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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.

RenderX has released XEP 4.14. This major release brings quite a lot of new features and enhancements:

• An SVG backend has been added. The new backend generates a single SVG document that includes all pages.
• XEP Intermediate Format (XEPOUT) files are supported as external vector graphics files, e.g. for fo:external-graphic (the first page is displayed).
• A new option - IMAGE_INLINE_THRESHOLD - allows to control placement of image data inside a PostScript document: It can be included either in the document setup or in page setup section, depending on the option's value of and the number of an image's appearances in the document.
• The number of pages generated by an fo:page-sequence may be forced to be a multiple of N by using force-page-count="xN".
• PDF/A compliance has been improved.

XEPWin now supports input files with embedded stylesheets. XEPWin's memory management has been improved: It can use a temporary directory, saving more memory for formatting. Some bugs have been fixed in the PostScript generator. Support for page-number-citation-last in the FO namespace has been restored.

The DocBench bundle now includes oXygen XML Editor 10.

RenderX, the recognized leader in XML to print technology, will participate as an exhibitor at Oracle OpenWorld 2008 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center, West from September 21–24, 2008 in Booth #3730.

Oracle OpenWorld is the world’s largest gathering of Oracle customers, partners, developers, and technology enthusiasts. The event offers a multitude of opportunities for learning, collaborating, and connecting with experts and peers in the field of information technology.

RenderX will be demonstrating our most current technologies and solutions, including XEP - a patented, commercial grade XSL formatting engine. XEP takes input in XML, applies an XSL transformation and then formats the Formatting Objects into PDF, AFP or PostScript, the de-facto standards for standard typography.

We will also be giving attendees a sneak peak at our soon-to-be-released products, to include demonstrations of DiType, a next generation formatting engine, DocuType, a combination of DiType and MediaWiki - as well as VisualXSL, a complete forms-based application for the Financial, Health Care, and Insurance Industries.

If you would like to schedule a targeted, personal demonstration of any of our technologies, contact RenderX sales at (650) 327-1000 (sales@renderx.com). We would be happy to accommodate you.

RenderX has released XEP 4.13. Two new extensions: 'watermark' and 'transpromo'. Bug fixes in PDF/A generation and processing of background images on table elements. DocBench bundle includes oXygen XML Editor 9.3.

RenderX announces a release of DiType 2.2. This version introduces backend configuration options, available as server-side configuration parameters and as per-document processing instructions: linearization, compression, user privileges and passwords for PDF generator; unicode annotations, initial view and zoom controls for PostScript; and other options. Other improvements are better support for TrueType fonts and faster rendering of tables.

RenderX announces a release of DiType 2.1. This version introduces:

• SVG backend for fast preview;
• support for XML Catalogs;
• updated style sheets for DocBook and DITA, with configured XML catalogs;
• unicode annotations in PDF output allow non-latin characters in bookmark titles;
• configuration options allow to limit the size of external resources, both per resource and per document.

RenderX integrates DiType and MediaWiki to create DocuType, enabling you to take wiki content and convert it to PDF format for printing and publishing purposes.

RenderX announces a release of DiType 2.0. This version includes a new implementation of scalability on architectures with multiple CPUs/cores, increased performance of PostScript backend, and updated fonts for a wide subrange of the Unicode code points.

RenderX is proud to announce DiType 1.9 Trial. DiType turns manuscripts into type. Built in and for the digital age, it presents the type in PDF, PostScript and other page description languages, and accepts manuscripts in a number of popular XML markup vocabularies. The architecture of DiType is based on experience gathered during the lifetime of XEP and widely uses open technologies and protocols. The heart of DiType is XSL FO rendering engine, accompanied by input format converters and output generators.

Banks, utility companies, retailers, insurance, and credit card companies have an increasing need to give their clients the ability to enter specific information about their accounts in pre-configured PDF forms via the web. This can be accomplished by offering internet-based application forms that are 100% custom to the applicant. The forms can be generated using information from a few upfront questions and known information from their account. Other fields can be filled with known information and even hidden to prevent their modification.

