New Features

  • Improvements to leaders
    • New ‘length’ mode – specify an absolute or min/max length of the leader
    • New ‘repeats’ mode – specify absolute or min/max number of repeats of the leader text
    • New modes allow leaders to break over lines
  • Updated print dialog and print driver configuration dialogs
    • Uses the ‘categories’ layout
    • Simplifies print
    • New ‘Remember’ feature to keep print settings between print actions
    • New ‘Current page’ option under ‘pages to print’
  • Named colour output flag
    • Outputting named colours as separate colour plate in PDF is now optional
  • XSL-FO library – TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW
    • Format XSL-FO instances using a new add-on library
    • Library includes template and namespaces
    • Dialogs provided to help edit XSL-FO instances
    • Methods to extend and configure the library
  • PDF tag preview generation – TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW
    • Generate an XML instance which describes PDF tagging structures
    • Can be generated before printing or during a print process
    • Help to debug templates to ensure compliant PDF tagging structures
  • Debugger updates
    • New Page and Content modes
    • Page preview can now be zoomed and panned to look closer
    • Page preview guide selection improved
    • New Information panel in page mode to display guide information
    • New passthrough command to add information to guides
    • Create links from guide information to different content such as tags, XPath locations and stored objects

Library Updates

  • Updates to third party libraries used by ALD/ALE
  • PDFlib updated to Version 10
    • PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3a deprecated – use PDF/X-4
  • OpenType libraries HarfBuzz and Freetype updated – please check for minor changes in word shaping
  • Barcode library Zint updated – new sample file provided to show supported barcode types
  • ICU internationalisation library updated
  • Pantone colour books updates including new V5 colour books

Bug Fixes

  • Removed PDF/X Standard Intent property as it’s no longer supported. Colour profiles should be used instead.
  • Fixed issue with unipair processing when hyphenating (SPR 2813118)
  • Fixed issue with using multiple context groups when hyphenating (SPR 8758304)
  • Fixed crash when printing if the font name contains spaces in sfctrl.3ad (SPR 14819192)
  • Fixed issue with index references appearing on a different page than the text in the reference (SPR 13381746)
  • Added missing fPSPrinter properties (SPR 14656461)
  • Fixed crash with fLayerGroup.layers (SPR 14720302)
  • Added flag to prevent named colours appearing in print separations.
  • Fixed fLibrary stopFunction and stopFile properties to return the correct values.
  • Added support for nested SVG elements in the SVG importer.
  • Fixed unnecessary dialog when using FOM to import rasters (SPR 14870142)
  • Fixed page sequences picking incorrect pages after obeying end multiple condition (SPR 1475652)

FOM Changes

  • Removed legacy fPDFPrinter-standardsPDFXStandardIntent property and fPDFPrinter-PDFXStandardIntents constant group.
  • Added fFormatting-SVGPassthroughDataTypes constant group.
  • Updated description for fFormatting-svgDisplayPassthrough method and its attribute property.
  • Added type property to fFormatting-svgDisplayPassthrough.
  • Added showPageOutline parameter to fDisplay-generateSVG().
  • Changed type of fPSPrinter.selectPageSize from a boolean to an integer.
  • Added fPSPrinter-PSPageSizes constant group.
  • Added fPSPrinter-pageShowString, optionalPostScript, optionalCropBox, optionalLineBox, optionalSideMark, optionalUserMark properties.
  • Added fBarcode-option3 property.
  • Added fGraphic-toSVG() method.
  • Added fDocumentPropertyPDF-IVPAGELAYOUT_FACINGLEFT and IVPAGELAYOUT_CONTINUOUSFACINGLEFT constants.
  • Added fNamedColor-outputAsNamed property.
  • Added fLeader-LeaderFitModes constant group.
  • Added fLeader-fitMode, length, minLength, maxLength, repeats, minRepeats, maxRepeats, minBeforeBreak, minAfterBreak properties.