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RenderX is pleased to inform you about a new product's availability – DB2XML is now released.

DB2XML is an excellent product for those who need simple, yet very high-performance solution for transforming data from relational databases (such as Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, or MySQL) and CSV (Comma Separated Values) files to XML. It maps data to certain XML nodes and attributes. DB2XML has a powerful and easy-to use graphical user interface (GUI) to specify data sources, define mapping rules, and generate XML files.

DB2XML can be seamlessly integrated with other RenderX products, such as VDPMill and VisualXSL. DB2XML can be used as a standalone product as well.

DB2XML is currently free for download from the download section.

RenderX, the recognized leader in XML to Print Technology with over 4000 customers, is the Opening Night Reception Sponsor of DOCUMENT Strategy Forum and will be exhibiting at Chicago's McCormick Place, November 1-3, 2011, in Booth #108.

As our guest, you are entitled to receive a 20% discount to attend the conference (save up to $300) or receive a Free pass to attend the exhibits. In addition, if you register for the Platinum Conference Package you are eligible to receive one free night (a $200 value) stay at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare. Please see the linked PDF flyer for details.

Come visit us at the show in Booth #108. If you would like to schedule a targeted, personal demonstration of any of our technologies, contact RenderX sales at +1 (650) 327-1000 (sales@renderx.com). We would be happy to accommodate you.

RenderX has integrated Altova MapForce 2011 with VDPMill 4.0. VDPMill 4.0 MapForce Edition includes:

• VDPMill package includes Altova MapForce distributive:
  • No license key is needed to use Altova MapForce 30-day trial
• VDPMill installer runs MapForce installer upon exit, if chosen by user
• Altova MapForce is pre-configured as an XML generator (custom CLI driver included)

Download free trial of VDPMill Altova MapForce Edition:

Feel free to ask your questions regarding this bundle by contacting us via online form or at +1 (650) 327-1000.

RenderX has released VisualXSL 2.4.4. This is a recommended bugfix version. It resolves compatibility problems related to different versions of XEPWin installed on target machine.

RenderX has released VDPMill 4.0. This major release includes XML generators support in VDPMill Ticket/Interactive applications. A command-line driver for MapForce, pre-configured as XML generator, is available for download here. The full list of improvements is below:

• Embedded EnMasse 2.3 bug-fixing release
• XEP 4.19 compatibility
• Full error messages in VDPMill Interactive GUI application

RenderX has successfully tested Altova MapForce 2011 in a database reporting workflow which also included RenderX VisualXSL and VDPMill:

• Use Altova MapForce to develop database-to-XML mapping for your data.
• Design reports in VisualXSL - a graphical XML report editor.
• Run VDPMill to generate reports.

The short description and instructions how you can use these products is available here.

We believe that this workflow can be successfully used in all industries where customers are billed or statements are delivered on a periodic basis, such as banking, investment, utilities, telecommunications, etc.

RenderX has launched DocBookPublishing.com, a new web service for DocBook formatting. This first release allows to submit documents either using web interface or using the REST API. The full list of features is below:

• DocBook 5.0 documents support
• Images support
• Modular documents support with XInclude or external parsed entities
• DocBook XSL customization
• PDF settings customization
• REST API

RenderX has released XEP 4.19. This major release brings new extensions, output features and improvements:

• RichMedia extension: interactive Flash applications in PDF, with flashvars and embeddable resources
• PDF comments extension: sticky notes and file attachments
• Overprinting control in PDF and Postscript
• Extended XSL 1.1 scaling features: @allowed-width-scale, @allowed-height-scale and the values "scale-up-to-fit" and "scale-down-to-fit" of @content-width and @content-height
• Styling for bookmark titles
• All existing support for XSL 1.1 has been refactored from XSLT into Java code for higher performance and lower memory requirements
• XForms option for XHTML output generator
• XPS output producer supports SVG images

Other improvements include support for EXIF data in JPEG images, interlaced PNG images with alpha channel, refactoring and bugfixes in Thai processing.

The DocBench bundle now includes oXygen XML Editor 12.1.

RenderX, the recognized leader in XML to Print Technology with over 4000 customers, will be exhibiting at the info360 AIIM Exposition + Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, March 22 - 24, 2011 in Booth #1820.

