PDFTron Blog

Building a BIM 3D Collaboration Solution for Web Applications

WebViewer BIM introduces a new 3D workflow solution to the Web SDK platform so architecture, engineering, and construction teams can collaborate on information-rich 3D models in any web application.

Sept 29 2022

Our Biggest Release Yet: Introducing PDFTron’s Fall 2022 Lineup

Check out what’s new and unique in the PDFTron Fall 2022 Release, packed with additions to the WebViewer JavaScript SDK. Includes desktop-caliber PDF editing in the browser, a new signature solution, a new BIM solution, and much more.

Sept 29 2022

Spot the Difference - New Comparisons for Documents

WebViewer 8.9 introduces two new, powerful view modes for intuitive viewing and comparisons in any web application for PDFs, MS Office files, and images.

Sept 29 2022

"Signature" Signatures - Custom Signing Made Easy

New workflow improvements in the WebViewer SDK make signing documents even easier.

Sept 29 2022

Protect Privacy with Video and Audio Track Redaction

Redact videos via JavaScript and PDFTron’s WebViewer Video in any web app

Sept 29 2022

Approve More Documents in Less Time with Annotation Improvements

Streamline Review and approval with the latest annotation and commenting improvements to WebViewer JavaScript PDF library. Includes in-line commenting, multi-select annotations, and annotation attachments.

Sept 29 2022

The Best In-browser PDF Editor Just Got Even Better

Learn how to embed desktop-caliber JavaScript PDF editing in any web application. WebViewer v8.8 adds table of contents outline editing, new personal bookmarks, and a new UX for the in-line PDF text and image editor.

Sept 16 2022

How to Add PDF Viewing and Editing in Mendix

PDFTron WebViewer now lets you view, annotate, sign, edit and much more with documents in your Mendix app.

Sept 12 2022

New OCR Engine and Document Template Generation APIs, ARM64 Support, and More in PDFTron SDK 9.3

PDFTron SDK 9.3 adds a new OCR engine, support for ARM64 processing architecture, and new APIs for Document Template Generation. For Windows, Linux, and MacOS applications.

Jul 13 2022

Introducing Typed Signatures, Free Text Alignment, and More for PDFTron iOS SDK

PDFTron iOS SDK versions 9.2.2. and 9.2.3 adds Typed Signatures, Free Text Alignment, and More!

Jul 6 2022

New Customization APIs for WebViewer UI - Part 1 with WebViewer 8.6

WebViewer 8.6 introduces new customization APIs to give developers an even better experience when tailoring the look and feel of their WebViewer UX.

Jun 15 2022

Measurement Count Tool and More with PDFTron 9.2.3 for Android

The release of Android PDF SDK version 9.2.3 delivers a new measurement count tool, annotation snapping, and more. Learn about the new features and improvements in version 9.2.3.

Jun 10 2022

Refining Measurements with WebViewer 8.5

WebViewer 8.5 refines the measurement experience across multiple document types – PDF, CAD, images, and more.

May 18 2022

Introducing Typed Signature, Free Text Alignments and More with PDFTron 9.2.2 for Android

Today, we’re excited to introduce PDF typed signatures, free text alignment and much more with version 9.2.2 of our PDFTron Android SDK.

May 10 2022

Introducing the New PDFTron SDK for WinUI

PDFTron is excited to introduce a brand new SDK for WinUI. Now developers can create and deploy next gen desktop applications combining the latest Microsoft UI framework called WinUI 3 and PDFTron's leading document SDK features.

Apr 28 2022

Introducing Search and Redact a PDF with WebViewer 8.4

We’re excited to announce the latest version of WebViewer 8.4. This version adds a fully customizable workflow for searching and redacting PDFs, images, or Office documents to your WebViewer experience…

Apr 12 2022

Revamped Signature Workflow and More with 9.2.1 SDK for Android

With our Android PDF SDK version 9.2.1 release, we’ve revamped the signature flow for an effective and seamless signing experience. Learn more about this and other feature improvements in version 9.2.1.

