RealObjects PDFreactor 9 Released

The leading HTML to PDF conversion engine just got even better: PDFreactor 9 is now available.

PDFreactor 9 is a major upgrade with great new features and improvements:

  • Flexible Box Layout (experimental)
  • PDFreactor now supports the following CSS(3) features:
    • box-shadow
    • text-shadow
    • filter
    • “blank”, “recto”, “verso” page pseudo classes
    • opacity
    • word-spacing
  • Web service improvements
    • RESTful monitoring API
    • Support for callback URLs for events during conversion
    • Support for configurable API keys to authenticate clients
    • Support for zipped asset packages containing the input document an its resources
  • Improved JavaScript support.
  • Raster Image Output can now be configured to output grayscale images.
  • PDFreactor now supports “systemd” in Linux installer

For more information about PDFreactor 9, please visit www.pdfreactor.com. Make sure to check out the samples, highlighting the new features.

For a full list of changes and corrections see the changelog.

Important release notes und upgrading information can be found in the readme.

The PDFreactor 9 installation packages are available for download in the download area.

Upgrading to PDFreactor 9

The new version is a free upgrade for all PDFreactor customers with a valid support and maintenance subscription. A version 9 license key is required and should be requested at support@realobjects.com or here. PDFreactor 9 will not work with PDFreactor 8 or older license keys.

If you do not have a valid support and maintenance subscription, please contact support@realobjects.com to purchase an upgrade.

When upgrading to PDFreactor 9, you might have to update your integration code or documents. Please make sure to consult our migration guide.