PDF-eXPLODE Tech Tip | PDF-eXPLODE Version 4 features

PDF-eXPLODE® Version 4

Once again, we've taken user feedback to heart and extended PDF-eXPLODE's capabilities to meet critical business needs. Version 3 packs the power and scalability to meet your most demanding information delivery requirements. If you are still using Version 1 or Version 2, see what you missed in Version 3.

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Many Reasons to Upgrade

Windows Support

PDF-eXPLODE now works with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and 64-bit versions of Windows.

Program Architecture

A new exploding engine processes jobs up to 100% faster, new PDF creation engine produces PDF files up to 25% faster.
Printer Server and Terminal/Citrix Server versions now create a separate print queue for each user to avoid collisions.

Exploding / E-mailing Options

E-mail blast without PDF attachments: You can now configure PDF-eXPLODE to not include PDF attachments when sending e-mails. This feature is available in Mail Settings or can be specified on a specific Default Message ID Tag, Client Details or a Client-specific Message ID Tag.

tag, you can merge database information into the e-mail subject and message. Plus, you can optionally include a cover sheet of any file type (PDF, DOC, etc).

Attach multiple PDF files: You can now configure PDF-eXPLODE in General Settings to attach multiple PDF files to an e-mail when they are addressed to the same e-mail address. The default behavior is still to send only one PDF attachment per e-mail. Use variables to assign distinct names to the exploded PDF files.

Include multiple cover sheet files: You can now include multiple cover sheet files. If you select to attach them as separate files, files can be of any type (not limited to PDF.) This feature is available in General Settings or can be specified on a specific Default Message ID Tag, Client Details or a Client-specific Message ID Tag.

PDF-eXPLODE tag: The maximum length of the contents of a PDF-eXPLODE tag is increased to 240 characters from 190 (i.e. the text between <pdfexplode> and </pdfexplode>.

Certain invalid characters will be replaced automatically. For example, forward slash (/) will be replaced by hyphen (-) if used within a date or underscore (_) if used within a name. Double-quote (") will be replaced by single-quote (').

Set Reply To e-mail address: You can now control the return path in the e-mail internet header in Mail Settings or in Variable Settings separately from the sender e-mail address.

Variables:

The number of variables supported is increased from 6 to 9. You can circumvent the limit of 9 variables using the new VSplit() and MSplit() functions to extract portions of a variable within an e-mail subject or message (see next item).
You can manipulate and format variables in e-mail subjects and messages using programming functions, including: VSplit(), MSplit(). Replace(), FormatDate(), Ndays(), Upper(), Lower(), Proper(), Replace(), Trim().
You can now set the variable used as the From Address to also set the Return Path / Reply To address. You can also now specify a coversheet file name using a variable on a specific Default Message ID Tag, Client Details or a Client-specific Message ID Tag.
You can now specify nested folders in a variable used for the exploded file folder.

Print number of copies: If you print to a physical printer (print only / print also), you can now specify the number of copies.

Drag-and-drop PDF files to explode and e-mail: If you have created a master PDF with another PDF creator and it includes <pdfexplode> tags, you can drag-and-drop the file onto the PDF-eXPLODE window to explode and e-mail. PDF files using version 1.7 or lower of the PDF format are supported.

Combine PDF files from the command line: You can now automate the process of combining master PDF files so that it is possible to include multiple reports into a single e-mail attachment. Use the command line to automate the process.

Administration Enhancements

Job completed e-mail log: You can now attach the log from the current job to the job completed notification e-mail. The log is in comma-separated values (CSV) format and includes the exploded PDF file name and path, e-mail address, date and time.
Re-start interrupted process: If the PDF-eXPLODE process is interrupted after creating the temporary exploded PDF files (named *_expl.pdf), you can manually restart the process and complete the naming, e-mailing and archiving steps. Use the command PDFEXPLODE.EXE –CONTINUE "FolderPath of the_expl.pdf ", for example, PDFEXPLODE.EXE –CONTINUE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\PDFS".
Configurable log and settings file locations: Registry entries are now used to specify the location of log and settings (pdfexplode.ini) files. Registry entries are created under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PDFeXPLODE on 32-bit computers, or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\PDFeXPLODE on 64-bit computers.
Log SMTP e-mail details: You can now configure logging to optionally capture the complete conversation between PDF-eXPLODE and the SMTP server to help diagnose problems.
Individual user settings on Printer Server: Now each user can have their own settings on a printer server based on their Windows user account name. A new command line parameter enables administrators to easily setup user accounts.
Copy settings utility for Printer Server: A utility program aids in multi-user administration by allowing you to copy settings from one user to another user.
Anti-virus compatibility: A new PDF-eXPLODE program architecture is more resistant to anti-virus software that interrupts the PDF-eXPLODE process.
Font configuration simplified: It is no longer necessary to manually configure the printer driver’s font substitution table. This was necessary on some computers to support newer Windows fonts.

Utility Programs

A new PDF Splitter utility can be used to explode a PDF having no tags, resulting in a separate file per page ( Pg0001.pdf, Pg0002.pdf…Pg9999.pdf.) You can specify a filename prefix.
A new PDF Rotate utility can be used to explode a PDF having no tags, resulting in a separate file per page ( Pg0001.pdf, Pg0002.pdf…Pg9999.pdf.) You can specify a filename prefix.
A new PDF Viewer utility program is faster and more accurate.
A new PDF Printer utility includes the following enhancements:
- You can now configure the number of copies to print in the printer driver
- You can now print password protected PDFs.
- You can now print to any printer on the network.
- You can now run the print program from the end of processing program (i.e. from the command line) to automate a process.
A new PDF Explode & E-mail utility program Makes it easy to process PDF files created using other software.

Retired Features

The Outlook address lookup feature is no longer supported.
The PDF Viewer included with Version 3 has been replaced by the PeXPDFViewer described above.
The button labeled View Transaction Logs on the Logging and Utilities screen is no longer available. In its place, PDF-eXPLODE now creates a log file for each job in an Excel-compatible CSV format. Job logs are stored in a folder named with the Windows user account under the LOGS folder in the PDF-eXPLODE program folder. The log file can be attached to the Completed Processing Notification.

System Requirements

Windows Operating System: Microsoft^Ò Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003^Ò, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista™ or Windows 7
Hard Drive: Minimum 52.5MB of free disk space, plus additional space for PDF files created
RAM: At least 64MB of free RAM, more during PDF creation

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