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View past information on RenderX - major product releases, trade show announcements, our own press releases and external articles
featuring our products.
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November 28, 2006 XEP 4.8 released
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RenderX has released XEP 4.8. Major achievements are in AFP backend.
XEP 4.8 provides support in AFP backend for barcodes with BC:OCA,
partial support for SVG with G:OCA,
highlight color and bullets.
DocBench distribution includes oXygen 8.
A number of other improvements and bug fixes, including relaxed limitation for strip/tile tags in TIFF processing,
default 'xHeight' in Type1 fonts.
XEPwin 2.0 has also been updated and now it includes XEP 4.8.
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November 27, 2006 The new version of WordML2FO stylesheets released for free download
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RenderX has released the new version of WordML2FO stylesheets for converting WordML documents into XSL FO (XSLFO).
WordML2FO has been improved by RenderX for processing of section breaks, "Styles and Formatting" in WordML files created in localized
version of the Microsoft Word, lists labels and items, alternative fonts name, properties of nested tables, barcodes support
for AFP-standard BC:OCA encoding and partial Microsoft Word 2007 support (tested with Microsoft Word 2007 Beta 2).
During the year RenderX has been strongly developing the WordML2FO to extend its abilities. Major achievements are in Word
graphics support (starting with basic shapes up to complex ones like Block Arrows, Stars and Banners, Callouts etc) and barcodes
support. RenderX has improved the wide set of formatting elements processing like sections, headers and footers, tables, lists,
processing of XML elements specified by custom XML scheme and others.
WordML2FO package contains the collection of samples to demonstrate the capabilities of the conversion and user documentation
to help users do the conversion.
WordML2FO stylesheets can be downloaded for free here.
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November 24, 2006 The new version of INX2FO stylesheets released for free download
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The new version of XSLT stylesheets designed for converting Adobe InDesign Interchange (INX) format to XSL FO (XSLFO) is now available. RenderX has improved these stylesheets for text indents processing and support of tint (for shapes borders
and background).
The RenderX INX2FO package includes improved stylesheets for performing the transformation, as well as updated user documentation and a set
of samples.
The RenderX INX2FO stylesheets can be downloaded here.
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November 15, 2006 GOA/Xplor 2007 Exhibition and Conference
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Graphics of the Americas, the second largest U.S.-based annual international graphic communications exhibition and Xplor International debuts the XML/PDF exhibit pavilion,
February 28 through March 4, 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida.
In addition, the pavilion will be offering topic-specific conference curricula and vendor tutorials.
As part of these curricula and vendor tutorials, Kevin Brown was selected to run the XML Forum: Document Production for Implementers
and XML Forum: Document Production for Decision Makers.
Speakers will consist of Management and Technical personnel from AIG, Choicepoint Precision Marketing, Crane Software, Elan
GMK, foActive LLC, Industrial Medium, Innodata-Isogen, RenderX, Thunderhead and Lehman Brothers, and PostNexus.
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November 14, 2006 The 3rd Annual Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies Boston
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The Gilbane Conference on Content Management has asked Kevin Brown to speak at its Automated Publishing track scheduled on Wednesday, November 29,
2006.
This is Kevin’s second speaking engagement at the Gilbane Conference.
This year’s conference will be focusing on the broad range of content technologies available for enterprise applications,
including technologies like content management and enterprise search.
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September 08, 2006 XEP 4.7 released, with some support for XSL 1.1 and improvements in AFP backend
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RenderX has released XEP 4.7. The new version supports some XSL 1.1 features in FO namespace
and includes major improvements in AFP backend.
XEP 4.7 supports XSL 1.1 change-bars, bookmarks,
indexes, fo:page-number-citation-last and page-position="only". These features are
now supported in FO namespace, with some limitations.
XEP 4.7 also includes major improvements in AFP backend:
support for FORMDEFs, 'dashed' and 'dotted' line styles, shading patterns and image caching.
XEPwin 2.0 has also been updated and now it includes XEP 4.7.
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August 10, 2006 INX2FO stylesheets released for free download
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RenderX has expanded the development tools for creating XSL FO (XSLFO) through the development of a set of stylesheets for
transformation of Adobe InDesign Interchange
(INX)
format to XSL FO (XSLFO).
Adobe InDesign CS2 allows to save documents in XML based format INX.
