News

[2008-03-13]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 58 released!

New in this release:

Now PDF Explorer is also a CHM Explorer. The same functionalities now extended to this popular file format, with internal CHM reader, text and image extractor.
Quick Image OCR to assist the Quick Info Edit mode. Extract metadata even if raw image only PDFs.
Use the grid layout editor to select what file types, PDF/CHM, to show in grid.
The web server can now execute CGI/ISAPI applications and scripts. Popular script languages as PHP, Perl, Python, and CGI, .exe or .dll, applications can now be used to extend the web server possibilities.
Increased web server access security with HTTPS protocol. To help configuration, added a wizard to generate auto-signed SSL certificates or SSL certificates requests.
Possibility to upload files using the web server interface.
Web server accesses can now be logged to a file, ECLF format, with automatic log file rotation.
The Info Edit batch tool can now access any of the info fields contents to compose the new field content, with search and replace feature too.
Possibility to add interface to external applications/scripts from the tools menu. Selected grid files can be passed as parameters.
The image extractor can now maintain, without reencode, the internal image file format.
PNG and GIF image file formats added to the possibilities of the image extractor encoder.
Drag and Drop of metadata text into the info edit tool, even from external application.
A new quick info edit assistant, the Rename On Metadata Change. File is automatically renamed using the pre-configured rule, when metadata edited.
Functionality to manually execute the task automation Folders task on selected files.
The automatic updates can now use proxy servers for Internet access.
PDF Explorer command line now accept PDF files. Submitted files are automatically indexed and show on grid at startup. Useful to use with the Shell OpenWith or SendTo functionalities. Command line can also be used to start the .csv import wizard. Same functionality when dropping these files types in the program interface itself.
The lite running mode can now auto start the web server and launch the web browser at startup.
As usual, includes also many more small improvements and bug fixes.

[2007-10-24]

- PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 9 released!

New in this release:

PDF-Rotate pages- New tool used to rotate the PDF documents pages by 90º increments.
Two new command line functions, ExportMetadata and SetMetadata.
Automatic updates feature added to the PDF–ShellTools manager.
Better tools manager Windows Vista integration.
As usual, with new releases, this one also includes many bug fixes and small enhancements.

[2007-07-24]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 57 released!

New in this release:

Task Automation Folders- A sequence of user configurable tasks are executed on PDF files created on the monitored folders.
Check for online updates with download and install features.
File rename assistant to assist in the manual rename of files.
Accept Drag and Drop of shell files and folders.
The Web Interface is now Multilingual. Web interface clients can choose from the available idioms.
Possibility to export web interface search results into csv file.
Web interface info fields shown, selector.
Added possibility to edit the custom fields screen name without the need to create custom screen layouts.
Delete file to recycle bin or permanent, as in shell, functionality.
Improved database optimize routine.
Multiple instances possible using command line option.
This release fixes also many bugs of previous releases.

[2007-05-02]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 56 released!

New in this release:

Two new PDF tools:
PDF-Set/Reset Password Security - Used to set\reset the PDF documents password security functionalities.
PDF-Extract Text Content - To extract the text content from, user selected, PDF pages to text files. ANSI, UTF-8 and Unicode text encoding formats supported.
Small enhancements to make it Windows Vista compatible.
Added support to work with PDFs protected by open password and with password protected attachments. Ask for password dialog and passwords manager.
Enhancements added to the Merge/Rearrange and Insert/Append tools to reduce file size by reducing the possibilities of object duplication.
Dynamic allocation of custom fields to a maximum of 100.
Custom fields can now be linked to other PDF applications metadata custom fields.
Customizable folders monitor background processes to enable automatic indexation of PDF files that appear/change in the monitorized folder(s).
Exclude folders list. Folders on this list are skipped from indexation.
DBDiskTree scan mode now available from the web interface.
Complete web interface access control with Login/Logout Username-Password pairs linked to definable groups of permissions.
Dynamic DNS IP change notification client added to the web interface.
New EndNote tagged format export grid filter.
New functionality to lock/unlock PDF files for changes. The flag is only PDFE related but is included in the PDF itself.
Start minimized , minimize to tray and autostart web server options added to general options and command line switches.
New tool to easy access to history metadata edition data to fast reuse in Quick Info Edit mode.
A new set of menu items icons beautify now the Tools menu.
This new release also includes many bug fixes and many other small enhancements.

