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July 15, 2024 - version 24.7.0
Enhancement: Add new property TimeZoneOffset in EmailConfig.
The TimeZoneOffset property represents the time difference between the local time and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This offset is used to adjust the message dates accordingly.
Enhancement: New Configurations:
We have added support for the following new configurations across all .NET Framework, .NET Standard, and .NET 6.0 versions:
PSD: PsdConfig
TXT: TxtConfig
TIFF: TiffConfig
These new configurations enhance the flexibility and capability of our document handling, enabling a broader range of file formats to be used seamlessly within your applications.
Viewer Enhancements
CAD Viewer:
Alternative Rendering for DGN Files: Added support for new render of DGN files.
Optimized Loading Time: Improved loading times for faster and more efficient project viewing.
Optimized Vectorization Results: Achieved more accurate and detailed image-to-vector conversions.
Excel Viewer
Image Recoloring: Added the ability to render duotones, enhancing visual representation within your spreadsheets.
Color Adjustments: Introduced functions for adjusting color saturation and color temperature for images, providing greater control over image appearance.
Email Viewer
Introduced a new rendering option to enhance the display and handling of email documents.
Image Viewer
SVG Format Detection Fix: Addressed an issue where SVG formats were not being detected correctly, ensuring proper handling and display of SVG images within the viewer.
EPS Rendering Resolution: Resolved rendering issues related to EPS files, improving the accuracy and quality of EPS image displays.
MHT Viewer
Added support for new render of MHT files.
PDF Viewer
Multi-Layer PDF Display Fix: Addressed an issue where multi-layer PDF documents were not displaying correctly within the viewer.
PSD Viewer
Performance Enhancements: Implemented optimizations to improve the loading speed and overall performance of PSD file rendering within the viewer.
PowerPoint Viewer
Addressed an issue where fonts were changed and hyperlinks were inadvertently removed after replacing text within presentations.
Project Viewer
Multi-page Generation Fix: Resolved an issue with multi-page generation specifically targeted for .NET 6.0. This fix ensures accurate and reliable creation of multi-page documents within the viewer, enhancing its functionality and performance for users.
Word Viewer
Implemented additional render to optimize the presentation and management of documents across diverse formats supported by the viewer.
Visio Viewer
Extended Rendering Capability: Introduced a new render to enhance the display and handling of documents across supported formats.
Resolved issues with options not working as expected, ensuring smoother user experience and improved application stability.
XPS Viewer
Added support for new render of XPS files.
Fixed:
Only displays the first page multiple times. Also, adds the option to remove white pages at the end and includes high-quality options. Added to all .NET Framework, .NET Standard, and NET 6.0.
Fixed:
An issue was identified where an exception is thrown when CallContext is null. CallContext isn’t compatible with the “thread agility” model of ASP.NET. At unpredictable intervals, ASP.NET may switch threads, leaving CallContext behind. This issue has been fixed to ensure smoother operation when using the viewer in asynchronous tasks.
June 17, 2024 - version 24.6.0
Viewer Enhancements
CAD Viewer
Optimized loading time, allowing for faster and more efficient viewing of your projects.
Enhanced export of insert entities, reducing errors and improving data integrity.
Optimized vectorization results, providing more accurate and detailed conversions of images to vectors.
DXF Text: Improved text linearization, enhancing readability and consistency across different platforms and applications.
Email Viewer
Accurate Date Handling: Addressed a bug that caused incorrect date recalculations when the TimeZone information was missing during file loading.
Enhanced EMLX Support: The viewer has been improved to provide a better experience when working with EMLX email files.
EPUB Viewer
Enhanced EPUB Viewer Performance: Implemented significant performance optimizations to deliver a faster and smoother EPUB reading experience. You'll notice quicker page loading, reduced lag, and an overall more responsive viewer.
Refined Paragraph Processing: Paragraph rendering has been improved to ensure accurate and consistent formatting across all EPUB files.
Excel Viewer
Seamless Cell Merging: It now supports viewing merged cells exactly as they appear in the original Excel file, ensuring a clear and accurate representation of data layout.
