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Releases 2024

Date Notes Binaries
2024-11-04
  • Added support for PdfEncryptionOptions.EncryptStrings and PdfEncryptionOptions.EncryptStreams.
  • Fixed issue with rendering CCITT Fax encoded image.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1620.zip
2024-10-08
  • Added support for resolution limit on shading pattern rasterization.
  • Added support for shading rendering with mask.
  • Fixed issue with bound calculation for shading rendering.
  • Fixed issue with WPF Dispatcher multithreading resource (atom) leak.
  • Added support for WpfHelper class.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1611.zip
2024-09-05
  • Fixed issue with the signature validation report.
  • Fixed issue with extracting text of very deeply nested content.
  • Fixed issue with Type 2 XRef entry from XRef stream.
  • Fixed issue with PdfFontFace resolution.
  • Fixed issue with reading inline image dictionary.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1604.zip
2024-08-13
  • Added support for PdfText.Format.
  • Fixed issue with applying redaction on characters that have negative width.
  • Fixed issue with fields being clipped and their line height changed.
  • Added support for PdfTextMarkupAnnotation and PdfCaretAnnotation.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1593.zip
2024-07-05
  • Fixed issue with rendering text that uses Type3 font with non-default FontMatrix.
  • Fixed issue with loading fonts on MAUI.
  • Fixed issue with rendering glyphs that have negative font size.
  • Fixed issue with image masks encoded with CCITTFaxDecode filter.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1579.zip
2024-06-07
  • Added support for signing signature field that has multiple widget annotations.
  • Fixed issue with updating appearance of multi-line auto-sized text field.
  • Improved performance of TIFF writer.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1565.zip
2024-05-07
  • Fixed issue with rendering glyphs advancing.
  • Fixed issue with object IDs when merging documents.
  • Fixed issue with missing font descriptor.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1545.zip
2024-04-06
  • Fixed issue with images being rotated in OCR reader.
  • Fixed issue with flattening form fields.
  • Fixed issue with merging signature field with the same name.
  • Added support for underline and strikethrough text decorations.
  • Fixed issue with reading invalid PDF content stream.
  • Fixed issue with printing orientation on printers that have landscape option by default.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1528.zip
2024-03-04
  • Fixed issue with zero size glyphs.
  • Fixed issue with infinite page content height.
  • Added support for PrintOptions.PageOrientation property.
  • Added support for ImageSaveOptions.RotateFlip property.
  • Added support for Image fields.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1508.zip
2024-02-13
  • Improved image DPI decoding and image options encoding.
  • Fixed issue with negative padding when cloning pages.
  • Added support for calculating VRI dictionary key.
  • Fixed issue with reading image resolution.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1497.zip
2024-01-15
  • Added support for PdfPkcs11DigitalId.CreateCertificate method.
  • Fixed issue with non-ICC-based background color.
  • Fixed issue with clipping and rendering of shading with ICC-based color space.
  • Added support for shading patterns.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1485.zip