[2007-02-06]

- PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 8 released!

New in this release:

Two new PDF tools:
PDF-Set/Reset Password Security - Used to set\reset the PDF documents password security functionalities.
PDF-Extract Text Content - To extract the text content from, user selected, PDF pages to text files. ANSI, UTF-8 and Unicode text encoding formats supported.
Added support to work with PDFs protected by open password and with password protected attachments provided by an ask for password dialog and passwords manager.
Enhancements added to the Merge/Rearrange and Insert/Append tools to reduce file size by reducing the possibilities of object duplication.
Added wildcards support to the command line interface
New PDF-ShellTools icon/logo
A new set of menu items icons beautify now the PDF-ShellTools context menu.
Complete User's guide, in English, added to the distribution. Online version is also available for easy consultation.
As usual, with new releases, this one also includes many bug fixes and other small enhancements.

[2007-01-25]

- PDF Explorer V1.5 Build 55 released!

New in this release:

This release includes only small bug fixes.

[2006-10-26]

- PDF Explorer V1.5 Build 54 released!

New in this release:

HTML Web Interface. This new tool provides remote access to some of the program functionalities with a simple need of a web browser. We can leave the embedded html server running at home and access to our PDF collection from office, or vice versa, or form any other place in the world. We can also construct, with this functionality, a Client-Server architecture at our office LAN and provide access and search capabilities to the main PDFs collection, even from computers running non-MS Windows operating systems.
In the database editor we can configure the indexed folders we want to share with the web server.
Two new PDF tools:
PDF-Attachments - Used to open, extract, add and delete file attachments to/from pdf files.
PDF-SetOpenOptions - Used to configure the options that instruct compliant PDF Readers, like Adobe Acrobat Reader, to set its initial view when open these PDF's.
The grid layout editor can now configure the program to also hide the not show in the grid fields from the rest of the interface.
Added the possibility to change the grid layout from the Edit menu.
The grid can show a left column with indication of the row number, to better reference.
Search&Extract, is the name of the new batch tool this release introduce. It's used to search for data in the PDF's text content, using the power of regular expressions, and extract it to external files or even to the metadata document info fields.
PDF version and Security State are the new pdf documents properties we can use to better organize our pdf's collection.
Added some enhancements to the Lite running mode.
The previous version introduced 10 custom use metadata fields are now fully integrated with the rest of the program tools.
The QuickPaste, QuickInfoEdit assistant, can now paste to all of the editable metadata fields, in replace or append mode.
DBSearch expressions Favorites repository to accumulate our most used Boolean searches, with meaningful names, for latter use.
As usual, include many bug fixes, this release fix some of big importance, and several small enhancements.

[2006-09-04]

- PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 7 released!

New in this release:

Three new PDF tools:
PDF-Attachments - Used to open, extract, add and delete file attachments to/from pdf files.
PDF-SetOpenOptions - Used to configure the options that instruct compliant PDF Readers, like Adobe Acrobat Reader, to set its initial view when open these PDF's.
PDF-Renamer - Used to easily rename our pdf documents using their metadata fields contents as source to compose the new file name.
Added support to files encrypted with AES128 algorithm, the new encryption option introduced with Acrobat V7.
List of file attachments, pdf version and security restrictions summary added to the list of properties listed by the PDF-InfoTip tool.
As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements.

[2006-08-02]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 53 released!

