Version Notes for PixEdit® Desktop and PixView®

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• Implemented saving to .CALS in ‘After Scanning’ and DocServer
• Fixed a problem when redacting newly scanned documents or none PDF documents
• Implemented prompt message to user when trying to delete a document (Data extraction module)
• Implemented a setting to display first or last page when scan job is finished

• Required upgrade to this version for PixEdit Desktop Online and PixView Online to work. The reason is that the restAPI url for license checking has changed
• Added new interactive gamma correction function for adjusting the luminance in images. This function can be useful for enhancing images from scans of old and worn paper. The function can be recorded as a macro and then be applied on pages and documents in a workflow
• Added option to ‘Save all’ modified documents in a scan/archive job and the possibility to cancel it. Applies to PixEdit Desktop integration with PixEdit Server
• Fixed a possible crash problem with 64 bit setup program for PixEdit Desktop Online. The problem can occur when the setup program is checking for a valid license against
• Implemented new Adobe Library - APDFL 18.0.4 P1s

• Correction of possible application crash during high volume scanning
• Correction of setting Jpeg quality to Twain driver, it didn’t always work
• Correction of possible application crash on startup if mismatching jobprofiles.xml. PixEdit Desktop integration with PixEdit Server.
• Implemented new features for Avision scanner driver. Configurable in Twain Advanced options
• Fixed incorrect filename when using 'Elements' separation sheets
• Fixed separation of digital PDF batches with barcodes generating rasterized pdf's for output
• Added option to add incrementing numbers to QR-code separation
• Added possibility to configure author settings in PDF settings dialog
• Small improvements for the Form Setup Tool
• Correction not able to open failed jobs in PixEdit Desktop integration with server if 'Automatic download' settings was false

• Recommended upgrade to this version as it contain an improvement in functionality related to redaction of documents. When using the redaction tool in PixView and PixEdit Desktop, any file attachments embedded in the PDF document itself will now be removed when redaction tool is used
• Added checkbox for enabling/disabling automatic downloads of finished PixEdit Server jobs
• Corrections of specific PDF documents which might give empty/blank document when opened/saved
• Correction of several minor PDF rendering/saving issues
• Correction of application crash when random QR codes are detected in a document separation setup
• PixEdit Form Setup Tool - 'Save' button is now enabled/disabled according to modified data changes

• PixEdit and PixView toolbar icons overhaul on high resolution displays 4k
• Implemented support for reading and viewing heic file format
• Added latest Adobe® SDK
• Enhanced reading of none standard PDF files from NextImage software for Contex scanners
• Updates in PixView COM interface
• Correction of text block from OCR sometimes added multiple times to PDF document
• Correction of application crash when editing PDF bookmarks (64 bit version only)
• Correction of several minor issues regarding the ‘Data Extraction’ window (PixEdit Desktop Extended)
• Correction of possible application crash during high volume scanning

• Correction of coordinates in the searchable text in PDF. This can cause an error message when viewing a document in Adobe Reader.

• New function in PixEdit Desktop that allows you to add more documents to a processed scan job. This applies when PixEdit Desktop is integrated with PixEdit Server.
• New function in PixEdit Desktop that makes it possible to delete documents from a processed scan job. This applies when PixEdit Desktop is integrated with PixEdit Server.
• Correction of coordinates in the searchable text in PDF. This can cause an error message when viewing a document in Adobe Reader.

• Improve workflow and activate first document in scanned batch when opening from scanbar. PixEdit Server integration
• Correction of application crash during scanning of large batch
• Correction of application crash when using a large wide secondary display
• Correction of Intelligent Search feature not visible when Norwegian language is selected by default

• New feature in PixView - Drag and drop pages to re-arrange page order in current opened document
• New feature in PixView - Drag and drop documents and images from Windows Explorer into the current open document to merge them together
• New feature - Ability to preserve other searchable text on pages that have been redacted. This setting can be turned on from menu 'Settings | PDF import '
• Enhancement - Improved filtering of noise when detecting qr codes
• Enhancement - Activate/set visible first document in scanned batch when opening from ScanBar. PixEdit Server integration

This revision update only applies to PixEdit Desktop

• New feature - Added support for automatic paper size detection for Epson scanners
• New feature - PixEdit - Redact entire page or pages
• Enhancement - Merge Pdf portfolio’s / collection’s into a multipage Pdf document
• Correction - Discard last scanned document in ‘Prompt me after each scan dialog’
• Correction - Pan and zoom disabled when 'Prompt after each dialog is showing'
• Correction - PixEdit Desktop Server integration - Archive job will only upload first modified document

• Correction - QR code separation with ephorte/Elements separation sheet
• Correction - Separation sheet not working properly
• Correction - PixEdit Desktop and PixEdit Server connection possible crash situation

• Correction - Possible program crash when saving to file formats other than PDF

• Enhancement - Automatic process of scanned pages inserted in opened document
• Correction - Warp map merge function – no undo mark set
• Correction - JBIG2 compression write error
• Correction - Updated Adobe SDK with latest version
• Correction - Fixed PDF read, render and save on specific documents

