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10.0

We are proud to present you the new version 10 of webPDF.

Below you will find the new features and functions of this release. We hope you enjoy the new version. Any feedback is always welcome.

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It is recommended that you read the document “Performance” to understand how the server works and how to optimize it to your needs.

💥 Important changes​

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This section contains important information, notes and changes to the new product release. Please make sure to read and take this information into account, as some adjustments may result in breaking changes in the use of the product.

Upgrade to OpenJDK 21​

The server now uses OpenJDK 21 LTS as the Java Runtime Engine. Therefore, all adjustments/changes in the OpenJDK 21 release notes apply. webPDF has been adapted (optimized) to OpenJDK 21, so that no older OpenJDK versions can be used either.

Supported Linux versions​

The minimum version for Debian is 10 (Buster) and 20.04 for Ubuntu. The minimum version for RHEL and Centos is 8.x. The minimum version for SLES and openSUSE is 15.x. A list of the currently supported versions can be found at https://packages.softvision.de

New document converter for "docx" format​

The current version introduces a new document converter for the "docx" format, which is used as the default converter for the format. This converter is cross-platform and replaces the Office Bridge for the "docx" format.

Local SharePoint support removed​

Support for a local SharePoint installation for converting Office documents has been discontinued and removed. Instead, webPDF now offers support for SharePoint Online as "SharePoint Bridge".

Linux Systemd scripts changed​

Installation location of webpdf.service for Systemd adjusted and settings can be set as environment variables

Auto Queue as default​

By default, the size of the queue ("Auto Queue Mode") is calculated automatically and adjusted to the number of available instances.

SSL removed; TLS as minimum standard​

SSL has been completely removed. It is now mandatory to use TLS.

Metadata structure changed​

The endpoint GET /documents/{documentId}/info 🔗 now returns an object that can hold metadata of various file types. The contained metadata is defined via metadata.metadataType.

{
  "metadata": {
    "metadataType": "archive",
    "files": [
      {
        "lastModifiedDate": 1569840302000,
        "path": "grafik und text.pdf",
        "size": 61183
      }
    ]
  }
}

Admin Portal and Developer Hub​

The Admin Portal of the server and the website webPDF Developer Hub are now only in English.

🚀 New Feature​

Server​

🔥 Cluster​

  • Support and setup of a cluster operation
    Use of multiple webPDF servers for load balancing and failover. Centralized session management and document storage
  • Cluster setup and configuration via the admin portal
  • Additional status page "Cluster information" if server is running in the cluster

Web services in general​

Web service "OCR"​

  • 🔥 Improved performance (up to a factor of 5) and recognition accuracy through update to Tesseract 5.x

Web service "Pdfa"​

Web service "Converter"​

  • 🔥 New document converter for the "docx" format.
    Convert documents without using Office Bridge, with support for PDF/UA and AcroForm creation
  • Update of Outside In to version 8.5.7 (Patch 2)
  • SharePoint Online integrated as SharePoint Bridge
    Replacement for the Office Bridge in Linux/container use
  • Update of the Chromium engine to version 132
    Central management of Chromium instances with monitoring and automatic restart (via watchdog)

Web service "Signature"​

  • Removal of digital signatures with rendering of the visual appearance in the PDF document

Web service "Barcode"​

  • Recognition of 2D barcodes "QR" and "DataMatrix" improved
  • Automatic search for 2D barcodes on the entire page
  • Support of graphic formats as source document

Admin Portal​

📹 Watch a short video to see all the new administration features!

Portal​

📹 Watch a short video to see all the new portal features!

  • Direct image editing before conversion 📹
  • Edit text files and convert them right away 📹
  • Fill in forms directly 📹
  • Positioning objects faster 📹
  • Set the starting document for a portfolio 📹
  • Rulers for images 📹
  • Zoom function for multiple formats. 📹
  • Full-page search for barcode formats 📹
  • View extended image metadata 📹
  • Extract archives using a file filter 📹
  • Edit text files, preview and convert immediately 📹
  • Quick preview of documents 📹
  • Support for more preview formats when viewing attachments 📹
  • Position objects using a preview 📹
  • User specific settings 📹
  • New ZUGFeRD versions 📹
  • Emojis for annotation comments 📹
  • Remove signature and convert visual appearance to PDF 📹