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IMiS/Scan & IMiS/View
06/2013: 8.6.1306
- New: Optimized PDF file read with file buffering.
- New: Option in "Sign preference" for disabling signature verification in document. It is also possible to disable document signing with creating new value in Windows Registry.
- Fix: Incorrect image stream length in legacy code. Incorrect image stream length object value is replaced with correct stream length.
- Fix: Writing to restricted Windows Registry key will not raise exception.
- Fix: No more "Cannot create shell notification" message when starting IMiS client application on Terminal Server.
- Fix: Verification of signature in incorrect PDF structure will not show notification message.
- Fix: IMiSJoinObjects API function now works properly
03/2013: 8.6.1303
- New: Following document properties are added into TIFF and signed PDF file:
- number of pages in document
- number of scanned pages
- name of scanner
- New: New language pack: Macedonian
- New: Minor changes on scanner settings user interface.
- Fix: Scanner sliders for contrast and brightness now work correctly.
- Fix: Version info in Tech support can now properly recognize Windows 7 and Windows 8.
- Fix: Sending document as e-mail attachment thru Lotus Notes by using IMiS API function IMiSMergeAnnotations will create new document in same format as original one.
- Fix: Changed text in text annotation will not be preserved. It must be manually saved with click on a button “Set as default”
- Fix: When Kofax VRS scanner driver is used its underlying scanner name is used for scanner name.
- Fix: Minor fix when document window is closed. Sometimes this action has crashed application.
- Fix: PDF signature module is always released when PDF document is verified.
- Fix: PDF signature without visible signature is now correctly applied on document.
- Fix: Initialization of scanner driver is done only once.
11/2012: 8.6.1211
- New: PDF files can be digitally signed.
- New: Open document can be exported to file system.
- New: Send by e-mail user interface dialog is replaced with "Export As.." interface dialog.
- New: Before sending document by e-mail its file format can be changed.
- New: Page rotation can be saved when sending or exporting document
- New: IMiS client can log its execution. Following log levels are avaible: Off, Critical, Error, Warning, Information, Verbose.
- Fix:IMiS API's reference count is correctly decreased when used together with IMiS client COM object.
- Fix: IMiSAuditLogQuery accepts more than 2 session parameters.
- Fix: Text annotation on document opened in read-only mode is correctly printed.
- Fix: Scanner driver sharing between IMiS client and IMiS/BatchScan has been improved.
- Fix: Image and stamp annotation tool settings are changed to use BMP file from file system.
- Fix: DoMergeAnnotations now uses CopyFile & DeleteFile instead of MoveFileEx to allow working with network drives.
- Fix: Scanner settings on right panel are correctly shown if larger fonts are enabled on windows.
04/2012: 8.5.1204
- Fix: Algorithm for signing and verifying documents has been changed, because signature made on Windows 7 was incorrectly verified on Windows XP and vice verse.
- Fix: Signature version and application name has been added into treeview of signature details.
03/2012: 8.5.1203
- Fix: Annotations on document opened in read-only mode will be visible.
- Fix: Scanning while scanner dialog is shown will not produce exception.
- Fix: Crypto COM object is now correctly use in openenig IMiSARC storage.
- Fix: Minor fixes in COM object model.
02/2012: 8.5.1202
- New: Signing TIFF documents with visible or invisible signatures
- New: Viewing signatures on document
- New: Manually enabling edit mode will read document again from storage to reflect any changes which might be done by other users.
- New: All annotations on document can be viewed on right panel (Annotation info).
- New: Send by email can now send original document if it is signed.
- New: Stamp and image annotation can have transparent background.
- Fix: Reading and writing PDF tags has been fixed.
- Fix: Document opened with Drag&Drop will not be closed if first document is closed.
- Fix: Writing TIFF tags has been fixed when copy/paste or merge annotations has been used.
