EVO HTML to PDF Converter Release Notes


New features in v7.0

• Rendering engine improvements to support new HTML5 and CSS3 features
• New feature to set the zoom level of the HTML content. See the Control HTML Scaling in PDF Page demo page for more details
• New feature to merge the table of contents from multiple HTML documents added to the same PDF document. See the Merge Table of Contents from Multiple HTML Pages demo page for more details
• New feature to include a PDF document before the table of contents in the final PDF document. See the Insert PDF Pages Before Table of Contents demo page for more details
• New PDF encryption algorithms and security features. See the Set Permissions and Password of the Generated PDF Document demo page for more details
• New proxy settings to bypass a list of hosts. See the Access a HTML Page Through a Proxy demo page for more details
• New features to exclude the local files and local resources from conversion
• Azure HTML to PDF Service can be deployed now as a Web Role accessible through an URL. Secured connections are possible with this server type
• HTML to PDF Service can be deployed now as a simple ASP.NET web application accessible through an URL. Secured connections are possible with this server type
• Various tweaks, improvements and bug fixes

New features in v6.0

• Added support for Java platform. See the EVO HTML to PDF Converter for Java page for more details
• Added support for Azure websites. See the EVO HTML to PDF Converter for Azure Websites page for more details
• Added support for WinRT and Windows Phone. See the EVO HTML to PDF Converter for WinRT and Windows Phone page for more details
• Added support for Xamarin platform that can be used to create iOS, Android and Mac OS X applications. See the EVO HTML to PDF Converter for Xamarin page for more details
• Added support for Mono platform. See the EVO HTML to PDF Converter for Mono page for more details
• Added support for .NET Core platform. See the EVO HTML to PDF Converter for .NET Core page for more details
• Various tweaks, improvements and bug fixes

New features in v5.0

• Automatically generate in PDF a Multi-Level Hierarchy of Bookmarks from H1 to H6 HTML heading tags. See the Auto Create Hierarchical Bookmarks Demo
• Automatically create in PDF document a Table of Contents with Page Numbers from H1 to H6 HTML heading tags. See the Auto Create Table of Contents Demo
• Automatically convert a HTML form to a Fillable PDF Form. See the Auto Create a Fillable PDF Form Demo
• Insert page numbering in the HTML added to header and footer using page numbering place holders &p; and &P;. See the Add Page Numbering in HTML Demo
• Apply headers and footers to existing PDF documents. See the Add Header and Footer In External PDF Documents Demo
• Automatically Resize the Header and Footer to adapt the added HTML content. See the Automatically Resize the Header and Footer Demo
• Insert a space between the header and footer and PDF page body. See the Add HTML in Header and Footer Demo
• Set the rendered HTML content location, width and height in PDF. See the Control HTML Scaling in PDF Page Demo
• Add external PDF documents before and after the conversion result. See the Merge Conversion Result with Existing PDF Documents Demo
• Enable and disable the HTML header and footer repeating in PDF pages. See the Repeat HTML Table Header and Footer in PDF Pages Demo
• Select in API the HTML elements before and after which to insert page breaks. See the Insert Page Breaks in PDF Using API Demo
• Scale the images from HTML before adding them to PDF to reduce the memory usage during conversion. See the Set Images Scaling and JPEG Compression Level Demo
• Select in API the HTML elements inside which to avoid page breaks. See the Avoid Page Breaks Inside Images Using API Demo
• Add elements in PDF pages background. You can use this feature to add background images to PDF pages. See the Add Elements in PDF Pages Background Demo
• Add elements over the PDF pages main content. You can use this feature to add stamps to PDF pages. See the Add Elements Over PDF Page Main Content Demo
• Added a HTML to SVG converter to produce vector images from HTML besides the possibility to produce raster images with HTML to Image converter. See the Convert HTML to SVG Vector Image Demo
• Use special attributes in HTML to mark the HTML elements to bookmark in PDF. See the Select in HTML the Elements to Bookmark Demo
• Use special attributes in HTML to mark the HTML elements to become table of contents entries. See the Define in HTML the Table of Contents Items Demo
• Use special attributes in HTML to mark the HTML elements for which to retrieve the location in PDF. See the Select in HTML the Elements for Which to Retrieve Information Demo
• Use special attributes in HTML to mark the HTML elements to hide in PDF. See the Select in API the HTML Elements to Hide Demo
• Use special attributes in HTML to mark the HTML elements to become URI links in PDF. See the Define Custom URI Links in HTML Demo
• Use special attributes in HTML to mark the HTML elements to become internal links in PDF. See the Define Custom Internal Links in HTML Demo
• Extract a range of pages from an existing PDF document into a new document. This feature can be used to split a PDF document in smaller PDF documents. See the Split PDF Documents Demo
• Updated the internal rendering engine to match the latest version of WebKit rendering engine
• Improved documentation with a complete description and sample code for each feature of the library. You can check the documentation online at Online Documentation
• Added demo applications with complete description and sample code for each feature of the library. You can check the complete online demo at Online Demo. You can find the C# and VB.NET code for this demo in the downloadable software package
• Added demo applications for ASP.NET MVC and Azure Cloud Services in the downloadable software package