Version history

• Version 3.0.72.1, released February 1, 2012
  • gradients with sharp transitions are not rendered correctly (Fix for WPF only).
  • WPF ONLY: diacritical marks do not render correctly.
  • WPF ONLY: Generated XPS is corrupt.
• Version 3.0.72.0, released January 10, 2012
  • Some fonts do not render.
  • Some images have incorrect colors.
• Version 3.0.71.0, released November 30, 2011
  • Soft masks may be computed incorrectly if Blending modes are used on the same page.
  • Grayscale images with an image mask may not be rendered.
  • Grayscale JPEG images may not be rendered.
  • Some glyphs may be missing from complex OpenType fonts.
• Version 3.0.70.0, released November 24, 2011
  • Images that consist of a pattern drawn through an image mask do not show up.
  • User-defined clipping does not work correctly for rotated pages.
  • Tiling patterns get placed at an incorrect offset in rare situations.
• Version 3.0.69.0, released October 12, 2011
  • user defined clipping areas are not respected.
  • wpf conversion shows text that should be invisible.
• Version 3.0.68.0, released September 21, 2011
  • Support for .Net 1.1 has been dropped.
  • Improved support for handing improper font definitions.
• Version 3.0.67.0, released September 12, 2011
  • Added default font substitution entries for MSMincho.
  • Improved suppport for corrupt files.
  • The WPF conversion does not allow transparent backgrounds.
• Version 3.0.66.0, released July 7, 2011
  • Improved support for corrupt TrueType fonts.
  • WPF conversion does not apply ColorTransformationMode.HighQuality when this is specified in RenderSettings.ColorSettings.TransformationMode. This results in grayscale graphics.
  • TrueType fonts may not get rendered correctly if they do not use a WinAnsi encoding.
• Version 3.0.65.0, released July 1, 2011
  • Improved reconstructing corrupt documents.
• Version 3.0.64.0, released June 27, 2011
  • Some soft masks are not taken into account.
• Version 3.0.63.0, released May 26, 2011
  • Some invisible text is displayed (in progressive mode).
  • The ColorBurn and the Darken blend modes may not be not rendered correctly.
• Version 3.0.62.0, released May 19, 2011
  • Some invisible text is displayed.
  • Patterns with big steps cause an incorrect render result.
• Version 3.0.61.0, released April 29, 2011
  • "Multiply" blend modes may lead to graphical artefacts.
  • Non-breaking spaces that have glyphs defined for them are not ignored.
  • The HighQuality color TransformationMode setting leads to very slow rendering.
  • Improved reconstructing corrupt documents.
• Version 3.0.60.0, released April 8, 2011
  • Reconstructing corrupt fields has been improved.
  • ConvertToTiff increases memory in the task manager more than necessary.
• Version 3.0.59.0, released March 28, 2011
  • Extended radial shading is sometimes not extended far enough, leading to unpainted areas.
  • Some inline images are not displayed.
• Version 3.0.58.0, released March 9, 2011
  • Improved support for rendering fonts that are not entirely according to specs.
  • Improved support for rendering images that are not entirely according to specs.
  • Lines may not get printed if these lines are constructed from thin rectangles.
  • In rare cases, some graphics may not render.
  • Annotations in layers are not taken into account.
• Version 3.0.57.0, released February 28, 2011
  • Page.ExtractImages doesn't extract all images.
• Version 3.0.56.0, released February 17, 2011
  • Opening corrupt documents has been improved.
  • JavaScript handling has been improved.
• Version 3.0.55.0, released February 3, 2011
  • Vertical text spacing is off.
  • Small tiling patterns may not show up on high resolution devices.
  • PostScript fonts with missing end of data markers do not show up.
  • Some JPEG 2000 encoded images are rendered incorrectly.
• Version 3.0.54.1, released January 12, 2011
  • Bitmaps may get rendered with a low resolution for documents that share the same bitmap at various image sizes. This problem was introduced in 3.0.49.0.
• Version 3.0.54.0, released January 4, 2011
  • In ConvertToWpf the pen width is incorrect in scaled objects.
