A hotfix release for PDFreactor 8 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Fixed memory leak when raster images inside SVGs could not be loaded. (#6892)

For more information about PDFreactor, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 8 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Fixed memory leak when raster images inside SVGs could not be loaded. (#6892)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

Because of a public holiday in the State of Saarland, our office will be closed on Thursday, 25th May 2017.

We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause on your side. Thank you for your understanding.

Your RealObjects Support Team

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 8.2 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• The setting “continuousOutput” no longer breaks PDFreactor Web Service conversions. (#6642)
• The Node.JS wrapper API now supports service URLs with “HTTPS” protocol.

For more information about PDFreactor 8, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 8 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

Because of a public holiday, our office will be closed on Monday, 5th June 2017.

We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause on your side. Thank you for your understanding.

Your RealObjects Support Team

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 8.2 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• The setting “continuousOutput” no longer breaks PDFreactor Web Service conversions. (#6642)
• The Node.JS wrapper API now supports service URLs with “HTTPS” protocol.

For more information about PDFreactor 8, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 8 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Fixed conformance exceptions due to non-embedded fonts when converting documents containing <br> elements to PDF/A or PDF/X. (#6900)
• Fixed possible exceptions, slow conversions and layouts not using the entire available space on pages for documents containing a large amount of footnotes. (#6903)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the API configuration property “pixelsPerInchShrinkToFit” was not applied correctly. (#6938)
• Fixed exceptions and incomplete layouts in certain complex documents. (#6924, #6927, #6935, #6936, #6937)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Elements with CSS opacity or shadows are now positioned correctly when non-default pixels-per-inch values are set. (#6939)
• JavaScript processing in “ENABLED_REAL_TIME” mode no longer impedes parallel conversions and now properly terminates conversions on certain errors. (#6941)
• Fixed exceptions and incomplete layouts in certain complex documents. (#6942)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

EDGE Learning Media is a leading provider of learning material. They believe in creating effective and efficient content, and enriching learning experiences. EDGE Learning Media has a national footprint, which is testament to the hard work done to establish meaningful relationships in education and industry. It is also testament to EDGE’s reputation for developing clients’ enriched learning experiences on time and to budget.

In order to streamline its process and ensure that the same quality content available in its books is provided through a variety of online channels, EDGE embarked on a project to digitize all its content. From textbooks to concept videos to multiple choice questions to case studies, all content was moved from a variety of formats and software packages into a centralized Content Management System.

After significant research, PDFreactor was selected to provide the backbone for this extraction process, thanks to its proven reliability and accuracy in rendering a variety of content. Integrating PDFreactor into the CMS and publishing process has enabled EDGE Learning Media to produce high quality print ready PDFs. Incorporating all the complexity of publishing textbooks, from images and graphs to complex accounting tables has been achieved under the watchful and detailed eye of experienced typesetters.

Please also read the related case study.

About EDGE Learning Media

EDGE Learning Media is a leading provider of learning material. They have pioneered the integration of offline and online learning platforms. EDGE Learning Media believes in the power of education to improve individuals’ lives, and to improve the community at large. Students deserve high-quality, innovative and professional learning media. Their material is developed by dedicated staff, who bring subject expertise, academic integrity and technical skill to bespoke projects.

About RealObjects

Headquartered in Saarbrücken, Germany, RealObjects provides W3C standard-compliant, cross-platform software tools for electronic publishing, content authoring and web-to-print.

The company ranks as a pioneering developer of easy-to-use, affordable and quick-to-deploy online HTML editor solutions, which enable content authoring in web- and Java-based applications. The latest Nimbudocs Editor is the perfect editing component for cloud and web applications. It provides real-time collaborative WYSIWYG editing functionality with PDF preview & export and easily turns cloud or web applications into live document services. As a professional online document editor it is a perfect fit for web-to-print solutions and seamlessly integrates with a wide range of workflows and production platforms.

RealObjects’ W3C standards-based publishing solution PDFreactor is another industry-recognized flagship product, which is used for server-side conversion of HTML to PDF whenever electronic and typeset-quality print output of business content is required. It is the perfect printing component for web applications, incl. database publishing, web-to-print, PIM, DMS, MDM, WCMS, VDP etc.

All current RealObjects products emerged from Project MARTHA, an integrated application frame-work that enables enterprise developers to create powerful HTML and XML editing as well as rendering applications in pure Java.

