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GdPicture.NET 14.0.17

Post by Loïc » Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:51 pm

- OCR: Fixed issues with reading Japanese vertical text.
- OCR: Fixed issues with reading mix of Hebrew and English text (heb+eng).
- OCR: Fixed issues with reading Arabic text (ara).
- OCR: Fixed issues with reading English vertical text.
- OCR: Fixed an issue causing characters to be replaced with the rejection character.
- OCR: Improved memory handling and speed.
- OCR: Fixed memory allocation failures management.
- OCR: Fixed an issue causing white list and black list not to work properly.
- BARCODE 1D: Improved robustness for reading IATA2OF5 barcodes, avoiding some false positives.
- BARCODE PDF 417: Fixed a bug preventing some PDF417 to be read.
- BARCODE 1D: Improved the accuracy.
- PDF: improved support for keeping initial PDF conformance after edition.
- PDF merging: added support for merging any kind of PDF/A by keeping input conformance.
- DocuVieware: improved form field filling support.
- DocuVieware: improved speed when sticky session is not enabled.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.18

Post by Loïc » Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:50 pm

- Improved TWAIN memory transfer mode with CCITT4 encoded dib.
- improved autodeskew filter.
- improved speed and memory usage of the toolkit core.
- improved ocr accuracy and speed.
- PdfConformance enumeration: added new member PDF_UA_1.
- Improved image decoders of the PDF engine to reach best performance and better support for malformed data.
- Improved MICR engine especialy for e13b font detection.
- DocuVieware: improved rendering quality.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.19

Post by Loïc » Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:56 am

- Improved Punch hole removal filter accuracy.
- Improved blank page detection engine accuracy.
- Improved 1D barcode reader accuracy.
- Improved DataMatrix barcode reader accuracy.
- Improved PDF417 barcode reader accuracy.
- Improved PDF packing speed.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.20

Post by Loïc » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:51 pm

- Improved 1D barcode reading accuracy and speed.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.22

Post by Loïc » Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:03 am

- Improved PDF parser speed.
- Improved 1D & 2D barcode reading accuracy and speed.
- DocuVieware: improved .NET core demo.
- DocuVieware: improved UI responsiveness.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.23

Post by Loïc » Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:52 am

- GdPictureImaging: new method FxBitonalDespeckleAdvanced()
- new enumeration DespeckleType
- GdViewer Winform: improved zooming and panning, especially in multiple page view mode.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.24

Post by Loïc » Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:32 pm

- improved auto-deskew algorithm.
- improved JPEG decoder for tiff format to better handle malformed images.
- improved pdf annotations rendering.
- improved GdViewer WPF gesture support to produce a better user experience.
- 1D barcode engine: improved speed and accuracy.
- battery of minor bug fixes.
- Updated Digital Signatures with Hash selection and SHA256 as default.
- Updated Digital Signatures with Timestamp functionality.
- GdPicturePDF: DigiSign() method and all overloads marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: DigiSignWithStamp() method and all overloads marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetCertificationLevel() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetCertFromP12() method and all overloads marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetCertFromStore() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetCertFromSmartCard() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetCertFromSmartCardBySerialNumber() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetSignaturePos() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetStampImage() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetSignatureInfos() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSetText() method and all overloads marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigShowValidationMark() method marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: SigSign() method and all overloads marked as deprecated.
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureCertificationLevel().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureCertificateFromP12() + 1 overload.
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureCertificateFromStore().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureCertificateFromSmartCard().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureCertificateFromSmartCardBySerialNumber().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignaturePos().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureStampImage().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureInfo().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureText() + 1 overload.
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureValidationMark().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureTimestampInfo().
- GdPicturePDF: new method SetSignatureHash().
- GdPicturePDF: new method ApplySignature() + 1 overload.
- GDPicture : new public Enum PdfSignatureHash.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.25

Post by Loïc » Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:17 am

- Barcode 1D engine: Improved accuracy and speed.
- Improved the accuracy of the color detection engine.
- Improved PDF rendering with type 3 fonts.
- Improved PDF rendering with badly encoded font references.
- Improved TWAIN acquisition support.
- Improved GdViewer (WinForm) rendering and behavior with native screen scale.
- Improved PDF parser to better handle some corrupted data.
- DocuVieware: new property EnableDocumentsDrop.
- DocuVieware: new Javascript function RegisterOnFullscreenModeChanged().

