PDFTron Blog

Building WebViewer's UI is a challenge because it goes inside so many other products serving different industries and verticals. WebViewer powers apps used by surgeons to collaborate around medical images…

Jan 18 2021

Today, we are very excited to introduce version 8.1.0 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK, including a new user interface, new redaction toolbar, and much more. This blog post dives into the major changes. For…

Dec 2 2020

Today, we are very excited to introduce version 8.0.1 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK, including new annotation filter options, improvements to FreeText with rich content, and much more. This blog post dives…

Oct 30 2020

Today, we are excited to announce version 8.0.1 of PDFTron’s UWP SDK. In this release, we are adding support to build UWP applications targeting ARM64 devices, Annotation Manager support, a new C++ SDK for…

Oct 29 2020

With a lot of us getting used to working from home, we're enjoying the flexibility of starting a bit earlier or later. But teams may find it harder to get on the same page for feedback and approvals on…

Oct 7 2020

We are very happy to announce the release of PDFTron SDK 8.0! For version 8, we've added a bunch of new features, like support for digital signature verification, accessibility tagging for office…

Sept 29 2020

When stakeholders perform critical business transactions, they want to trust their signed documents' authenticity and integrity. A sort of "electronic" fingerprint, or coded message, a digital signature…

Sept 21 2020

When a website or application has good accessibility (or a11y for short), it is built with everyone in mind. Users with varying ability levels can navigate your page with ease using their screen readers…

Sept 1 2020

We are very excited to announce version 7.1.5 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes a brand new highly customizable user interface for the Android PDF and Office viewer, which will help you…

Aug 18 2020

In this article (a six-minute read), you’ll learn how to automatically detect faces in a PDF document using the open-source face-api.js and permanently redact them using PDFTron WebViewer, a JavaScript PDF…

Jul 3 2020

We are excited to announce version 6.3 of WebViewer, our pure client-side JavaScript and WebAssembly-powered PDF SDK. This release introduces a new customizable user interface (beta), helping you go-to…

Jun 15 2020

We are pleased to announce version 7.1.2 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. In this release we've added a new callout annotation tool, support for custom fonts in text annotations and reflow mode, a new sepia viewing…

May 11 2020

We are pleased to announce versions 7.1.0 and 7.1.1 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. In these releases we've added support for multiple saved signatures, a freehand highlighter tool, viewer-optimized PDFs, a new…

Apr 7 2020

We are excited to announce version 6.2 of WebViewer, our pure client-side JavaScript and WebAssembly-powered PDF SDK. This release introduces a new file attachment annotation, allowing your users to embed…

Mar 31 2020

We are pleased to announce the release of WebViewer Server 1.5.0. This release includes some new features, bug fixes and general improvements. You can learn more about these changes in the full changelog…

Feb 26 2020

We are pleased to announce the release of PDFTron SDK 7.1. In keeping with our commitment to quality, robustness, and performance this release features more than 100 new improvements and fixes to the core…

Feb 18 2020

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.0.5 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes pressure support for Ink annotations, reflow with images, support for Android 10, and much more…

Feb 3 2020

With WebViewer 6 we've added built in support for undo/redo, annotation status and improved several APIs (among other things). If you're loading CoreControls.js directly it also no longer depends on jQuery…

Jan 28 2020

We are excited to announce version 7.0.4 of PDFTron's iOS SDK! This release adds reflow with images, an improved button layout, a new text search UI, new icons, and more. Reflow with images The powerful…

Nov 28 2019

When it comes to embedding PDF rendering and viewing capabilities in commercial-grade applications, developers often consider PDFium -- a native open source PDF library and Chrome’s PDF rendering engine…

Nov 18 2019

We are excited to announce version 7.0.3 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. With this release, a PDF and the navigation lists sit side-by-side, thumbnails can be filtered by bookmarks/annotations, annotations can be…

Oct 31 2019

OpenText™ Brava!™ Enterprise has been a solution for PDF-based project communications around the world. As a commercial PDF SDK vendor, however, we’ve been contacted by dissatisfied Brava! customers…

Oct 25 2019

We are excited to announce version 7.0.2 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds official support for Apple's PencilKit framework, iOS 13 Dark Mode, real-time annotation resizing and moving, a new…