XSL FO (XSLFO) is an XML markup language for document formatting. XSL FO (XSLFO) is part of XSL, a set of W3C technologies
designed for the transformation and formatting of XML data.
The RenderX INX2FO package includes stylesheets for performing the transformation, as well as user documentation and a set of samples.
For the initial release, INX2FO supports most of the important document structures like tables, paragraphs, and images.
The RenderX INX2FO stylesheets can be downloaded here. This is another free tool offered to the community by RenderX.
With this download, you will receive a collection of stylesheets for converting Adobe InDesign INX documents to XSL FO (XSLFO).
INX2FO stylesheets package also includes some application notes and several sample documents that demonstrate the capabilities
of the conversion.
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May 26, 2006 XEP 4.6 released, includes AFP output generation
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RenderX has released XEP 4.6, a new version of its XSL processor and
accompanying tools. The new version introduces AFP output generation - XEP can
now output documents in AFP format. New features include:
- AFP backend (requires a special license)
- Line-breaking algorithm conforms to the Unicode Standard Annex #14
- New implementation of XSL 1.1 change bars
XEP 4.6 has built-in support for generating AFP documents.
AFP support is available through a special license. AFP is an architecture for high volume
transaction output supported by various vendors of printing equipments like IBM,
Kodak, and Xerox.
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May 23, 2006 RenderX is pleased to announce new support for generating AFP documents
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RenderX is pleased to announce new support for generating AFP documents.
The new XEP AFP generator is available with a special license. AFP is an architecture standard for
high volume transaction output supported by such vendors of printing equipment like IBM,
Kodak, Xerox and others.
AFP has built-in support for text and raster graphic output, vector graphic,
vector and raster fonts and many other features. XEP AFP generator generates documents which are
MODCA-P streams that contain PTOCA objects and IOCA objects. XEP AFP generator can also generate
an additional stream that can contain raster images as IOCA objects.
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May 03, 2006 XEPwin 2.0 and WinSuite Kit released, work with .NET Framework 2.0
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RenderX has released XEPwin 2.0 and WinSuite Kit. The new
versions are intended for .NET Framework 2.0.XEPwin 2.0 distribution
includes the most recent builds of XEP 4.5 and WordprocessingML To XSL FO (XSLFO)
Converter. MSI installer will download and install required components: .NET Framework 2.0
and J2SE 1.4.2, if they are not yet installed in the system. Users do not need to
download anything separately.
WinSuite Kit includes a new version of XEP.dll for use with .NET Framework 2.0.
License keys issued for version 1.2 of XEPwin and WinSuite Kit are valid for
updates to 2.0 versions.
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March 21, 2006 The new version of WordML2FO stylesheets released for free download
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RenderX has released the new improved version of WordML2FO,
a collection of XSLT stylesheets designed for converting WordprocessingML documents
into XSL FO (XSLFO) documents (examples are included into the WordML2FO package).
Microsoft Word 2003 can save documents in WordprocessingML by representing edited constructs in XML syntax.
XSL-FO is an XML markup language for document formatting. XSL-FO is part of XSL, a set of W3C technologies
designed for the transformation and formatting of XML data.
WordML2FO includes a generic stylesheet designed for performing this conversion,
as well as an extension stylesheet that makes use of RenderX extensions such as flow-sections, document properties and bookmarks.
In this new version you will find several improvements such as generation of barcodes, support of .png images,
capability to disallow breaking table rows at page breaks, support for character filled tabs, use of XSLT "plug-ins",
some introductory support for WordArt (several basic shapes) and for smart-tags, and many other improvements.
WordML2FO stylesheets can be downloaded for free here.
With this download, you will receive a collection of stylesheets for converting Microsoft WordprocessingML to XSL FO (XSLFO).
WordML2FO stylesheets package also includes some application notes and several sample documents that demonstrate the capabilities
of the conversion.
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January 18, 2006 RenderX Exhibits at AIIM May 15-18
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RenderX will be exhibiting at the AIIM Expo
in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center May 15-18, 2006. Business professionals attend
AIIM Expo to find the latest technologies and solutions to develop and improve enterprise
content & document management processes. Attendees of AIIM Expo don't just come to
learn what's new, but also to learn how to improve upon the systems they have in place
to capture, manage, share, and store documents.
