AH Formatter V5.3 R1 adds barcode generation

Released: May 17, 2011

Updates in this release

Updates in V5.3 R1


The following feature has been added to all AH Formatter editions

  • Barcode Generator Option

The following features have been added to the PostScript Option:

  • Fonts can now be embedded in PostScript by a noembed-font using the Option Setting File.
  • External links specified by a relative address can now be converted to PDF link properties.

The following elements have been added:

  • axf:formatter-config
  • axf:hyphenation-info

The following properties have been added:

  • axf:line-number-orientation
  • axf:abbreviation-character-count
  • axf:suppress-folio-prefix
  • axf:suppress-folio-suffix
  • axf:hyphenate-hyphenated-word

The following issues have been corrected:

  • A font that has only SpecificID=5 entry in the name table became eligible.
  • When specifying PDF/A-1b:2005, PDF/A-1a:2005, PDF/X-3:2003, and PDF/X-3:2002 to FO without the fo:color-profile specification and outputting PDF, a segmentation fault was generated in Unix system platform.
  • An exception error occurred with specific data.
  • CGM was not drawn nor outputted to PDF correctly.
  • A PDF tag when generating PDF/A produced an error with Acrobat9 or later.
  • An image that could not be embedded in the Linux version was made available by converting into a bitmap.
  • When data that used the non-CID OpenType font was outputted to PDF/A, an preflight error was generated.
  • A fatal error occurred when outputting PDF/X-1a:2001 from specific data.
  • In drawing SVG, the position of characters was not correct.
  • When embedding the same PDF file, multiple PDF files were occasionally embedded.
  • When outputting PDF/A and PDF/X by using data without fo:declarations in Mac and Linux version, the segmentation fault occurred.
  • A specific CGM was not drawn nor outputted.
  • When turning on (true) the image-color-profile output in the PDF Output Option, "(3346) Unsupported ICC Color Profile Version Error" was produced.
  • Some characters in the specific PDF were not displayed in the GUI.
  • The block-container with the reference-orientation="90" specification overflowed.