Oct 10 2019

As part of our goal of providing the best cross-platform developer experience, we’re excited to announce that PDFTron SDK version 7.0.1 is available for Node.js on Windows, Linux, and MacOS as an npm…

Sept 23 2019

Well it is that time of the year again… when we release an update incorporating exciting new features to make PDF world an even better place. Do you dream about annotations that are grouped? If yes then we…

Sept 6 2019

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.0.1 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes: a new digital signature flow for certificates, a new form field creation toolbar, updated UI…

Aug 20 2019

We are happy to announce version 7.0.0 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds undo/redo support, a better search UI, support for grouped annotations, and more. Undo/redo support PDFTron for iOS now…

Aug 6 2019

We are excited to announce the release of PDFTron SDK 7.0. We've finally left venerable version 6 behind and have added a few big features, like built-in support for both CAD formats and OCR. If you would…

Jul 26 2019

Recently, Vue.js’s GitHub Repository surpassed Facebook's React for number of stars. “Stars”, Github’s way to let users “like” and follow a repository, is hardly a precise measure of a repository’s…

Jul 8 2019

Today we are excited to announce version 6.10.6 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds a OCG layer browser, real-time collaboration support, measurement calibration, customizable controls, and more. OCG…

Jun 28 2019

We are happy to announce version 6.10.4 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds image stamp annotation rotation, Apple Pencil support, real-time collaboration support, keyboard shortcuts, a new signature…

Jun 3 2019

Today we are very excited to introduce version 6.10.4 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes new freeform rotation for stamp annotations, more viewer customization APIs, calibration for…

May 29 2019

Today we are very excited to introduce version 6.10.3 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes two new library packages for out-of-the-box real-time document collaboration, and more. This blog…

Apr 29 2019

Today we are very excited to introduce version 6.10.1 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes new measurement tools, point snapping API, annotation list sorting, and much more. This blog post…

Mar 26 2019

We’re excited to announce a new line of built-in features tailored to the unique requirements of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry software. In a recent release, PDFTron…

Mar 15 2019

The newest version of WebViewer is now available and we're excited about the new capabilities that were added! We've added new redaction and measurement tools, and improved signature handling, along with a…

Mar 6 2019

We are pleased to introduce version 6.10.0 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds a universal document viewing API, file comparison API, and more. Universal document viewing With this release, it is now…

Mar 4 2019

Each year we update our PDF SDKs, with new features, upgrades and bug fixes rolled out almost every day. And based on your feedback, 2018 brought many exciting changes to our WebViewer. Take a look at the…

Feb 7 2019

WebViewer Server was born out of customer feedback: our customers told us they liked the scalability of client side rendering on the web, but didn't like the initialization times or the platform…

Feb 1 2019

PDFTron SDK has many different faces -- there are front ends available for Web, iOS, Android, UWP, WPF, and many more. Each one of these faces shares the same core rendering and processing engine, and we…

Jan 23 2019

We are pleased to introduce the PDFTron SDK Showcase app for iOS and Android. This app demonstrates a number of key in-demand features of the PDFTron SDK on Mobile. Showcase app The SDK Showcase app is…

Jan 15 2019

We are pleased to introduce version 6.9.3 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds improved and more powerful configuration APIs, a new SDK Showcase sample, and more. Improved and more powerful…

Dec 18 2018

We are happy to announce the latest release of PDFTron's iOS SDK, which includes refreshed PDF components, data-saving PDF streaming, improved bookmark handling, and more. Refreshed UX PDFTron's UI…

Dec 3 2018

We are pleased to announce the release of PDFTron SDK 6.9. This release features greatly improved PDF/A support, as well as a number of other improvements. If you would like to try it out, check our…

Nov 13 2018

We are happy to announce the latest release of PDFTron's iOS SDK, which includes built-in access to cloud files, a new iPhone-friendly reader mode via our reflow control, a new data-optimized method read…

Nov 5 2018

Introducing WebViewer UI 1.0, an open source React app for building world-class PDF & document experiences inside web apps. WebViewer UI 1.0 sits on top of WebViewer, a powerful JavaScript-based PDF…

