctly when pages were deleted before. This problem has been fixed.
WPViewPDF 4.1.5.4 release 22.8.2016
* we integrated a fix for a possible problem when printing documents multiple times without using the print dialog.
This problem showed up in some other applications after the windows update released 19.8.2016 and also with the pdfPrint() function.
(To switch off this fix use SetGlobalParameter('printerfix=0'), to switch it on again us SetGlobalParameter('printerfix=1') )
* do not always draw hairline around filled areas
WPViewPDF 4.1.5.3 release 2.8.2016
- fix problem when 64bit DLL was used with .NET 4.5
- fix problem with lost image resource when saving PDF
WPViewPDF 4.1.5.2 release 28.7.2016
+ using command COMPDF_MODIFIED it is possible to check if the contents were modified by the user, i.e. if pages were moved.
+ new function pdfMakeImageEx can load the PDF data from a IStream and save one ore multiple images to an IStream.
+ new unit: wpcubed_pdf_plugin has been added to use WPViewPDF with ImageEn, the powerful image component for Delphi.
+ new WPViewPDF Edition "WPViewPDF MakeImage" which supports pdfMakeImageEx only.
WPViewPDF 4.1.5.1 release 15.7.2016
- do not show OCR text on certain scanned document
+ support for Win2151Encoding (not standard)
WPViewPDF 4.1.5 release 30.6.2016
* improved rendering code for auto-textheight multiline freetext annotations
+ when saving a PDF the Catalog/AF array is also saved.
* the saving of names dictonaries has been changed so save names to merged documents, too.
+ new ViewOption: wpDisableAnnotTextEditInEditMode
+ new commands to add file attachments to a PDF file
COMPDF_Attachment_AddAF, COMPDF_Attachment_SetData, COMPDF_Attachment_SetProp
+ new DLL methods to create a non-visual "PDF workbench". With the created object most
viewer commands can be used to examine and manipulate PDF data. This can be helpful if you need
a powerful PDF tool in C++.
* editor will switch into text edit mode of text annotations on click on selected object, not at once
WPViewPDF 4.1.4'' release 20.6.2016
- fix display of some (OCR) fonts which are not embedded but loaded from system
WPViewPDF 4.1.4' release 14.6.2016
- fix a checkbox saving glitch
WPViewPDF 4.1.4 release 8.6.2016
- URI links were not working - now OnHyperlinkWWW can be used
+ scale the PDF pages when saving to a new PDF file
New commands: COMPDF_SaveScaledPDFMode, COMPDF_SaveScaledPDFSetX and COMPDF_SaveScaledPDFSetY
When using Delphi you can use the method ActivateScaledPDFWriting to enable the scaling.
WPViewPDF 4.1.3' release 17.5.2016
+ annotation flattening mode UseOriginalDataForRendering
+ allow the sign ~ to be used in PDF names
WPViewPDF 4.1.3 release 14.5.2016
+ It is possible to flatten PDF forms - the annotations are rendered into the PDF.
+ new action "FlattenAnnotations" in group 4, Draw Operations (by default hidden, use RequiredOptionalActions to show)
+ added annotation save modes to remove annotations and widgets
+ it is now possible to set and modify the draw object options using commandCOMPDF_Ann_ModifyAddProps
- fix annotation loading problem - transparency was not loaded
* improvement in annotation export code
+ new parameter RequiredOptionalActions in procedure WPPDFViewerInitMainMenu
WPViewPDF 4.1.2 release 4.5.2016
USE WPVIEWPDF PLUS to create and fill PDF forms!
+ create form fields: edits, memos, checkboxes, combox and listboxes
+ support for masks in edit fields (you can use java script one liner)
+ show special cursor if in draw-object or highlight-text mode
+ tabbing in PDF forms now work over page bounderies
+ new dialog to create form fields has been added to "PDFEdit.EXE"
+ command COMPDF_ACRO_GET can be used to extract a list of acro-fields in the document (use ID=-5)
- fixes to COMPDF_Ann_XMLGetFromAcrofield and COMPDF_Ann_XMLSetFromAcrofield
- fixes to COMPDF_Ann_XMLGetFromAnnots and COMPDF_Ann_XMLSetFromAnnots
- cleaned up some naming inconsistencies used by XML scripts:
Background color is: Background-Color="color_as_string"
Line color is: Color="color_as_string"
Font name is: Font="fontname"
Font Size color is: Font-Size="floatvalue"
Font color is: Font-Color="color_as_string"
- fixed background glitch for edit field
- fixed paint glitch in thumbnail view
WPViewPDF 4.1.1 release 26.4.2016
+ improved compatibility to PDF files which have been truncated
+ form fill mode now also handles comboboxes
+ it is now possible to display a date dropdown in pdf forms
+ improved display of form annotations
+ The VCL includes the function MakeBitmap to create a TBitmap with the contents of a certain page.