  • Pages with inline images with an empty filters array results in incorrect output.
• Version 3.0.53.1, released December 10, 2010
  • Control characters are rendered as bullets in WinAnsi encoding.
• Version 3.0.53.0, released December 7, 2010
  • Some blend modes are now approximated using GDI+ transparency.
  • Page.ConvertToTiff allows converting only a particular rectangle on the page.
  • Secured files that lack a document ID do not render.
  • Luminosity soft masks are not taken into account.
  • Axial shading is not always correct.
• Version 3.0.52.0, released November 15, 2010
  • Overlay blends are displayed better.
  • License validation fails during an asyn drawjob when handled in a new app-domain.
• Version 3.0.51.0, released November 11, 2010
  • page.ExtractImages leads to an AccessViolation.
  • Vertical text is not positioned correctly.
• Version 3.0.50.0, released October 26, 2010
  • Some Type 1 fonts (PostScript fonts) render distorted.
• Version 3.0.49.0, released October 12, 2010
  • Improved the handling of corrupt Type 1 fonts.
  • Improved the handling of corrupt TrueType fonts.
  • Improved the rendering speed for documents with many small identical images.
• Version 3.0.48.0, released October 6, 2010
  • The Font class has been extended with an EmbedMode property.
  • Radial shading is slightly off.
  • Mapping a font to a font collection (.ttc) may result in missing glyphs.
• Version 3.0.47.0, released September 27, 2010
  • Improved handling incorrect/corrupt documents.
• Version 3.0.46.0, released September 24, 2010
  • The TallComponents.PDF.Rasterizer.Configuration.GdiRenderSettings.Synchronized setting can be used to serialize all GDI rendering, even for independent Graphics instances. This avoids a GDI issue when rendering to MetaFile instances in parallel.
  • Some rectangles contain an additional diagonal line.
  • ConvertToWpf does not support radial shading.
  • ConvertToWpf converts CMYK colors incorrectly.
• Version 3.0.45.0, released September 7, 2010
  • Improved handling of corrupt font resources.
  • Some CCITT fax group 3 encoded images are rendered incorrectly, typically leading to superfluous horizontal lines.
  • Partially trusted applications may throw a security exception because PDFRasterizer.NET temporarily changes the culture of a thread.
• Version 3.0.44.0, released August 18, 2010
  • Improved support for handling corrupt PDF documents.
  • Rectangles with zero width or height do not show up when stroked.
  • Words may have too much spacing between them. This issue was introduced in 3.0.43.0.
  • Images may have stripes in them depending on the rotation of a page. This is caused by an inconsistency in GDI+ for which we have implemented a workaround.
• Version 3.0.43.0, released July 8, 2010
  • The WPF evaluation banner is no longer transparent, as that turned out to cause slow printing/large spool files (the latter is basically a .Net/Driver issue).
  • Implemented an optional workaround for a driver issue (PCL and XPS) that causes too many paths to be closed. This issue shows up as an additional straight line between end points of a curve. See TallComponents.PDF.Rasterizer.Configuration.GdiRenderSettings.WorkAroundClosePathBug.
  • Support for .NET 4.0 and .NET 4.0 Client Profile added (2 new assemblies).
  • Reconstructing corrupt documents has been improved.
• Version 3.0.42.1, released June 24, 2010
  • 16-bit images may fail to render.
• Version 3.0.42.0, released June 23, 2010
  • Printing to a PostScript printer is extremely slow for certain documents (this is basically a GDI/driver issue for which we have implemented a workaround).
  • Some fonts do not render.
  • generating WPF output fails for some documents with ligatures.
  • Page clipping is slighlty off.
  • Some images contain black bars.
• Version 3.0.41.0, released June 11, 2010
  • Added some default font mappings for Verdana.
  • A RenderCurves flag has been addded to the CurveRenderSettings, so that rendering of curves can be turned off.
  • A RenderPageGraphics flag has been added to the render settings, which allows one to just render the annotations on a page.
  • Some fonts do not get rendered.
  • The RenderImages and RenderText flags do not work for non-WPF rendering.