Mar 23 2022

How PDFTron Supports the AEC Industries in Streamlining Cloud Collaboration and Digital Reviews

In this guide, we explore how industry leaders in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) leverage the leading PDFTron SDK to provide remote access to content anywhere, streamline collaboration on any platform, and enable efficient digital reviews.

Mar 16 2022

PDFTron 9.2.0 for UWP Enhances Reading Mode, Adds Page Text Selection and More

PDFTron releases its UWP document SDK v9.2.0 featuring an enhanced reading mode with image reflow and annotation, added page text selection, and more!

Mar 8 2022

How to Upgrade from Universal WebViewer to Client-Side WebViewer

WebViewer opens PDFs and other file formats directly from the file storage without the need for server-side conversion to any intermediate formats, like XOD format, which only offers viewing. PDF, in…

Feb 17 2022

PDF to Word, Semantic Compare of PDFs, HSM Support and More in PDFTron SDK 9.2

We are excited to share with you a major update to our Core SDK. Now available for download, the PDFTron SDK 9.2 comes with an extensive slate of new functions and enhancements, including cutting-edge PDF…

Feb 16 2022

New - Border Styles and Line Ending Styles and More with PDFTron 9.2.0 for Android

With the release of Android PDF SDK version 9.2.0, we’ve added several new features to improve user productivity with documents and help developers make their mobile integrations even faster. New v9.2.…

Feb 11 2022

How to Edit Text in a PDF Using WebViewer JavaScript

Have you ever come across a converted PDF document and noticed a typo or something out of date, like a heading, title, or revision number? How do we correct this? One approach is to find the original DOCX…

Feb 11 2022

Text Editing, Styling, Textbox Resizing in WebViewer 8.3 PDF Editor Release

UPDATE: February 11, 2022 - WebViewer 8.3 is now officially here! And with it, true, leading-accuracy PDF text editing right in the browser. Learn how to enable this new feature today in our Editor…

Jan 28 2022

How to Capture Feedback on a Live Website via Proxying or Scraping HTML

Previously, adding or capturing feedback on live web content was not always easy to do. Which is why we developed WebViewer HTML. WebViewer HTML lets you load live web pages by simply passing any URL or…

Jan 28 2022

PDF Form Creation, PDF Collaboration Improvements, and More for PDFTron iOS SDK

These last months, we've made continuous improvements to our iOS experience. And in this blog, we recap all the latest and greatest additions bundled into versions 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 of our iOS PDF SDK…

Dec 17 2021

WebViewer Video 4.11 Adds Annotation Previews, Mobile Mode, and Custom Headers

Today, we bring you another major release of WebViewer Video, with expanded features to enable professional annotation and collaboration on videos right in the browser. We’re pretty stoked about these…

Nov 30 2021

Font Selection, Justification, Alignment and More in WebViewer 8.2 Annotate Release

WebViewer 8.2 takes annotation authoring and collaboration to a whole new level. I'm excited to walk you through the latest additions and improvements. On top of a new Replace Pages functionality, we've…

Nov 26 2021

How to Create PDFs from Microsoft Office Documents using Go Language

The PDFTron SDK now supports Go Language/GoLang. As a Go developer, you can use PDFTron’s GoLang PDF library and document processing functionalities to create, edit, print, convert, and more in your…

Nov 23 2021

Introducing PDFTron SDK Support for Go Language

Today, we’re excited to announce support for the Go Language/GoLang. This means Go Developers can now easily add PDFTron’s leading, high-quality document creation, editing, printing, conversion, and much…

Nov 23 2021

PDFTron 9.1.1 for UWP Adds Sound Annotation Control, Improved Context Menu, and More

We are excited to announce the release of PDFTron’s UWP SDK version 9.1.1! We’ve added tons of enhancements that focus on the user experience to elevate productivity levels for you and your users. These…

Nov 3 2021

How to Build a PDF Viewer With Next.js

Next.js has risen in popularity due to its numerous features that build on top of the React.js framework, such as SSR (server-side rendering). Since SSR is enabled by default for a Next.js project, it can…

Oct 22 2021

How to Build a PDF and Office File Viewer With Next.js

Next.js has risen in popularity due to its numerous features that build on top of the React.js framework, such as SSR (server-side rendering). Since SSR is enabled by default for a Next.js project, it can…

