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@rffrasca rffrasca released this 25 Sep 13:32
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Client Requirements

  • Windows (64-bit) with .NET Framework 4.8 installed.
  • OCR text extraction requires Windows 10.
  • Any additional requirements will be referenced in the Help file that can be viewed post-install.

Database Compatibility

  • SQLite (included as a single-user database option)

Multi-User Database Management Systems

  • Oracle Database 19c
  • Oracle Database 18c Express Edition
  • Oracle Database 11g Express Edition

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

Upgrade Information

  • When upgrading from PDFKeeper 6.1.1 or lower, the database schema will require an upgrade. Database Schema Upgrade instructions are available in the Help file that can be viewed post-install.
  • Starting with version 6.0.0, PDFKeeper is now 64-bit. The latest 32-bit version of PDFKeeper is 5.0.3.
  • Starting with PDFKeeper 6.0.0, 64-bit Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) Runtime 19.3 is required when connecting to Oracle Database. Instructions are available in the Help file that can be viewed post-install.
  • When upgrading from PDFKeeper 4.x.x, the User name and Data source will need to be entered on the first login.
  • Starting with version 4.0.0, PDFKeeper is installed per-user, requiring older, per-machine installs to be uninstalled manually.

Improvements

  • Added Connection Timeout=60 to the Oracle Database Connection String to mitigate connection timeouts.

Changes

  • Improved PDF image extraction performance and OCR accuracy.
  • Updated Magick.NET to 8.3.0.
  • Updated System.Data.SQLite to 1.0.115.

Fixes

  • Fixed UploadRunningToolStripStatusLabel not being visible during an upload cycle and Search Results not refreshing after completing.
  • Login form error message will no longer appear behind the Login form making it impossible to acknowledge.
  • iText.IO.IOException when reading an invalid PDF is now handled.
  • iText.Kernel.Pdf.Canvas.Parser.Util.InlineImageParsingUtils.InlineImageParseException when extracting text from PDF is now handled and ignored.
  • Fixed application hang when extracting text from an “image-only” PDF while running "Update PDF Text Annotations and Text in Database".

Additional Information

  • Oracle Database 19c (19.3) requires the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 to be installed on the computer hosting the database.

Known Issues

  • Text from image-only pages contained in a PDF that contain both image-only pages and pages with text will not be extracted.
  • Text will not be extracted from embedded images contained in a PDF.