- Fix: Writing TIFF asociation in Windows 7 registry has been fixed
New in IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++:
- Creator & Producer values in PDF output files (FRE6, FRE9, FRE10)
- Creator & Producer values in PDF/A output files (FRE9, FRE10)
08/2011: 8.3.1108
- Fix: Correct printing of multiple copies on Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit).
- Fix: Reading and writing PDF tags (author, creator, modify and creation date) in PDF file is now correctly executed.
New version of PixTools 8.5:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 redistributable package (x86) required.
- Resolution information is now calculated and stored correctly in JPEG2000 images.
- Support for PDF page rendering has been improved. Greater variety of PDF documents can be opened.
- The rendering of image-only PDF documents has been significantly improved.
- Performance of binary filters has been optimized.
06/2011: 8.3.1106
- Fix: IMiS/Scan++ (with FRE9 OCR support) setup installs Abbyy's intermediate files correctly.
- Fix: Scanning single page in duplex mode will not scan the back page of the document.
- Fix:Archiving MS Office Open XML Formats through COM and JNI interface was impossible due to used MIME types longer than 64 characters, which is not supported by IMiS/ARC. MIME types are now translated to their shorter (internal) equivalents which enable IMiS clients to archive Office 2007 formats.
- Fix:Minor fix in writing PDF tags to PDF file.
- Fix:Scrolling mouse's wheel button up will zoom-in document, scrolling down will zoom-out.
- Fix:Scanning in modal mode will not consume large CPU times.
- Fix:Product installation registers all known COM interfaces due to JNI layer requirements
- Fix:JNI Interface is now compatible with J2SE 5.0 and J2EE 5.0 runtime environments.
- Fix:IMiS/Scan++ (with FRE6 OCR support) setup installs Abbyy's intermediate files correctly.
- Fix: Copying and pasting multiple pages now works without the need of our workaround.
02/2011: 8.3.1102
- New: Diffrent annotations can be grouped into one custom annotation.
- New: Saving last used category panel. If last panel beeing used is annotation panel then last annotation type is also saved.
- New: Stamp can be removed from properties.
- New: New copy and paste shortcuts: (Copy: Ctrl-Insert), (Cut: Shift-Delete), (Paste: Shift-Insert).
- New: Audit log entries can be saved thru COM. Added COM method AuditLogEntry. All communication with arcli is thru wide methods.
- Fix: CopyToStorage returns error if can not write into destination file.
- Fix: Scanning with Avision scanner now work with PixTools 8.4. New ISIS driver has been released.
Known bugs:
- Printing in multiple copies will muliply print outs (2 copies will produce 4 print outs, 3 copies will produce 9 print outs).
- Copying and pasting multiple pages works with our workaround. Error in PixTools library.
06/2010: 8.2.1006
- New: Support for Drag&Drop function. Dragging document icon into new document will open this document.
- New: Tech support can be sent from IMiS client.
- New: Profile can be changed even if document include some pages, but document type will not be changed.
- Fix: Opened IMiS client's windows can be visible in taskbar.
- Fix: Selecting thumbnail in one IMiS client document will not change page in other opened documents.
- Fix: Preference set thru COM object are accounted correctly.
- Fix: Documents opened thru Windows Explorer will be shown in IMiS/View immediately.
- Fix: Setting checkbox for duplex scanning is now accounted correctly.
- Fix: Some virtual application save MIME settings into different Registry keys.
- Fix: PixTools components are not refreshed on timer anymore.
New PixTools 8.4
- Support for LZW compression for colour images in TIFF files.
- Support for JPEG2000 compression for 8-bit grey images.
- Support for Unicode filenames.
- BinaryBarcodeDetectionV2 filter supports the ability to perform preprocessing to increase the recognition rate for barcodes.
- Annotations toolkit allow custom drawing.
- TIFF files are compatible with MS Photo Viewer.
- Datamatrix barcodes can be read correctly.
New Abbyy FRE 9 used with ocrdll.dll 7.9.910.45 (IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++)
- Support for PDF/A output format
- New recognition languages
- Retain full page layout option fix
- AppPath registry value obsolete
12/2009: 8.1.912
- New: IMiS client is now unicode compliant.