Embedded images within spreadsheet cells can now be displayed, allowing users to view charts, graphs, or logos.
Text direction and row height within tables are now displayed more accurately.
MHT Viewer
Extensive performance optimizations in the MHT viewer, resulting in a significant reduction in loading times and overall responsiveness when opening and viewing MHT files.
Image rendering within MHT files has been optimized, resulting in sharper, clearer, and more accurate image display.
PowerPoint Viewer
Accurate Chart Rendering: Discrepancies in chart label color and style have been addressed.
Optimized Memory Usage: The viewer has been optimized to require less memory when processing complex PowerPoint presentations.
Reliable Hyperlink Functionality: An issue that caused hyperlinks to display incorrectly has been resolved.
Project Viewer
Precise Unit Display: Doconut now eliminates rounding errors when reading Asn.Units from MPP files.
Portrait View Option: The viewer is improved to view MPP files in portrait orientation.
An issue that caused incorrect writing of zero duration tasks has been fixed.
Fixed:
Improved focus handling: An issue where focus was unintentionally captured by the parent page when the viewer was embedded inside an iframe. This solution ensures a smoother user experience within iframe environments.
Fixed:
An issue that caused the final page of a document to be cropped at the margins when printing.
May 31, 2024 - version 24.5.3
Feature:
Custom Fonts Support for PowerPoint Files. Added support for custom fonts in PowerPoint files to prevent automatic font substitution if the font is not installed on the operating system. This ensures that presentations retain their intended appearance.
Feature:
Doconut License Integration: You can now add a Doconut license through XMLDocument, Stream, or Path. The software also automatically detects if the license is added in the default directory.
Feature:
Memory Usage Optimization. Enhanced memory management in Doconut to reduce memory usage, leading to more efficient performance and the ability to handle larger documents more effectively.
Enhancement:
Improved the performance of the PDF viewer, particularly for PDF documents that include images. This enhancement ensures faster loading times and a smoother, more efficient viewing experience for image-rich PDFs.
Enhancement:
Boosted the performance of the CAD viewer, offering a more efficient and fluid viewing experience. Additionally, page proportions of the documents are now handled better, ensuring more accurate and visually consistent renderings.
Fixed:
Fixed an issue that caused problems when viewing single-page or multi-page TIFF and TIF files, ensuring proper display and navigation.
Fixed:
Resolved an error that occurred when viewing DWG files from AutoCAD, providing a more reliable and accurate rendering.
April 15, 2024 - version 24.4.0
Enhancement:
Significant improvements have been made to the CAD and DGN engine, enhancing the calculation of area and lengths within the viewer. Users can now expect faster and more accurate results when performing calculations related to these metrics.
Enhancement:
The Excel engine has been optimized for improved performance, particularly when handling large files. Users will notice faster loading times and smoother navigation when working with extensive Excel spreadsheets.
Enhancement:
The PowerPoint engine has undergone optimization to enhance performance and stability. Improve accurate display of mathematical equations and symbols and whitespace between words is displayed correctly.
Enhancement:
Optimized PSD engine for improved performance and stability. Enhanced text rendering in PSD files for sharper and more accurate display. Added support for vertical text direction.
Fixed:
Resolved issues about the addition of a custom watermark to the document viewer where certain parameters were not functioning previously. Users can now customize the font, transparency, font size, and angle seamlessly.
Fixed:
Addressed errors encountered when opening PowerPoint files. Users should now experience smoother file opening processes without encountering issues.
March 25, 2024 - version 24.3.2
Feature:
- Doconut .NET 6 released. Support for .NET 6 ensures seamless integration and optimal performance for users.
Feature:
- Added to Nuget repository.
Enhancement:
- Optimizes PDF loading speeds by enhancing image usage, while also improving the rendering of non-English characters for enhanced readability and performance.
Enhancement:
- Upgraded features in Word processing functionality offer users enhanced style viewing. Improved compatibility with Word 2016 documents.
Enhancement:
- For Visio files, the visualization is improved where shapes were not connected correctly within multiple levels of groups, resulting in broken lines and elements extending out of frame.