Oct 21 2021

How to Build a PDF Viewer With Nuxt.js

With over 38K stars on GitHub, Nuxt.js, an open-source framework, offers developers a powerful yet simple web development method due to its productive features, module themes and integrations. Previously…

Oct 20 2021

New - Nested OCG Layer and More with PDFTron 9.1.1 for Android

With the release of Android PDF SDK version 9.1.1, we’ve added new features to improve user productivity with documents. Our biggest new feature this release? Nested OCG layers. In addition, we’ve added…

Oct 14 2021

Improved Page Manipulation UX with WebViewer 8.1

WebViewer 8.1 brings you even more page manipulation features for adding and rearranging pages in PDF, MS Office, and image files -- performed all client-side in the browser, no servers required. We've…

Sept 17 2021

New - Custom Styles in Free Text Annotations and More with PDFTron 9.1.0 for Android

We’re excited to announce the release of version 9.1.0 of our Android PDF SDK introducing three powerful new capabilities bound to help your Android users be more productive and do more with their…

Sept 14 2021

Support for DICOM, HEIC and Other Images, Doc Gen from Office Files, Semantic Compare and More with PDFTron SDK 9

PDFTron's 9th release is perhaps our most significant yet. It adds several, utterly new capabilities to the core PDFTron SDK, at the center of the PDFTron platform powering all our SDKs, including our…

Sept 14 2021

Editable Outlines, Digital Signature Verification, and More with PDFTron UWP SDK 9.1.0

Prioritizing the current needs of developers is something we pride ourselves on. We also pride ourselves on anticipating their future needs. This is why the latest version of our UWP SDK 9.1.0 includes two…

Sept 14 2021

Annotation Tool and Viewing "Quality of Life" Improvements

This blog post covers additions made in versions 9.0.2 and 9.1.0. For these releases we focused on making important quality-of-life improvements to the viewing API and improving the functionality of our…

Sept 10 2021

New Viewer Tabs Reordering, Multi-Window Support, and More with PDFTron UWP SDK 9.0.2

Enhanced productivity is one of the main goals for all users working with documents, which can only be achieved by providing efficient tools. So, for this latest version of our UWP SDK, 9.0.2, we roll out…

Aug 12 2021

Visual PDF Form Building, Template Filling and 3D Annotation with WebViewer 8.0

It’s been a while since our last WebViewer release, but we definitely have not been idle. With this latest version, 8.0, we bring you a host of significant changes to our JavaScript SDK for adding document…

Aug 3 2021

New - PDF Outline Editing with PDFTron 9.0.2 for Android

A tree view provides a clear path that allows users to navigate file system directories. It’s also used to represent hierarchies and deliver structured insertion and searching operations. Version 9.0.…

Jul 23 2021

How to Review Videos with Audio Track Visualized with WebViewer Video 4.0

Because video can’t go without audio, we bridge the two worlds with the release of WebViewer Video 4.0. With new built-in audio waveform support, users can now see the audio track in the same UI they’d use…

Jun 24 2021

Introducing an All-New Annotation List, Viewer and API Improvements, and More

Our PDFTron iOS SDK continues to grow -- faster than we can report! So in this post, we do a little catch up, combining news of the latest changes in back-to-back releases, version 9.0.1 and 9.0.0, each…

Jun 10 2021

New - Mobile Document Generation and Digital Signature Validation with PDFTron 9.0.1 for Android

We’re excited to announce the release of version 9.0.1 of our Android PDF SDK, introducing two powerful new capabilities: a new document generator from Office templates and a digital signature validation…

Jun 7 2021

Lasso Selection Tool, Text Link Annotations, and Multi-Language Support with PDFTron 9.0.0 for UWP

We’re proud to announce version 9.0.0 of the PDFTron SDK for UWP and with this release, even more options for developers looking to enrich the user experience when building Windows desktop and mobile apps…

May 5 2021

New Ink Lasso Tool, Compact Toolbar UI, and more with PDFTron 9.0.0 for Android

At PDFTron, we're constantly coming up with ways to make it easier for your users to work on documents, whether they complete tasks on their desktops or from the palm of their hands. And in this latest…