Releases 2023

Date Notes Binaries
2023-12-08
  • Fixed issue with reading invalid dictionary entry or array item.
  • Fixed issue with advance width calculation.
  • Fixed issue with setting text field font face.
  • Fixed issue with failing PDF/A validation.
  • Added support for creating self-signed certificate from PKCS#11 public and private keys.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1474.zip
2023-11-16
  • Fixed issue with invalid AcroForm entry type.
  • Fixed issue with printing PDF that has embedded TrueType font whose cmap table has zero subtables.
  • Fixed issue with invalid type of graphics state entries.
  • Fixed issue with content stream referencing non-existent custom mark properties.
  • Fixed issue with invalid Catalog's Version entry.
  • Fixed issue with running OCR reader on Linux.
  • Added support for PDF Rich Text.
  • Fixed issue with transparency group forms.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1457.zip
2023-10-21
  • Fixed issue with libdl.so in OCR reader.
  • Added support for PdfPasswordEncryption.CheckPassword method.
  • Fixed issue with memory leaks caused by embedded fonts and HarfBuzzSharp.Blob instances.
  • Added support for ImageSaveOptions.Dither property.
  • Added support for Ink annotations.
  • Fixed issue with generating conformant PAdES signature on .NET Framework with EC key.
  • Fixed issue with invalid XML characters in XMP property values.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1438.zip
2023-09-05
  • Fixed issue with reading timestamp reply of irregular content type.
  • Fixed issue with matching typeface on MAUI Android.
  • Added support for type 1 font mapping.
  • Fixed issue with default appearance on checkbox and radio button fields.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1404.zip
2023-08-04
  • Added support for removal or redaction of information.
  • Added support for text export based on location.
  • Added support for rotate and flip in PdfImageContent.Save method.
  • Fixed issue with setting field value in malformed PDF.
  • Added support for PdfContentMarkProperties.FromDictionary method.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1386.zip
2023-07-07
  • Added support for PdfDocument.Names collection.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1371.zip
2023-06-12
  • Added support for streamlined reading of PdfStream data.
  • Fixed issue with duplicate revocation info.
  • Added support for PDF functions.
  • Added support for images with Separation and DeviceN colors.
  • Added support for text bounds alignment and text line wrapping in signature field appearance.
  • Fixed issue with validating signature byte range.
  • Fixed issue with rendering JPEG images that contain non-default Adobe color transform.
  • Fixed issue with decrypting DigestValue entry of signature reference dictionary.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1363.zip
2023-05-10
  • Fixed issue with wrong font on check boxes and radio buttons.
  • Fixed issue with stream positioning in right-to-left matching.
  • Added support for OcrReadOptions.LibraryPath property.
  • Fixed issue with referencing non-existing font resource.
  • Added support for iterating through PdfFormContent elements with PdfContentElementCollection.All.
  • Added support for editing PdfFormContent.Content.
  • Added support for PdfFormContent.Flatten method.
  • Improved performance of resampling large bitmaps.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1342.zip
2023-04-05
  • Added support for PdfFieldCollection.NewRadioButtonName property.
  • Improved quality and reduced size of rendered images.
  • Fixed issue with changing group of radio button fields.
  • Added support for OcrReadOptions.KeepContent property.
  • Fixed issue with even pages being exported as empty when printing.
  • Added support for OCR reader on Linux.
  • Updated Tesseract and Leptonica versions in OCR reader.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1323.zip
2023-03-10
  • Fixed issue with extracting images.
  • Added support for PdfSignature.FileSectionDepth property.
  • Fixed issue with invalid fields that have parent set to itself.
  • Fixed issue with font resolution on Blazor WASM.
  • Improved performance of converting pages to images.
  • Added support for PdfRunJavaScriptAction class.
  • Fixed issue with drawing image to multiple documents.
  • Added support for sticky note, sound, and stamp annotations.
  • Fixed issue with disposing object from PdfDocument.ConvertToXpsDocument.
  • Added support for free text annotations.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1300.zip
2023-02-03
  • Fixed issue with reading PdfName for '#' character only.
  • Fixed issue with skipping images inside form elements in OCR reader.
  • Fixed issue with WPF Dispatcher handler.
  • Fixed issue with cloning indirect string array from another document.
  • Added support for signature appearance layers.
  • Added support for PdfObject.GetOrAddDictionary extension method.
  • Fixed issue with adding image from resources.
  • Fixed issue with reading inline image data that ends with 'EI '.
  • Fixed issue with incremental update of invalid PDF file.
  • Fixed issue with missing images in Document Viewer after Windows update from December 2022.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1281.zip
2023-01-03
  • Fixed issue when reading invalid subpath.
  • Fixed issue with reading invalid inline image data.
  • Added support for brute-force private key-certificate association process.
  • Fixed issue with DateTime values on .NET 7.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1258.zip