New in this release:

The text extractor now supports CID fonts and external CMAP's. The text viewer can also show and export Unicode text. Now we can see, extract and index correctly all these non ASCII documents like CJK, Eastern-Europe, etc.
Added support to files encrypted with AES128 algorithm, the new encryption option introduced with Acrobat V7.
10 custom fields added to the already available standard pdf metadata fields to extend cataloguing possibilities. This is one of the most requested, finally available, feature.
The grid layout editor can now also be used to give different names to metadata fields. This way we can give more suitable names to reflect the information we really enter in these fields.
Added possibility to redirect disks root path to another path that can be a UNC, http, ftp,...path. This feature permits the local indexation of files, and later, remote access to these same files from remote points. Very useful for lite running mode. This is an experimental feature.
Creation dates and modification dates can now be specified for dates beginning at Year 1. No more 1980 limit.
A new security option added to lock all the operations that can change or erase pdf files.
As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements.

[2006-06-09]

- PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 6 released!

New in this release:

Two new PDF tools:
PDF-Insert/Append pages - Used to insert pdf pages/documents into other documents specifying insertion point and using powerful merge rule expressions to specify pages to insert
PDF-Stamp/Watermark pages - Used to stamp pdf documents pages with text, images and geometric shapes. Support templates and has various composition tools to create the overall stamp using the supported stamp objects.
The PDF-Merge/Rearrange tool has now an option to do the merge sequencing thru the documents in the list. Perform:
Doc1Page1+Doc2Page1...DocNPage1+
Doc1Page1+Doc2Page2...DocNPage2+
...
Doc1PageN+Doc2PageN...DocNPageN.
The PDF-InfoTip tool can now show system file size, creation date and modification date
Added option to sort the files in the PDF Merge/Rearrange and PDF Insert/Append tools.
Important bugs discovered in the merge/rearrange tool that produced invalid files or fault pages have been fixed.
As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements.

[2006-05-25]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 52 released!

New in this release:

Two new PDF tools:
Insert/Append Pages - Used to insert pdf pages/documents into other documents specifying insertion point and using powerful merge rule expressions to specify pages to insert
Stamp/Watermark - Used to stamp pdf documents pages with text, images and geometric shapes. Support templates and has various composition tools to create the overall stamp using the supported stamp objects.
The merge/rearrange tool has now an option to do the merge sequencing thru the documents in the list. Perform:
Doc1Page1+Doc2Page1...DocNPage1+
Doc1Page1+Doc2Page2...DocNPage2+
...
Doc1PageN+Doc2PageN...DocNPageN.
The EditInfoFields batch tool can now append the new metadata to the one already existent in the document.
Added the possibility to the rename batch tool to use all the text metadata fields as source to create the new file name.
Important bugs discovered in the merge/rearrange tool that produced invalid files or fault pages have been fixed.
As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements.

[2006-04-09]

- PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 5 released!

New in this release:

The PDF-InfoTip tool can now show, in NTFS systems, file summary information items. The ones we can see or edit when right-click in Explorer, to get the file properties, in the summary tab.
In the PDF-ShellTools Preferences Editor we can now configure the info items presented by PDFInfoTip tool.
Important bug fix in the PDF-Merge/Rearrange pages tool that produced files with fault fonts.
Fix in the odd and even split and merge rules processor.
As usual, include many bug fixes and several small enhancements.

[2006-03-29]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 51 released!

This build fixes some important bugs found in the build 50 release.

[2006-03-23]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 50 released!

New in this release:

Bookmarks now persist between running sessions and with the new bookmark manager we can rename, delete and change the list order of the bookmarks.
The PDF text viewer has now the capability to save all the document text to a text file. Copy to Clipboard tool button is also available to copy current page text.
This version introduce a mechanism to catch unhandled exceptions, producing error reports, very useful to complement bug report communications to software developer.
Added tool button to open/close the InGridPreview panel.
The grid layout functions are now also accessible from the Edit menu.
PDFE Lite running mode can now be launched from network places, without the need to map first that place to a system drive letter.
An important bug, present in the Merge/Rearrange pages tool, that in some situations produce broken files is now fixed. If some of you continue to get broken files with the merge tool, please, e-mail to me the original files used in the merge.
All the interface translation has been validated, and corrected, to fix some bugs tacked to errors present in some of them.
As usual, include many more bug fixes and some more small enhancements.

