Foxit PDF SDK Changelog

Web

July 2020

Added

• Progressive rendering support
• PDFDoc.getFontsInfo() API to get font information including font type, name, embedded info etc
• Multiple selection and edit function on content objects at UIExtension
• A PDF.actions class
• New getActions and setActions API for PDF.annots.Link annotation
• Digital signature support
• New PDFViewer.constructor option jr.brotli
• New PDFUI.constructor option customs.getLoadingMode to allow loading PDF document from memory buffer
• New PDFViewer.constructor option renderingMode
• New parameter annotUpdatedType to DataEvents.annotation
• New pdfviewer.killfocus() API
• New pdfui.confirm(), pdfui.alert(), and pdfui.prompt() with message and log type to classify the UI pop-up component
• UI thumbnail component and modularized it as an add-on to allow developers to do customization and extend its functionality
• Open source scaffold example project
• Show/hide all comments at UI level
• PDFUI.callAddon()API at UI level
• Paddle component in layout template to show the hidden elements on toolbar (PC only)
• Add-on merge tools for preprocessing addon resources to reduce the network requests at the UI initialization
• UIExtension.vw.cssfile to support vmin CSS unit to adapt layout for cases that require font resizing on mobile
• PDF.HeaderFooter.isEmpty() API

Updated

• PDFViewCtrl.ViewerEvents.removeActionAnnotationSuccess logic
• Removed UIExtension.full.css that functions same as UIExtension.css
• Output information on console
• Hot key for annotation undo (command+z) and redo (command+shift+z) on Mac at UI level
• Vue/Angualr/React integration sample to use merged-addons
• Support for the return value of the PDFPage.addImage()
• PDFDoc.exportAnnotsToPDF API which now supports exporting a particular annotation to data file
• WebPDFJRWorker.jsto allow accessing from a different origin
• PDF.constant.Error_Codeenumerations in API references
• Support for the docfolder to doc-websitewith HTML format developer guide
• Changed the folder advanced_webViewer to complete_webviewer
• Thumbnail component modularized as an add-on

Fixed

• Issue where the Edit menu in Comment List wasn’t disabled after the annotations flag was set as locked
• Issue where creating annotation would trigger both annotationAdded and nnotationUpdated events
• Issue where a new added custom stamp data can’t be updated when being placed on the page
• Issue where passing annotation color=0x000000 on border and text, did not take effect
• Issue where the JSON data was inconsistent between exportAnnotsToJSON and addAnnot
• Issue where the URL file cannot be opened cross origin
• Issue which the callout failed to create on a particular file
• Issue which the date format got changed on focus and on blur
• Issue which no comments could be imported when comments contains parenthesis
• Issue where uncaught promise error occurred when importing annotation
• Issue which the text form field can’t set to be blank if a default value has been set
• Issue where importAnnotsFromJson could not update the old annotation when two annotations have same ID
• Issue where Foxit PDF SDK for Web failed to display the default appearance of a 3D annotation
• Issue where tooltip shows only when the cursor points to the left-top corner of the tool on Firefox
• Issue where Foxit PDF SDK for Web failed to open files in IE10
• Issue where the rendering delayed when adding highlight annotation
• Issue where Foxit PDF SDK for Web failed to open particular drawing files
• Issue where 404 Error occurred when loading a file in Angular.js
• Issue where Foxit PDF SDK for Web keeps loading when open a particular file
• Issue where the mirror field cannot be cleared when the length is less than 2 in the main field

Windows/Linux/Mac

July 2020

Added

• Support Word/Excel to PDF for Conversion add-on (Windows Only)
• Support adding a layer to a PDF that does not have any layer
• Support to get Object by Object Index
• Option to render annotation for thumbnail purpose
• Get/Set permisson APIs to signature feature
• Support setting the color with different color space for Graphics Objects
• New render flag: e_ColorModeMappingGray to map a color value according to a background color and a foreground color
• Subset embedded fonts with a document to reduce the file size
• API to retrieve a layer node dictionary
• Additional options for Optimizer Add-on
• Method for setting the path for Java *.so library

Updated

• OOM error report feature enhanced
• Form loading performance enhancement
• PageOpen JavaScript action supported in Viewer Demo
• Original effect of barcode restored

Fixed

• Invalid PDF/A after signing document issue fixed
• Bezier curve control points added to exported path object data
• Listbox font size changes correctly on zoom in/out activity* Font embedding bugs fixed
• Typo on : e_FlagChoiseMultiSelect→e_FlagChoiceMultiSelect
• Form object associated with layer node displays correct coordinates when rendered to page
• RectF.isEmpty() method always return true bug fixed

Android/iOS

July 2020

Added

• Provide options to enable/disable slide mode for Android which will enhance the e-ink screen rendering.
• Support Group Annotations at UI Level
• Reading features
• Support the same render effect as Mobile app’s page color feature
• Provide option to enable/disable auto save feature
• New platform support for Mac Catalyst

Updated

• Modify the encrypt_key parameter of CertificateSecurityHandler.initialize from string to byte