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Failure to make necessary upgrades to software code can have dire consequences, such as the major data breach at Equifax. A recent study finds that auto-fix tools are effective ways to get programmers to make the relevant upgrades – if programmers opt to use them.
A study at NC State University finds that projects with automated pull requests made 60 percent more of the necessary upgrades than projects that didn’t use any upgrade tools.
Read more here. Also, thanks to the Lounge members who helped take part in survey used in the study.
Study Finds Auto-Fix Tool Gets More Programmers to Upgrade Code | NC State News | NC State University[^]
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Web site: Datattoo Recovery
Recover and rescue formatted or damaged hard drives
Datatoo Recovery can scan partitions and drives even if they were formatted or damaged (excluding physical damage, which requires taking the drive to a lab). We can’t guarantee all files (or any of the files) will be restored but in many cases, some of the files can be fully restored and if that’s possible, Datattoo can do it.
Saves any file format
Datattoo Recovery scans delete files of any type or format. There is no need to indicate if the lost files are photos, videos or documents. Datattoo Recovery recovers all types of files allowing you, the user, to decide which files are important for you.
Affordable prices
Datattoo Recovery has a unique pricing model in which you only pay for files you actually need and can be restored. If a file can’t be restored you won’t pay for it. The price is calculated based on MB of the restorable files.
Download from this link
Source code license is available upon request.
Datattoo Recovery is developed and sold by Secured Globe, Inc. New York.
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v2017R1 summer release of Qoppa's Java PDF library suite adds improvements to PDF manipulation, PDF optimizer, electronic signatures and preflight features.
Qoppa's advanced Java PDF Optimizer Library reduces significantly the file size of PDF documents by removing unused objects, compressing images and streams. The optimizer engine was improved with a PDF audit feature, that analyzes the sizes of all the different objects contained in a PDF document, and with an optimizer result report that outputs a log of all optimization functions performed. Object streams in a PDF document can be compressed allowing to shrink file size even more.
A new public API was added to Qoppa's Manipulation Library to easily Resize PDF Pages programmatically, offering advanced options to set the new paper size and to position, scale and rotate the original page in the new page.
The PDF OCR function was enhanced to allow deskewing scanned images before performing OCR as well as discarding any invisible text which might have been added in previous OCR runs.
Qoppa's PDF signing technology was enhanced to support PadES digital signatures introduced in the latest PDF 2.0 specifications. These signatures are compliant with the European eIDAS regulation.
Additional PDF/A validation profiles (PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-2u) were added to jPDFPreflight, Qoppa's PDF/A validation conversion library. In addition to standard PDF fonts, system fonts can also be embedded during PDF/A conversion.
Qoppa's v2017R1 PDF library suite is compatible with Java 1.6, Java 1.7 and Java 1.8.
For more details about all the enhancements and fixes added in this release, please visit the links below:
Full Release Notes for Qoppa’s Java PDF Libraries 2017R1
About Qoppa Software:
Qoppa Software specializes in Java PDF Toolkits for developers to integrate into their own Java or web applications. Qoppa Software also offers a fully-featured PDF Editor, a PDF Processing Server, a Web PDF Viewer, and an Android PDF SDK. All Qoppa's PDF solutions are developed on Qoppa’s own robust PDF technology, are cross-platform and work on any operating system supporting Java, including Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix.
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Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 27, 2017 - CloudQuant, the trading strategy incubator, continues to allocate millions of dollars to crowd researchers by funding and leasing a second trading algorithm. The strategy was put in production with a $10 million allocation and the algorithm licensor will receive a direct share of the monthly net trading profits.
“The research activity on our site continues to grow as crowd-based traders and quantitative analysts build their own proprietary algorithms. A second significant allocation within one month is exciting for us and our clients,” said Morgan Slade, CEO.
The second allocation was made to an ETF-focused algorithmic strategy with significant capacity. The crowd researcher worked with CloudQuant’s Licensed Product quant execution team members to productionize the new strategy. The strategy was developed in early September 2017 on our free market backtesting and python data science tools. The strategy began trading immediately upon approval of the licensing agreement.
“The speed with which traders have been able to express their sophisticated trading strategies and receive an investment allocation in a matter of days in our research ecosystem is ground-breaking. Expect to see more,” said Slade.
CloudQuant will be speaking at the Futures Industry Association’s Expo (https://expo2017.fia.org/) on October 19 about the impact of open source resources on quant trading.