RenderX will also be the exclusive sponsor of the "Tap & Brew" Lounge located in Booth #1109. The lounge will feature complimentary coffee each day of the show as well as domestic and premium beer.

For your design, publishing and printing needs, RenderX will present targeted demonstrations of our industry-leading products. These include our newest releases:

• PDF RichMedia, for including dynamic and interactive applications such as Macromedia Flash within PDF output,

• VDPMill, a complete solution with very high performance rendering of both large print files as well as singular large reports,

• VisualXSL, a GUI-based designer for writing eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) stylesheets for use with RenderX XEP and VDPMill.

Creating PDF Forms, a RenderX solution that creates a complete, generic framework with modifiable form field elements, based on XML templates.

TransPromo applications, using RenderX software to create TransPromo, also known as "statement-based marketing", variable marketing advertisements in your documents.

Come visit us at the show in Booth #1820 and stop by our "Tap & Brew" Lounge in Booth #1109 for a coffee or beer, on us.

If you would like to schedule a targeted, personal demonstration of any of our technologies, contact RenderX sales at +1.650.327-1000 (sales@renderx.com). We would be happy to accommodate you.

RenderX has released VisualXSL 2.4.2. This version resolves several problems:

• Tables no longer have borders by default
• Performance problems that may occur when loading and processing large documents with flow layout
• Custom TranslateProject is now based on a template which body is a separate file rather than hard-coded
• Fixed an issue with missing visual styles of checkboxes and radio buttons if they are used as Form fields

RenderX has released VisualXSL 2.4. This release includes support for Mvp.Xml EXSLT.NET module, support of document() XSLT function and bug fixes. The full list of improvements is below:

• Support for Mvp.Xml EXSLT.NET module (http://mvp-xml.sourceforge.net/exslt/), providing with EXSLT support  
• Support of document() XSLT function  
• UI-related and logic problems fixes  

RenderX has released VDPMill 3.4. This major release includes a GUI application for full job control, lots of usability improvements and bug fixes. The full list of improvements is below:

• Job Monitor GUI application with the full control of jobs
• Job priority support in Job Manager
• Built-in installer of the latest EnMasse
• Usability improvements in GUI applications:
  • Applying tickets directly from VDPMill Ticket Application
  • Save/Save As support in VDPMill Ticket/Interactive Applications
  • More informative messages on errors and parameter value validation
  • More flexible GUI layouts to display elements correctly on small screens
• Outstanding bug fixes

RenderX has released XEPWin 3.0. This major release comes with support for multiple rendering threads. A multi-threaded server environment enables better utilization of computational resources in multi-core processors. XEPWin 3.0 also supports .NET Framework 4. The Windows service configuration and XEPWin API also have been significantly improved. The full list of improvements is below:

• Support for multiple rendering threads
• Improved Windows service configuration
• .NET Framework 4 support
• Improved error reporting and logging
• Enhancements in the API with complete backward compatibility
• Improvements in the installation process
• All outstanding bug fixes

RenderX has released EnMasse 2.3. This release comes with platform-independent and Windows specific distributions. The platform-independent version is the direct successor of the previous EnMasse supplemented with command-line installer and configuration script. The Windows version is a new Windows package with graphical installer, configuration editor and Windows service. The full list of improvements are:

• Distutils based command-line installer (platform-independent version)
• Post-install configuration tool (platform-independent version)
• Improved startup scripts for EnMasse and CLISER engines
• Graphical installer (Windows version)
• Configuration editor with support of validation (Windows version)
• Winmasse Windows service (Windows version)

RenderX has released VDPMill 3.3. This major release includes the following:

• Job Manager to queue jobs and process them sequentially
• XML-RPC interface to Job Manager (server application, client libraries)
• Control Panel Application to run/stop/configure XML-RPC Server and EnMasse, and for job monitoring
• VDPMill Ticket light-weight application to create VDPMill Job Tickets using an user-friendly interface
• Sequence numbering plugin for page numbering using several criteria
• Improved error handling on post-split XSLT
• More informative messages in VDPMill Interactive Application

RenderX has released VDPMill 3.2. This major release comes with XML job ticket support as the main format for GUI application project files, customized post-processing (OMR, Transpromo) support for separated/joined output. API samples and documentation have been updated and some bugs fixed and minor improvements made. These include:

• Sorting of the list of the input files by name/location/size/date modified
• Processing log auto-scrolling
• RenderX multi-product license key supported
• AFP files generation improvements (resource file support)
• Fixed bugs:
  • splitting options validation
  • configuration validation/loading
  • joined output file locking

RenderX has released VisualXSL 2.3.1. This is a recommended bugfix release that includes several issues resolved, including:

• Fixed severe problems with JavaScript for radiobuttons and action buttons in PDF forms;
• Further improvements and bugfixes over Undo;
• Fixed a display problem after changing frame orientation under certain conditions;
• Fixed a problem of Z-Order property when multiple blocks are selected;
• Fixed an issue with incorrectly relocated Table and Address frames;
• Fixed an exception if browser preview window is no longer accessible under certain conditions;
• Fixed several issues with multiple inlines within paragraphs;

RenderX has released VDPMill 3.1. This major release brings OMR and Transpromo support as well as other significant improvements:

• The API now has a common plug-in interface for adding post-processing extensions;
• Introduced OMR support;
• Introduced Transpromo Support;
• Added support for XEPOUT as input;
• Generated output files list is available after pause/resume;
• Support for adding local EnMasse configuration file from the control panel
• Improved display of available output formats;
• Fixed several problems, including saving splitter output options;

RenderX has released VisualXSL 2.3. This major release brings new fillable PDF forms with JavaScript capability, new output formats. Here’s the complete list:

• Significant improvements over fillable PDF Forms. Now they are built with RenderX XEP and support most features from XEP, including fields, submit buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons, and more;
• Added feature of editing JavaScript event handlers for PDF Forms, associated with controls, pages, and documents;
• Added support for different output formats, depending on those available in XEP license;
• Major improvements over Paragraph editor (modifying and deleting fields, formatting and aligning the inlines);
• Address Blocks are now can be edited like normal paragraphs and have custom layout and additional fields within;
• Improved Page Numbering widgets;
• Improved moving frames with mouse and keyboard (Ctrl and Alt handling);
• New samples and workflows in User Reference;

Also, several problems have been resolved including:

• Fixed several problems with Table builder that prevented toolbar buttons working correctly;
• Improved new and rotated items layout on a dynamic flow;
• Temporary folder leakage (lost files) eliminated;
• Several bugfixes with clipboard operations (Copy and Paste);
• Fixed issues with traces on the layout;
• Fixed critical error during Undo operation with paragraph and address blocks;
• Fixed layout problems for very small frames;
• Fixed an issue that prevented opening older versions of *.vxl files, and source files having CDATA elements;
• Fixed problems with alignment, content deletion, and scaling within the paragraph editor;
• Fixed several issues related to background image rendering;
• Fixed a problem when tooltips remained on screen after the application was deactivated;
• Improved logic of Inherit and Auto length values;
• Fixed problems with incorrect image height in dynamic layout;
• Minor bugfixes and code improvements;

RenderX, the recognized leader in XML to Print Technology with over 4000 customers, will be exhibiting at the AIIM Exposition + Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, April 20 - 22, 2010 in Booth #1709.

RenderX will also be the exclusive sponsor of the "Tap & Brew" Lounge located in Booth #1543. The lounge will feature complimentary coffee each day of the show as well as domestic and premium beer.

For your design, publishing and printing needs, RenderX will present targeted demonstrations of our industry-leading products. These include our newest releases:

• VDPMill, a complete solution with very high performance rendering of both large print files as well as singular large reports,

• VisualXSL, a GUI-based designer for writing eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) stylesheets for use with RenderX XEP and VDPMill.

VDPMill, a complete solution that can generate very large batch print files - hundreds of thousands of pages in a single file. Through the use of a multi-threaded formatting grid for documents, the components of this print file can be formatted simultaneously to meet any performance demands. VDPMill supports output in any RenderX XEP format including PDF, PostScript, AFP, XPS, PPML, SVG and HTML.

VisualXSL, a GUI-based designer for writing XSL stylesheets for use with RenderX XEP and VDPMill. The product supports creating static overlay forms and flowing documents with variable page layouts based on position such as first, any, last and only. In fact, static and flowing documents can be mixed together into a complete XSL stylesheet project.

