XFRX version 14.3

Release date: 3 June 2012

New features and bug fixes

• PDF output
  • Font glyphs extraction algorithm has been improved, the size of PDF files with embedded font subset is now significantly smaller
  • Date/time metadata now includes the current time zone
  • Word-wrapping algorithm issue fixed in VFP 5
  • PDF/A is now supported

    PDF/A is an ISO standard for the digital preservation of electronic documents. PDF/A document is a PDF document with specific restrictions that ensure that the document will always display and print exactly the same way, no matter which platform or document viewer is used:

    • Platform independent
    • No hidden or transparent content
    • All information needed to display the document is embedded (including fonts)
    • Document metadata stored as XML
    • No encryption, no password protection
    • No JavaScript or other executable parts
    • No LZW compression
    • Displayed and printed content must match (all annotations must be printed)
    
    There are currently two PDF/A specifications:
    • PDF/A-1 from 2005
    • PDF/A-2 from 2011

    XFRX currently supports specification PDF/A-1 Level “B” (PDF/A-1b).

    Note: Please note the PDF/A-enabled document files can be significantly larger than regular PDF documents because the used fonts must always be included.

    To generate a PDF/A document, call SetPDFA(.T.) method on the session object before processing. This method is available in VFP8 and VFP9 session objects, as well as the XFRX#DRAW object.

    Example (VFP 9.0):

    
    
    LOCAL loObj
    loObj = EVALUATE([XFRX("XFRX#LISTENER")])
    lnRetVal = loObj.SetParams("pdfa9.pdf",,,,,,"PDF")
    IF lnRetVal = 0
       loObj.setpdfa(.T.)
       REPORT FORM demoreps\invoices object loObj		
    ENDIF