- New: Document and scanner settings can be saved as profile for later use.
- New: Profile selection, scanner settings, document settings, document information, annotations can now be accessed on right panel.
- New: Splash screen can be disabled in Preferences.
- Large toolbar icons can be enabled in Preferences.
- New COM: SendByEmail function to send image by default email software.
- New COM Print function.
New PixTools 8.3
- Support for image and text PDF files. Previous versions supported Image Only PDF files. With the new release, the following PDF types will also be supported: Image only, Image plus text, Vector, Non-vector, Mixed Raster Content. Note: Multipart JPEG2000 is not supported.
- Support for JPEG2000 & JBIG2 compression in PDF files
- Updated barcode recognition engine. Binary barcode detection filter now includes a new orientation Diagonal, which detects barcodes with a 45 degree orientation and detects the following new barcode types: QR barcode, Royal Post, Australian Post, Intelligent Mail
- New background dropout filter: detects the background color of a scanned document and either drop it out or flatten it to a single shade. This filter can decrease the image size up to 40% when saving to a JPEG format.
- Scanner auto-detect feature. Note: This feature is only available for scanners that support the auto-detect feature.
- Fix: In demo version when Cancel button is pressed on random code input document is not closed.
12/2009: 7.7.912
- New: ocrdll.dll 7.6.907.42 is changed from ANSI-based to Unicode-based library
- New: Export to Clipboard option in OCR settings dialog is now checkbox used with export format, not a special format (currently only RTF format is used for export to clipboard)
- Fix: Correct handling of OCR forms in relation to IMiSScan. New OCR function SetParentWndHandle.
- Fix: Correct showing of toolbars. If "page" toolbar is hidden in version 5.x then in new version all toolbars are hidden.
- Fix: Print title can be long only 31 characters. If print title was longer then 31 characters then printing to PCL printers can produce error.
08/2009: 7.6.907
- Fix: Short IDs with included '>' char are now correctly parsed.
- No more support for '>' char as a page index flag in object ID.
04/2009: 7.6.904
- New COM layer architecture. Introducing new objects which represent more hierarchy design COM model. See more in manual .
- With new COM object model, it is also possible to set OCR settings (IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++)
- Support for multiple recognition languages (IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++)
11/2008: 7.5.811
- Audit log trail and query support for IMiS/ARC documents (imisapi.dll 7.5.811)
- Updated output PDF/A files (imispdfa.dll 7.5.811)
- Crop image operation
- Merge annotation operation
- Compression preferences now saved separately for TIFF and PDF files
- Selecting annotations with Ctrl+mouse
- COM update (new document events BeforeCrop, AfterCrop, new enum values for TIFF and PDF compression preferences)
- Some new features in IP filters (new blankpage filter, border removal filter Processing limits setting, deskew filter Quality setting, rotation filter Autodetect Constraint setting, barcode filter Use Checksum setting, helpful hints on filter setting dialogs) (IMiS/Scan+/++, IMiS/View+/++)
- Fix: printing from imisapi.dll IMiSViewPages function did not work
- Fix: after opening some invalid image files window could not be closed
07/2008: 7.2.807
- Document redactions are merged before the document is opened if the user has no 'Edit document' permission
- Fix: CPU usage when scrolling a page issue addressed
- Fix: Save document rotation could cause error
- Fix: COM events BeforeAnnotationCreate and AfterAnnotationCreate
04/2008: 7.1.804
- IMiS Imaging Clients are shipped in a pure MSI 1.2 installation package
- Microsoft Vista compatible releases
- More setup options for mapping IMiS imaging clients INI files into registry keys
- Setup can now optionally create Shortcuts