Apr 20 2021

Introducing improved Apple Pencil support, support for Swift Package Manager, .xcframeworks, and more

Today we are pleased to announce version 8.1.2 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. This blog post covers 8.1.2 and the 8.1.0/1 releases. Improved Apple Pencil Support Apple Pencil support has been enhanced by adding…

Mar 10 2021

WebViewer 7.3: Introducing client side signature validation

March is upon us and Winter, almost over. Here at PDFTron, we spent these last months not in hibernation but productive innovation. As a result, release 7.3 of the PDFTron SDK-powered and WebAssembly-based…

Feb 22 2021

Measurement Tools, Redaction and Viewer Control with PDFTron SDK 8.1.1 for UWP

Today, we are pleased to announce version 8.1.1 of PDFTron's UWP PDF SDK. This release features brand-new Measurement and Redaction tools for the annotation toolbar, plus a new Viewer Control, combining UI…

Feb 17 2021

Smart Pen Tool and PDF to Word Conversion With PDFTron 8.1.1 for Android

Today, we are excited to introduce version 8.1.1 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK, including a brand new Smart Pen tool, PDF to Word conversion, and a new way to create shape annotations with a single tap…

Jan 29 2021

How to Create a Walkthrough in your WebViewer Solution

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

New Annotation Toolbar Design, Thumbnail Viewer with Page Overlay and Marquee Zoom on PDFTron SDK 8.1.0 for UWP

Today, we are excited to welcome the new year with version 8.1.0 of PDFTron's UWP PDF SDK, including a better Annotation Toolbar interface with color feedback, a new Marquee Zoom tool, improved…

Jan 7 2021

New User Interface and Redaction Toolbar With PDFTron 8.1.0 for Android

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

Annotation Appearance APIs, Improved MS Office rendering, PDFTron full API 8.0 and More in WebViewer 7.2

We are excited to announce version 7.2 of WebViewer, our pure client-side JavaScript and WebAssembly-powered PDF SDK. This release introduces an API that allows you to define scalable custom appearances…

Nov 27 2020

Annotation Filter Options and Improvements to FreeText with Rich Content With PDFTron 8.0.1 for Android

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

Introducing text annotation improvements for iOS in PDFTron 8.0.1

Today we are excited to announce version 8.0.1 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. This version adds a new text property bar and other text editing improvements, and more. Text Annotation Improvements It is now easier…

Oct 29 2020

Introducing ARM64 support, Annotation Manager and a new pure C++ SDK with PDFTron SDK 8.0.1 for UWP

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

Precompiled PDFNet Python3 Libraries Now Available

We are excited to announce new precompiled PDFNet Python3 libraries are available to download -- another small step in making the dev experience with PDFTron the best it can be. New Python 3 support makes…

Oct 19 2020

Collaborate and Review on Videos with WebViewer Video 3.0

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

PDF Form Editor, Reader Mode, Annotation Rotation and More in WebViewer 7.1

We are excited to announce version 7.1 of WebViewer, our pure client-side JavaScript and WebAssembly-powered PDF SDK. This release introduces a built in PDF form editor, allowing users to edit form fields…

Sept 30 2020

Digital Signing and Accessible Workflows, With PDFTron SDK 8.0

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

Introducing a New UI for iOS in PDFTron 8.0

Today we are excited to announce version 8.0 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. With this version we are introducing an all-new UI, built-in PDF rubber stamps and other enhancements. New Annotation UI PDFTron's new…

Sept 24 2020

Enhancing Digital Signature Security with Secure-by-Default Verification plus MDP

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

Cloud Border Effect for PDF Annotations and an XLS Viewer With PDFTron 8.0.0 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 8.0.0 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release adds a new border effect for rectangle annotations, support for XLS files and much more. This blog post will…

Sept 11 2020

Web App Accessibility: 5 Step Checklist

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

New User Interface, Threaded WebAssembly, Text Compare, Custom PDF Stamps and More in WebViewer 7.0