About Us
CloudQuant is the trading strategy incubator for data scientists and traders around the world to create and test trading strategies. Proven strategies are individually licensed from the owner, provided trading capital and an execution team. Algo creators are paid a monthly licensing fee from the net profits similar to a professional portfolio manager. CloudQuant offers a mutually beneficial profit sharing license enabling both parties to profit.
CloudQuant LLC, established in 2016, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kershner Trading Group LLC.
<a href="http://www.cloudquant.com">www.cloudquant.com</a>
For Media Inquiries Please Contact:
Jessica Titlebaum Darmoni
The Title Connection LLC
Jessica@thetitleconnections.com
+ 1 312 358 3963
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DimensionalMechanics™ Unveils NeoPulse AI Studio on AWS Marketplace
One click installation now available for NeoPulse™ AI Studio
BELLEVUE, Wash., September 19, 2017 – DimensionalMechanics™, a developer of foundational artificial intelligence (AI) technology and deep learning, today announced the availability of its NeoPulse AI Studio on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. NeoPulse AI Studio can now be installed in a single click, offering AI as a service with a simple, yet powerful, modeling language that is designed to accelerate the development of AI solutions without the need for deep learning expertise.
“The availability of NeoPulse AI Studio on AWS Marketplace will assist customers in quickly and seamlessly implementing AI to automate and solve real-world business problems," said Mona Chadha, WW Head of Emerging Business Development, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services, Inc. “We are excited to have another great AI solution added to the catalog to help customers harness the power of deep learning and build intelligent applications on AWS.”
NeoPulse AI Studio is designed to provide organizations of all sizes with the ability to design cloud-based AI models, easily and quickly without in-house machine learning (ML) expertise. NeoPulse AI Studio can be used to build custom models in the areas of pattern recognition, anomaly detection, image/text/audio/video analysis and more.
“AI is becoming fundamental to the workflow of enterprises around the world," said Rajeev Dutt, CEO and Co-founder of DimensionalMechanics. “NeoPulse AI Studio will help companies with all levels of expertise to harness the power of AI to answer critical questions. NeoPulse AI Studio helps make AI useful in everyday operations with a horizontal framework that is not limited to one specific industry, but can be used broadly across any industry."
NeoPulse AI Studio enables organizations of all sizes to build AI solutions, without in-house ML expertise, reducing coding time by up to 80 percent. NeoPulse AI Studio uses patent-pending technology that functions like an oracle for AI to automate the selection process in choosing the best architecture and ML approach to use in building an AI model.
About DimensionalMechanics
DimensionalMechanics Inc. was founded to make artificial intelligence (AI) accessible to organizations of all sizes. The company’s NeoPulse Framework is an intuitive development and management platform for AI, and includes a suite of horizontal, reusable tools that enable companies to answer vital questions using a simplified and consistent approach. NeoPulse also enables organization to distribute and monetize their AI creations. Based in Bellevue, WA, the company’s team brings decades of experience in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence from leading companies and research organizations.
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Devart has released an updated TMetric, a work-time tracking app for IT professionals and companies. The release delivers a new mobile app for iOS, desktop apps for macOS and Linux, and a number of new features.
Devart, a recognized software vendor, has announced a new release of TMetric, a time tracking application for IT-professionals and companies that helps to manage a business effectively. The update comes with a new mobile app for iOS and desktop apps for macOS and Linux, new desktop app design, and other features to control profits and be more productive at work.
The new release of TMetric delivers such updates:
iOS App
TMetric presents a newly tailored time tracking app for iOS. Install the mobile app on a phone to track time spent on meetings and out-of-office activities on the fly.
Cross-platform app for MacOS, Linux and Windows
The TMetric time tracking desktop client is made available to install on Windows, MacOS and Linux. Now, users can track time, enable tracking reminders and record user activity in the favorite platforms without opening a web browser.
New look of desktop application
TMetric presents a new Desktop client with an entirely redesigned user interface. Preferences allowing users to fine-tune TMetric experience with settings for idle detection, tracking reminders, shortcuts, network, and much more have been added.
Mark time as invoiced
A new feature that allows users to mark time as invoiced has been added. This option can be found in Detailed and Tasks Summary reports. The time marked as invoiced is locked from editing by anyone, giving users the ability to provide an accurate invoice to a client.
Jump to time entry
In Detailed report, the time is made clickable. So now when users click the time of an entry, they will jump to the Time page of a user to which this time entry belongs to edit it manually.
Total time of selected time entries
On the Time page, as users select time entries, TMetric shows the number and the total time of time entries selected.