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January 16, 2006 XML 2005 Conference Proceedings Posted to Public
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Idealliance and RenderX have published the final proceedings
from The XML 2005 Conference. The proceedings and slides are available on the
conference website. The proceedings themselves represent an excellent demonstration
of RenderX software.Authors contributed XML content for their papers and RenderX
software was used to produce HTML, PDF and SVG versions of each document. The entire
process is automated, including the production of all indexes and organization of the
website.
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January 05, 2006 XEP 4.5 released, includes support for Thai
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RenderX has released XEP 4.5, a new version of its XSL processor and
accompanying tools. The new version introduces Thai support - XEP can
now render documents written in Thai, performing proper word breaking and
glyph composition. This feature requires SUN JDK 1.4+, but XEP will still
run with earlier versions. Other improvements include better heuristics for
side floats placement, refinements in marker retrieval algorithms, and
resolution of fine conformance issues. More information on XEP can be
found on the product page.
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January 01, 2006 RenderX Exhibits at Xplor to Showcase PDF, Postscript and AFP Output
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RenderX will be exhibiting at the Graphics of the Americas/Xplor International
conference in Miami Beach, Florida February 3-5. We invite you to visit us at our booth
#609 and see our industry-leading XML to Print technology in a series of demonstrations.
RenderX will be introducing XEP version 4.5 and demonstrating output capabilities in PDF,
Postscript and AFP. RenderX is also hosting and will be featured in several speaking slots
during the XMLForum that are specifically focused on using XML in Print.
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July 28, 2005 RenderX Diamond Sponsor of XML 2005
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RenderX along with Sun Microsystems is sponsoring the Idealliance XML 2005
Conference in Atlanta November 14-18. Make plans to come visit us and see
our industry-leading XML to PDF technology in a series of demonstrations.
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July 18, 2005 Simplify XSL FO (XSLFO) with Stylus Studio and RenderX XEP!
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Now you can simplify single source publishing from XML to PDF, PostScript
and other advanced document formats with integrated support for the RenderX
XEP XSL:FO processor in Stylus Studio. Use the industry-leading RenderX XEP
processor in place of the Apache FOP to edit, troubleshoot and preview
advanced XML to PDF transformations using XSL:FO directly from within Stylus
Studio. A new tutorial explains how to configure the two products, read
about it on page containing description of using Stylus Studio with RenderX XEP.
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June 15, 2005 RenderX Announces Availability of Free Personal Edition
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To show its dedication to the XSL FO (XSLFO) community, RenderX is
pleased to offer a free, non-expiring "Personal Edition" of RenderX software.
The Personal Edition is licensed to individuals who wish to produce PDF and
Postscript for non-commercial applications. It is perfect for creating W3C
standards, other industry standards and specifications, open source
documentation, blog postings and any other non-commercial application.
The Personal Edition is functionally equivalent to RenderX's full software, with the
exception of a small stamp applied to pages at the very bottom margin.
Fill out the download form and we will e-mail your license key immediately.
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June 14, 2005 XEP 4.4 Released, Improvements in Section 508 and Change Bars
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RenderX has released verison 4.4 of the XEP Engine, the major
new features of this release are support for generating PDF which complies to Section 508 in the trial version of
the software and added support for implementing Change Bars within nested lists
and tables. More information on XEP can be found on the product page.
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April 15, 2005 XEP 4.3 Released, Adds Section 508 and Table Footers
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RenderX has released verison 4.3 of the XEP Engine, the major
new features of this release are support for generating PDF which complies to Section 508 and added support for
repeatable XSL FO (XSLFO) table footers. Section 508 requires that Federal agencies'
electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
RenderX government and commericial customers can now create PDFs with logical
reading order, alternate descriptions for images and setting an overall document
language. This new release also supports repeatable table footers and
honors 'table-omit-footer-at-break'. More information on XEP can be found on
the product page.
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March 19, 2005 Enmasse 1.5 Released, Adds SOAP Interface Capability
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RenderX released a new version of EnMasse, our
high-performance formatting server for XML documents. This version adds a SOAP
interface to EnMasse, allowing users to format documents directly from a user
application. The EnMasse Soap server accepts source XSL FO (XSLFO) or XML documents and
sends back the formatted document via the same connection to the user. It can
easily be intergrated to any application that supports SOAP. More
information on EnMasse can be found on the product
page
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March 05, 2005 MarkLogic to host Webinar to feature RenderX
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XML is a better way to handle content… but what's the best
way to handle all that XML? Get the answer in a live web event, where you'll find out how an XML content
server can give you more value from your enterprise content while speeding
document print production wth RenderX software to lower the costs of business.