We are excited to announce version 7.0 of WebViewer, our pure client-side JavaScript and WebAssembly-powered PDF SDK. This release introduces a new customizable user interface, helping you go-to-market…

Aug 24 2020

New Android PDF and Office Viewer User Interface (Beta) with Android 7.1.5

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

Lasso PDF Annotation Selection Tool and New Digital Signature UI with PDFTron 7.1.4 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.1.4 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes a lasso PDF annotation selection tool, new signature UI, improved Hindi Free Text Appearance, and…

Jul 13 2020

How to Automate Face Redaction of PDFs With JavaScript

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

React Native Document Collaboration with PDFTron 7.1.3 for iOS

Today we are excited to announce version 7.1.3 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. This release adds many new features to our React Native library to support real-time document collaboration and more extensive UI…

Jun 16 2020

New User Interface (Beta), Rich Text PDF Annotation, @ User Mentions, and More in WebViewer 6.3

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

Real-time Document Collaboration for React Native With PDFTron 7.1.3 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.1.3 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK which includes a number of new features for our React Native Library, such as plug & play real-time document collaboration…

Jun 10 2020

PDF Callout Annotation Tool, Text Annotation Custom Fonts, Sepia Mode, and More in PDFTron SDK for iOS 7.1.2

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

Search and Redact PDFs With PDFTron 7.1.2 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.1.2 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release adds new ways to redact PDF documents, new rectangular area PDF measurement tool, new rubber stamp presets…

May 6 2020

Multiple saved signatures, freehand highlighter and more...

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

Annotation Review Status for Collaboration With PDFTron 7.1.1 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.1.1 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes annotation review status for real-time document collaboration, a new stroke eraser for ink…

Mar 31 2020

File Attachment Annotations, More PDF Measurement Tools, and Easier Polygon Creation with WebViewer 6.2

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

Fill & Sign PDF Forms Faster With PDFTron 7.1.0 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.1.0 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release adds new fill & sign toolbar, support for PPT files and much more. This blog post will go through the major…

Feb 26 2020

WebViewer Server 1.5.0 Release

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

Signature improvements, rubber stamp and link tools With WebViewer 6.1

We are excited to announce version 6.1 of WebViewer, our pure client-side JavaScript and WebAssembly-powered PDF SDK. This release now allows your users to create a signature by typing their name or by…

Feb 24 2020

Higher-fidelity MS Office Support, With PDFTron SDK 7.1

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

Introducing WebViewer React Toolkit

A year and a half ago, PDFTron open-sourced our WebViewer UI, a React app for building world-class PDF and document experiences inside web apps. And today we’ve taken the natural next step towards…

Feb 7 2020

Pressure Sensitive Ink Annotations and Image Support in Reflow With PDFTron 7.0.5 for Android

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

PDF Merging, Blank Page Templates, and More With PDFTron 7.0.5 for iOS

We are excited to announce version 7.0.5 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds PDF merging, annotation copy/paste, blank page templates for AEC, image cropping, and more. Adding PDF Pages PDFs can now be…

Jan 31 2020

Undo/Redo and other API improvements With WebViewer 6.0

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

Reflow with Images, Improved Button Layout, and More With PDFTron 7.0.4 for iOS

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

Introducing Annotations on Videos for WebViewer

Customers with review and approval processes appreciate having each annotation and file format centralized inside a single polished UI -- whether they’re collaborating on a website, collateral, blueprints…

Nov 21 2019

Security Risks of PDFium-based Apps and SDKs

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

Improved iPad UX, thumbnail browser, and annotation selection in 7.0.3 for iOS

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

FreeText With Rich Content Support With PDFTron 7.0.3 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.0.3 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes FreeText with rich content, AndroidX support and much more. This blog post will go through the major…

Oct 30 2019

PDFTron: An OpenText™️ Brava!™️ Alternative

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

WebViewer Server 1.4.67 Release

We are pleased to announce the release of WebViewer Server 1.4.67. This release includes some new features, several stability fixes and some changes to make deployment and usage easier. You can learn more…

Oct 11 2019

PencilKit Support, Real-time Annotation resizing & moving, Collaboration UI, and More With PDFTron 7.0.2 for iOS