Releases 2022

Date Notes Binaries
2022-12-14
  • Added support for PdfDocument.Unload method.
  • Fixed issue with unexpected type of entry.
  • Fixed issue with rendering SVG images on platforms that don't support SVG rendering.
  • Added support for bidirectional text in default text formatter.
  • Fixed issue with calculating bounds of vertical text.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1244.zip
2022-11-09
  • Fixed issue with unrecognized paper type when printing.
  • Fixed issue with removing form fields that have no parent.
  • Fixed issue with losing Metadata when cloning field.
  • Added support for PdfVariableTextAppearance.LineHeight property.
  • Fixed issue with flattening form fields.
  • Fixed issue with overlapping cross-reference subsections in cross-reference stream.
  • Fixed issue with gathering validation info from OCSP response with unauthorized status.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1224.zip
2022-10-12
  • Fixed issue with resource references in signed PDF file.
  • Fixed issue with not disposed stream when reading invalid PDF file.
  • Added support for PdfAnnotationCollection.AddSquare and PdfAnnotationCollection.AddCircle methods.
  • Added support for decrypting PDF file that uses revision 5 of standard security handler.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1208.zip
2022-09-06
  • Fixed issue with reading invalid cross-reference stream trailer.
  • Fixed issue with changed format when shrinking images via ImageDpi setting.
  • Fixed issue with reading invalid ToUnicode stream.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1200.zip
2022-08-12
  • Fixed issue with Adobe's invalid reading of non-fractional numbers.
  • Added basic support for PdfAnnotationType.Square and PdfAnnotationType.Circle.
  • Fixed issue with huge metafiles when scale factor is 1 in PDF writer.
  • Removed GDI+ dependencies.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1187.zip
2022-07-21
  • Fixed issue with loading PDF stream in OCR reader.
  • Added support for shorthand standard font names.
  • Fixed issue with cloning PdfDestination.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1177.zip
2022-06-10
  • Fixed issue with writing PDF to non-readable stream.
  • Fixed issue with reading CreationDate that has no time zone.
  • Fixed issue with rendering invalid annotation appearance.
  • Fixed issue with vertical alignment of form field's appearance.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1165.zip
2022-05-16
  • Added support for PdfTextContent.Split method.
  • Added support for retrieving 'glyph index to Unicode code point' mapping by inverting the entries of cmap table.
  • Fixed issue with adding spaces between PdfTextContent elements.
  • Fixed issue with decoding JBIG2 stream with JBIG2Globals segments.
  • Fixed issue with updating appearance of the cloned form field that is part of field group.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1158.zip
2022-04-21
  • Fixed issue with decoding JBIG2 image.
  • Fixed issue with creating a PdfField from widget annotation dictionary that doesn't have direct or inherited FT entry.
  • Improved performance of PdfPages indexer and enumerator.
  • Fixed issue with font handling on Microsoft Dynamics 365.
  • Fixed issue with loading system fonts on Android.
  • Fixed issue with CID ranges when retrieving text content.
  • Fixed issue with merging PDF files.
  • Added support for PdfTextContent.GetGlyphOffsets method.
  • Fixed issue with updating appearance text of grouped widget annotations.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1149.zip
2022-03-09
  • Fixed issue with duplicate Unicode character in Type1 font encoding.
  • Fixed issue with default background in JPG writer.
  • Added support for PdfContentGroup.DrawAnnotation method.
  • Added support for PdfDocument.CloseStream property.
  • Fixed issue with non-existing font resources in PNG writer.
  • Fixed issue with printing PDF that has font with PdfStandardFontNameAlternative name.
  • Fixed issue with optimizing font files that don't follow OpenType specification.
  • Fixed issue with missing default resources when cloning interactive form.
  • Fixed issue with fully linked Xamarin builds.
  • Fixed issue with cloning page with file attachments.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1122.zip
2022-02-01
  • Fixed issue with adding clone of PdfContentGroup from one page to another.
  • Fixed issue with centering text field value that has 'Comb of characters' specified.
  • Fixed issue with reading PDF that has cross-reference stream Index entry with overlapping subsections.
  • Added support for PdfTimestamper that might fail.
  • Fixed issue with image metadata keyword in TIFF writer.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1104.zip
2022-01-05
  • Fixed issue with merging fields with same name.
  • Added support for cloning named destination in actions to another document.
  • Fixed issue with updating text field that's missing associated resources.
  • Fixed issue with ToUnicode CMap that contains mapping to 1 byte Unicode code points.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1087.zip