[2006-03-06]

- PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 4 released!

New in this release:

Two new tools:
Split/Extract Pages - Used to extract pages from, or split, pdf documents. Powerful split rule expressions to specify single pages, page intervals, page multiples, and some other more exotic groups.
Merge/Rearrange Pages - Used to merge several documents or rearrange document pages. With this tool we can specify page include rules to detail what pages from the document we want to incorporate in the new document created by the merge operation.
This new tools are, compared to others that do almost the same, the fasted ones that I have, until now, tested. Check for yourself and let me know if I'm wrong.
Added support for command line and DLL interface. Check included Readme.txt for command options.
The PDF-InfoEdit tool can now append the new info entered to the already existent field info, when running in batch mode.
As usual, include many bug fixes and several small enhancements.

[2006-02-13]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 49 released!

New in this release:

Two new PDF tools:
Split/Extract Pages - Used to extract pages from, or split, pdf documents. Powerful split rule expressions to specify single pages, page intervals, page multiples, and some other more exotic groups.
Merge/Rearrange Pages - Used to merge several documents or rearrange document pages. With this tool we can specify page include rules to detail what pages from the document we want to incorporate in the new document created by the merge operation.
Added tool to create bookmarks that memorize the current grid contents and layout. This way we can rapidly resume to the previous bookmarked grid state after some other scan grid operation.
The Rename batch tool can now use Subject metadata field contents as source for file rename.
Now the index tool report correctly the number of pages of some very specific updated pdf documents that make the old implementation to count incorrectly
The PDF-Lite Pack creator tool can now force the Lite running mode to always use the same grid layout. This way we can rename the standard metadata fields, to include custom data, and the grid columns always refer the correct data contents.
As usual, include many bug fixes and several small enhancements.

[2006-01-25]

- PDF-ShellTools. A new tool was born!

I'm please to announce the birth of a new tool. His name, PDF–ShellTools.
With this new tool we can deal with our pdf documents directly from the Windows Shell. Check product page for details and take note that this is its first public beta release, so, use it carefully and if you meet a bug, present to him my compliments, and report to me the situation, please.

[2006-01-08]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 48 released!

New in this release:

Three new tools:
The Anonymizer - Use it to remove all traces of metadata information from the pdf document.
Rotate Pages - Use it to rotate all document pages.
ISBN/DOI Catcher and Resolver - Use it to catch, and later resolve, using integrated browser, all the ISBN and DOI numbers that the document have. Nice tool to quick consult references in scientific papers.
The beginning of QuickEdit assistants - While in QuickEdit mode these tools assist the user to speed up the edition of pdf metadata fields. In this version we have:
The QuickPaste - clipboard spy tool that popup when text is copied into Windows clipboard. Use it to quick edit copied text and send it directly to the respective pdf Info field.
The ISBN/DOI Sniffer: Active while in Text view mode, popup when he finds a ISBN or DOI number. Use it to resolve document ISBN or DOI. He need internet connection to resolve.
Enhancements in the Text To Speech feature.
Some interface graphical enhancements.
Now the startup at custom folder option and the extract images batch tool are working again.
It was given special attention to memory leak problems and most of them are now fixed.
Many more small bug corrections and enhancements.

[2005-12-08]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 47 released!

Because of a big mistake that I did in build 46, build 47 is already online. If you are experiencing problems, upgrade to build 47.

[2005-12-07]

- PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 46 released!

New in this release:

Enhancements in the image viewer/extractor, one more colorspace and smooth images using Microsoft GDI+ API
Keyboard shortcuts to QuickView, QuickEdit and images Viewer/Extractor tools.
Enhancements to better support external plug-in readers.
A myriad of bug corrections and other small enhancements.
The beginning of the PDFE User's Guide, English localization.

[2005-11-20]

- Purchase/Registration for commercial use is now available!

You need to use PDF Explorer in your business or other commercial activities? Now you can do it legally. The possibility to purchase and register PDF Explorer is now available online.

- PDF Explorer has now a renewed HomePage!