Enhancement:
- For image files, optimization of memory usage for rendering vector formats. By implementing a step-by-step loading/rendering approach for each record, efficient resource utilization and improved performance during image processing are ensured.
Enhancement:
- Introduces the ability to apply custom cultures to display integer, decimal, and datetime types with a specific format.
Enhancement:
- Allow flexibility in licensing by allowing the loading of licenses via stream, enabling secure implementation on alternate servers, or directly through a string within the code.
Fixed
- The problem in PDF files when viewing a document with checkboxes and they appeared unchecked instead of checked.
Fixed
- Fix support to add custom watermark strings on viewer documents.
Important:
For all .NET projects, update Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.3
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json/13.0.3
Important:
In NET 8, add System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 7.0.0.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/7.0.0
February 14 2024 / ver 1.0.5.2
Enhancement
- Improved performance improvement for PDF resulting in faster and more efficient document handling.
Enhancement
- Upgraded Microsoft Word file viewer for DOC files, enhanced style display. Users can now benefit from improved display of math formulas embedded in the documents.
Enhancement
- Enhanced Visio file viewer for VSD files, fixing the issue where shapes were not connected properly within multiple levels of groups. The update ensures that lines are now correctly maintained within the frame. Performance improvements for an optimized user experience.
Enhancement
- Addressed performance degradation in the Project files viewer. Resolved an issue where existing graphical indicators were not preserved when viewing MPP files, ensuring accurate representation.
Enhancement
- The email file engine was improved where encoded emails were being incorrectly interpreted, ensuring accurate and reliable reading of such encoded messages.
Bug
- The display of DWG files is more accurate. Left/right padding appears with the correct dimensions.
Bug
- Fixed issue in the PDF viewer where hyperlinks in documents caused errors when loading.
January 05 2024 / ver 1.0.5.1
Enhancement
- Compatibility and performance with Microsoft Visio files, addressing various aspects to ensure a smoother user experience.
Enhancement
- Added new sample projects to work with AWS S3 and Azure.
Bug
- Fixed issue to prevent text resizing in stamp annotations.
Bug
- Fixed in the annotation addon: previously, exporting a PDF file with any annotations, moving one of them, and exporting again would result in duplicated annotations for the user.
Bug
- Fixed issue causing blurry rendering of DWG files.
Bug
- Fixed issue where the header content in Excel files was incorrectly positioned at the top left of the sheet content. The header content now displays correctly in its intended position.
October 25 2023 / ver 1.0.5.0
Updated the Word processing engine for handling DOC, DOCX, and ODT documents.
Fixed compatibility issues related to displaying and processing Arabic Words documents.
Updated the PDF processing engine to include compatibility with some Arabic fonts.
Resolved a critical bug associated with PDF generation when utilizing byte arrays (byte[]).
The Email Engine has been optimized to improve performance and reliability when working with EML and MSG files.
Improved the PSD file processing engine to offer enhanced support and more efficient memory usage.
Important:
For DOCX, ODT, XML, or RTF files, using .NET Core Standard and NET 6, Add SkiaSharp 2.88.6.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/SkiaSharp/2.88.6
Important:
For PSD files using .NET Core Standard and NET 6, Add System.Drawing.Common 6.0.0. and System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Drawing.Common/6.0.0
https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/6.0.0
Important:
For CAD file types using .NET Core Standard, Add System.Text.Json 6.0.0., System.Drawing.Common 6.0.0. and System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Text.Json/6.0.0
https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Drawing.Common/6.0.0
https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Text.Encoding.CodePages/6.0.0
