FlexPaper 2.1.8 Release Notes

22 October 2013

We have started distributing FlexPaper 2.1.8 this week. The first build finished is our Desktop Publisher app for FlexPaper Zine (Mac & PC) which can be downloaded from the Zine product page. The PHP/ASP.NET/Java and FlexPaper classic builds will follow during the next few days.

  • FlexPaper Zine  enhanced to support higher resolution for touch devices when zooming into the document (requires PHP & GTK2)
  • Issue fixed relating to certain links where they would be incorrectly broken up into sections causing the links to be incomplete when clicked (HTML4/HTML5 mode)
  • Issue fixed for annotations in IE9 when using the HTML rendering mode
  • Last/first navigators added for Zine in HTML4/HTML5 mode
  • FlexPaper Zine Icons added for retina/HD desktop displays (labelled [name]@2x.png)
  • Corrections for hidden text and control characters in exporting to HTML4/HTML5 from desktop publisher [on Windows]
  • Correction for shading in Zine for HTML5/HTML4 (regression issue from 2.1.7)
  • Fixed an issue relating to drag-turning pages in HTML4/HTML5 where the viewer would zoom in unintentionally in some specific scenarios
  • Fixed an issue related to links being created multiple times causing performance degradation in HTML4/HTML5 mode for Zine
  • Performance improvements to sliding and dragging in Zine HTML4/HTML5
  • HTML5 Fisheye thumbnails performance improvements
  • The Viewer is now giving the clicked/tapped page in Zine rendering priority to improve performance while reading
  • Links and custom links made more visible in HTML4/HTML5 mode
  • Regression issue corrected for Zine in relation to loading new documents through the load({PDFFile : ‘filename.pdf’}); API
  • Fixed an issue related to thumbnails showing up incorrectly when in Zoomed in mode in HTML5 mode and resizing the browser window
  • Desktop Publisher now tries to repair PDF files that it fails to publish on first attempt
  • Youtube videos when played in HTML5 viewer will now stop if playing when navigating away from the page
  • Desktop Publisher now able to sign documents and add password protection for your PDF documents to prevent them from being downloaded
  • Issue fixed related to searching for two different phrases causing the search abstracts not appearing the second time in Flash mode for Zine
  • HTML5 PDF rendering routine updated (0.8.633 build # fa03a77)
  • Full screen support added for IE 11 to our HTML4/HTML5 pdf viewer
  • Support for Android in pinch and zoom plus navigation improved for Zine in flip page mode