What's New in the PDF FLY v7.0 product family?
latest update:10-mar-2008

Below is a list of the most important features that have been added recently. Some are general features which have been added to all modules and others are format specific. If you have a specific question or want to make an enhancement request, please let us know (support@visual-integrity.com).
 

General

• Intelligent object recognition of circles and ellipses from paths and polygons
• Great degree of flexibility in the naming and numbering of output files
• Convert a PDF page range
• Further improved font mapping options
• Watch Folder support
  Using a watch folder program, such as www.watchdirectiory.net, PDF FLY can be used
  as an automatic conversion tool.
• FLY Print Driver is supported using redmon
  Integrates all PDF FLY output formats into any Windows application that you are running! Requires "redmon" to be installed on your PC.
• FLY Batch - Batch tools for converting PostScript and PDF files
  Licensed per input/output format.
• Support of stdin
• Default font mapping option - All unknown fonts can be automatically mapped to specified font.
• Support of cropping/clipping on an object level in case output formats do not support it natively (eg WMF, DXF)
• Wildcards support in the font names
• Option to emulate text in a certain font (render it as paths/polylines)
• Support of Unicode font encoding

Platform News

• Supports Windows Vista
• Runs on 64-bit Windows in 32-bit compatibility mode. Will be release in a native 64-bit version later in 2007.
• Supports Linux (5.x and higher)
• Support of IBM i5/OS series

Input & Output Formats

• PDF added as an output format
• BMP (Windows Bitmap) added to PDF FLY, META FLY and pdf2image
• HPGL output improved in PDF FLY and added to pdf2cad
• PostScript output added
• CGM input option (CGM FLY)

Formats Specific Enhancements

• support for hatch filling

• improved text alignment

• support for both 24-bit image objects and 8-bit dithered objects

• support of scaling

• support of Aldus placeable or plain WMF

• Improved text placement increases fidelity and creates a smaller file size.

• pdf2picture released as a dedicated, low-cost solution for converting PDF files into editable WMF or EMF vector objects for Microsoft Office; selectable page range (no batch capabilities, $59)

• Kerning of text to improve exact positioning

 

• Supports unigue style names per page

• Include CEF fonts into the SVG file

• DXF layering based on colors

• Circle/ellipse recognition of paths/polygons

• pdf2cad released as a cost-effective solution for converting single PDF files into DXF (no batch capabilities, $195)

• Limit conversion to a range of pages instead of the complete file

• New option to convert splines to polylines/polygons option for programs that do not natively support SPLINES.

• Option to convert splines into circle/ellipse option

• Improved text support in DXF output

• BMP (Windows bitmap) added as a new image format

• Improved TIFF fax format support

• PNG added as a new Web format

• pdf2image released as a dedicated, low-cost solution for converting PDF files into WYSIWYG image formats for the Web and Microsoft Office (no batch capabilities, $59). High quality anti-aliased bitmap files

• Batch conversion feature makes it easy to generate web-images automatically and in volume from PDF and PostScript files.

• Option to remove margin or white space from around image (custom cropping)

• Choose relative pixel dimensions to create thumbnails or other graphics to fit perfectly into your web designs.

• Create a cropped, fit-to-dimension thumbnail as second image.

• CGM input supported (CGM FLY)

• CGM output supports more CGM profiles - ATA, PIP, MIL etc

• supports EPSF (EPS with TIFF preview)

• Improved EPS output

• Option to map fonts to a PostScript printer font name

• Option to fit result to page

• Option to include type-1 fonts

• Lists unknown fonts in EPS file so you can determine best substitutes.

• Improved text placement for forms (overlapping text)