Version History
The following page contains information about GemBox.Pdf version history with links to the release blog post, stand-alone help file in CHM format and online help, and it shows the release and end support dates.
GemBox.Pdf 1.7
Release date: 2021-07-23 (blog post)
- Added support for content redaction.
- Added support for embedded files and file attachments.
- Added support for PDF portfolios.
- Added support for optical character recognition (OCR).
- Added support for hyperlinks.
- Added support for flattening interactive form.
Previous Versions
Note
Previous versions for which support has ended are no longer maintained. You can download the last bug fix for them from the bugfixes page. You can continue to use the previous version indefinitely (the licenses are perpetual), but if support has ended, no additional bug fixes will be released.
GemBox.Pdf 1.5
Release date: 2020-05-27 (blog post)
Support ended on: 2021-07-23 Stand-alone help file: GemBox.Pdf.Help.zip
GemBox.Pdf on-line help: separate window
- Added support for .NET 5 and .NET 6.
- Added support for writing text, adding watermark, header and footer to PDF file, and using private fonts.
- Added support for signing PDF with PAdES and LTV enabled signature.
- Added support for signing PDF with PKCS#11/Cryptoki device.
- Added support for signing PDF file with external signature.
- Added support for signature validation in PDF files.
GemBox.Pdf 1.3
Release date: 2018-07-18 (blog post)
Support ended on: 2020-12-03
Stand-alone help file: GemBox.Pdf.Help.zip
GemBox.Pdf on-line help: separate window
- Added support for .NET Core 3.0.
- Added support for converting PDF files to:
- Microsoft XMP Paper Specification (XPS),
- Image formats (BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WMP).
- Added support for printing PDF files.
- Added support for exporting images from PDF files.
- Added support for PDF interactive form fields.
- Added support for PDF digital signatures.
- Added support for PDF encryption.
- Extract Unicode representation of a PDF page. See the Reading example.
- Extract Unicode representation of individual text elements with their location and font. See the Reading additional information example.
GemBox.Pdf 1.0
Release date: 2017-12-27 (blog post)
Support ended on: 2019-10-19
Stand-alone help file: GemBox.Pdf.Help.zip
GemBox.Pdf on-line help: separate window