What's New in V7.0?
 

PDFlib Highlights

• PDF/A for archiving: PDFlib can generate output according to the PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b standards, formally known as ISO 19005-1. PDF/A specifies a standardized subset of PDF for long-term preservation and archiving of PDF documents.
   
• Table formatting: New table formatter which automatically places rows and columns, and splits tables across multiple pages.
   
• 3D animations: 3D animations in the U3D format can be embedded in the PDF output. Actions can be defined to interact with 3D animations
   
• AES algorithm: PDFlib supports 128-bit encryption with the AES algorithm (Advanced Encryption Standard)
   
• XMP metadata: PDFlib automatically creates XMP metadata from document info fields.
   
• Layers: important for CAD and engineering applications; all layer control features available in PDF 1.5;

A New Table formatter - automatically places rows and columns according to user preferences, and splits tables across multiple columns or pages

Textflow enhancements

• Links and other interactive elements can automatically be created from text fragments in a Textflow
   
• Space for images can be reserved in a text column
   
• The Textflow formatter supports leaders,e.g. repeated dots between an entry in a table of contents and the corresponding page number
   
• Text contents and formatting options can be supplied separately to the Textflow engine in an arbitrary number of steps. This eliminates the need for creating a buffer containing the full text along with inline formatting options
   
• Character classes for formatting decisions can now be redefined, e.g. specify whether the »/« character will be treated as a letter or punctuation in formatting decisions

Other formatting features

• Decimal tabs and leader characters are supported in single-line text (in addition to multi-line Textflows)
   
• A new stamp function calculates optimized size and position for text stamps across a rectangle
   
• Improved query functions for text geometry