RenderX clients have an increasing need for creating dynamic PDF forms. Producing these forms can be accomplished by using RenderX’s XEP, an original XSL FO formatting engine, combined with iText to produce dynamic, fill-able, custom forms in a high-volume, multi-threaded application. Integrating RenderX XEP and XSL FO technology with iText has resulted in a 100% generic way to generate dynamic PDF forms for everyday applications. No further programming is necessary to generate dynamic, fill-able, custom PDF forms. Click here to view "Integrating RenderX XSL FO Technology with iText for High Performance Dynamic Forms Generation" .

TransPromo, also known as "statement based marketing", integrates a TRANSactional document with proactive PROMOtional marketing. TransPromo provides an opportunity to blend marketing messages with must-read transaction statements such as invoices, statements, benefit confirmations, explanations, and other notifications to influence behavior and ultimately drive business volume. Banks, utilities, retailers, and credit card companies are now incorporating highly tailored messages based on the consumer’s buying habits into transaction documents to provide promotion information relevant to their specific needs and interests.

If you’re producing transactional customer communications such as statements, invoices, policy notifications, or shipping documents, you probably already have some of the basic elements you need to start using TransPromo to take your marketing campaigns to the next level. TransPromo advertising in a PDF, PostScript and AFP electronic and print format can easily be injected into your application with RenderX. Click here to view "Using RenderX for TransPromo" .

RenderX has released XEP 4.12. Two new extensions: 'multicolumn footnotes' and 'unique footnotes'. PDF generator can produce PDF/A compliant documents. Custom meta-fields for PDF document properties may be specified. Encoding tables are not truncated if font is not subsetted. DocBench bundle includes oXygen XML Editor 9.1.

RenderX has released Visual-XSL (VisualXSL 1.6). Implemented the option to generate fillable PDF form for documents with PDF background (currently textboxes and checkboxes are supported).
A lot of new features are now available in the Layout Designer: snapping to grid; context menu for drag-and-drop operation; cross-hairs to know exactly where you are placing an object; displaying of X/Y cursor coordinates (in the status bar); displaying of block location and size in real world coordinates; etc. Improved support of group operations: selecting, moving and resizing was made more comfortable (using mouse). Now all fields can be rotated at the angle that is a multiple of 90 degrees. Added auto-splitting of multi-page PDF for convenient using it as a background for the multi-page form. As well as other features and improvements are implemented.
Visual-XSL (VisualXSL 1.6) trial is available for download here.

RenderX, the recognized leader in XML to print technology, will be exhibiting at the AIIM International / Xplor Document University Global Conference and Exhibition at the Boston Convention & Exposition Center, March 3-6, 2008 in Booth #2824. RenderX will also be the exclusive sponsor of the "Tap & Brew" Lounge, located in Booth #1870, adjacent to the Internet Caf?. The lounge will feature complimentary coffee each day of the show, as well as domestic and import beer from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the first two days, March 4th and 5th.
Kevin Brown, executive vice president of sales and marketing for RenderX, will serve as course chair for the spokespeople addressing XML Forums. Craig Cooper of ChoicePoint Precision Marketing, Eric Brown of Unisys Corporation, Fred Gerson of AIG, Ken Holman of Crane Softwrights Ltd, and Ken Matson of GCom2 Solutions will be speaking on various topics of document creation and management.
Courses will include: "Introduction to XSL-FO (XSLFO)", "Introduction to XSLT and Xpath", "Getting to the XML to PDF Transformation: Leveraging XSL-FO for Document Creation and Management", "Lessons from the FFIEC CDR Project", and "XML Foundation for a Variable Data Printing System".
RenderX will also be presenting targeted demonstrations of our products. This includes demonstrations of our newest release, VisualXSL, showing complete forms-based applications for the Health Care and Insurance industries. RenderX will also be giving attendees a sneak peak at our soon-to-be released products, including:

• DiType – our next generation formatting engine
• DataStyler Beta – leveraging Microsoft Word as an XSL designer
• XML Report Generator – Integrating Oracle, DataStyler and RenderX XEP for a complete business document factory delivering high performance print and on-demand documents

RenderX has released XEP 4.11. XSL 1.1 fo:folio-prefix and fo:folio-suffix are supported. Initial encoding for Type 1 fonts may be specified in the configuration file. A number of PDF options, such as the initial layout and viewer preferences, are available. DocBench bundle includes oXygen XML Editor 9.0. A new multithreading example in C# added to XEPWin Integration and Connectivity Kit .