Creating PDF Forms, a RenderX solution that creates a complete, generic framework with modifiable form field elements, based on XML templates.

TransPromo applications, using RenderX software to create TransPromo, also known as "statement-based marketing", variable marketing advertisements in your documents.

Come visit us at the show in Booth #1709 and stop by our "Tap & Brew" Lounge in Booth #1543 for a coffee or beer, on us.

If you would like to schedule a targeted, personal demonstration of any of our technologies, contact RenderX sales at +1.650.327-1000 (sales@renderx.com). We would be happy to accommodate you.

RenderX has released 4.18. This major release brings a new backend, PPML as well as other significant improvements:

• Additional support for document-level Javascript in PDF output, including such events as:
  • Document open, close
  • Object blur, focus, mousedown, mouseup, mouseenter, mouseexit
  • Document willclose, willsave, willprint, didprint
• The XPS generator has been enhanced to support bookmarks
• Multimedia objects in PDF are enhanced to support additional player controls (like play-mode, volume, duration) as well as being able to insert a poster file for the object in the PDF

A number of bugs have been fixed, including accented characters in some Type 1 fonts, word spacing in XHTML output, correct interpretation of stop-color in SVG gradients and proper positioning of diacritic marks in Thai vowel structure.

RenderX has released VDPMill 3.0. This major release brings a fully redesigned product containing significant improvements:

• Simultaneous generation of joined and separated output files;
• Added XML Process Instructions (PI) support to control chunk document generation joining;
• Introduced sophisticated error recovery for reliable request processing;
• Added GUI Control Panel to start/stop EnMasse

RenderX has released VisualXSL 2.2. This release includes several important improvements:

• Major improvements over Table Builder; it is no longer an extra window but a regular control;
• Improved visual appearance for text blocks in Design layout;
• Added more examples in User's Guide;
• Improved layout of the User's Guide (PDF and CHM versions);
• Improved navigation (modal dialogs, keyboard shortcuts, etc);

In addition, several issues that have been noted by users have been addressed including:

• Fixed issues with moving multiple objects;
• Fixed clipboard issues;
• Fixed issues with Undo/Redo;
• Fixed issues with Drag-and-Drop operations;
• Fixed several refresh issues with Property Grid;
• Improved navigation (modal dialogs, keyboard shortcuts, etc);
• Fixed update issues with installer;
• Fixed several problems with popup menus;

RenderX has released 4.17. This major release brings a new backend, XPS as well as other significant improvements:

• Add <rx:media-object> to support insertion of multi-media content in PDF documents. Using this new extension available to all users, you can easily insert various multi-media objects into your PDFs, including:
  • Flash
  • AIFF
  • MPEG Audio and Video (MP3, MPEG-2, MPEG-4)
  • SMIL
• PDF Forms has been enhanced to support inserting complete Javascript libraries and provides hooks for applying Javascript to fields.
• PDFs as images now can be version 1.5 with xref streams.

A number of bugs have been fixed, including color bleeding of embedded PDFs, a linearization issue, an incorrect warning in tagged PDF and some positional issues with PDF Form fields.

The DocBench bundle now includes oXygen XML Editor 11.

This paper presents concepts that can be applied to create a solution for very large report formatting. The concepts can be applied in parallel such that one can realize the creation of huge output documents with 100,000+ pages at very high performance. RenderX is about to release our newest application VDPMill. Using the concepts described in this paper, RenderX with VDPMill has reached new milestones in XSL FO formatting reaching formatting speeds greater than 250 pages/second and generating print output spool files exceeding even 500,000 pages.

Download your free PDF copy of "Using RenderX XSL FO Technology for Large Report Formatting".

RenderX, the recognized leader in XML to Print Technology with over 4000 customers, will be exhibiting at Print09 at Chicago's McCormick Place, September 11-16 in Booth #6521.

We will present targeted demonstrations of our industry-leading products. These include our newest releases:

• VDPMill, a complete solution with very high performance rendering of both large print files as well as singular large reports,
• VisualXSL, a GUI-based designer for writing eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) stylesheets for use with RenderX XEP and VDPMill, and
• PDF Forms, add-on capability to our flagship XEP Rendering engine that delivers dynamic, interactive PDF Forms.