I'm pleased to announce that the look and feel of the PDF Explorer website has been updated. Please report any broken links, misspelled words, or other faults you find to me. Ideas to improve it are also welcome. Please look forward to major improvements to the PDFE website over the course of the next few months.

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	News [2008-03-13] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 58 released! New in this release: Now PDF Explorer is also a CHM Explorer. The same functionalities now extended to this popular file format, with internal CHM reader, text and image extractor. Quick Image OCR to assist the Quick Info Edit mode. Extract metadata even if raw image only PDFs. Use the grid layout editor to select what file types, PDF/CHM, to show in grid. The web server can now execute CGI/ISAPI applications and scripts. Popular script languages as PHP, Perl, Python, and CGI, .exe or .dll, applications can now be used to extend the web server possibilities. Increased web server access security with HTTPS protocol. To help configuration, added a wizard to generate auto-signed SSL certificates or SSL certificates requests. Possibility to upload files using the web server interface. Web server accesses can now be logged to a file, ECLF format, with automatic log file rotation. The Info Edit batch tool can now access any of the info fields contents to compose the new field content, with search and replace feature too. Possibility to add interface to external applications/scripts from the tools menu. Selected grid files can be passed as parameters. The image extractor can now maintain, without reencode, the internal image file format. PNG and GIF image file formats added to the possibilities of the image extractor encoder. Drag and Drop of metadata text into the info edit tool, even from external application. A new quick info edit assistant, the Rename On Metadata Change. File is automatically renamed using the pre-configured rule, when metadata edited. Functionality to manually execute the task automation Folders task on selected files. The automatic updates can now use proxy servers for Internet access. PDF Explorer command line now accept PDF files. Submitted files are automatically indexed and show on grid at startup. Useful to use with the Shell OpenWith or SendTo functionalities. Command line can also be used to start the .csv import wizard. Same functionality when dropping these files types in the program interface itself. The lite running mode can now auto start the web server and launch the web browser at startup. As usual, includes also many more small improvements and bug fixes. [2007-10-24] - PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 9 released! New in this release: PDF-Rotate pages- New tool used to rotate the PDF documents pages by 90º increments. Two new command line functions, ExportMetadata and SetMetadata. Automatic updates feature added to the PDF–ShellTools manager. Better tools manager Windows Vista integration. As usual, with new releases, this one also includes many bug fixes and small enhancements. [2007-07-24] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 57 released! New in this release: Task Automation Folders- A sequence of user configurable tasks are executed on PDF files created on the monitored folders. Check for online updates with download and install features. File rename assistant to assist in the manual rename of files. Accept Drag and Drop of shell files and folders. The Web Interface is now Multilingual. Web interface clients can choose from the available idioms. Possibility to export web interface search results into csv file. Web interface info fields shown, selector. Added possibility to edit the custom fields screen name without the need to create custom screen layouts. Delete file to recycle bin or permanent, as in shell, functionality. Improved database optimize routine. Multiple instances possible using command line option. This release fixes also many bugs of previous releases. [2007-05-02] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 56 released! New in this release: Two new PDF tools: PDF-Set/Reset Password Security - Used to set\reset the PDF documents password security functionalities. PDF-Extract Text Content - To extract the text content from, user selected, PDF pages to text files. ANSI, UTF-8 and Unicode text encoding formats supported. Small enhancements to make it Windows Vista compatible. Added support to work with PDFs protected by open password and with password protected attachments. Ask for password dialog and passwords manager. Enhancements added to the Merge/Rearrange and Insert/Append tools to reduce file size by reducing the possibilities of object duplication. Dynamic allocation of custom fields to a maximum of 100. Custom fields can now be linked to other PDF applications metadata custom fields. Customizable folders monitor background processes to enable automatic indexation of PDF files that appear/change in the monitorized folder(s). Exclude folders list. Folders on this list are skipped from indexation. DBDiskTree scan mode now available from the web interface. Complete web interface access