+ support for line caps and line joins
WPViewPDF 4.1.0 release 18.4.2016
+ much enhanced interactive PDF form filling
++ highlight current widget
++ mouse hover effect for widgets
++ use TAB to move to next widget, also checkboxes
++ updated toggle code for checkboxes (use SPACE to toggle)
++ six different checkbox appearances are supported now
++ BETA: evaludate Javescript actions to detect date and number fields.
This mode is activated by COMPDF_FORMFILLOPTIONS.
+ PDF repair mode to help to load PDF files which have been corrupted
+ new methods to get and set the ActionMode
+ it is now possible to use command COMPDF_GotoNamedDest,2 to jump to the
position referenced by an outline item
- The event OnChangeViewPage was not called as often as required.
* improvement to AcroForm handling for fields which use multiple widgets
* nicer splitter
+ COMPDF_FORMFILLOPTIONS control formfill mode
+ also highlight invisible (OCRed) text
WPViewPDF 4.0.8 release 5.4.2016
+ it is now possible to update the attributes of annotations
+ it is now possible to add link annotations
- fix problem with URI link annotations - the event did not work
- fix problem with "Threading" Action handling
- add support for colored Type3 text
- fix problem with command COMPDF_ACTION
- fix package to also work before XE2
- fix problem when saving named destinations
* added code to handle PDF files which have been corrupted
See new chapter "Internal Actions"
WPViewPDF 4.0.7.1 release 15.3.2016
* Type3 fonts with rendering mode 3 will be hidden
* added support for 256 bit AES encrypted files (Revision 5)
WPViewPDF 4.0.7 release 11.3.2016
+ it is now possible to get the action command id for a certain action name
+ added example developed in C#
* updated PDFViewerLib .NET assembly
- updated BookmarkXML feature also handles outlines with GoTo actions
WPViewPDF 4.0.0.1 release 22.2.2016
* transparency support for text (used by OCR software)
- included designtime packages - one built with Delphi 7, the other with XE.
We recommend however to create a new package for your compiler by simply adding unit
WPViewPDF_reg.pas
WPViewPDF 4.0.0 release 19.2.2016
+ added localization API
+ added modification of fields and annotations
+ inplace editing for text draw objects (single line)
- fix some API inconsistencies
WPViewPDF 4 - Beta 2 - release 9.2.2016
- please see demo WPViewer4 which shows how to use the actions
- please see demo PrintCertificates which shows how to use the new document-level draw objects
- the demo PDFEdit replaces the old "PDFView" demo
WPViewPDF 4 - Beta 1 - release 11.12.2015
Is based on WPViewPDF V3 and should behave the same, unless new functionality is used.
Note for Delphi Users: WPViewPDF was designed to keep the loaded PDF file in memory even if the handle (window handle) of the viewing window was destroyed. The data will be released when the component is destroyed. This behaviour makes it possible to implement a docking feature. To make sure the data is released when the form is closed (but not freed) call the method Clear or disable the compiler symbol ENABLE_WNDRECREATE in the file WPViewPDF3.PAS or add the compiler symbol NOWNDRECREATE to the project conditionals.
WPViewPDF includes a JBIG2 decoding implemented in the module wpdecodejp.dll and, for 64 bit, wpdecodejp64.dll. It is not required to call the command COMPDF_SetJBIG2Tool when the converter DLLs have been copied to the EXE directory.
Attention, only OCX: The property SecurityOptions was overwritten while VB was loading a form - this had the effect modifications to PDF were not possible. To disable the Save function you need to use the security commands.
If the SaveToFile or CopyToClipboard function does not work for you, please check the setting of property SecurityOptions!
NEWS: RTF2PDF/TextDynamic Server V4, based on wPDF V4 with 32 and 64 bit support is available now.
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