Archive October 2009

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RAD PDF 1.3 Released

Version 1.3 of the ASP.NET PDF Viewer and PDF Editor, RAD PDF, has been released.

This new version is improves document loading times, adds annotation support, & improves browser compatibility.

First, a number of improvements to PDFescape, the free PDF editor, have filtered down to RAD PDF. Primarily, PDF files now load quicker, the Opera browser is now supported, and text annotations can now be created & manipulated.

Second, the RAD PDF DocumentEditor object has been extended to offer more control over PDF objects & new RAD PDF sample implementations in both C# and VB.NET have been released.

Release Notes

Opera & PDF Annotation Support

On the heels of our previous PDFescape announcement, we're proud to announce that PDFescape now also supports the Opera browser (9.5+) as well as select PDF annotations.

Opera supported in free PDF editor, PDFescape

PDFescape now displays and edits PDF text annotations (commonly called "Sticky Notes"). New sticky notes can also be added using the new "Sticky Note" tool, allowing notes to be made on PDF files more easily.

Edit PDF sticky notes in PDFescape

A full list of PDFescape's features can be found here.

PDFescape Enhanced

Several new features have been added to the free PDF editor, PDFescape, this month:
  1. PDF files now load quicker. Instead of being forced to wait for the entire PDF file to load, the first page of opened PDF files is displayed nearly instantly. Furthermore, PDFescape's footprint has been reduced to allow for quicker loading on slow internet connections.
  2.  PDF pages now will appear crisper and cleaner. Improved server side code allows PDFescape to render opened files more accurately. Additional client side code now makes use of browser specific optimizations (such as the canvas element in Firefox, Chrome, & Safari)
Additionally, several more minor improvements including cleaner page rotations in Internet Explorer and more accurate line drawing tools have been made.