January 15 2022 / ver 1.0.4.2
Important: Update ExportAnnotationToPdf name changed to ExportAnnotationsToPdf
Update ExportToPdf expects no parameters and exports to a native pdf only
New ExportToPdf with a filePath overload
Update speed improvements in annotation pdf export calls
New FixInvalidImages option in PdfConfig, default is false
New method ExportToPdfImage for exporting documents to image based Pdf files, non native
New ExportAnnotationsToPdf function can now export to a native Pdf, use parameter nativePdf = true
New ExcelConfig options ExportPdf, ExportOnePagePerSheet, RemoveEmptyContent
New Config option CachePages, can be set to false to reduce memory usage
New sample showing pdf 'Keyword Search F3' under Miscellaneous samples folder
New function AddCheckboxes() code in Minimal solution under Webforms samples folder
New annotation functionality added in Acrobat Pdf Theme under Miscellaneous samples folder
Improved memory management .NET 4.7 & .NET Core
DOT, DOTX, DOTM extensions added
XLSB extension added
DGN extension added
August 01 2022 / ver 1.0.4.1
New Watermark can now use RGB color (integer)
New Session restriction feature added in .Net Core
New IP restriction feature added in web farm mode (both .Net 4.7 and Core)
New DoconutOptions in UseDoconut() Middleware
New parameter perPageThread in ExportToPng
New parameter grayScale in ExportToPdf
New ExcelConfig options ConvertPdf, PdfConfig, ExportOnePagePerSheet
Update InitCache in .Net core requires a valid and initialized document instance
Update ExportPdfA and ConvertPdf are true by default now for ProjectConfig and VisioConfig
Fix touch support, .NET Core/Blazor/Docker projects should update the docViewer.js
Improvements in rendering for all document types
April 02 2022 / ver 1.0.4.0
New .Net 6 compatible
New Angular sample added
New ExportToPdfWatermark method
New Annotation code behind API
New GetPdfBookmarks method to get bookmarks from a PDF
New Define a custom license path <add key="DoconutLicensePath" value="~/Licenses" />
New SetWatermark method has a new overload with bitmap param
Improvements in rendering for all document types
Feb 01 2022 / ver 1.0.3.9
Update: .NET framework minimum required version is 4.7
Update: IncludeJqueryUI property is now false by default
Update: Blazor sample updated with a loading animation
New Cloud support for Azure Storage, Amazon S3, Google, DropBox, Redis, FTP, CDN
New ExportToCloud method for saving document to cloud
New UploadToCloud method for uploading a folder to cloud
New InitCache method to speed up first document viewing
New LargeDocument sample in Miscellaneous folder
New Cloud sample folder added
New SplitToPdf and MergeFromPdf methods
New client side event OnViewerError
New client side event AutoLoadStatus
New client side ClearCloud method to free-up server resources
New bool parameter for client side Close call to free-up server
Fix Slides with no pages exception message added
Fix BouncyCastle exception when viewing certain pdf files
Fix Pdf links throwing exception for certain pdf files
Fix AutoLoad true causes navigation and zoom issues
Fix Search result div not resizing
Fix Zoom and FitType calls slow for large page count
Sep 01 2021 / ver 1.0.3.8
New Search can be performed on a Pdf document without an OCR or SRH file
New AllowSearch option added to allow direct search in a Pdf document
New Text can be copied from a Pdf document, set CopyMode(true). Available to search plugin license holders
New AllowCopy option added to allow text copy in a Pdf document
New SaveSearch() method to get Srh file directly from a Pdf Document
New Pdf links available when using PdfConfig, DefaultRender as false
New ConvertPdf option added in PptConfig
New JavaScript Api call to know document format, FileFormat();
Fix Empty worksheet causing exceptions in certain excel files
Fix Document links parent div element resize
Fix Search parent div element resize
Fix Focus moving to thumbnails while clicking page
Fix Close instance error when opening Tif files
Improvements in rendering for all document types
May 25 2021 / ver 1.0.3.7
Blazor sample added
Razor pages sample added
New Sample solutions, Slide Viewer, Pdf Viewer added
.NET Core, splitter.css removed & viewer.css updated
Improvements in CAD viewer
New TifConfig; DefaultRender option in TIF viewer
New SetWatermark method. Use Image now as a watermark