control with Login/Logout Username-Password pairs linked to definable groups of permissions. Dynamic DNS IP change notification client added to the web interface. New EndNote tagged format export grid filter. New functionality to lock/unlock PDF files for changes. The flag is only PDFE related but is included in the PDF itself. Start minimized , minimize to tray and autostart web server options added to general options and command line switches. New tool to easy access to history metadata edition data to fast reuse in Quick Info Edit mode. A new set of menu items icons beautify now the Tools menu. This new release also includes many bug fixes and many other small enhancements. [2007-02-06] - PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 8 released! New in this release: Two new PDF tools: PDF-Set/Reset Password Security - Used to set\reset the PDF documents password security functionalities. PDF-Extract Text Content - To extract the text content from, user selected, PDF pages to text files. ANSI, UTF-8 and Unicode text encoding formats supported. Added support to work with PDFs protected by open password and with password protected attachments provided by an ask for password dialog and passwords manager. Enhancements added to the Merge/Rearrange and Insert/Append tools to reduce file size by reducing the possibilities of object duplication. Added wildcards support to the command line interface New PDF-ShellTools icon/logo A new set of menu items icons beautify now the PDF-ShellTools context menu. Complete User's guide, in English, added to the distribution. Online version is also available for easy consultation. As usual, with new releases, this one also includes many bug fixes and other small enhancements. [2007-01-25] - PDF Explorer V1.5 Build 55 released! New in this release: This release includes only small bug fixes. [2006-10-26] - PDF Explorer V1.5 Build 54 released! New in this release: HTML Web Interface. This new tool provides remote access to some of the program functionalities with a simple need of a web browser. We can leave the embedded html server running at home and access to our PDF collection from office, or vice versa, or form any other place in the world. We can also construct, with this functionality, a Client-Server architecture at our office LAN and provide access and search capabilities to the main PDFs collection, even from computers running non-MS Windows operating systems. In the database editor we can configure the indexed folders we want to share with the web server. Two new PDF tools: PDF-Attachments - Used to open, extract, add and delete file attachments to/from pdf files. PDF-SetOpenOptions - Used to configure the options that instruct compliant PDF Readers, like Adobe Acrobat Reader, to set its initial view when open these PDF's. The grid layout editor can now configure the program to also hide the not show in the grid fields from the rest of the interface. Added the possibility to change the grid layout from the Edit menu. The grid can show a left column with indication of the row number, to better reference. Search&Extract, is the name of the new batch tool this release introduce. It's used to search for data in the PDF's text content, using the power of regular expressions, and extract it to external files or even to the metadata document info fields. PDF version and Security State are the new pdf documents properties we can use to better organize our pdf's collection. Added some enhancements to the Lite running mode. The previous version introduced 10 custom use metadata fields are now fully integrated with the rest of the program tools. The QuickPaste, QuickInfoEdit assistant, can now paste to all of the editable metadata fields, in replace or append mode. DBSearch expressions Favorites repository to accumulate our most used Boolean searches, with meaningful names, for latter use. As usual, include many bug fixes, this release fix some of big importance, and several small enhancements. [2006-09-04] - PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 7 released! New in this release: Three new PDF tools: PDF-Attachments - Used to open, extract, add and delete file attachments to/from pdf files. PDF-SetOpenOptions - Used to configure the options that instruct compliant PDF Readers, like Adobe Acrobat Reader, to set its initial view when open these PDF's. PDF-Renamer - Used to easily rename our pdf documents using their metadata fields contents as source to compose the new file name. Added support to files encrypted with AES128 algorithm, the new encryption option introduced with Acrobat V7. List of file attachments, pdf version and security restrictions summary added to the list of properties listed by the PDF-InfoTip tool. As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements. [2006-08-02] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 53 released! New in this release: The text extractor now supports CID fonts and external CMAP's. The text viewer can also show and export Unicode text. Now we can see, extract and index correctly all these non ASCII documents like CJK, Eastern-Europe, etc. Added support to files encrypted with AES128 algorithm, the new encryption option introduced with Acrobat V7. 