PDF Converter for SharePoint Online 9.8
During the previous 8+ years we have made it a habit to announce new software releases – for our on-premise software – at the time it became available for download. However, because releasing updates for an online service, where we maintain the entire back-end, doesn’t require any end-user involvement, we haven’t always done such a good job where it comes to announcing new versions of the Muhimbi PDF Converter for SharePoint Online / Office 365(opens in a new tab).
That changes today as we formally announce the availability of version 9.8, the 8th release since the product first became available in June 2015. An overview of all recent and historical changes can be found below.
Please note that all SharePoint Online versions are numbered in the 9.X range. At the time of writing the most recent version of the on-premise software is 8.1.
The number of new features and changes is almost too large to list, but include support for Site Workflows, Reusable workflows, the ability to install the App in SharePoint 2013 / 2016, support for the new Document Library experience, real-time watermarking, a brand new website(opens in a new tab) for SharePoint Online and much much more.
The following blog posts provide more detail:
- Installing App Store Add-in on-premise.
- New Workflow Actions with support for Reusable and Site workflows.
- Real-time Watermarking and Security.
- Support for converting InfoPath and Formotus files.
- Add QR Codes as watermarks.
If you are an existing customer, or installed a trial version before October 2016, then we recommend upgrading the App and installing the latest workflow actions. (Especially as Microsoft has deprecated certain types of sandbox solutions and caused some issues when they introduce the new Document Library experience) For those not familiar with the product, the Muhimbi PDF Converter for SharePoint Online is a lightweight subscription based solution that allows end-users to merge, split, watermark, secure, OCR and convert common document types - including InfoPath, AutoCAD, MSG (email) MS-Office, HTML and images - to PDF using SharePoint Online through a friendly user interface or via workflows, without the need to install any client side software or Adobe Acrobat. More details can be found on the product page(opens in a new tab) .
(opens in a new tab) Deploy App Store Add-in to SharePoint Online or on-premise.
In addition to the changes listed above, some of the main changes and additions in the new version are as follows:
| ID | Category | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2751 | Workflow | Fix | The 'Split' Workflow action does not recognise the default 'interval' value. |
| 2781 | Workflow | Fix | The List ID variable is not created by merge activity for some tenancies. |
| 2677 | Workflow | Fix | Workflow actions not displayed for SPD reusable workflow. |
| 2580 | Workflow | Fix | Workflow action error - String was not recognized as a valid DateTime. |
| 2695 | Workflow | Improvement | Improve support for reusable workflows. |
| 2849 | Workflow | Improvement | Remove unused DLL from the SPO Workflow actions WSP. |
| 2300 | Workflow | Improvement | Update ?Created By? and ?Modified By? field with current user name. |
| 2688 | Workflow | Improvement | Add support for Macros / Merge fields in watermarking workflows. |
| 2771 | Workflow | New | Add support for Site Scoped workflows. |
| 2362 | Workflow | New | Add support for the new QR code watermark activity. |
| 2885 | Watermarking | Fix | Date filter for on-open watermark is not working as expected. |
| 2829 | Watermarking | Fix | Invalid current time in PDC. |
| 2878 | Watermarking | Fix | Numerical and currency values not rendered correctly in watermark on sites that use a comma as a decimal separator |
| 2889 | Watermarking | Fix | Boolean filter doesn't work under all circumstances. |
| 2870 | Watermarking | Fix | Watermark does not show correct time for non-English sites. |
| 2652 | Watermarking | Fix | Filtering on Boolean does not work as expected |
| 2679 | Watermarking | Fix | REMOTE_HOST value is not displayed correctly. |
| 2722 | Watermarking | Fix | Watermark on-open fails for users having permission on library, but not on site. |
| 2683 | Watermarking | Improvement | Numerical values are not formatted as per user/web local settings. |
| 2879 | Watermarking | Improvement | Filtering settings are not displayed or stored in region independent format. |
For more information check out the following resources:
- Product Page(opens in a new tab).
- Brochure(opens in a new tab).
- FAQ(opens in a new tab)
- Knowledge Base(opens in a new tab).
- Product videos(opens in a new tab).
- Related Blog Posts.
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