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.26

Post by Loïc » Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:58 am

- Improved jpeg2000 encoding / decoding speed and memory usage.
- Barcode 1d reader: improved recognition speed.
- All barcode reader engines: improved robustness.
- Barcode PDF417 reader engine: reduced memory used.
- Barcode Datamatrix reader engine: reduced memory used.
- GdPicturePDF: new method GetFontData().
- Improved PDF parser engine.
- Improved pdf rendering engine.
- Improved borders detection filters.
- Improved blank pages detection algorithm.
- Improved TWAIN memory transfer mode and added compatibility with some CANON drivers producing invalid bitmap headers.
- DocuVieware: new JavaScript function GetSearchResultsCount().
- DocuVieware: new JavaScript function SearchNavigateToOccurrence().
- DocuVieware: new JavaScript function RegisterOnSearchInvoked().
- DocuVieware: new JavaScript function RegisterOnAnnotationMouseEnter().
- DocuVieware: new JavaScript function RegisterOnAnnotationMouseLeave().
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.27

Post by Loïc » Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:30 am

- Fixed a problem causing the OCR not to recognize large image files.
- Improved speed of the GdViewer control (WPF edition) for annotations drawing and rendering.
- 1D barcode engine: improved accuracy to avoid false positives.
- 1D barcode engine: improved speed.
- 1D barcode writer: fixed a problem causing some characters not to be encoded properly.
- PDF417 barcode writer: fixed a crash.
- DocuVieware: new JavaScript function GetCurrentSearchOccurrenceIdx().
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.28

Post by Loïc » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:33 am

- New GdPictureOCR class with advanced OCR capabilities and segmentation features.
- New format supported: WSQ. (Wavelet scalar quantization).
- OCR methods of the GdPictureImaging class are now deprecated. The new GdPictureOCR class must be used instead.
- Improved pdf text extraction and search algorithms.
- Improved PDF rasterizer with better handling of non embedded fonts and by adding support to non standard color spaces produced by popular PDF generators.
- Reduced OCR memory usage, especially in multithread context.
- Datamatrix reader engine: Improved accuracy by introducing support for several string encoding.
- PDF417 reader engine: Improved accuracy by introducing support for several string encoding.
- QR Code reader engine: Improved accuracy by introducing support for several string encoding.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.29

Post by Loïc » Tue Dec 19, 2017 9:59 pm

- Fixed a problem reading some specific WSQ files.
- Improved PDF rasterizer engine with non embedded fonts.
- Improved blank page detection engine accuracy.
- Improved borders removal engine accuracy.
- Fixed a bug into the OCR engine while processing non common image resolutions.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.30

Post by Loïc » Wed Jan 03, 2018 12:50 am

- Improved blank page detection accuracy.
- Improved page orientation detection accuracy.
- Improved autodeskew engine accuracy.
- Improved PDF/OCR generation accuracy and speed.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.31

Post by Loïc » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:21 pm

- GdPictureOCR: new property CharacterBlackList.
- GdPictureOCR: new property EnableSkewDetection.
- GdPictureOCR: new property EnableOrientationDetection.
- GdPictureOCR: new property OrientationDetectionAccuracyLevel.
- Improved autodeskew engine speed and accuracy.
- Introduced support for loading CUR files.
- Battery of minor bug fixes.

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GdPicture.NET 14.0.32

Post by Loïc » Mon Jan 08, 2018 4:30 am

- Fixed a critical regression introduced in the 14.0.31 about a GDPICTUREIMG_GetImageFormat function missing.
- Some memory usage improvements to the OCR engine.

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