Red Software Blog

Today, Red Software updates RAD PDF, a leading ASP.NET 3.5 / 4.x / Core / 5 / 6 web component for editing, form filling, signing, and viewing PDF files in a web based GUI.

Version 3.32 improves compatibility with PDF embedded JavaScript, adding support for the field.setItems() function and a new app.alert() implementation.

This release also includes a number of bug fixes including a one effecting PNG transparency.

This update is available free of charge to customers with an active Maintenance Plan.

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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.

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Red Software is happy to announce the latest release of RAD PDF, the most full featured PDF GUI & web control for ASP.NET 3.5, 4.x, Core, 5, and 6!

Our PDF editor & form filler for the web supports new encryption options (like 256-bit AES) along with support for the latest release of Safari (15.2) on iOS.

Additionally, this version fixes a form field bug introduced in 3.27 along with improving radio export values for non-Acrobat viewers.

This update is available free of charge to customers with an active Maintenance Plan.

Release Notes

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.

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