The TMetric app provides time tracking, work session monitoring, reporting tools, billable projects and tasks, integrations with popular web apps and more features, which help organizations and individuals to effectively manage work time and increase their productivity.
To learn more about TMetric, please visit https://tmetric.com/
About Devart
Devart is one of the leading developers of database tools and administration software, productivity tools, data providers for various database servers, data integration and backup solutions. The company also implements web and mobile development projects.
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Quick License Manager (QLM) is a license protection framework that creates professional and secure license keys to protect your software against piracy.
QLM creates trial keys, machine bound keys and software activation keys.
QLM can protect applications developed in .NET, ASP.NET, C++, COM, VB6, VBA, Delphi, Excel, MS-Access,Word, Outlook add-ins, Android, Windows Phone, Mac OS X, Linux.
QLM provides a complete license management console. You can track and manage all your license keys and your customer information.
You can also send customized email messages to your customers to notify them of specials and/or upcoming releases.
QLM integrates seamlessly with the ordering process of leading eCommerce providers and can automatically issue license keys when a purchase is made online. QLM is currently integrated with Plimus, FastSpring, ShareIt, Regnow, SWREG, Paypal, Google Checkout, Avangate and UltraCart.
For subscription based software, QLM can issue keys that expire after a period of time. Renewing a subscription can easily be automated from your eCommerce provider.
Add a Check for Updates feature to your software so that your customers are always current with your latest release.
Track installs and uninstalls of your software to assist you in understanding customer behavior and improve download trends.
If you use Affiliates or resellers to sell your software, associate license keys to an affiliate and track the sales of each affiliate. The QLM Portal allows your affiliates to generate license keys for their customers while providing you total control over the number and type of license keys they can create or see.
What's new in QLM v10
- Revamped QLM License Wizard
- Completely redesigned workflow.
- Includes Check for Updates to notify your customer of the latest eligible version based on the maintenance plan.
- New user registration page.
- Download and launch your setup from within the wizard.
- Offline Activation via a QR code scanned from a mobile device.
- Offline Deactivation via a QR code scanned from a mobile device.
- Automatically publishes Analytics Data to the License Server
QLM Pro
- Create your own custom Product Properties and set them when issuing a license key.
- Simplified search in the QLM Management Console with the new <common fields=""> tag that searches across multiple common fields.
- LicenseValidator class now includes code to publish Analytics to the License Server.
- LicenseValidator class now includes code to retrieve custom Product Properties from the License Server.
- New APIs: ReadCookie and StoreCookie allow you to store custom data in the same location as the QLM license keys.
- New option to duplicate a License Server profile in Manage Keys / Sites
QLM Enterprise
- Protection of Electron / Javascript apps
- New APIs: ReadInstallID, WriteInstallID, UpdateLastAccessedDate
- Added the following Analytics charts:
- Conversion Flow
- Days Installed
- Installs per Day
- Last Accessed per day
- Actual Usage per customer
- Average usager by all customers
- Products
- Product Versions
- Operating Systems
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Highlights of the new version
New:
- [HTML5 Only] Added the ConvertToBlob API to return the Blob of specified indices in the designated file type.
Improved: - [HTML5 Only] Improved the SetHTTPFormField API to be able to set Blobs in HTTP Forms aside from strings.
- [HTML5 Only] Improved the HTTPUpload API to be able to upload binary data set by SetHTTPFormField.
- [HTML5 Only] Improved the SetHTTPHeader API to support HTTPDownload(Ex) methods as well.
- [HTML5 Only] Added prefix to all names used in CSS to avoid possible conflict.
- [HTML5 Only] Much improved performance for the communication between browsers and the service.
Fixed:
- Fixed a bug where you can't initialize the SDK with the method "Load" on the page without first "Unload" it.
- Fixed a bug where uploading doesn't work if it's done asynchronously in a loop.
- Fixed a bug where you get an error when setting the size of the viewer by percentage.
Notice:
- The ActiveX edition stays unchanged for this upgrade.
Check out the release notes:
http://www.dynamsoft.com/Products/WebTWAIN_News.aspx
Get the latest version:
https://www.dynamsoft.com/Secure/Register_ClientInfo.aspx?productName=WebTWAIN&from=FromDownload
Working at Dynamsoft.
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Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 22, 2017 - CloudQuant, the trading strategy incubator, has launched its crowd research platform by licensing and allocating $15 Million (USD) to a trading algorithm. The algorithm licensor will receive a direct share of the strategy’s monthly net trading profits.
