Global Update on ByteScout Product Versions

On April 9th and 11th, 2018, ByteScout introduced fresh updates on most SDKs. Check the data below to find out about our products and what new highlights you can utilize.

Text Recognition SDK 1.0.3.122

In this version,  the Deskew algorithm for rotated scans was greatly improved. You will also find other minor improvements and bug fixes.

ByteScout PDF SDK 1.7.0.222

PDF SDK assists in generating, converting and enriching PDF files. In this new version, you will find more improvements and bug fixes compared to the previous version.

ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK 2.9.0.1677

This tool deals with XLS, ODS, XLSX files making it possible converting and editing files. In this version, a new feature was added: CustomFunctionsCallback allows implementing custom functions for cell formulas. See “Custom Functions” source code example for demonstration.
There some fixes in the parsing of references of the form “sheetName’!cellAddress:’sheetName’!cellAddress“.
You will see other minor bug fixes and improvements.

ByteScout PDF Multitool 8.7.0.2980

This is a free tool with many functions available for working with PDF files. The updated version has acquired the following details:

• Extraction as TXT: Improved columns alignment in the extracted text;
• Extraction as XLS: Improved numbers detection;
• Greatly improved Deskew algorithm for OCR Mode;
• Remove text: more accurate deletion of text objects;
• Make searchable: Fixed processing of rotated scans;
• Make searchable: Fixed resolution issues when the input is an image;
• Other minor fixes and improvements.

Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK 8.7.0.2980

This utility helps developers extract any data from PDF as well as convert tables, merge, split documents and much more. In the fresh new version, you will be able to use the following updated features of PDF extractor tool:

• Added RotationAngle property to rotate document pages before the extraction;
• TextExtractor: Improved plaint text columns alignment;
• XLSExtractor: Improved numbers detection;
• DocumentOptimizer: Greatly improved optimization effectiveness;
• Greatly improved Deskew algorithm for OCR of rotated scans;
• Remover: more accurate deletion of text objects;
• SearchablePDFMaker: Fixed processing of rotated scans;
• SearchablePDFMaker: Fixed resolution issues when the input is an image;
• Other minor fixes and improvements.

ByteScout PDF Viewer SDK 8.7.0.2980

This SDK presents extended viewing options. The updated version introduces improved PDF rendering. Other minor fixes and improvements.

ByteScout PDF To HTML SDK 8.7.0.2980

The tool enables PDF to HTML conversion. The current version is a lot more improved for PDF parsing as well as has other fixes and improvements.

ByteScout PDF Renderer SDK 9.0.0.3079

The tool renders PDF files. This version has an improved PDF rendering as well as other minor fixes and improvements.

Barcode Generator freeware 4.70.0.981

This is a free utility for end-users. The updated version has the following improvements:

• Codabar: Fixed invalid symbol “-” for Modulo9 checksum 0;
• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

Barcode Generator SDK 4.70.0.981

This SDK generates 1D and 2D barcodes. In the updated version, you will find some major improvements:

• The addedAddDecorationImage method allowing to paint an image inside of QR Code;
• Codabar: Fixed invalid symbol “-” for Modulo9 checksum 0;
• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

Barcode Reader Freeware 10.1.0.1778

This freeware is made to help end-users read all 1D and 2D barcode types. The updated version has been improved:

• Improved MicroQR barcodes decoding;
• Improved handling of PDF documents with DataMatrix barcodes drawn with fonts;
• Fixed crash on very narrow barcode images of less than 9 pixels in width or height;
• Fixed EAN-13 false positives when decoding only UPC-A barcodes;
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

Barcode Reader SDK 10.1.0.1778

The SDK enables reading 1D and 2D barcodes on the developer level. A new version has the following improvements:

• Improved MicroQR barcodes decoding;
• Improved handling of PDF documents with DataMatrix barcodes drawn with fonts;
• Fixed crash on very narrow barcode images of less than 9 pixels in width or height;
• Fixed EAN-13 false positives when decoding only UPC-A barcode;
• ReadFromHBitmap, ReadFromStream and ReadFromMemory methods were not supported PDF files as input;
• Added overloads for ReadFromHBitmap, ReadFromStream and ReadFromMemory methods allowing to specify a page range;
• Improved documentation;
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

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