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

How To Build a PDF Viewer With UWP and Cordova

In this blog you will learn how to quickly bring PDF & MS Office viewing, annotating, and editing capabilities to your Cordova project by integrating with the PDFTron UWP SDK. You can learn more about the…

Oct 3 2019

Introducing PDFTron SDK for Node.js

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

Updated UI Elements and Navigation Sheet with PDFTron 7.0.2 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.0.2 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes a new icon set, updated selection handle, navigation side sheet, new view mode and much more. This…

Sept 18 2019

PDF Annotation Groups, Digital Signatures, Widgets and Undo/Redo with PDFTron SDK 7.0.1 for UWP

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

PencilKit Beta Support, PDF Annotation Grouping, Improved Page Manipulation, and More With PDFTron 7.0.1 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 7.0.1 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds beta support for Apple's PencilKit framework, multiple annotation selection and grouping, improved page manipulation, a new…

Aug 28 2019

New Digital Signature Certificate Picker and PDF Form Creator with PDFTron 7.0.1 for Android

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

WebViewer Server 1.4.0 and the new Windows Installer

We are pleased to announce the release of WebViewer Server 1.4.0 and the WebViewer Server Installer for Windows. This release features several performance and stability fixes. We've made the WebViewer…

Aug 16 2019

Undo/Redo Support, Improved Search and More With PDFTron 7.0.0 for iOS

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

New Eraser Tool and Annotation Grouping With WebViewer 5.2

A new version of WebViewer has been released with a built in eraser tool as well as support for annotation grouping and leader line editing. See the WebViewer changelog for all the details. Eraser tool The…

Aug 6 2019

CAD to PDF Conversion and OCR are Here, With PDFTron SDK 7.0

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

New Text Field Styling and Radio Button Creation with PDFTron 7.0.0 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 7.0.0 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes text field styling, radio button and group annotation creation, and much more. This blog post will…

Jul 25 2019

How to Build a PDF Viewer With Vue.js

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

New Pressure Sensitive Inking for Signatures and Support for Group Annotations with PDFTron 6.10.6 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 6.10.6 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes pressure sensitive signatures, support for group annotations, and much more. This blog post will go…

Jul 2 2019

New OCG layer browser, real-time collaboration support, customizable controls with PDFTron 6.10.6 for iOS

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

WebViewer 5.1 - Promisified instantiation

A brand new WebViewer has been released with a better instantiation function! The promise, which is returned from the new instantiation function, contains not only the APIs but also objects and namespaces…

Jun 5 2019

Introducing Apple Pencil support, real-time collaboration, and image stamp rotation in PDFTron 6.10.4 for iOS

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

Bringing Cloudy Annotation Creation to PDFTron SDK 6.10.4 for UWP

We are excited to announce our new official UWP SDK release (version 6.10.4). Based on the success of the CloudCreate, PolygonCreate and PolylineCreate tools with PDFTron SDKs for Android & iOS platforms…

May 31 2019

New Stamp Freeform Rotation, More Viewer Customization APIs with PDFTron 6.10.4 for Android

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

MS Office Document streaming, image stamping, improved localization, and more in PDFTron 6.10.3 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 6.10.3 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds Word, Excel, and PowerPoint streaming, image stamping, measurement tool snapping, improved localization, and more! Office…

Apr 30 2019

New Real-time Document Collaboration Packages with PDFTron 6.10.3 for Android

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

Redaction, measurement tools, a file comparison control, and more in PDFTron 6.10.1 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 6.10.1 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds redaction capabilities, form field navigation buttons, and new features for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC…

Mar 28 2019

New Measurement Tools with PDFTron 6.10.1 for Android

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

New File Compare API With PDFTron SDK 6.10.0 for UWP

It is with great pleasure that we announce our new official UWP SDK release (version 6.10.0). The new release leverages the features, performance and quality improvements of our updated core engine. Many…

Mar 26 2019

Introducing PDFTron SDK for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Software

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

Announcing Support for CAD Formats in WebViewer Server

We're pleased to announce the release of WebViewer Server 1.2, featuring built-in support for CAD file formats, along with a number of other fixes and improvements. See the changelog for a detailed list of…

