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@rffrasca rffrasca released this 31 Mar 21:34
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Client Requirements

  • Windows (32 or 64-bit) with .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher installed.
  • Any additional requirements will be referenced in the Help file that can be viewed post-install.

Compatible Database Management Systems

  • Oracle Database Express Edition (11g)

Setup instructions are available in the Help file that can be viewed post-install.

Upgrade Information

  • Starting with version 4.0.0, PDFKeeper is installed per-user, requiring older, per-machine installs to be uninstalled manually.
  • Direct Upload folder configuration files from PDFKeeper 3.x.x are not compatible with the Upload Folders feature introduced in PDFKeeper 4.0.0.

Improvements

  • Installation is now per-user, no longer requiring elevated rights to install.
  • User interface has been completely redesigned, adding additional search capabilities.
  • PDF documents can now be opened from the Search Results list with the default PDF viewer or Sumatra PDF viewer (included in the binary release).
  • Document Capture and Direct Upload have been replaced by a single integrated Upload process.
  • All User Documentation is now contained within the help file.
  • All database setup scripts are now called from the help file.
  • Conversion script was created to switch the lexer in an existing database schema to the WORLD_LEXER where the lexer was changed.

Changes

  • .NET Framework 4.6.1 is now targeted.
  • WORLD_LEXER is now the default lexer for new database schemas.
  • Updated iTextSharp to 5.5.12.
  • PDF Preview images are now generated by pdf2png from Xpdf Tools 4.00, replacing GhostScript.
  • Updated Sumatra PDF to 3.1.2.
  • Application update is now handled by AutoUpdater.NET 1.4.7.
  • Nini is no longer used to read and write XML configuration files. This functionality is now performed using .NET Framework serialization.

Development Changes

  • Visual Studio 2013 is now used to build PDFKeeper.
  • All code has been completely rewritten to address maintainability issues.

Known Issues

  • Annotations in a PDF document are not filtered by Oracle Database 11g Express Edition.
  • Embedded fonts in a PDF document are not filtered correctly by Oracle Database 11g Express Edition.
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