- Updated Administrators command line options for silent install
- Improved group membership resolves in IBM Lotus Notes environments which are used for checking user activation status
- Improved Tech Support requests with extended library version information
- Support for Croatian and Bosnian language
- Improved PDF/A support and validation checked against all major PDF/A compliancy checkers
- New COM/LSX events added: BeforePageRotation, AfterPageRotation, BeforePageMirror, AfterPageMirror
- Improved Application startup when using through C API layer
- Fix: Inability to use IMiS imaging clients 6.5.x in Windows 98 environments (already addressed by a patch which is now included in this release)
- Fix: Annotations (e.g. redactions) were not taken into consideration in indexing mode (IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++)
01/2008: 7.0.801
- New user interface with transparent background and gradients
- Pixtools 8.0 toolkit: support for Microsoft Windows Vista, fixed Deskew filter that caused unwanted rotation, fixed PIXTIFF driver to support JPEG-IN-TIFF images
- DataMatrix barcode type removed until further notice since our principal was not able to resolve issues when using DataMatrix type (IMiS/Scan+/++, IMiS/View+/++)
- Fix: Copy/paste of rotated page was not pasted rotated but in original mode
05/2007: 6.5.705
- New error code: 2 - Inconsistent document: Document was partly saved
- Insert mode can now be preset on default value
- Save Only: Document can now be saved without closing it (Ctrl+S)
- Shortcut Crtl+Q for Save and Close
- Support for failover access to IMiS/ARC storage server
- Support for external object ID's
- COM property IsNew: used for testing if current document is new document. It is set on true in Scan method
- Overwrite COM property: Setting this property will overwrite existing document with new one
- New document's window are now always put in front
03/2007: 6.5.703
- Support for java native interface. It is possible to call and use function of IMiS/Scan or IMiS/View from Java environment
01/2007: 6.3.701
- Support for PDF/A-1b standard with imispdfa.dll
- Fixed opening of document stored on DominoDoc thru ODMA
- Support for new Index feature in IMiS/Scan++ & IMiS/View++
12/2006: 6.1.612
- Supporting short IDs with different types of coding (code16, code64, code85). Only compatible with IMiS/ARC server.
- IMiSDocument COM object property ID supports two parameters: PageNum and Rights (objectID[::[PageNum=xxx][space | %][Rights=xxx]]).
- IMiSDocument COM object supports property ErrorCode for getting error codes.
- Deselecting scanner: Properties->Scanner->button Deselect scanner.
10/2006: 6.1.610
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 7.5: improved support for PDF images
- User can save and use his own annotations
- Saving pages in rotated or mirrored state when in edit mode
- New barcode filter added: PostNet (IMiS/Scan+/++, IMiS/View+/++)
- New IMiSScan switches: /v- preview (read-only); /e- edit mode; /p- print
- Triggering events on IMiSScan actions
- Document indexing (IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++)
- Copying and pasting files in PDF format does not raise exception
- New imisapi.dll function IMiSSet/GetPreference
- No more IMiScom.dll. It is embedded in IMiSScan/View
05/2006: 5.7.605
03/2006: 5.7.603
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 7.4: improved support for PDF images, intelligent auto rotation option in Rotate filter
- New checkboxes in preference: keeping view position when selecting different page, keeping region visible when changing pages (IMiS/Scan, IMiS/View)
01/2006: 5.6.601
- IMiS INI files are put in Windows Registry
12/2005: 5.6.512
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 7.3, LZW compression scanning support, GIF filetype scanning support, faster and easier to use PIXTWAIN Configurator, new Digital Stamp filter, intelligent auto rotation option in Rotate filter
- Separate TIFF and PDF supported compressions in Preferences dialog
- Show document windows in taskbar preference