Please make plans to attend this educational web seminar, Unlocking the Value of Enterprise Content: We'll Hand
You the Keys, on Tuesday, March 22. It will feature live demonstrations of MarkLogic, the
industry's leading XML content server, integrated with RenderX's industry leading
print technology and other best-of-breed XML software. Don't miss this opportunity, register now!
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February 10, 2005 Microsoft Publishes MSDN Technical Article
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John Durant featured a spot on his
weblog
about a recent article for MSDN co-authored by RenderX engineers and Mark Iverson,
Microsoft's programmability writer. As John points out, WordprocessingML from Microsoft
is hot-hot-hot! We think so too John, "Rock on"! The article,
Transforming Word Documents into the XSL-FO Format
demonstrates publicly available stylesheets from Microsoft and RenderX that can be
used to convert Word 2003 documents into XSL FO (XSLFO). There is some additional
information about this technology in our free tools section.
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February 10, 2005 RenderX Announces Release of XEPWin Desktop and Server
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RenderX announces the initial release of XEPWin Desktop and
Server. RenderX has responded to our customers demands for tools better suited
for deployment on the Windows platform. The result is XEPWin, a .NET service
that surrounds XEP Engine. XEPWin delivers all the functionality of our flagship
product and exposes new .NET interfaces for interacting with the core
engine. This initial release also includes several Windows applications to
ease productivity on that platform, including a new Windows GUI and ActiXEP — a hot
folder application. More information on XEPWin is available from the product page.
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February 05, 2005 XEP 4.2 Released
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RenderX has released version 4.2 of the XEP Engine. Among
other features, this release includes an extension for change bars, support for
varying levels of PDF/X conformance including PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3, embedding
ICC profiles into documents, and support for z-index on fixed containers.
As always, customers can easily upgrade their existing copies by visiting our download page, uploading their license key
and accessing all new updates.
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December 20, 2004 TechRepublic publishes article on RenderX XEP
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TechRepublic, a CNET
Networks publication and a leader in providing information and tools for IT
decision support and professional advice by job function, published an article
focusing on RenderX XEP and its potential use throughout the growing database
reporting and personalized correspondence markets. Full text of the article "Use the flexibility of XEP to render and
publish XML presentations" is available on the TechRepublic web
site.
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November 17, 2004 Strategic Alliance with SchemaSoft
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SchemaSoft and RenderX, Inc. today announced a strategic
alliance that will focus on producing a best-in-class print engine based on XML
and non-XML input data, and high quality print output in various formats.
The joint solution from SchemaSoft and RenderX provides a system that enables
organizations to process source documents, graphics or images of various formats
using XSL FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects), an open standard,
and produce high quality print output.
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November 17, 2004 EnMasse 1.3 Released
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RenderX releases a new version of RenderX EnMasse, a server
for high-performance formatting of XML documents. The new release includes XSL
transformation on XEP nodes; examples of integrating EnMasse into Java
Server Pages, ASP.NET environments, batch scripts for Microsoft operating systems;
rewritten user's guide and installation instructions featuring case studies and
detailed explanations.
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October 25, 2004 Docbench Released
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RenderX Docbench, a complete solution for documentation authors and stylesheets
designers based on <oXygen/> XML editor and RenderX XEP, is available for
purchase and downloading from RenderX on-line store. Software components included
into the package are tuned to work together, and provide a complete authoring
environment which allows users to author books, articles, leaflets, forms, and to
format it for both on-screen and paged media.
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October 08, 2004 Newest Version of XEP, Additional Software
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RenderX announces release of a new line of publishing solutions. The solutions are
based on the new version of RenderX XEP, Version 4, with many more features and
performance improvements. Built on the foundation of XEP are "EnMasse", a scalable
server for parallel processing of high volumes of formatting tasks and "Docbench", a
complete authoring environment.