The crowd researcher leveraged our free market simulation and python data science tools to build an effective trading strategy. The strategy began trading immediately upon approval of the licensing agreement.
“We are excited to launch CloudQuant. The launch represents the first significant funding of a crowd-based quantitative analyst thereby proving the opportunity for independent data scientists and market enthusiast to join the ranks of institutional algorithmic traders,” said Morgan Slade, CEO.
CloudQuant provides research, backtesting tools, and execution technology conceived and developed by proprietary traders over the last 20 years in its parent company, Kershner Trading Group.
About Us
CloudQuant is the trading strategy incubator for data scientists and traders around the world to create and test trading strategies. Proven strategies are individually licensed from the owner, provided trading capital and an execution team. Algo creators are paid a monthly licensing fee from the net profits similar to a professional portfolio manager. CloudQuant offers a mutually beneficial profit sharing license enabling both parties to profit.
CloudQuant LLC, established in 2016, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kershner Trading Group LLC.
www.cloudquant.com
For Media Inquiries Please Contact:
Jessica Titlebaum Darmoni
The Title Connection LLC
Jessica@thetitleconnections.com
+ 1 312 358 3963
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Devart has released the new version of dbForge Studio for SQL Server v5.5 with greatly improved key features.
Devart, a recognized vendor of professional database management software for developers and DBAs, announced the release of dbForge Studio for SQL Server v5.5 with such significant features as Executed SQL Statements History, Support for Surround SCM predefined template, SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and SQL Server 2017 CTP2 new syntax support.
dbForge Studio for SQL Server v5.5 has received multiple improvements, and here are only several of them:
- SQL Server 2017 RC2 new syntax supported;
- Query Execution History - dramatically redesigned;
- New Feature - Monitor Server Performance;
- Lots of improvements in:
- Schema Compare
- Data Generator
- Source Control
- Code Completion
- Documenter
- Index Manager
dbForge Studio for SQL Server is an integrated environment for SQL Server development, management, administration, data reporting, and analysis. SQL Manager tool allows users to create, edit, copy, attach and detach, backup and restore databases from one server to another easily. These SQL tools help developers to manage databases, make complex database changes and speed up routine tasks.
To learn more, visit http://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/studio/
About Devart
Devart is one of the leading developers of database tools and administration software, ALM solutions, data providers for various database servers, data integration and backup solutions. The company also implements Web and Mobile development projects.
Learn more about Devart at https://www.devart.com.
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MindFusion has released a JavaScript chart library that is absolutely free for personal and commercial use. Using the library does not require back links.
Free JS Chart supports:
- line, scatter, vertical bar, pie charts
- title
- customizable chart grid
- unlimited number of legends
- unlimited number of series
- pan and zoom
- chart rotation
- axis customization
- themes and styles
Find out more about the library at: https://mindfusion.eu/free-js-chart.html
Download the latest version from: http://mindfusion.eu/FreeJsChart.zip
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The new version of Dynamsoft Camera SDK added a document mode for images that captured from a UVC camera.
Highlights of the new release:
- Added support for edge detection of a document from a video stream.
- Added support for cropping a document image automatically.
- Added document processing features including perspective correction, noise removal, contrast, brightness, and a color filter (convert to a colored/gray document).
- Added a built-in HTML5 document editor.
- Added methods getSelectionRectAspectRatio and setSelectionRectAspectRatio to get or set the aspect ratio to be used when drawing a rectangle on an image to select an area.
Check out the release notes:
http://www.dynamsoft.com/Products/webcam-sdk-news.aspx
Get the latest version:
http://www.dynamsoft.com/Downloads/dynamsoft-webcam-sdk-download.aspx
Working at Dynamsoft.
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The new major version of DocuVieware offers improvement of the core engine and many new features. It now includes support for HTTPS TWAIN acquisition and annotation comments.
Muret, July 2017
ORPALIS releases the new major version of its HTML5 Viewer and Document Management Kit, DocuVieware.
“Thanks to a strong expertise in document imaging and image processing, ORPALIS offers a great tool to build rich Web applications. This component is suitable for any industry, and provides interactive features to ease collaborative processes online,” says Loïc Carrère, CEO of ORPALIS and DocuVieware creator.
DocuVieware customers include Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, small and medium businesses, and non-profit.
Any organization that needs to develop client interactive application to manage their documents online can benefit from the many features of the toolkit.