10 custom fields added to the already available standard pdf metadata fields to extend cataloguing possibilities. This is one of the most requested, finally available, feature. The grid layout editor can now also be used to give different names to metadata fields. This way we can give more suitable names to reflect the information we really enter in these fields. Added possibility to redirect disks root path to another path that can be a UNC, http, ftp,...path. This feature permits the local indexation of files, and later, remote access to these same files from remote points. Very useful for lite running mode. This is an experimental feature. Creation dates and modification dates can now be specified for dates beginning at Year 1. No more 1980 limit. A new security option added to lock all the operations that can change or erase pdf files. As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements. [2006-06-09] - PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 6 released! New in this release: Two new PDF tools: PDF-Insert/Append pages - Used to insert pdf pages/documents into other documents specifying insertion point and using powerful merge rule expressions to specify pages to insert PDF-Stamp/Watermark pages - Used to stamp pdf documents pages with text, images and geometric shapes. Support templates and has various composition tools to create the overall stamp using the supported stamp objects. The PDF-Merge/Rearrange tool has now an option to do the merge sequencing thru the documents in the list. Perform: Doc1Page1+Doc2Page1...DocNPage1+ Doc1Page1+Doc2Page2...DocNPage2+ ... Doc1PageN+Doc2PageN...DocNPageN. The PDF-InfoTip tool can now show system file size, creation date and modification date Added option to sort the files in the PDF Merge/Rearrange and PDF Insert/Append tools. Important bugs discovered in the merge/rearrange tool that produced invalid files or fault pages have been fixed. As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements. [2006-05-25] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 52 released! New in this release: Two new PDF tools: Insert/Append Pages - Used to insert pdf pages/documents into other documents specifying insertion point and using powerful merge rule expressions to specify pages to insert Stamp/Watermark - Used to stamp pdf documents pages with text, images and geometric shapes. Support templates and has various composition tools to create the overall stamp using the supported stamp objects. The merge/rearrange tool has now an option to do the merge sequencing thru the documents in the list. Perform: Doc1Page1+Doc2Page1...DocNPage1+ Doc1Page1+Doc2Page2...DocNPage2+ ... Doc1PageN+Doc2PageN...DocNPageN. The EditInfoFields batch tool can now append the new metadata to the one already existent in the document. Added the possibility to the rename batch tool to use all the text metadata fields as source to create the new file name. Important bugs discovered in the merge/rearrange tool that produced invalid files or fault pages have been fixed. As usual, include many more bug fixes and several small enhancements. [2006-04-09] - PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 5 released! New in this release: The PDF-InfoTip tool can now show, in NTFS systems, file summary information items. The ones we can see or edit when right-click in Explorer, to get the file properties, in the summary tab. In the PDF-ShellTools Preferences Editor we can now configure the info items presented by PDFInfoTip tool. Important bug fix in the PDF-Merge/Rearrange pages tool that produced files with fault fonts. Fix in the odd and even split and merge rules processor. As usual, include many bug fixes and several small enhancements. [2006-03-29] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 51 released! This build fixes some important bugs found in the build 50 release. [2006-03-23] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 50 released! New in this release: Bookmarks now persist between running sessions and with the new bookmark manager we can rename, delete and change the list order of the bookmarks. The PDF text viewer has now the capability to save all the document text to a text file. Copy to Clipboard tool button is also available to copy current page text. This version introduce a mechanism to catch unhandled exceptions, producing error reports, very useful to complement bug report communications to software developer. Added tool button to open/close the InGridPreview panel. The grid layout functions are now also accessible from the Edit menu. PDFE Lite running mode can now be launched from network places, without the need to map first that place to a system drive letter. An important bug, present in the Merge/Rearrange pages tool, that in some situations produce broken files is now fixed. If some of you continue to get broken files with the merge tool, please, e-mail to me the original files used in the merge. All the interface translation has been validated, and corrected, to fix some bugs tacked to errors present in some of them. As usual, include many more bug fixes and some more small enhancements. [2006-03-06] - PDF-ShellTools 1.0 Build 