New CloseDocument static method with token overload
New ExportAnnotationsToPng method
New ExportToPng overload with export a page range
New DoconutPageWaitTimeSeconds web.config setting for WebFarm. PageWaitTimeSeconds in .Net Core
New DoconutStartWaitFromPage web.config setting for WebFarm. StartWaitFromPage in .Net Core
New IsWebfarm option. WebFarm path in .Net Core
New Search support in WebFarm mode
New in Note annotation, Use * for a new line
New WordConfig option, RemovePaperMargin
Fix in Note annotation, 0 font size bug fixed when auto sizing texts
Fix for pdf DefaultRender=false option not showing certain pdf elements
Fix few Console JS errors
Fix in Annotation save bug in .Net Core
Improvements in rendering for all document types
Feb 15 2021 / ver 1.0.3.6
New GetRotateInfo method to get document rotate info
New DefaultRender option in PdfConfig in .NET core; use false for Linux/Docker
New document page Flip feature (JavaScript call)
New EmailCofig SkipExternalImages
New ExcelConfig options AutoFitContents, ShowRowColumnHeaders
Update in WordConfig and EmailConfig (related to PdfConfig)
Update in ExportToPng (speed improvement)
Fix Freehand annotation scroll issue
Fix spacing improvement in FitWidth, FitHeight function
Fix thumbnail & viewer’s tooltip css padding
Fix document’s hyperlink tooltip
Fix Excel formula not showing up
Fix Pdf link parsing exception for RichMediaAnnotation
Nov 01 2020 / ver 1.0.3.5
OpenDocument Uri overload will now try to identify the document type
Webfarm support for annotation (both WebForms and .Net core)
Using jQuery version 3.5.1 by default
jQuery UI version and css upgraded to latest version
HideThumbs function bug fixed when splitter UI is missing
Culture option in excel config added for date display issue
Annotation’s pdf export quality and speed improvement
Improvements in line, note and stamp annotations
July 20 2020 / ver 1.0.3.4
Viewing enhancements for all document types
Improvements in Diskimage handler
New Webfarm, load balancer support for .NET core
DWG, MPP & VSD native support added in .NET core
New OpenDocumentService to use in console app, webservice or windows forms. Available with distribution license only
New ImageConfig, MaxImagePixelSize; TransparentPng config for Png image types
New HyperlinksPageCount in PdfConfig to limit link scan
New ImageResolution at config level
New DefaultRender config for CAD format
New Support for 3D in CAD, when using DefaultRender false
New method ExportAnnotationToPdf when exporting large (many pages) annotated files to pdf
Fix rotation bug in Diskimage handler
Help information added for Linux and Docker installation
Jan 08 2020 / ver 1.0.3.3
Fix, for large Project / MPP files were throwing exception
Fix, for Word files when using with ConvertPdf as true
New, config option PdfMargins in DWG when publishing to pdf
Aug 15 2019 / ver 1.0.3.2
New, increase text sharpness while viewing documents. Use FixedZoom=”true”
New, FixedZoom, FixedZoomPercent & FixedZoomPercentMobile properties
New, word, html and pdf documents can now show clickable links
New, Search MVC sample with real-time search after upload
Fix, excel viewing with just images inside
Fix, watermark font not adjusting as per page size
Fix, text annotation border overlap issue
July 01 2019 / ver 1.0.3.1
Adding a ^ character before WatermarkInfo will have watermark in all four corners
New web.config setting to hide DocImage.axd contents
Fix page reload bug on resizing browser
New ExcelConfig options PaperSize, PaperMargins, PaperLandscape, ShowEmptyWorkSheets
May 01 2019 / ver 1.0.3.0
Moving after rotation bug fixed for annotations
Added watermark support when using DiskHandler
Fix zoom and fittype bug for excel with split as false
New ImageConfig added for image file types
New Refit() JavaScript call added to viewer for resizing
New option to view MSG/EML as HTML (requires plugin)
New ExcelViewer, PagePreview, Documents sample pages added
February 20 2019 / ver 1.0.2.9
Added support for .NET core / standard
Added PDF-A support for export
Fixed error when viewing empty excel files
Added new modern UI for MVC sample
Viewing enhancements for all document types
September 15 2018 / ver 1.0.2.8
Improved support for Excel export
Search now supports multiple words / phrases
Fix for jQuery 3.0+ scroll bug
Added touch zoom in/out in Mobile.aspx sample
