Adding ability to use Excel and Word files on Windows systems where Excel and/or Word is installed along with the free "save as PDF" Office add-in available from Microsoft or on any system with OpenOffice installed.
Aug-19-2010
Some fixes for certain fillable PDFs where the field data was not being saved.
Aug-11-2010
Added a 64-bit .NET DLL build.
Jul-25-2010
Added new -server option and program pdfmeld_tcp.
This allows the program to function as a server listening for requests on a TCP/IP port to enable faster build times.
Jun-25-2010
Fix for an issue with certain types of PDFs using object streams.
Dec-13-2009
Added an option with the new GUI front end to fill out a forms enabled PDF using Adobe Reader and save it as a new PDF or FDF.
Dec-6-2009
New GUI front-end for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OSX.
Assign options via the front-end and see the conversion to command line options for cutting/pasting into a batch script.
Compiled 64-bit versions available for Windows, Linux, and Solaris (Sparc).
Nov-1-2009
Added -scalex and -scaley options.
Oct-25-2009
Added REND option to COLOR tag.
Jun-20-2009
Added ability to use SQL for populating form fields. Can be Oracle, MySQL, or ODBC data source.
Added new compression option -comp15 to generate smaller PDFs.
Significant speed improvement, especially for PDFs containing a lot of objects.
Added options such as -imgerr to help repair damaged PDFs.
Oct-15-2008
Added ability to digitally sign PDFs.
Added BARCODE option to TEXT tag for use with FyTek UPC barcodes.
Misc. changes to support the newest PDF structures.
Sep-30-2008
Change to keep layers from all PDFs when merging.
Sep-20-2008
Fix for flattening of form fields not working on certain PDFs.
Change to keep links on the page when using the -twopage option.
May-17-2008
Added -pagenumeven and -pagenumodd to allow page numbering on only even or odd page numbers.
Dec-3-2007
Added -opt option for optimizing (fast web view) the output PDF.
Jul-23-2007
Added -filesep option to allow for list separators other than a comma in the input file name list.
Jun-1-2007
Added PAGEWIDTH option to TEXT tag to allow center/right alignment across the page for text blocks.
May-23-2007
Fix for quicker processing of PDFs with structured tree information.
Added -removestruct to remove structured tree information for even faster processing and reduced PDF size.
Added FROMTOP and FROMRIGHT options to the RECT tag.
Apr-25-2007
Added new variables to the -pagefmt option and for use with the <TEXT> tag when using -strin.
Apr-14-2007
Added -xmloutq as an alternate, quicker method of extracting XML information than -xmlout.
Apr-1-2007
Added -bmannote to create bookmarks based on annotations in the PDF.
Mar-17-2007
Added SCOLOR and LINEWIDTH to the TEXT tag.
-annotes, -embed and -strin can now take tags directly from the command line rather than only point to a file.
Mar-3-2007
Added NOPREFIX option to data file PDF tag.
Feb-14-2007
Added -altpages to alternate pages between two PDFs
Overlay now retains layers of PDF (when one of the PDFs contains layers).
Jan-11-2007
Added save:filename option to DLL/.NET version to allow the output to remain in memory for further processing.
Added -stringcase, -stringword and -stringwordre options to highlight based on case or whole word only.
Jan-4-2007
Added ability to create PDFs from simple text files for merging or overlay with other PDFs or images.
Dec-30-2006
Added -burst option to break out each page of a PDF into a new separate PDF.
Added -allowdup option to help reduce output PDF size when similar PDFs are being linked together.
Nov-28-2006
Added options for Acrobat & Reader 8.0 such as -printduplex, -printpicktray, -printpagerange and -printcopies.
Auto-embed certain file types such as .txt, .doc, .xls, .mp3, .wav, .avi and .wmv.
Added SHADING tag and options to the TEXT, PAGE and RECT tags.
Nov-5-2006
Added -color2 and -strcolorary to allow gradient shading for text highlights.
Oct-19-2006
Added the -nometaenc option to allow document metadata to remain unencrypted when encrypting the rest of the PDF.
Added ability to merge multiple FDFs in batch (either from a directory or a file containing a list) with a single PDF.
Sep-25-2006
Added "oddrange" and "evenrange" as options for TEXT tag and other options that take a page range.
Changes to allow Unicode and/or UTF-8 in bookmarks.
Sep-15-2006
Added -textdetailin/-textdetailout options to locate text and extract in CSV or other format.
Added TEXTDETAIL file layout.
Added ability to use transparency or layers with text highlighting.
Aug-30-2006
Added -pagestopdf option to remap links from two PDFs.
Added STATIC option to PDF tag (for Data Files).
Added Overlay File type (including DEFAULT and SEARCH tags to provide logic on what background page to use when).
Aug-1-2006
Added -pagemode to set the default view mode for the PDF.
Jul-15-2006
Added -repeatlast to allow repeating of the last page in a background PDF rather than cycling back through the pages.
Jun-10-2006
Added media options for mp3, avi, mov, etc.
Added a variety of options to the TEXT tag such as IMG for background images, shadowing and transparency.
May-20-2006
Added "pos" option for -imgout.
Added ability to delete PDF after being built (for email/printing needed only).
May-20-2006
Added security (encryption) as a base feature.
Added -overlaypages option.
Added fromtop/fromright as options on TEXT tag.
Mar-12-2006
Added 2-up booklet imposition.
Added ability to put all pages on one page.
Added parameter load/save GUI screen.
Feb-8-2006
Added alternate overlay option, Unicode character support.
Added ability to load and save parameter settings from the exe.
Nov-20-2005
Added image borders, ability to set trimbox/bleedbox/artbox.
Oct-10-2005
Added options to flatten form fields and encryption.
Sep-18-2005
Added ability to use images as input.
Aug-25-2005
Added functions for XML, bookmarks out and image out are in tag format.
Modified -pages to include "odd" and "even" and negative numbers.
Jul-14-2005
Added functions for highlighting text and underlining.
Jun-2-2005
Added transparency.
May-20-2005
Added page number reset, roman numerals, blank pages for duplex.
Added font, color, background color for page numbers, left/center/right.
Apr-23-2005
Added ability to create form fields.
Mar-5-2005
Changes to page counting and initial parsing (speed & object checking enhancements).
Feb-19-2005
Added ability to put two pages on one sheet, split apart -clip into multiple pages.
Jan-10-2005
Added the -fdfout option.
2001-2004
PDF Meld started off as a utility to stitch together two or more PDFs.
It evolved into a program to extract pages and overlay the pages of one PDF onto another.
As many customers inquired about more possibilities, PDF Meld grew into a full featured application with a rich set of options, inputs and outputs.
This page provides a timeline of some of the more notable features.
We hope you find the program useful.
We welcome you to share your thoughts or ideas for additional functionality with us.
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The following lists the major updates to PDF Meld.
Most of the modifications were requests from our client base.