Oct 9 2018

We are pleased to introduce version 6.8.7 of PDFTron for iOS. This release adds new configuration APIs to disable annotation tools and other functionality, iOS 12 support, and more. Disabling annotation…

Sept 18 2018

Today we are excited to introduce new APIs to the PDFTron SDK for Android for creating stamps with custom appearances, creating measurement annotations, creating callout annotations, and more. Custom…

Aug 10 2018

We are pleased to introduce version 6.8.6 of PDFTron for iOS. This release adds support for creating and editing cloudy, polygon, and polyline annotations, and more. Cloudy, Polygon, and Polyline…

Aug 2 2018

We are excited to introduce version 6.8.5 of PDFTron for iOS. This release includes a standalone viewer component, tabbed viewer component, new APIs for customizing the UI Tools, and more. Document Viewer…

Jul 11 2018

The latest version of WebViewer has just been released and we're excited about the new capabilities it brings. We've completed the first version of our PDFTron Server (drop-in backend for WebViewer) and…

Apr 5 2018

We are pleased to introduce version 6.8 of PDFTron for iOS. We are have now offered the iOS PDF SDK for over 7 years, and are excited as ever to keep pushing things forward. This release includes…

Apr 4 2018

View Office documents directly in the browser, with no server component required! WebViewer 3.0 is now out with updates for XOD and PDF viewing, plus new Office document support.

Jun 9 2017

PDFNetJS The WEB is taking over (obviously) On desktop computers, web apps continue to replace activities that were previously fulfilled by Windows/Mac/Linux programs. The advantages are many: web apps are…

Nov 10 2015

The way tool library callbacks work has changed for better transparency and customization. Updating existing code to work with the new PDFViewCtrl should only take a couple of minutes and is described here…

Mar 13 2014

PDF library for Windows 8 RT PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a leading global provider of PDF development tools and components, today announced the availability of PDFTron's advanced PDF library, PDFNet™ SDK…

Nov 12 2012

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a global provider of industry-leading, high-performance electronic document technology, today unveiled the availability of PDFTron's Mobile PDF SDK for Android and iOS…

Sept 26 2011

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a global provider of industry-leading, high-performance electronic document technology, today announced the immediate availability of PDFNet™ SDK 5.6, an update to PDFTron's…

Apr 18 2011

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a leading global provider of cross-platform, high-performance document processing technology related to PDF, XPS, SVG and other graphic file formats, today announced the…

Feb 15 2010

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a leading global provider of cross-platform, high-performance PDF development tools and components, today announced the release of XPSConvert, an easy and effective solution…

Oct 14 2009

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a leading global provider of PDF development tools and components, today announced the official release of a new version of PDFTron's advanced PDF library, PDFNetTM SDK, an…

Mar 27 2009

PDFTron Systems Inc., a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and other graphics technologies, today announced an update to PDFNet SDK (v.3.6), a high-quality, comprehensive PDF SDK for PDF…

Feb 21 2007

PDFTron Systems Inc., a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the availability of PDFNet SDK v.3.5, a high-quality, industry-strength PDF library…

Aug 11 2006

PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of a new major version of PDFTron PDF2Image v.3, a stand-alone command-line…

Mar 1 2006

PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of a new major version of PDFTron PDFSecure v.3, a stand-alone command-line…

Jan 20 2006

PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of a new major version of PDFNet SDK v.3, a high-quality, industry-strength…

Nov 22 2005

Linux users can now take advantage of the reliable and affordable PDF2SVG conversion software from PdfTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, with…

Apr 6 2004

PdfTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of PDF Secure™ 1.0. PdfTron's PDF Secure v.1.0 is a stand-alone application…

Dec 24 2003

PDFTron Systems, the experts in PDF (Portable Document Format) and SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) announce the immediate availability of PDF2SVG, for flawless conversion and publishing of web-ready SVG…

Jun 30 2003

PdfTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of PDF PageMaster™ 1.0. PDF PageMaster v.1.0 is a stand-alone product with…

Feb 26 2003

PdfTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of PDFNet, a high-quality, industry-strength PDF library meeting…

Dec 4 2002