Viewing enhancements for all document types
July 15 2018 / ver 1.0.2.7
Improved support for AutoCAD format
Improved Html file rendering for non ASCII
Support for latest jQuery 3.0+ (if using external)
Better PDF format export
Viewing enhancements for all document types
April 15 2018 / ver 1.0.2.6
Improved support for AutoCAD format
Html plugin now supports Windows 2016 server
Viewing enhancements for all document types
December 06 2017 / ver 1.0.2.5
Added "OnPageClicked" event for viewer
New DocumentConfig options for PDF & Email formats
New GetDocumentFormat method to know file formats
Support for AutoCAD 2018 file format
Removed "Submit Query" text visible on page image
Viewing enhancements for all document types
August 24 2017 / ver 1.0.2.4
Support for MVC Razor (refer new MVC project)
New DCN (search) server project provided with samples
Fixed Annotation border size to match drawing
Viewing enhancements for all document types
March 01 2017 / ver 1.0.2.3
Improvements in CAD format viewing, added DXF support
Added custom configurations support, DocumentConfig.dll
Threading added to DiskImageHandler viewer
Fixed bugs in text annotation
Viewing enhancements for all document types
October 01 2016 / ver 1.0.2.2
Improvements in CAD format viewing
New LargeDoc property to view large documents quickly
Viewing enhancements for all document types
March 01 2016 / ver 1.0.2.1
Added support for MHT document type
Improvements in Tiff format viewing
SafeLoad option now used in Excel to PDF export
SafeLoad as false now loads all worksheet pages
New ExportToPdf overload for exporting large documents
Freehand annotation bugs fixed
Viewing enhancements for all document types
September 10 2015 / ver 1.0.2.0
Fixed Annotation plug-in load issue
Fixed Annotation Ajax saving issue
Viewing enhancements for all document types
March 31 2015 / ver 1.0.1.9
Support for client side JavaScript events, see Events.aspx
Stamp annotation control improved
Mobile support added for creating annotations
ShowAnnotations function now accepts page number
New property MaxZoom
New javascript function VisiblePages()
Bug fixed when annotating multiple documents
Viewing enhancements for all document types
October 15 2014 / ver 1.0.1.8
Annotation can be created, drawing from any direction
Arrow annotation rendering improved
Annotation sample page enhanced with navigation
Thumbnails now show annotations
Support for CSV added
New WatermarkInfo and AutoClose property added
New Folder.aspx and FlipPage.aspx sample pages added
jQuery and jQuery UI updated to version 1.11.1
Increase in viewing speed and better memory management
July 31 2014 / ver 1.0.1.7
New properties AutoLoadPages and CacheEnabled
Support for OpenOffice formats ODT, ODS and ODP
New function to hide specific pages of document
Asp.Net print now supports landscape or mixed mode
SVG and EPUB are no longer supported
Password sample page added
User Control sample page added
New help pdf file for DocImage.axd handler
Minor viewing enhancements for all document types
May 15 2014 / ver 1.0.1.6
New properties added for tooltip and zoom functions
New Mobile, Update Panel and iFrame samples added
Bug in HTML and MPP fixed
Support for EPUB & SVG formats discontinued
Viewing enhancements for all document types
February 20 2014 / ver 1.0.1.5
New function for exporting documents to PDF
New Office Ribbon.aspx sample page added with real-time viewer resizing
Bug in Word and Dicom fixed
New Support for EPUB & SVG formats
Viewing enhancements for all document types
December 25 2013 / ver 1.0.1.4
Smooth text annotations and new image annotation type
Note annotation now support non ASCII characters
New property IncludeJQueryUI to have your own reference
New property BasePath to use with MVC
New JavaScript property IsLoaded
Fix for Excel, PowerPoint and CAD formats
June 01 2013 / ver 1.0.1.3
Added search function (optional plugin)
Better support for XLS files
March 29 2013 / ver 1.0.1.2
New property added: FitType (use values ‘width’ or ‘height’)
You can also change FitType from javascript api
Support added for TXT files
Print Silverlight window now has icons instead of text
Fixed bug for MSG files
March 15 2013 / ver 1.0.1.1
You can now save documents to a common .DCN format
Feb 20 2013 / 1.0.1.0
Added print support which requires silverlight
Added annotation support. This is a paid plugin