Mar 11 2019

Built in Redaction and Measurement Tools With WebViewer 5.0

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

New File Comparison UI, Page Label Editor, OCG Layer Browser With PDFTron 6.10.0 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 6.10.0 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes a new file comparison UI, a new page label editor, a new OCG layer browser, and much more. This…

Mar 4 2019

Seamless Viewing of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Other Formats with PDFTron 6.10.0 for iOS

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

Introducing a New File Compare API in PDFTron SDK 6.10

We are pleased to announce the release of PDFTron SDK 6.10. This release features a number of improvements, including support for generating document comparisons. If you would like to try it out, check…

Mar 3 2019

How Your Feedback Shaped WebViewer During 2018

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

How Your Feedback Has Shaped PDFTron iOS SDK During 2018

2018 was a big year for our iOS SDK. We pushed things forward in many ways big and small, improving both what the SDK can do and how easy it is use. Many improvements were initiated thanks to customer…

Feb 6 2019

How Your Feedback Shaped WebViewer Server During 2018

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

Improved text search, easier customization, and more in PDFTron 6.9.5 for iOS

We are pleased to introduce version 6.9.5 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds overriding of internal classes, a new full text search control, a new annotation toolbar precedence array API, and more…

Jan 31 2019

How your feedback shaped the PDFTron SDK core engine during 2018

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

How Your Feedback Has Shaped PDFTron Android SDK During 2018

At PDFTron, we are always committed to helping you build better Android apps, faster. The feedback we receive from our customers and the millions of Xodo users is a big reason why our SDK powers the world…

Jan 22 2019

PDFTron Releases a New SDK Showcase App for Mobile

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

Improved configuration APIs, a new Showcase sample, and more in PDFTron 6.9.3 for iOS

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

New redaction tool and improved digital signature tool APIs with PDFTron 6.9.2 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 6.9.2 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes a new redaction tool, improved digital signature tool APIs, and much more. This blog post will go…

Dec 10 2018

Improved UX and more in PDFTron 6.9.2 for iOS

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

PHP 7 Support Added To Our PHP PDF Library

We are happy to announce that we have added PHP 7 bindings to our PDF SDK through SWIG 3. This blog will outline some of the changes we made to our PHP PDF library so that it would support both PHP5/SWIG…

Nov 16 2018

Introducing PDFTron SDK 6.9

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

New Digital Signature UI and Mobile Data Management with PDFTron 6.9.0 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce version 6.9.0 of PDFTron's Android PDF SDK. This release includes big improvements to the digital signature UI, new APIs to manage mobile data usage when viewing…

Nov 5 2018

Cloud integration, reader mode and more in PDFTron 6.9.0 for iOS

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

WebViewer 4.0 - Hello React, Goodbye jQuery

The latest version of WebViewer has just been released! We've completed the first version of WebViewer UI and added lots of new APIs for easy customizations. We also removed the requirement for jQuery and…

Oct 12 2018

Introducing an Open Source WebViewer UI

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

WebViewer Server Now Available for CloudFormation on Amazon Web Services

We are excited to announce that WebViewer Server is now available as a Cloudformation template for AWS. It provides a turn-key backend for viewing and annotating 30+ file formats inside web apps. Deploying…

Sept 24 2018

New and Powerful Configuration APIs with PDFTron 6.8.7 for iOS

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

New File Attachment and Sound Annotations With PDFTron 6.8.7 for Android

Today we are excited to introduce new APIs to the PDFTron SDK for Android for creating file attachment or sound annotations, pasting an image as a stamp annotation from the system clipboard, and more. File…

Sept 10 2018

PDFTron 6.8.6 for Android

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

WebViewer Server Release 66566

We are pleased to announce the release of WebViewer Server 66566. The new release adds support for scaling up to multiple backend nodes, as well as new options to better control the lifetime and total…

Aug 3 2018

PDFTron 6.8.6 for iOS

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

PDFTron SDK Adds Support For .NET Core

It is now much easier for .NET Core developers to integrate the PDFTron SDK into Windows, Linux, and Mac applications. Today we are excited to introduce a new language binding for .NET Core. Combined with…

