Solid Framework 7514

In the last 6 months, we have worked on 500+ issues across all of our products.  80% of our time has been spent focusing on our Solid Framework product.

Solid Framework 7514 is now available in our Developer Portal.  We have resolved several high priority (showstopper / crash / hang) issues, related to:

-Page Range

-Generic Print Provider

-Job Processor Rendering PDF Page Collection

-Infinite loop in CLineInfo::correctCharSpacings()

-Conversions with JBIG2DECODE

New features:

Tesseract OCR for CJK content

Solid Core Model API - Text Bounding

C++ Sample - Extract Text using Text Bounding

PDF to Word - Annotations to Word comments

Support for Superscript and Subscript content

We have made various improvements and bug fixes to:

-Conversion layout and fonts

-Rendering

-Table detection and merging

-Lists and bullets

-Scanned page detection

-Performance

-CGM/NSE improvements

-OCR

Log into your developer portal account to access the latest SDK. If you don't have an account, create one on our website.

Solid Framework - v9.1 build 6068

v9.1 build 6068 of Solid Framework Released

We have released an update to the Solid Framework SDK. A few of the highlights include:

- OCR Performance Improvements

- Reduced XML Complexity for .DOCX.

While this work was done primarily to help Apple software open .DOCX files, this improvement is also beneficial for making .DOCX output more editable.

- Vector Text and Graphics Conversion Work

- General PDF conversion quality improvements

The SDK is available from the developer portal.

v9.1 build 5015 of Solid Framework Released

We have just released an update to the Solid Framework SDK. A few of the highlights include:

• Improved rendering
• OCR improvements to French, German and Russian language
• Improved OCR support for san-serif high aspect ratio fixed pitch fonts
• Better table detection and conversion
• Improved font scaling
• Improved image processing

The SDK is available from the developer portal.

7.3 of Solid Framework Released

7.3 of Solid Framework Released

Solid OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been improved:
8 languages now supported (English, Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish).
Improved text recognitions. OCR allows you to apply a searchable text layer when scanning or easily add a text layer to an existing scanned PDF file.

Other v7.3 improvements include:

• PDF to Word: heading/style detection, table of contents reconstruction, hierarchical list reconstruction
• Complete rework of PDF to PowerPoint reconstruction including transitions, master slides and PowerPoint specific layout engine
• Great improvements to PDF to HTML conversion to take advantage of table of contents reconstruction and style detection. Single page output with navigation frame or multiple linked HTML pages for navigation.
• PagesModel and Thumbnail Controls to allow construction of PDF page manipulation applications complete with User Interface.

Trial developer licenses and SDK available from the Developer Portal at soliddocuments.com.