  • Tiling patterns may not render correctly due to a GDI+ issue. Effects may vary per machine/OS/resolution.
• Version 3.0.40.0, released June 3, 2010
  • XPS output is now searchable.
  • Dash patterns are incorrect.
  • Some low-resolution images get rendered badly (introduced by 3.0.39.0).
• Version 3.0.39.0, released May 28, 2010
  • The PDFPrint sample may shift printed page content to the right and down.
  • Some images contain stripes.
  • CFF fonts may rendered garbled.
• Version 3.0.38.0, released May 11, 2010
  • Improved handling incorrect/corrupt documents.
• Version 3.0.37.0, released May 4, 2010
  • Reconstructing corrupt documents has been improved.
• Version 3.0.36.0, released May 3, 2010
  • Flate encoded images with a predictor are sometimes incorrect rendered.
  • Correct JavaScript code may be rejected or does not behave as expected.
  • Ccitt encoded images can be rendered distorted
• Version 3.0.35.0, released April 20, 2010
  • Reduced the print spool size for files with particular low resolution images.
  • Patterns are not rendered in rare cases.
  • Reconstructing corrupt documents has been improved.
• Version 3.0.34.0, released April 12, 2010
  • DocumentInfo.LastModifiedDate getter added.
  • Document.Calculate method added.
  • Reconstructing corrupt fields has been improved.
  • Several JavaScript fixes has been made.
• Version 3.0.33.0, released March 3, 2010
  • Added support for type 7 shadings (tensor-product patch meshes).
  • ConvertToTiff may create an image that is 1 pixel too narrow or too low, based on the specified resolution.
• Version 3.0.32.0, released February 8, 2010
  • The ScaledPrinting sample now supports a LandScape flag.
  • page.SingleImageOnly sometimes returns true, however there is text on the page as well.
  • Some inline images are decoded incorrect, resulting in incorrect rendered pages.
  • Recreating corrupt document sometimes throws a NullReferenceException during the document constructor.
  • Rendering documents with layers can result in empty pages.
• Version 3.0.31.0, released January 25, 2010
  • Fields are rebuild when a missing or currupt AcroForm entry in the PDF is found.
  • Some CMaps cannot be parsed, resulting in missing characters.
  • Corrupt encoded names inside PDF results in missing content. We now detect this -- skip them -- and continue.
• Version 3.0.30.0, released January 5, 2010
  • Some DCT images are rendered inverted.
• Version 3.0.29.0, released December 28, 2009
  • Memory use has been reduced for large images.
  • Support has been added to deal with certain types of corrupt Type 1 fonts.
  • In rare situations TrueType fonts are not rendered.
  • Page.SingleImageOnly may throw an exception.
  • Images masks may sometimes fail to render correctly. This typically leads to incorrect shadow effects.
• Version 3.0.28.0, released December 18, 2009
  • Some pages are rendered completely blank.
  • Sometimes field content is not rendered.
• Version 3.0.27.0, released December 16, 2009
  • In rare situations a password encrypted document cannot opened without password, even if it has no user password, a WrongPassordException is thrown.
  • Some Type 1 fonts do not render correctly.
• Version 3.0.26.0, released December 2, 2009
  • License.GetLicenseInfo() returns the assembly version only.
  • Word spacing is multiplied with the horizontal scaling, resulting in incorrect distances.
  • The FreeText and RubberStamp annotation that have no appearance in the PDF are rendered a little fuzzy.
• Version 3.0.25.0, released November 19, 2009
  • Annotations that have no appearance in the PDF are not rendered (if enabled in the AnnotationRenderSettings). For the following types we constuct a custom appearance: FreeText, Highlight, Line, RubberStamp, Square, SquigglyUnderline, StrikeOut, Text, Underline and Widget (form fields).
• Version 3.0.24.0, released October 22, 2009
  • The AxialShading doesn't clamp and the extend bools are not respected.
• Version 3.0.23.0, released October 9, 2009
  • Final/RTM version.
  • The VB samples have been synchronized with their CS counterparts.
• Version 3.0.22.0 [RC], released September 28, 2009
  • First release candidate.