Aug 1 2018

PDFTron 6.8.5 for iOS

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

PDFTron 6.8.5 for Android

Today we are excited to introduce new APIs to PDFTron SDK for Android for converting HTML to PDF, stamping documents with preset images, real-time annotation moving & editing, and more see full list of…

Jul 10 2018

WebViewer 3.2

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

PDFTron 6.8 for Android

Today we are very excited to introduce PDFTron 6.8 for Android. This release features new gradle package manager, new fully featured drop-in activity, new annotation style picker, new annotation syncing…

Apr 4 2018

PDFTron 6.8 for iOS

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

New Office WebViewer now available!

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: Complete Browser PDF Viewer and Editor

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

PDFTron PDFNet for .Net Now Available From Nuget.org

Recently we added PDFNet to the Nuget gallery. For our .Net users this is a great new way to keep up on the latest PDFNet releases. www.nuget.org/packages/PDFNet/ This package includes all of our .Net…

Sept 10 2014

iOS Tools V 6.2

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

PDFTron Announces PDFNet Mobile PDF SDK for Windows RT

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 Releases PDFNet Mobile PDF SDK for Android and iOS

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 Extends PDFNet PDF Library with Support for Python, PHP and Ruby

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a global provider of industry-leading, high-performance electronic document technology, today announced the immediate availability of PDFNet™ SDK 5.7, an update to PDFTron's…

May 31 2011

PDFTron Launches a New Version of PDFNet Featuring PDF Redaction

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 Unveils a Silverlight Document Toolkit for PDF and XPS

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a global provider of industry-leading, high-performance electronic document format technology, today unleashed SilverDox™ SDK, a feature-rich and highly customizable…

Sept 29 2010

New Version of PDFNet Offers Universal Document Conversion and More

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a global provider of industry-leading, high-performance electronic document format technology, today unveiled PDFNet SDK 5, the latest new major release of PDFTron's flagship…

Jun 1 2010

PDFTron Enables Seamless PDF and XPS Interoperability

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 Releases Cross-Platform XPS Conversion Software to Bridge the Gap between XPS and PDF

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

New PDF/A Manager Announced by PDFTron

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a leading global provider of PDF development tools and components, today announced the official release of a new product PDF/A ManagerTM, a PDF/A (ISO 19005-1) validation and…

Mar 27 2009

PDFTron Releases a New Major Version of PDFNet SDK

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 Releases PDFNet SDK for Windows Mobile

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

Jan 7 2009

PDFTron Releases PDFNet SDK v.4, Adding Support for Java

PDFTron Systems Inc., a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and other graphics technologies, today announced the release of a new major version (v.4) of PDFNet SDK, an advanced and…

Feb 11 2008

PDFTron Announces a New PDFNet SDK Update (V3.6)

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 Ships a New PDFNet SDK Update (V3.5)

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 Announces New Version of PDF2SVG (V3.0)

PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of a new major version of PDFTron PDF2SVG, a stand-alone command-line…

Mar 24 2006

PDFTron Systems releases PDF2Image V3.0

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 releases PDFSecure V3.0

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 releases PDFNet SDK V3.0

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

PDFTron Systems ships a new PDFNet SDK Update

PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of a new update to PDFNet SDK. The new release focuses on improved…

Jul 21 2005

PDF2Image Now Available From PDFTron Systems

PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of PDF2Image™ . PDFTron' s PDF2Image is an easy-to-use, stand-alone command…

Nov 1 2004

PDFTron Systems adds Linux support to PDF2SVG

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 Releases New PDFNet Demos. For Visual Studio 2003 and GCC.

PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, just released several evaluation versions of its library PDFNet for Visual Studio 2003 and Linux GCC…

Mar 10 2004

Updated PDF2SVG, PageMaster, and PDF Secure command-line applications and libraries are available for download

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

PDF2SVG Now Available from PDFTron Systems

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 Announces PDF Secure

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…

Mar 24 2003

PDFTron Systems Announces PDF PageMaster

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 Announces PDFNet Library

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

PDFTron Systems Announces CosEdit

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

Oct 1 2002