VDPMill (formerly DocFactory), a complete solution that can generate very large batch print files - hundreds of thousands of pages in a single file - and/or simultaneously generate separate files.

VisualXSL, a GUI-based designer for writing XSL stylesheets for use with RenderX XEP and VDPMill. The product supports creating static overlay forms and flowing documents with variable page layouts based on position such as first, any, last and only. Static and flowing documents can be mixed together into a complete XSL stylesheet project.

PDF Forms, XEP can now generate dynamic, interactive PDF Forms. There are 100s of uses for such a technology. Dynamically generated invoices can carry a PDF Form for easy reordering of products or credit card payment. Targeted Transpromo advertising in statements can be a PDF Form to upsell your related products. Surveys and applications can be populated with known information about a customer.

Come visit us at the show in Booth #6521. If you would like to schedule a targeted, personal demonstration of any of our technologies, contact RenderX sales at +1.650.327-1000 (sales@renderx.com). We would be happy to accommodate you.

RenderX has released XEP 4.16. This release adds the ability to create PDF Forms, and also includes improvements in SVG, HTML and AFP generators:

• PDF Forms: a new extension allows to create interactive PDF documents.
• HTML and SVG generators have an option to produce a single zip file with each page as a separate file inside it.
• Another option in SVG and HTML generators allows to create just a few first pages for previewing.
• SVGZ and XEPOUT images are supported in HTML and SVG generators.
• Arbitrary processing instructions in fo:flow or fo:static-content are not discarded and appear in roughly the same places in XEPOUT.
• AFP generator supports native JPEG images and IMM instructions.
• Serialization of XEPOUT events became faster.

The DocBench bundle now includes oXygen XML Editor 10.3.

RenderX has released XEP 4.15. This major release brings a new backend, SVG improvements and performance related features:

• HTML backend has been added. It generates a single HTML document that includes all pages.
• SVG patterns and gradients are supported.
• Opacity in SVG and alpha channel in PNG are supported in PDF backend.
• A new option - IMAGE_MEMOIZE_THRESHOLD - protects against memory leaks on instream SVG and 'data:' images.
• Less memory is required by PostScript generator.

A number of bugs have been fixed, including PDF linearization and positioning of Arabic diacritics. XEPWin 2.2 also runs on Vista 64bit and includes a number of configuration enhancements and bug fixes.

The DocBench bundle now includes oXygen XML Editor 10.2.

RenderX, the recognized leader in XML to Print Technology with over 4000 customers, will be exhibiting at the AIIM Exposition + Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, March 30-April 2, 2009 in Booth #1432.

RenderX will also be the exclusive sponsor of the "Tap & Brew" Lounge located in Booth #1449. The lounge will feature complimentary coffee each day of the show as well as domestic and premium beer.

For your design, publishing and printing needs, RenderX will present targeted demonstrations of our industry-leading products. These include our newest releases:

• DocFactory, a complete solution with very high performance rendering of both large print files as well as singular large reports,
• VisualXSL, a GUI-based designer for writing eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) stylesheets for use with RenderX XEP and DocFactory, and
• Two new white papers about Creating PDF Forms and TransPromo applications

DocFactory, a complete solution that can generate very large batch print files - hundreds of thousands of pages in a single file. Through the use of a multi-threaded formatting grid for documents, the components of this print file can be formatted simultaneously to meet any performance demands.

VisualXSL, a GUI-based designer for writing XSL stylesheets for use with RenderX XEP and DocFactory. The product supports creating static overlay forms and flowing documents with variable page layouts based on position such as first, any, last and only. In fact, static and flowing documents can be mixed together into a complete XSL stylesheet project.

Creating PDF Forms, a RenderX solution that creates a complete, generic framework with modifiable form field elements, based on XML templates.

TransPromo applications, using RenderX software to create TransPromo, also known as "statement-based marketing", variable marketing advertisements in your documents.

Come visit us at the show in Booth #1432 and stop by our "Tap & Brew" Lounge in Booth #1449 for a coffee or beer, on us.

If you would like to schedule a targeted, personal demonstration of any of our technologies, contact RenderX sales at +1.650.327-1000 (sales@renderx.com). We would be happy to accommodate you.