- TIF and TIFF association fix when changed in Folder Options
- Other features & bugfixes (see Knowledgebase for all details)
09/2005: 5.5.509
- Fixed reading of page tags in Page information dialog
- Fixed open progress status dialog that sometimes freezed the application
- Other features & bugfixes (see Knowledgebase for all details)
08/2005: 5.5.508
- Cancel button implemented on open progress dialog for documents from IMiS/Arc
- Print executed from toolbar button starts printing without print dialog with default printer
- imisapi.dll function IMiSViewPages now prints without print dialog
- Edit mode disabled for singlepage image formats
- Other features & bugfixes (see Knowledgebase for all details)
06/2005: 5.3.506
- Scanning in overwrite mode ignores tree cursor, always starts from the selected page (IMiS/Scan)
- Other features & bugfixes (see Knowledgebase for all details)
04/2005: 5.2.503
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 7.2, improved gray scale smoothing, color smoothing
- Scanner driver sharing support between IMiS/Scan and IMiS/BatchScan
- Fixed OCR to clipboard error (IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++)
04/2005: 5.1.501
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 7.0 SP3, supports LZW compression and GIF file formats
- New IP2 filters: significant improvements to filter speeds, new color filters: Black Overscan Removal, Color Content Detection, Color Dropout and Threshold
- Improved barcode recognition and support of new barcode types: Airline 2/5, BCD Matrix, Matrix 2/5, Code 32, Invert 2/5, Datalogic 2/5, PDF 417 and DataMatrix
- IBM Content Manager support
- Default ODMA provider preference
- Default annotation settings preferences
- Save window position on extended screen
- Other features & bugfixes (see Knowledgebase for all details)
03/2005: 4.3.503
- Fixed OCR to clipboard error and OCR region (IMiS/Scan++, IMiS/View++)
10/2004: 4.3.410
- ODMA Save As dialog before document window close
- Document save error 11 fix
09/2004: 4.2.409
- Fixed document save under some conditions
08/2004: 4.2.408
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 7.0 SP2, supports large binary images
- Save As dialog before document window close
04/2004: 4.1.404
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 7.0
- Redesign & improved performance
- Automatically start when Windows starts preference
- Associate with *.TIF, *.TIFF files preference
- Other new features & functions (see Knowledgebase for all details)
- LN:DI MSS is no longer supported
11/2003: 3.5.311
- New function IMiSMergeAnnotations using acl permissions in imisapi.dll 3.5.311
- Fixed send to OCR that in some cases sent a file with invalid pages
- Fixed send by mail that created a PDF with .tif extension when a document file format is PDF
08/2003: 3.4.308
- Fixed access violation in PIXEZN.dll
- Fixed paste when clipboard empty
- Smaller window constraints
07/2003: 3.1.307 & 3.2.307
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 6.4
- Bug fix (PDF signature problem with IMiS/Arc)
05/2003: 3.1.305
- New functions in annotation feature
- Bug fixes (see Knowledgebase for details)
03/2003: 3.1.303
- New modules: IMiS/Scan++ and IMiS/View++ (bundled OCR)
- Additional image processing filters (blank page, barcode)
- Fixed problems with annotations copy/paste
- Fixed memory leaks (IMiS/Scan)
- Enhanced communication with IMiS/ARC
01/2003: 3.1.301
- New (XP look) GUI
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 6.3
- New & enhanced LotusScript code (see Knowledgebase for details)
11/2002: 2.10.211
- Fixed reconnect problem to IMiS/ARC
- Barcode recognition, blank page removal
10/2002: 2.9.210
- Fixed problems with annotation rights
- Fixed reconnect problem to IMiS/ARC
09/2002: 2.9.209
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 6.2
- Compatible with DominoDoc Enabler 3.5
04/2002: 2.4.1
- Copy/Paste for multiple (selected) pages
- Send by e-mail smarticon
- Auto-reconnect to IMiS/ARC Server
- Improved LotusScript code (IMiS design elements)
03/2002: 2.3.1