• Enhancement - Remove all annotations and markups when saving a redacted document should not remove 'Marked for redaction' markups
• Enhancement - Corrupt image/View when saving specific JPEG files to PDF
• Enhancement - Adobe SDK v18 implemented
• Correction - When scanning to an active document the focus does not change from current active
• Correction - Incorrect markup position when using 'Mark found text for redaction'
• Correction - Composition view in PixEdit/PixView will resize the layout even when its turned off
• Correction - Automatically crop in profile crashes program when scanning A3 & A4
• Correction - Running macro’s with specific commands might crash in Batch Wizard or ‘After scanning’ profile
• Correction - PDF Ink annotation not rendered and saved correct
• Correction - Blowup window is disabled until session re-started when scanning
• Correction - Incorrect thumbnails on specific TIFF files
• Correction - PixEdit might stall during startup on computers with very strict security policies

• New feature - Added option to turn off the viewing of folders in "File Browser". Right-click ‘File browser’ window and select properties to toggle this setting
• New feature - Double-click 'Marked for redaction’ markup to redact it
• New feature - Redact multiple selected 'Marked for redaction' markups with context menu (Right-click selected markups)
• Correction - Save document might fail with error code -1413 'Access denied' when filename contain some specific characters
• Correction - Mouse cursor can be invisible when using redaction tool and scrolling to next page in the document
• Correction - ScanBar and GUI will not be enabled after scanning a batch with orange scan button (Twain interface)

• New feature - New redaction tools added. Mark selected text for redaction using standard PDF markup and text selection tool. The markup allows for better interactions between co-workers. The new tools also allows for a multiple mark for redaction using text search results
• New feature - File explorer in PixEdit and PixView now display folders. User can double-click folders to enter and use back and forward buttons for going through history locations
• New feature - Export searchable text to Word, Excel, Html and other file formats using OCR engine
• New feature - PixEdit Server integration - Add possibility to use save path on barcode sheets
• New feature - PixEdit Server integration - Ask for job name possibility
• New feature - PixEdit Server integration - Re-submit a failed job this will automatically purge the old job
• New feature - PixEdit Server integration - Added option to auto archive documents after successful processing
• New feature - PixEdit Server integration - Added option to save job name with date time
• Enhancement - Implementation of a faster jpeg decompression library
• Enhancement - New scanning experience with more fluent view of scanned images as they are delivered from the Scanner. There’s also and option in the ‘Composition view’ to auto scroll during scanning
• Correction - Stamp not showing correctly
• Correction - Remove black border function will not detect black border on right side if this is the only black border there is
• Correction - Exif data removed when converting jpeg files
• Correction - Fixed particular problem with PDF and JPEG compression
• Correction - Unable to open failed scanned jobs with PixEdit Server integration
• Correction – Several PDF issues resolved which caused program crash or uncomplete render of documents
• Correction - White images if scanning greyscale in Windows format (Native) from scanners
• Correction - OCR is not working on all pages after redaction and saving

• Enhancement - New OCR engine from I.R.I.S. S.A. Increases OCR speed by 4 times and improves accuracy
• Enhancement - Added Hotkey Ctrl + shift + S = Save As
• Enhancement - Zoom and Pan. Apply this every time you get a new separated document
• Enhancement - PixEdit Desktop and PixEdit Server integration improvements and corrections
• Enhancement - When scanning Auto on Canon DR scanners and paper in ADF scan was done in simplex not duplex
• Enhancement - Slow application startup if no internet connection
• Correction - Possible application crash when using DocServer and Orange button in ScanBar
• Correction - Output window does not show properly

• Correction - 'After scanning' setup dialogs GUI problem

• New feature - Resize to standard page sizes when saving. New parameter in ‘After scanning’ profile save tab
• Enhancement - Prepared for new Canon DR scanners
• Enhancement - New set of standard cursors in main Window. Improved performance and usability
• Enhancement - Improved WCF security when connecting to PixEdit Server
• Correction - Specific PDF problem. Fails to open document and no error message is provided
• Correction - PDF attachment problem
• Correction - PixEdit Server integration, ScanBar changes settings to default without ‘Scan Properties’ object in profile
• Correction - Open documents from Windows explorer can result in an error message on second opening

• New feature - Text selection tool. Double-click to select word, sentence and entire text content
• New feature - With text selected. Present 'Set as filename' in the context menu
• New feature - Check for updates checkbox in Setup program
• New feature - Automatically check for program updates. New notification windows and background download of new setup packages
• Enhancement - Added two more decimals to ‘Area coverage’ result view
• Enhancement - Add separation number on first page when saving to tiff or jpg
• Enhancement - Remove user password requirement for connecting to PixEdit Server
• Enhancement - Ask for confirmation before uninstall starts (Setup program)
• Correction - Installation proposes upgrade when newer version is installed
• Correction - Turn pages gives error if specified pages is out of range -1400 internal error
• Correction - Missing some annotations/text on specific PDF document
• Correction - Two entries in Windows ‘Add remove programs’ after upgrade
• Correction - DocServer will not give error if to many or too few barcodes are found according to configuration

