Updates

• This release incorporates numerous changes to the Server Configuration Editor user interface to improve navigation and usability.
  
  
• Release 3.8.5 includes an updated version of activePDF Support Tools (v.1.2.3).
  
  
• Release 3.8.5 includes improvements to Server's logging capabilities.
  
  
• The activePDF License Administrator has been introduced to facilitate license management and validation.
  
  
• Static and Reserved printers have been discontinued.
  
  
• The following properties have been deprecated:
  

  • GeneralFlags
  
  
• The following ImageToPDF parameters have been deprecated:
  

  • Width
    
  • Height
    
  • PersistRatio
    
  • PaperSize
    
  • OffsetX
    
  • OffsetY
  
  
  
• The following methods have been added:
  

  • SetColorDownsampleThreshold
    
  • SetGrayDownsampleThreshold
    
  • SetMonoDownsampleThreshold
  
  
• The following properties have been added:
  

  • ASCIIEncode
    
  • AutoRotate
    
  • ColorDownsampleType
    
  • ColorFilter
    
  • CompatibilityLevel
    
  • EmbedAllFonts
    
  • FlateCompression
    
  • FontSubsetting
    
  • GrayDownsampleType
    
  • GrayFilter
    
  • MonoDownsampleType
    
  • MonoFilter
    
  • PreserveHalftone
    
  • PreserveOverprint
    
  • UCRandBGR

Fixes

3.8.6
activePDF Server version 3.8.5 contains the following bug fixes, as detailed below.

• FIX: (Bug ID 00000320) Issue in generating output with ASCII85 encoding.
  Server now properly encodes ASCII85 output.
  
  
• FIX: (Bug ID 00000357) EPS files are not cropped correctly when converted to PDF.
  EPS files are now cropped correctly during conversion to PDF.
  
  
• FIX: (Bug ID 00000379) Server will not overwrite an existing file.
  Server can now overwrite an existing file with the same name.
  
  
• FIX: (Bug ID 00000356) Issue in communications in which buffer overloading was possible.
  Buffer overloading no longer occurs.

3.8.5
activePDF Server version 3.8.5 contains the following bug fixes, as detailed below.

• FIX: A single-threaded printer needs to be made available to resolve a customer-specific implementation.
  A single-threaded printer is now denoted by a registry key.
  
  
• FIX: Issue in handling URL encoded filenames.
  Server now handles URL encoded filenames, resulting in increased Sharepoint compatibility.
  
  
• FIX: A licensed version of Server will sporadically generate a PDF containing an evaluation watermark in certain situations)
  A licensing library fix has been introduced to eliminate placement of an evaluation watermark when a valid license exists.

3.8.4
activePDF Server version 3.8.4 contains the following bug fixes, as detailed below.

• FIX: Server incorrectly substitutes character fonts when font set is provided in the Windows font folder.
  Server will now look for fonts in the x:\Windows\Fonts folder.
  
  
• FIX: C++ applications in Debug mode will fail when importing Server OCX.
  C++ applications will no longer fail when the application utilizing Server is running in Debug mode.
  
  
• The document conversion will fail if the destination directory specified does not exist.
  Server will now attempt to create the directory path if it doesn't exist. It will return an error immediately if directory path cannot be created.
  
  
• FIX: Server needed to log its interaction with SecureLM when in Debug mode.
  This logging as been added.
  

• FIX: Type 1 Base14 fonts are not being embedded correctly.
  Resolved issue, and now fonts are being embedded
  
  
• FIX: activedPDF registry key is incorrectly set as "ActivePDF"
  Resolved issue by assuring it is set to "activePDF".
  
  
• FIX: Resultant PDF files are significantly larger that expected
  Resolved issue by correction to the Color and Gray compression settings during conversion.
  
  
• FIX: Persistent printer ports are not being properly reused and removed
  Resolved issue by correction to printer port handling. correctly.
  

• FIX: WebGrabber 3.5.7 SP7 does not function with Server 3.8
  Resolved Server backward compatibility issue.
  
  
• FIX: Using Toolkit 4.0.4 or later with evaluation Server PDF, results in a corrupted output.
  Resolved issue so resultant PDF file is correct.
  
  
• FIX: DocConverter and WebGrabber 3.5.2 are not passing conversion parmeters to Server 3.8
  Resolved issue by having Server use its current settings.
  
  
• FIX: Conversion Engine unable to access files referenced in the file to be converted.
  Resolved issue so conversion engined is able to access referenced files.
  
  
• FIX: Selecting Uninstall License would deleted the license without deactivating the license resulting in a lost activation.
  Resolved issue by having License Administrator automatically deactivate the license before being removed.
  

• FIX: FingerprintPDF and IsFingerprintValid methods do not work properly.
  FingerprintPDF and IsFingerprintValid methods now correctly fingerprint the target PDF and validate existing fingerprint on the target PDF.
  
  
• FIX: Extra page added to output PDF from PostScript (PS) conversion.
  Conversion now produces output with the correct number of pages.
  
  
• FIX: Scrunched fonts in output from PS to PDF.
  Fonts in the output PDF file now appear properly.
  
  
• FIX: ImageToPDF fails to size TIFF to PaperSize or appears as negative when Toolkit is installed on machine.
  ImageToPDF function now correctly sizes the PDF to that of the original TIFF.
  
  
• FIX: In Visual Studio, APSERVERNET.DLL version shows as 3.2.5.7.
  The APServerNET.dll now displays the correct version number (3.8.0).
  
  
• FIX: ImageToPDF only converts first page of multipage TIFF.
  ImageToPDF method now correctly converts all pages in a multipage TIFF document.
  
  
• FIX: LoadRemoteProfile returns -1.
  LoadRemoteProfile method now operates as expected.
  
  
• FIX: With certain documents, ImageToPDF resizes output to input TIFF size, but reduces TIFF image to 8.5 x 11.
  ImageToPDF method now sizes output PDF to original TIFF size.
  
  
• FIX: Euro symbol embedded as "Euro" symbol font and is not searchable on non-Win2003 machines.
  Euro symbol is embedded correctly and is searchable.
  
  
• FIX: When using a custom font, PSToPDF produces garbled output, distorted fonts from input PS.
  Custom fonts are now correctly displayed in the output PDF.
  
  
• FIX: ASCII Encode does not correctly encode output PDF and cannot be used with Flate compression.
  ASCIIEncode now correctly encodes output PDF and can be used with FlateCompression.