- Bug fix (annotations)
- Enhanced Restrictions settings (supporting Groups/ACL)
11/2001: 2.0.1
- support for IMiS/ARC Storage Server
08/2001: 1.95.3
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 5.1 (fixed problem with "Low memory resources")
- Fixed problems with editing documents on Domino.Doc via browser
- IMiS Knowledgebase has been launched (on the Web)
07/2001: 1.95.2
- New smarticon - Annotations
- Additional Preferences (Annotations)
- Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab (scrolling between open documents)
02/2001: 1.95.1
- Pixel Translations additional Image Processing Toolkit
- FineReader OCR Engine version 5.0
02/2001: 1.94.2
- Duplex scanning
- CheckOut in IMiS/ODMA
- New JPEG compression support
01/2001: 1.94.1
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version 5.0
- TWAIN scanners are supported via PixTWAIN
11/2000: 1.93.3
- Bug fix (with .pdf file name extension) in IMiS/ODMA option
- Bug fix ("Scan Preferences")
- Shlwapi.dll is no more needed
- IMiS Manual, First Edition
10/2000: 1.93.2
- Editing ODMA images
- Bug fix with Scan-to-PDF feature
- Close document window on <ESC> option
09/2000
- IMiS has been certified as "IBM Netfinity Server Proven" solution
- IMiS on Lotusphere Europe 2000
08/2000: 1.93.1
08/2000: 1.92.2
- Pixel Translations Toolkit version: 4.3
- Minor bug fixes (make-up)
03/2000: 1.92.1
- Enhancement on MSS (re)connections
- Problems with losing focus (on W98/2000) has been solved
02/2000: 1.90.1
- Bug in IMiS/ODMA has been fixed
- Problem with .pdf solved
- Additional security on IMiS Menu and Annotations
- Crypted security of the IMiS Table (object info) added
01/2000
- IMiS won "People Choice Award '99"
11/1999: 1.80
- Problem with focus on W98 solved
- New feature: Scan-to-PDF
10/1999
- IMiS on Lotusphere Europe '99
09/1999
- IMiS has been certified by Lotus as "Runs with .domino"
06/1999
05/1999: 1.70
- First international customer (PNC Bank, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
- New version of toolkit (Pixel Translations v4.2)
- Enhanced functions at Send by Email & Copy to document
- Conversion of file formats (G3, G4, JBIG)
- Agent that is able to store faxes on LN:DI MSS (Extrafax or DFS)
- Sending objects, stored on MSS, via Email and/or by fax
- IMiS/ODMA (beta) for Domino.Doc
02/1999
- IMiS has been certifed by Lotus "Runs with Notes"
02/1999: 1.62
- Slovenian and English version
- Enhancement in LotusScript Code (multi-levels PopUp menus in Notes R4),
- Scanner settings (fixed a bug-save settings didn't work on NT workstations)
- CopyPaste (via LotusScript) of the object
- EditMode (controlled via ACL)
- Problem with launching other applications (IMiS stopped them) has been solved
- Sending objects, stored on MSS, via Email
01/1999: 1.5
- First international version
01/1999: 1.42
- Performance enhancement (in LAN/WAN)
01/1999: 1.41
- Bug fix (problem with opening files stored on 1st level of HSM)
01/1999
- First beta site for IMiS/Scan & IMiS/View (Debitel d.d.; Slovenian mobile phone provider)
12/1998: 1.4
- Major redesign of IMiS user interface
11/1998
- International announcement of IMiS (in GEM database)
10/1998
- Third public presentation (Finalist at "Best software product of INFOS 98)
10/1998: 1.32
08/1998: 1.31
- Connection with LN:DI MSS
08/1998: 1.3
05/1998
- IMiS on Slovenian NT Developers Conference
05/1998: 1.21
- Duplex scanner simulation & page sorting
11/1997
- First public presentation of IMiS (during INFOS '97)
11/1997: 1.2
- File system (NT server) used as an archiving system
10/1997: 1.1
- Integration of IMiS into Notes application (image=attachment) with simple script
09/1997
- Announcement & presentation for Slovenian Government
08/1997: 1.02:
- Annotations & image manipulation tools added
07/1997: 1.01
- IMiS/View + scanning controls = IMiS/Scan
06/1997: 1.0
- First, simple image viewer (IMiS/View) based on Pixel Translations DTK and Delphi 3.0
04/1997
- Start of the project with code name IMiS - Imaging, Made in Slovenia
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