What's new in version 9.0?

Release date: 01.09.2022

Installation

Deployment of the Linux packages for the current distributions (https://packages.softvision.de/)
Docker image based on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Server

Migration to Tomcat 10.x and Jakarta EE 9.x
"TLS v1.3" and "http/2" for HTTP connections of the server
Authorization of web services via external OAuth2 providers (e. g. Microsoft or Auth0)
REST and SOAP API can be disabled separately
Anonymous login can be disabled
Get web service status via
- Java Management Extension (JMX),
- REST API status: "/rest/admin/server/status" and
- REST API statistics: "/rest/admin/statistic/realtime/..." (experimental)
User login (authentication) via "Azure AD"
Read certificates from LDAP profile when logging in via LDAP and Active Directory
Administration of the server via REST-API possible ("/rest/admin/configuration/...")
Central key stores: Certificates for encryption/decryption and digital signatures

Documentation

Help now only "online" as part of the server (accessible via admin portal)
Help now only contains documentation for administrators and developers
Help for the portal directly integrated into the dialogs via the "(i)" and "(?)" icons
All web service parameters described directly in OpenAPI or SOAP API (WSDL)
Client stubs (e. g. editor.swagger.io) can be generated via OpenAPI

Web services in general

Connection to external OAuth2 providers for web service authorization
"compress" and "signature" profiles for web service invocation to influence default behavior
"signature" options: noEditRestrictions, generalEditRestrictions, adobeRestrictions
"compress" options: always, never, recompress
Certificates (PEM encoded) directly in the parameters for document encryption/decryption and for digital signatures
Incremental changes for signed PDF documents (within allowed operations)
New endpoint "/rest/document/{documentId}/security/password" to update document encryption to read documents encrypted with certificate and password
User API "/authentication/user/".
Retrieve certificates and keystores of a logged in user "/rest/authentication/user/certificates"
Endpoint to provide passwords for access to private keys and keystores "/rest/authentication/user/passwords/{keyStoreName}"

Web service "Toolbox"

"export": Export PDF documents as SVG graphics
"transcribe" (new): HTML export for PDF documents
"scale" (new): Scaling of pages and content in PDF document
"rotate": Automatic page orientation: detection of page rotation by edge lengths
"xmp": Use custom fields in the PDF description
"annotation": New "shapes" annotation: Circle, Square, Line
"annotation": Subsequent editing of existing annotations
"annotation": Remove existing annotations
"annotation": Annotations and responses to annotations
"annotation": Flattening of annotations
"annotation": Central PDF template from server for rubber stamps
"annotation": PDF, SVG and raster images as custom appearance for rubber stamps and note annotations
"encrypt/decrypt": Encryption with certificates
"encrypt/decrypt": Decryption with certificates and private keys
"encrypt/decrypt": Reading PDF documents with certificate encryption
"encrypt/decrypt": Partial encryption (exclude metadata) when encrypting with certificates and passwords
"compress" (new): Automatic compression depending on the "compress" profile
"compress" (new): Function for subsequent compression or optimization
"merge": Merge signed PDF (depending on setting in "signature" profile)
"extract": Include PDF documents encrypted with certificates in metadata
"options": Support for "ViewerPreferences" (e. g. "displayDocTitle")
"options": Automatically open a document when opening the PDF Portfolio

Web service "Pdfa"

Web service "Converter"

Web service "Signature"

Web service "Barcode"

Portal

Completely redesigned version of the portal (general UI maintained)
All new functions of the web services (see above) integrated
Login (if configured) to external OAuth2 providers
Align and scale pages
HTML and SVG export
"Shapes" annotation: Circle, Square, Line
Stamps: predefined and custom stamps
Open tab management extended: open, (group) close, filter, preview, ...
Clickable "tags" in the document manager (attachments, PDF/A, signatures)
"Tags" on documents e. g. number of pages, signatures, annotations, history, etc.
Simultaneous download of multiple documents as ZIP
Adopt display mode from PDF when scrolling (e. g. two-page display)
Highlight signature fields and sign directly in the fields by entering the signature on the screen (e. g. "draw" signature)
Remember settings per document (e. g. open windows or dialog settings)
Activation of keystores for the logged-in user
Certificate encryption/decryption on display and execution on PDF document
Create barcodes (without PDF)
Help directly in the portal using "(i)" and "(?)
Placement of objects with new selection frames
Dialog call for placeable objects changed
Options for annotation as "inline dialog"
Responses to annotations

Portal: Admin area