Releases 2021

Date Notes Binaries
2021-12-06
  • Fixed issue with shading and image opacity when printing PDF files.
  • Added support for PdfVisualContentElement.Bounds property.
  • Fixed issue with reading certificate extensions.
  • Fixed issue with refreshing form fields.
  • Fixed issue with keeping PDF/A conformance level.
  • Fixed issue with missing FontDescriptor Ascent and Descent entries in Type3 fonts.
  • Fixed issue with loading images on non-Windows platforms.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1072.zip
2021-11-08
  • Added support for delay-sign and re-sign digital signature.
  • Improved quality of metafile images (EMF and WMF) rasterization.
  • Added support for grouping content elements.
  • Added support for signature locks.
  • Added support for drawing the page of another document into the current document page.
  • Improved memory usage when rendering text (glyphs).
  • Added support for PDF Portfolio.
  • Added support for embedded files and file attachments.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1059.zip
2021-10-01
  • Added support for signature validity icons.
  • Fixed issue with rendering text that uses OpenType font with CFF outlines.
  • Improved performance of WPF rendering engine.
  • Fixed issue with retrieving validation info when issuer's certificate location is not available.
  • Fixed issue with filling form fields on rotated page.
  • Added support for drawing text lines over several pages.
  • Added support for cryptographic devices that may contain various combinations of private keys, public keys, and certificates.
  • Fixed issue with rendering JBIG2 compressed image.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1042.zip
2021-08-26
  • Fixed issue with cloning fields and annotation appearance entries to another document.
  • Added support for refreshing form field appearance.
  • Fixed issue with text field appearance that contains non-ascii characters.
  • Added support for rendering stroke dash pattern.
  • Fixed issue with Edge rendering that requires color value when specifying color space.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1015.zip
2021-07-23
  • Added GemBox.Pdf.Ocr utility component.
  • Added support for hyperlinks.
  • Added full support for interactive form fields.
  • Added support for proxy in PdfTimestamper.
  • Fixed issue with cloning appearance state that is encoded in 'Mac' encoding.
  • Release version.
 GemBox.Pdf
17.0.1000.zip
2021-06-17
  • Fixed issue with reading invalid type of page contents entry.
  • Fixed issue with invalid stream after image adjustment.
  • Fixed issue with reading embedded ToUnicode CMap.
  • Added support for naming print job.
  • Added support for delay sign.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1160.zip
2021-05-04
  • Added support for shapes (paths), form XObjects, content groups, and marked content.
  • Added support for formatting (filling, stroking, and clipping) content.
  • Added support for color spaces, tiling patterns, and shadings.
  • Added support for inline images with ColorSpace resource.
  • Fixed issue with rendering font that has Symbolic flag set.
  • Fixed issue with rendering form fields with defined opacity.
  • Added support for PdfContentElement.Previous and PdfContentElement.Next collections.
  • Added support for parsing certificates from p7b data.
  • Fixed issue with multiline text fields.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1145.zip
2021-04-02
  • Fixed issue with rendering geometrical content with line width of 0.
  • Fixed issue with rendering clip region with transformation.
  • Added support for PdfSignature.ComputeHash and PdfSignatureContent.GetHash methods.
  • Fixed issue with reading invalid PDF with misplaced 'Byte_offset_of_last_cross-reference_section'.
  • Fixed issue with cloning Catalog.OCProperties.
  • Fixed issue with rendering clip region for content element.
  • Added support for client digital ID in timestamper.
  • Fixed issue with character widths for Type3 font.
  • Fixed issue with invalid XPS output when page is rotated.
  • Fixed issue with cloning form fields when annotation appearance is not defined.
  • Added support for PdfImageContent.Image.
  • Fixed issue with rendering content that has colors defined in CalGray and CalRGB space.
  • Fixed issue with digitally signing PDF on Unix systems.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1121.zip
2021-02-09
  • Added support for .NET 5.
  • Fixed issue with fallback font for Emoji characters.
  • Fixed issue with parsing invalid date values.
  • Fixed issue with rendering default background for image formats that don't support transparency.
  • Added support for cloning optional content properties (groups and configurations).
  • Fixed issue with rendering form content elements.
  • Fixed issue with implicitly created WPF Dispatcher.
  • Fixed issue with reading widths and heights for duplicate CIDs.
  • Fixed issue with decoding stream using predictor function.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1077.zip
2021-01-13
  • Fixed issue with rendering multiple instances of the same image.
  • Added support for PdfSignatureAppearance.FontColor.
  • Fixed issue with invalid simple font encoding name.
  • Fixed issue with font face in Type3 fonts.
  • Fixed issue with rendering transparent image.
  • Fixed issue with printing small QR code image.
  • Fixed issue with decrypting empty PDF content stream.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1062.zip

