Workflow enabled PDF Converter release announcement
We are excited to announce the new version of the Muhimbi PDF Converter. No major changes in functionality this time, just a vastly improved conversion engine.
For those not familiar with the product, the PDF Converter for SharePoint is a light weight solution (4MB download) that allows end-users to convert common document types, such as doc, docx, rtf, InfoPath, txt etc, to PDF format from within SharePoint. It integrates at a deep level with SharePoint and leverages facilities such as the Audit log, localisation, security and tracing. It runs on both WSS 3 as well as MOSS and is available in English, German, Dutch and Japanese. For detailed information check out the product page(opens in a new tab) as well as this blog posting describing how to use the PDF Converter from A SharePoint Designer Workflow.
The number of improvements is significant. The main ones are as follows:
570Removed a minor SharePoint ‘Dispose’ leak566Fixed a bug where sometimes table background colours were not converted338Page footers in RTF files are now rendered correctly503SharePoint designer Workflow Action translated to German and Dutch.526Improved conversion engine, most notably:
- General stability improvements when opening documents.
- Improved memory handling.
- Improved recognition and support for converting ODT (Open Office) files.
- Improved support for converting RTF files.572DISP_E_EXCEPTION when converting many documents using a workflow573Occasional "Value cannot be null" exception in Workflow activity
For more information check out the:
- Product Page(opens in a new tab).
- FAQ(opens in a new tab).
- Release Notes(opens in a new tab).
- Administration Guide(opens in a new tab).
- User Guide(opens in a new tab).
- Message Board(opens in a new tab).
- Using the PDF Converter from a SharePoint Designer workflow.
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Download your free trial here(opens in a new tab) (4MB). You don’t even have to register, but we would appreciate it(opens in a new tab) if you did.