• Enhancement - Possible to disable certain USB scanning features
• Enhancement - Removed extra spacing in OCR text
• Enhancement - Specific PDF document converted to a white page
• Correction - Error when repair is launched from ‘Add remove programs’ (setup program)
• Correction - Wrong ‘File associations’ is set for PixView Online versions (setup program)
• Correction - Repair fails if internet connection is missing (setup program)
• Correction - Close running application during change/uninstall
• Correction - Detect barcodes in all directions may result in unseparated documents
• Correction - Batch Wizard select files Step will not register the correct number of files selected
• Correction - Batch Wizard select files step sort order not ascending
• Correction - Batch Wizard controls disappearing when 'ALT' key is pressed
• Correction - Refresh problem in PixEdit/PixViev document window
• Correction - Redaction tool. Bookmarks will not be removed from the view when tool is used. Bookmarks is always removed from the saved document
• Correction - PixEdit delete macro button does not work
• Correction - Hyperlinks doesn't work after saving to PDF/A on specific document
• Correction - Open combine documents set result document to pixel units on US configured systems

• PixEdit and PixView Online editions released. Subscriptions can be purchased in the webshop.
• Enhancement - Update for HP scanners
• Correction - Scanbar profile will not set correct After scanning profile
• Correction - Layer Controlbar displays 16 layers not 8

• Enhancement - Graphical user interface updated with a more modern look and feel
• Correction - Multiple output files created by mulit-thread and/or multi-machines in DocServer
• Correction - Opening and merging of .ZIP files in DocServer
• Correction - Unhandled exception while executing OCR causes program to crash
• Correction - PDF rendering and saving

• New feature - Support for native 64 bit Canon DR Twain drivers
• Correction - DocServer processing and possible endless loop
• Correction - General memory handling
• Correction - PDF rendering/document interpretation
• Correction - Fix for incorrect DPI in JFIF files

• Correction - Program crash when separating some specific documents

• Correction - Scanbar gui cosmetics
• Correction - Auto orientation on certain documents causes program to crash

• Correction - QR code separation
• Correction - Incorrect paper size when converting Excel to PDF
• Correction - Missing TWAIN 2.0 .dll from setup program. Can result in poor scanner performance
• Correction - Read of corrupt PNG files
• Correction - Wrong output file when interval separating and saving to JPG

• Correction - Fixed a problem causing PixEdit to almost stall during startup.
• Enhancement - Bookmarks will now be saved during document separation and when saving parts of a document using a specified page range

• Enhancement - Configuring for Canon 64 Bit drivers
• Correction - Batch Wizard recompress checkbox not working
• Correction - Batch Wizard file extension issues. Batch Wizard will now use parameters from the 'Saving Rules' dialog
• Correction - General PDF improvements and bugfixes

• New Feature - Implementation of Adobe® Library. This will enhance performance and quality on complex vector PDF documents
• New Feature - JPG2000 lossy compression missing in some PDF formats
• Enhancement - Panasonic Twain interface improved
• Enhancement - Added landscape sizes for Panasonic scanners
• Enhancement - Process selected files as form do not work with Windows 10
• Enhancement - Italian language in toolbar customization dialog when English language is selected
• Enhancement - Afterscan profiles not loaded correct in dialog
• Enhancement - PixEdit upgrade feature will not work properly from the installation program

• Enhancement - Redaction tool in PixView and PixEdit Desktop. The tool now removes all comments (annotations) on the redacted pages(s). This is to ensure that email addresses and web links do not appear as comments when displaying the document in a PDF viewer
• Correction - Application crash when executing OCR on a specific document

• Correction - Incorrect COM interface registration
• Correction - Regarding HP Webscan TWAIN driver
• Correction - PDF/A verification
• Correction - BatchWizard not preserving upper/lower case in file extension

• Correction - COM interface registration in setup program
• Correction - Problem with installation on 32-bit Windows
• Correction - TWAIN improvements and bugfixes
• Correction - File formats BMP, JPEG and PDF/A

• Correction - Fixed a problem with qr code document separation
• Correction - Minor details and improvements

• Correction - Issue when saving docuemtns to PDF/A-2b
• Correction - GUI problem when Italian or French language are selected

• Correction - PDF improvements on specific documents
• Correction - Problem with OCR function and PixEdit Desktop 64 bit.
• Correction - Issue with color marker separation and color picking
• Correction - Issue with remove black border 
• Correction - Several other small issues fixed

• Enhancement - Automatic page orientation
• Enhancement - PDF reading of specific documents
• Enhancement - Minor application updates
• Correction -  Problem with COM and PDF/A document verification

• Enhancement - Security update
• Enhancement - Recognition of QR-codes