Because of a public holiday, our office will be closed on Tuesday 31st October and Wednesday 1st November 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 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:

• Added support for OpenType fonts that have the “USE_TYPO_METRICS” flag (“fsSelection” bit 7) set. (#7088)
• Fixed exceptions in complex layouts. (#6925, #7068, #7075, #7080, #7100, #7099, #7102)
• Line breaks are now properly avoided around CSS leaders. (#7098)
• Added proper JavaScript prototypes for “CanvasGradient” and “CanvasPattern”. (#7070)
• Query strings no longer break file URLs. (#6817)
• HTML <base> element can now handle relative URLs when there is an absolute document URL or other base URL. (#7086)
• The “window.location” JavaScript object now correctly points to the resolved document URL. (#7105)
• The “BookletMode” API property is applied again. (#7090)
• The .NET wrapper now handles trailing slashes in web service URLs. (#7096)

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 a rare exception when JavaScript was used to add columns to tables with collapsed borders. (#7106)
• Using the merge mode “overlay” in combination with the preferences style “initial-zoom: fit-page” no longer causes exceptions. (#7109)
• Generic font families, like “serif”, are mapped correctly again. (#7114)
• Size and position of elements inside table cells created by fixup are now determined correctly. (#7089)
• Box shadow is now applied to inline elements. (#7061)

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 exceptions when iframe cannot load its document and added support for “about:blank” as iframe source. (#7168)
• Fixed exceptions in some baseline-aligned flex-box layouts. (#7079)
• Fixed exceptions in debug mode when connections are logged and attached. (#7153)
• Corrected exception type and message in .NET wrapper when using an incorrect service URL. (#7171)
• Backslashes in results of “attr” CSS functions are no longer erroneously treated as beginnings of CSS character escape sequences. (#7185)
• Added additional meta data to tagged PDFs to eliminate negative results specific to certain PDF/A and PDF/UA validators. (#7181)

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 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.

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 e-invoice add-on

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 e-invoice 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.

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:

• 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.

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

• Added support for OpenType fonts that have the “USE_TYPO_METRICS” flag (“fsSelection” bit 7) set. (#7088)
• Fixed exceptions in complex layouts. (#6925, #7068, #7075, #7080, #7100, #7099, #7102)
• Line breaks are now properly avoided around CSS leaders. (#7098)
• Added proper JavaScript prototypes for “CanvasGradient” and “CanvasPattern”. (#7070)
• Query strings no longer break file URLs. (#6817)
• HTML <base> element can now handle relative URLs when there is an absolute document URL or other base URL. (#7086)
• The “window.location” JavaScript object now correctly points to the resolved document URL. (#7105)
• The “BookletMode” API property is applied again. (#7090)
• The .NET wrapper now handles trailing slashes in web service URLs. (#7096)

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 a rare exception when JavaScript was used to add columns to tables with collapsed borders. (#7106)
• Using the merge mode “overlay” in combination with the preferences style “initial-zoom: fit-page” no longer causes exceptions. (#7109)
• Generic font families, like “serif”, are mapped correctly again. (#7114)
• Size and position of elements inside table cells created by fixup are now determined correctly. (#7089)
• Box shadow is now applied to inline elements. (#7061)

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 exceptions when iframe cannot load its document and added support for “about:blank” as iframe source. (#7168)
• Fixed exceptions in some baseline-aligned flex-box layouts. (#7079)
• Fixed exceptions in debug mode when connections are logged and attached. (#7153)
• Corrected exception type and message in .NET wrapper when using an incorrect service URL. (#7171)
• Backslashes in results of “attr” CSS functions are no longer erroneously treated as beginnings of CSS character escape sequences. (#7185)
• Added additional meta data to tagged PDFs to eliminate negative results specific to certain PDF/A and PDF/UA validators. (#7181)

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:

• Embedded SVGs containing large amounts of sibling elements no longer impact conversion performance. (#7241)
• Tables with “width” set to “auto” no longer contain unexpected line breaks when the table fits into its container. (#7227)
• Modifications of complex multi-page tables no longer cause errors. (#7222)
• Multi-columns containing complex float constructs are now laid out correctly. (#7221)
• Break styles on nested block elements are now applied correctly. (#7208)

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 Germany, our office will be closed on Tuesday, 1st May. 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

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:

• Specific complex float layouts no longer break conversions. (#7248)
• Base64 encoded Data-URIs containing SVGs now work properly in “img” elements. (#7250)
• Accessing iFrames from JavaScript now works correctly and without slowing down conversions. (#7262)
• The “Result” object in Java and .NET wrappers is no longer missing several properties. (#7257)
• Java and .NET wrappers no longer throw exceptions when the “getStatus” or “deleteDocument” API methods are called successfully. (#7255)
• Java wrapper now correctly retrieves the PDFreactor Web Service version. (#7256)
• PDFreactor Web Service is now properly installed and started as a system service on macOS and Linux. (#7258)
• Connecting to the PDFreactor Web Service via “localhost” is no longer unusually slow under Windows. (#7233)

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 Germany, our office will be closed on Thursday, 10th May 2018. 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:

• 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.