Releases 2020

Date Notes Binaries
2020-12-04
  • Fixed issue with creating PDF signature appearance.
  • Fixed issue with invalid embedded font file in XPS writer.
  • Added support for PdfContentElementCollection.Remove.
  • Fixed issue with reading TJ operator from content stream.
  • Fixed issue with reading font files on Xamarin.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1042.zip
2020-11-05
  • Added support for writing text, header, footer, and watermark.
  • Added support for PdfDocument.Metadata (XMP metadata).
  • Fixed issue with rendering PDF file that contains large images.
  • Fixed issue with invalid embedded TrueType/OpenType font files.
  • Fixed issue with enumerating non-unicode string.
  • Added support for PdfSigner.ApplicationName and PdfSigner.ApplicationVersion.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1033.zip
2020-10-19
  • Fixed issue with digitally signing PDF when SmartCard reader has two cards.
  • Added support for PdfQuad structure and PdfTextContent.Bounds property.
  • Added support for adding comments with low-level API.
  • Fixed issue with parsing invalid creation date.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1023.zip
2020-09-15
  • Fixed issue with color used during stencil masking.
  • Fixed issue with cloning form fields.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1018.zip
2020-08-06
  • Fixed issue with inverted uniform encoding in image XObject.
  • Fixed issue with missing font descriptor and widths in TrueType simple font.
  • Fixed issue with composite font when saving pages to images.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1015.zip
2020-06-26
  • Fixed issue with cloning a page multiple times.
  • Fixed issue with character advance widths.
  • Added support for validating GlyphTypeface when printing and saving to XPS.
  • Fixed issue with encoding of Type3 font.
  • Fixed issue with undefined codespace ranges in embedded ToUnicode CMaps.
  • Fixed various issues when converting PDF to image formats.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1009.zip
2020-05-27
  • Added support for signing PDF with PAdES and LTV enabled signature.
  • Added support for signing PDF with PKCS#11/Cryptoki device.
  • Added support for signing PDF file with external signature.
  • Added support for signature validation in PDF files.
 GemBox.Pdf
15.0.1000.zip

Older Releases

Version Help Setup Binaries
GemBox.Pdf 1.3 GemBox.Pdf 1.3 Help GemBox.Pdf.Setup
13.0.1100.msi		 GemBox.Pdf
13.0.1100.zip
GemBox.Pdf 1.0 GemBox.Pdf 1.0 Help GemBox.Pdf.Setup
10.0.0.1004.msi		 GemBox.Pdf
10.0.0.1004.zip

How to install

NuGet Package

If you're using GemBox.Pdf.dll as package, then run the following command in NuGet Package Manager Console:

Update-Package GemBox.Pdf

Private Assembly

If you're referencing GemBox.Pdf.dll from some folder, then download the latest ZIP available above, and unpack it inside that folder.

Global Assembly

If you installed GemBox.Pdf Setup and you're referencing GemBox.Pdf.dll from Global Assembly Cache (GAC), then download and install the latest GemBox.Pdf.Setup.msi.