Founded in May 2000, the privately held and self-funded software company has about 3000 corporate customers in over 40 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, educational institutions as well as government and non-profit organizations. A network of strategic business alliances, resellers and OEM partners or customers has been established over the years.

Contact:

Michael Jung
RealObjects, Managing Director
michael.jung@realobjects.com
Tel. +49 681 985 790

The Accessibility Foundation is the knowledge center on digital accessibility in the Netherlands. In Europe, they are an important provider of expertise in the digital accessibility domain and active in many European and local projects. They research, test and develop accessibility solutions. Accessibility Foundation provides support, consultancy and accessibility audit services for websites and apps.

The Accessibility Foundation supports their customers to make their websites and apps accessible. This is done by performing accessibility audits on websites or mobile apps. The resulting reports are presented in an accessible PDF document. By integrating PDFreactor they have an automated workflow to generate well-formed accessible PDF/UA documents from their own datasets. Because the input is clean HTML, it is easy to add additional documents without having to change the way the PDF generation is carried out.

PDFreactor was the only tool Accessibility Foundation could find that was able to reliably and consistently convert HTML documents into accessible and well-formed PDF/UA documents. Using the online documentation and RealObjects’ helpful support people, it was quite easy to set up a working document. And because the command-line tool has lots of features, it wasn’t even needed to write any code for the conversion process.

Please also read the related case study.

About the Accessibility Foundation

The Accessibility Foundation is the knowledge center on digital accessibility in the Netherlands. In Europe, they are an important provider of expertise in the digital accessibility domain and active in many European and local projects. They research, test and develop accessibility solutions. Accessibility Foundation provides support, consultancy and accessibility audit services for websites and apps.

They are involved in the development of international standards on digital accessibility. Accessibility Foundation works for large organizations like the Dutch Government, banking and insurance industry, online retail companies, public transport organizations and many others.

About RealObjects

Headquartered in Saarbrücken, Germany, RealObjects provides W3C standard-compliant, cross-platform software tools for electronic publishing, content authoring and web-to-print.

The company ranks as a pioneering developer of easy-to-use, affordable and quick-to-deploy online HTML editor solutions, which enable content authoring in web- and Java-based applications. The latest Nimbudocs Editor is the perfect editing component for cloud and web applications. It provides real-time collaborative WYSIWYG editing functionality with PDF preview & export and easily turns cloud or web applications into live document services. As a professional online document editor it is a perfect fit for web-to-print solutions and seamlessly integrates with a wide range of workflows and production platforms.

RealObjects’ W3C standards-based publishing solution PDFreactor is another industry-recognized flagship product, which is used for server-side conversion of HTML to PDF whenever electronic and typeset-quality print output of business content is required. It is the perfect printing component for web applications, incl. database publishing, web-to-print, PIM, DMS, MDM, WCMS, VDP etc.

All current RealObjects products emerged from Project MARTHA, an integrated application frame-work that enables enterprise developers to create powerful HTML and XML editing as well as rendering applications in pure Java.

Founded in May 2000, the privately held and self-funded software company has about 3000 corporate customers in over 40 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, educational institutions as well as government and non-profit organizations. A network of strategic business alliances, resellers and OEM partners or customers has been established over the years.

Contact:

Michael Jung
RealObjects, Managing Director
michael.jung@realobjects.com
Tel. +49 681 985 790

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Inline block elements can no longer be split across pages. (#6947, #6948)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

Because of a public holiday in the State of Saarland, our office will be closed on Tuesday, 15th August 2017. No support requests or license purchases will be processed on this day.

We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause on your side. Thank you for your understanding.

Your RealObjects Support Team

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Fixed issues when using Highcharts 5.0.10 by adding support for “ownerSVGElement” in JavaScript. (#6838)
• Fixed possible exceptions for tables with no cells or with certain page breaks. (#6837, #6845)
• Accessing server information via the PDFreactor Web Service monitoring API no longer causes errors. (#6846)
• The JavaScript method getBoxDescriptions() returned an empty list for images, inline-block elements and single line spans. (#6847, #6869)
• Resolved an issue where user style sheets from URL could not be added when using the PDFreactor command line wrapper. (#6852)
• Specifying “element” CSS functions in “@page” rules no longer causes NPEs. (#6851)
• Media PDF page boxes not larger than the trim boxes no longer cause NPEs. (#6848)
• IFrames that cannot be loaded no longer draw placeholders. (#6850)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Fixed encoding issue in Java wrapper (#6969)
• Fixed rare exception in certain complex layout cases (#6971)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

The leading HTML to PDF conversion engine just got even better: PDFreactor 9.1 is now available.

