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Version 7.2.0 Changelog (2020-11-19)

WebViewer Core

New

Updated PDF workers to PDFNet 8.0. All new PDFNet 8.0 APIs are available.
Updated Office workers with many new rendering improvements for docx, pptx and xlsx
Added the ability to add custom appearances to an annotation programmatically with the addCustomAppearance function. To handle saved XFDF custom appearances there is also annotManager.setCustomAppearanceHandler.
Added a new NoDelete property on annotations which prevents deletion but allows modifications
Updated addAnnotations and deleteAnnotations to be able to take an options object. The previous way of calling these functions is deprecated.
Updated addAnnotations to take an autoFocus option which lets you control whether a newly added FreeText or Callout is automatically focused.
Added getImageData and setImageData functions on stamp annotations which will automatically handle SVG data URLs. The ImageData property has been deprecated.
Added the CoreControls.Math namespace with utility functions for Point, Quad, Rect and Matrix
Added setCustomDrawFunction for the RubberStampCreateTool which allows you to draw extra content onto the custom stamps
Added setFreeformRotationEnabled to enable/disable freeform rotation for annotations that support it
Added Annotations.StickyAnnotation.SIZE to control the size of all sticky annotations
Added support for opening EMF files with WebViewer Server
Listable, NoResize, NoMove, MaintainAspectRatio and IsClickableOutsideRect properties on annotations are now preserved when exporting XFDF
Added support for the buttonGetCaption function in embedded JavaScript
Made it easier to load WebViewer on SharePoint with optional aspx pages

Fixes

Fixed issue where license key wasn't accessible in some cases in Salesforce
Fixed issue where deselected event was triggered when deleteAnnotations was called programmatically when non-selected annotations were being deleted
Fixed issue where link XFDF could be modified when no changes were actually made
Fixed issue with WebViewer Server backend switch race condition
Fixed issue where the calculation of a value from nested fields wasn't working correctly
Fixed issue where deleted or moved pages could have their text cached incorrectly
Fixed issue where using getFileData when loading with DocumentViewer outside of the UI would throw an error with FreeTexts
Fixed issue where the text on some XOD documents wasn't able to be selected
Fixed issue with pasting FreeText and Callout annotations getting stuck focused
Fixed extra whitespace below DocumentViewer when loading directly
Fixed issue where the NoPrint flag wasn't working on widgets
Fixed issue where signatures with a border were not able to be signed
Fixed issue where loadAsPDF didn't work if the extension option was passed in
Fixed issue where a viewer optimized file that was edited could still show the unedited thumbnail at some zoom levels
Fixed issue where the cursor for the marquee zoom tool wasn't visible in IE
Fixed issue with callout becoming blank when zooming in Firefox
Fixed issue with inputs that had a date format starting with months
Fixed issue where insertBlankPages was not able to be called when loading a document with WebViewer Server and forceClientSideInit
Fixed issue where rectangular measurement annotations weren't able to be resized
Fixed issue where the line caption color didn't match the stroke color
Fixed issue where copied FreeText annotation text didn't maintain rich text styles
Fixed uncaught exception error that could rarely occur in Firefox
Fixed FreeText underline style being too high for some fonts
Fixed issue where stamp images from another origin couldn't be selected
Fixed issue where rectangular measurement annotations are not immediately selectable after creation
Fixed issue where deleting annotations would trigger a deselected event as well even though they weren't selected
Fixed issue where adding very small FreeText annotations caused an error
Fixed flickering when setting the page number to the current page
Fixed issue where sometimes the viewer optimized thumbnail would be displayed in viewport rendering mode
Fixed issue where undefined field value would get converted to a string
Fixed issue where the wrong cache hinting value was used for streaming XOD
Fixed issue where negative currency values could incorrectly cut off the last character
Fixed potential timing issue when rendering color separations
Fixed issue where a very small image inside a XOD file could cause an error

WebViewer UI

New

Added uiPath option to WebViewer constructor to allow you to set the exact URL of the WebViewer iframe
Added setDisplayedSignaturesFilter to filter which saved signatures will be displayed in the UI
Added a themeChanged event that fires when the UI theme is changed
Added a panelResized event that fires when panels are resized
Added cancelPrint to cancel an ongoing print job
Added an onProgress option to the printInBackground function
Added instance.setHighContrastMode and the highContrastMode constructor option to increase the UI color contrast
Updated the printInBackground API to print all pages by default
Added the ability to enter fractions in the measurement calibration modal
Added usability improvements for reader mode
Updated so that empty text is no longer allowed in the custom stamp modal
Allow a single toolbar button to appear in the ribbon if all other toolbars are hidden
Added aria labels and roles where they were missing on list items
Added the ability to tab through many different elements (bookmarks, style headers, color palette, signature and stamp modals)
Updated the fullscreen button so that it can be enabled programmatically on iOS devices. It is still disabled by default for iOS.
Updated search panel so that a new search does not automatically happen when changing checkbox values
Added a missing label on the custom stamp modal
Updated to React 17
Added data-element values for items in dropdowns
Updated the loadDocument function to accept xodOptions as an option
Updated the mergeDocument function to work even if there is no document loaded in the viewer

Fixes

Fixed issue with the calibration modal sending extra annotation changed events
Fixed issue where there could be a gap to the right of the right panel in some cases
Fixed issue where pressing apply immediately in the calibration modal changes the scale to NaN
Fixed issue where certain toolbar settings would not persist when toggling between read only mode
Fixed issue where adding bookmark element did not show correct page label
Fixed issue where notes panel was slow in IE when there were many annotations
Fixed issue where search results could be improperly spaced in some cases
Fixed issue where the color palette wasn't able to be disabled in the rich text popup
Fixed duplicate page labels in the thumbnail control when multiselecting
Fixed issue with selecting and copying text in the notes panel
Fixed issue where an unposted comment would be removed if another annotation was programmatically added to the document
Fixed issue where long author names would overlap in the notes panel filter popup
Fixed issue where long author names would overflow inside a note
Fixed issue where annotation popup wasn't always closed when an annotation was deleted
Fixed issue where signature modal would accept typed signatures consisting of only whitespace
Fixed issue where some strings in the watermark modal weren't translated
Fixed issue where note button wasn't highlighted when the notes panel was open
Fixed issue where the create stamp popup would close when clicking on the modal
Fixed issue where page navigation with the arrow keys wasn't working in single page mode
Fixed issue with loading config files when origins are on multiple lines in some cases
Fixed issue where the serverUrl option was not including credentials
Fixed issue with page labels not being able to be entered in the page navigation overlay
Fixed issues with scrolling to the selected annotation in the notes panel
Fixed issue when disabling the rich text popup
Fixed issue with setActiveHeaderGroup not working correctly

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