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September 13, 2004 Mathsoft™ Integrates RenderX Software to Maximize Value of Customers'
Quantitative Engineering Information through PDF Publishing and Archiving
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RenderX XEP Software Dynamically Converts Engineering Calculations,
Methods and Values into High-Fidelity Electronic Document Format
RenderX, Inc. announced that Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc., the only
provider of complete Calculation Management solutions, has selected RenderX's XEP
solution to produce high-volume print capability of quantitative engineering information. Read more...
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July 07, 2004 RenderX Announces .NET Version of Flagship Product and Initial Implementation for
Major Insurance Company
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New Product Targets .NET Platform with Identical XSL Formatting
Capabilities as RenderX's Java Version
RenderX, Inc. announced the availability of XEP.NET - an advanced XSL formatter
component for the .NET environment. Germany-based ITERGO Informationstechnologie was
an early adopter of the XEP.NET product. Using RenderX software, ITERGO developed an
internet-based insurance application to support agents for the second largest German
primary insurance company. Read more...
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July 06, 2004 Dow Jones Newsletter about RenderX
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The DowJones Newsletter, covering the topic "Contending with
content", discusses all the software components emerging to create, store,
manage and repurpose content in corporate America. RenderX gets a prominent
mention for our technology, with corporate leaders like Charles Schwab and
Dun & Bradstreet implementing RenderX XEP for their needs.
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June 07, 2004 Thunderhead Standardizes On RenderX Software to Provide Users High Volume XML to PDF
and PostScript Printing Capability
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Leading XML Print Solution Enhances Next Generation Software
Platform for Multi-channel Publishing Targeted at Financial and Insurance Industries
RenderX, Inc. announced that Thunderhead Ltd., the provider of highly-usable,
standards-based document generation technology, has selected the RenderX XEP
software package to provide clients an integral component for rendering XML content
to PDF and PostScript for high volume printing capability. Read more...
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January 13, 2004 RenderX and Assentis Technologies Establish Strategic Alliance to Provide
Best-in-Class XML Business Documents Solution
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RenderX XEP to be Bundled with Assentis Software to Deliver Next
Generation XML to PDF and XML to Postscript Technology
RenderX, Inc. and Assentis Technologies AG, a market leader in personalized,
XML-based business documents solutions, today announced their agreement to enter
into a strategic alliance. This new partnership will deliver enhanced products and
services to their joint customers worldwide. The combined solution creates the only
comprehensive tool for high-quality design of XSL for dynamic documents. Read more...
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December 22, 2003 RenderX Announces Strategic Alliance with X-Hive Corporation to Streamline XML
Document Management and Publishing
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New Partnership Enables Support for Creating Sophisticated
Documents from XML Content Using X-Hive/Docato and RenderX XEP
RenderX, Inc. and X-Hive Corporation, a leading provider of native XML databases,
today announced that they have established a strategic initiative focused on
best-in-class technology to deliver the industry's most comprehensive solution for
the management of XML content and high quality print output of that content. The
joint solution that RenderX and X-Hive provides is the only system that enables
organizations to shift from SGML content to XML structures. To date, standard
products have not fulfilled these complex needs.Under terms of the agreement, X-Hive
will embed RenderX XEP software into their Docato software. Read more...
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November 17, 2003 RenderX Chosen by Sebis Direct to Deliver High Quality Output of XML Content
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Leading XML Software Provider Implements Solution to Enable
Advanced Commercial Document Printing Capability
RenderX, Inc. announced that Sebis Direct, Inc., a leading provider of data driven
direct mail and electronic mail production solutions, has standardized on RenderX's
flagship XEP Rendering Engine as its software tool of choice for creating dynamic
commercial document packages for its customers. The application has been optimized
to allow Sebis' non-technical users to produce complex XML documents like
personalized insurance certificates, letters, and audit applications from merged databases. Read more...
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News
 August 19, 2008 XEP 4.13 released
 'Transpromo' and 'watermark' extensions and bug fixes.More news...
July 25, 2008 DiType 2.2 Release
 PDF and PS backend configuration options, improved TTF, faster rendering of tables.More news...
June 20, 2008 DiType 2.1 Release
 SVG backend, XML Catalogs, updated style sheets for DocBook and DITA, unicode annotations, external resources' size limitation.More news...
June 20, 2008 New Product Release: DocuType
 RenderX integrates DiType and MediaWiki to create DocuType enabling you to take wiki content and convert it to PDF format for printing and publishing.More news...
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