4 released! New in this release: Two new tools: Split/Extract Pages - Used to extract pages from, or split, pdf documents. Powerful split rule expressions to specify single pages, page intervals, page multiples, and some other more exotic groups. Merge/Rearrange Pages - Used to merge several documents or rearrange document pages. With this tool we can specify page include rules to detail what pages from the document we want to incorporate in the new document created by the merge operation. This new tools are, compared to others that do almost the same, the fasted ones that I have, until now, tested. Check for yourself and let me know if I'm wrong. Added support for command line and DLL interface. Check included Readme.txt for command options. The PDF-InfoEdit tool can now append the new info entered to the already existent field info, when running in batch mode. As usual, include many bug fixes and several small enhancements. [2006-02-13] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 49 released! New in this release: Two new PDF tools: Split/Extract Pages - Used to extract pages from, or split, pdf documents. Powerful split rule expressions to specify single pages, page intervals, page multiples, and some other more exotic groups. Merge/Rearrange Pages - Used to merge several documents or rearrange document pages. With this tool we can specify page include rules to detail what pages from the document we want to incorporate in the new document created by the merge operation. Added tool to create bookmarks that memorize the current grid contents and layout. This way we can rapidly resume to the previous bookmarked grid state after some other scan grid operation. The Rename batch tool can now use Subject metadata field contents as source for file rename. Now the index tool report correctly the number of pages of some very specific updated pdf documents that make the old implementation to count incorrectly The PDF-Lite Pack creator tool can now force the Lite running mode to always use the same grid layout. This way we can rename the standard metadata fields, to include custom data, and the grid columns always refer the correct data contents. As usual, include many bug fixes and several small enhancements. [2006-01-25] - PDF-ShellTools. A new tool was born! I'm please to announce the birth of a new tool. His name, PDF–ShellTools. With this new tool we can deal with our pdf documents directly from the Windows Shell. Check product page for details and take note that this is its first public beta release, so, use it carefully and if you meet a bug, present to him my compliments, and report to me the situation, please. [2006-01-08] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 48 released! New in this release: Three new tools: The Anonymizer - Use it to remove all traces of metadata information from the pdf document. Rotate Pages - Use it to rotate all document pages. ISBN/DOI Catcher and Resolver - Use it to catch, and later resolve, using integrated browser, all the ISBN and DOI numbers that the document have. Nice tool to quick consult references in scientific papers. The beginning of QuickEdit assistants - While in QuickEdit mode these tools assist the user to speed up the edition of pdf metadata fields. In this version we have: The QuickPaste - clipboard spy tool that popup when text is copied into Windows clipboard. Use it to quick edit copied text and send it directly to the respective pdf Info field. The ISBN/DOI Sniffer: Active while in Text view mode, popup when he finds a ISBN or DOI number. Use it to resolve document ISBN or DOI. He need internet connection to resolve. Enhancements in the Text To Speech feature. Some interface graphical enhancements. Now the startup at custom folder option and the extract images batch tool are working again. It was given special attention to memory leak problems and most of them are now fixed. Many more small bug corrections and enhancements. [2005-12-08] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 47 released! Because of a big mistake that I did in build 46, build 47 is already online. If you are experiencing problems, upgrade to build 47. [2005-12-07] - PDF Explorer 1.5 Build 46 released! New in this release: Enhancements in the image viewer/extractor, one more colorspace and smooth images using Microsoft GDI+ API Keyboard shortcuts to QuickView, QuickEdit and images Viewer/Extractor tools. Enhancements to better support external plug-in readers. A myriad of bug corrections and other small enhancements. The beginning of the PDFE User's Guide, English localization. [2005-11-20] - Purchase/Registration for commercial use is now available! You need to use PDF Explorer in your business or other commercial activities? Now you can do it legally. The possibility to purchase and register PDF Explorer is now available online. - PDF Explorer has now a renewed HomePage! I'm pleased to announce that the look and feel of the PDF Explorer website has been updated. Please report any broken links, misspelled words, or other faults you find to me. Ideas to improve it are also welcome. Please look forward to major improvements to the PDFE website over the course of the next few months.