webPDF 8: First Update with New Features

Update

After the release of webPDF 8.0 in November of the previous year, the first update is now available. With revision number 2058, the new version is now available for download and includes bug fixes as well as new features.

  • XML transformation for PDF creation
  • Visualization of XRechnung data
  • Automatic PDF/A creation during OCR and OCR engine update
  • Improved Merge & Split for AcroForms and static XFA
  • Library updates including OpenJDK

XML transformation for PDF creation​

Using "XML Schema Definitions" (XSD), XML documents can be transformed into HTML documents and then used to generate PDF documents from XML data.

Visualization of XRechnung data​

XRechnung data in Universal Business Language (UBL) and UN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice (CII) formats can be transformed into HTML documents to create a visual representation of invoice data. A standard transformation is also used, provided by the project https://github.com/itplr-kosit/xrechnung-visualization of the Coordination Office for IT Standards of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

Automatic PDF/A creation during OCR​

By specifying the corresponding PDF/A parameters, a PDF/A document can be created directly during OCR text recognition. In addition, the OCR engine Tesseract was updated to version 4.1.1, resulting in improved recognition quality.

Merge & Split​

Merge & Split now processes static XFA forms. It is now possible to merge XFA documents with non-XFA documents. Existing XFA documents can be split while keeping the resulting documents usable as AcroForms. Although original XFA data is lost during these operations, the created documents can still be used as AcroForms.

Library updates​

Most webPDF libraries were updated to close potential security vulnerabilities. In particular, OpenJDK was updated to 11.0.6_10.