PDFreactor 9.1 is a minor update with great new features and improvements:

• It is now possible to change the resolution and compression of images embedded into PDFs using proprietary CSS properties.
• Improved CSS support (CSS Custom Properties for Cascading Variables, @supports, validation,…)
• Improved JavaScript support (Maps, Sets, WeakMaps and WeakSets, more browser-like behavior and better compatibility with libraries, …)

ZUGFeRD

With this version, PDFreactor can now produce PDF documents compatible with the ZUGFeRD data format for electronic invoices, via a JavaScript API. ZUGFeRD is a standard developed by FeRD (Forum for Electronic Invoicing in Germany) to standardize the process of creating and sharing electronic invoices. The PDFreactor ZUGFeRD add-on provides a JavaScript API which makes it easy to convert the data from your original HTML based invoice into standardized structured invoice data in XML format. This XML will then automatically be attached to the PDF created by PDFreactor. This feature is available as an add-on that needs to be licensed separately. The add-on can be purchased here. Of course, the ZUGFeRD JavaScript API is available when using an Evaluation license key of PDFreactor, so please feel free to try it out. Should you already have an Evaluation license key, you have to request a new one to enable the ZUGFeRD feature.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9.1 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

RealObjects Support Portal

Recently we also launched our new RealObjects Support Portal, which you can find at https://support.realobjects.com

The Support Portal integrates a regularly updated knowledge database and a ticket system. It will give our customers easier access to our tech support resources and a better insight into the lifecycle and history of their support tickets.

The benefits of the new portal include:

• A constantly growing knowledge base covering frequently asked questions about PDFreactor – and soon also including Nimbudocs Editor.
• Register your own Support Portal account and get an overview of the status of your support tickets, including your ticket history.
• Easily upload files related to your tickets.
• Automated ticket escalation based on our SLA.

We recommend using our new Support Portal for all technical support questions and issues to ensure swift processing of your tickets. Please submit your new tickets here: https://support.realobjects.com/support/tickets/new

You will have the option to create an account in our Support Portal at any time – no account is required to create a ticket, but some Portal features such as ticket overview and history are only available for users with an account.

If you have any questions regarding the new PDFreactor 9.1 release or the new RealObjects Support Portal, please get in touch with us.

Because of a public holiday, our office will be closed on Tuesday, 3rd October 2017. No support requests or license purchases will be processed on this day.

We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause on your side. Thank you for your understanding.

Your RealObjects Support Team

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Table cells spanning several columns of a table in right-to-left direction were positioned incorrectly. (#7019)
• The style “position: absolute” in a right-to-left context could result in incorrect vertical positioning. (#7009)
• Fixed an exception that could occur when tables with collapsed borders contained rows without cells. (#6987)
• JavaScript processing in “real-time” mode within iframe elements did not work correctly. (#7029)
• TIFF images with certain clipping paths could not be displayed. (#7016)
• Fixed an exception that occurred when the document contained a completely empty page while ShrinkToFit was enabled. (#7025)
• Asynchronous conversions now work as expected in Java wrapper. (#7028)
• JavaScript exports now properly return a JSON string when an object or array is exported. (#7030)
• Fixed an exception that occurred when applying CSS filters to text containing certain characters in certain fonts. (#7034)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Fixed memory leak when raster images inside SVGs could not be loaded. (#6892)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

A hotfix release for PDFreactor 9 is now available. This release includes the following bug fixes:

• Broken system fonts are now handled properly. (#6979)
• System fonts are now only read when necessary. (#7051)
• Complex float layouts no longer cause floats to be positioned incorrectly. (#7012, #6961)
• Fixed bidi layout in page margin boxes and in conjunction with leaders. (#7044)
• Tables no longer miss content in complex layouts, incl. pages-spanning multi-column elements. (#7050)
• Fixed OSGi regression from PDFreactor 9.1. (#7064)
• The web service configuration is now loaded when placed in the same directory as the web service JAR. (#7047)
• PDF structure no longer contains superfluous non-standard element. (#7049)
• Fonts containing more than 55000 glyphs are now handled properly, so NotoCJK can now be used for PDF text. (#6748)
• The “-ro-image-resampling” property now properly scales background images. (#7041)

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.