DocuVieware is powered by GdPicture.NET Document Imaging SDK (www.gdpicture.com).
The latest enhancements in the new major version of GdPicture.NET (GdPicture.NET v14) improve DocuVieware v3 performance, memory footprint, and user experience.
What’s new in DocuVieware v3?
Global improvements
The rendering quality of images has been greatly improved at certain zoom levels.
PDF rendering time has been dramatically sped up, and data transfer speed between server and client is now faster.
Format support improvements include:
- Microsoft Office OpenXML document export to vector PDF
- faster loading speed of RAW images
- support for more than 80 new cameras formats
- RTF format support
Annotations
Two new independent properties (CanEdit and CanDelete) can enable or disable the corresponding action buttons. This allows a finer handling of access rights.
TWAIN acquisition
The DocuVieware TWAIN Web Connector 2.0 now supports TWAIN acquisition over HTTPS. The security chain is preserved in SSL secured environments.
The security aspect is transparent to both user and developer because it is automatically managed during the installation process.
DocuVieware 3.0 allows programming a default configuration thanks to the new corresponding JavaScript client API methods. Besides acquisition settings, the device driver dialog can appear or not. It is now possible to silently scan documents and make the acquisition process easier for end users.
New Comment feature and built-in Snap-In
DocuVieware 3 provides a new built-in rich user experience Snap-In that allows users to add, remove, and edit comments.
Comments statuses and discussion support make the collaborative document review process easy for users.
This comment feature is available for PDF, TIFF, and the hundred other formats supported by DocuVieware.
Printing support
Header and footer have been removed when printing in Chrome and Firefox to save ink and paper.
User Interface Localization
DocuVieware 3 supports several new languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Korean and Hebrew. This increases the number of supported languages to 25.
Learning resources and tutorials
A new set of tutorials is provided to ease DocuVieware 3.0 integration in any web technology.
These richly illustrated step by step guides show how to serve DocuVieware through a REST API and integrate it into your application using JavaScript, Angular, PHP, Java, ASP.NET, and more.
DocuVieware v3 can be downloaded and tested free of charge on the DocuVieware website (www.docuvieware.com/download).
Technical support is provided during the evaluation phase.
About ORPALIS
ORPALIS is specialized in automating large-scale document-based processes, providing document imaging and document management toolkits as well as software tools for the general public. ORPALIS is the creator, developer, and owner of the comprehensive document imaging toolkit series released under the brand "GdPicture", now a worldwide known and respected leader in the imaging technologies industry. More than 13,000 developers based in over 70 countries have included GdPicture components in their applications.
In 2011 ORPALIS releases PaperScan, marking the beginning of a new line of products meant for end-users.
PDF Reducer is launched in 2013.
In 2015 a most powerful universal HTML5 viewer and document management kit called DocuVieware is made available to the public.
The same year, a software tool for converting scanned documents to the searchable PDF/OCR format, the ORPALIS PDF OCR, is launched.
In 2016 DocuVieware Lite Free HTML5 Document Viewer is released.
www.orpalis.com / www.gdpicture.com / www.docuvieware.com
Contact
http://www.docuvieware.com/contact/
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VintaSoft Barcode .NET SDK 10.0 has been released.
What's new in this version:
- Barcode recognition:
- Added the ability to recognize QR Code Model 1 barcodes.
- Added the ability to recognize Code 39 barcodes without start/stop symbols.
- Added the ability to stop barcode recognition by timeout.
- Added the ability to recognize mirrored reversed Aztec, QR and Micro QR Code barcodes.
- Added the ability to get centers of search patterns for Aztec, QR, Micro QR and Han Xin Code barcodes.
- Added the ability to get the "Mask Pattern" parameter of QR Code barcode.
- Added the ability to scale image with barcodes before barcode recognition. The barcode recognition performance for large barcodes can be greatly increased if correct scale factor for barcode image is specified. The barcode recognition quality can be increased for very small barcodes if correct scale factor for barcode image is specified.
- Added the ability to specify the maximum size of 2D barcode cell for Aztec, QR, Micro QR, DataMatrix, Han Xin Code and Maxicode barcodes. The previous version always tries to recognize 2D barcodes with cell size from 1 to 64 pixels. The speed of barcode recognition can be increased up to 30% if the maximum cell size is reduced, for example, if only 2D barcodes with cell size from 1 to 20 pixels will be searched.
- Barcode generation:
- Added the ability to generate Aztec, DataMatrix, QR Code, Micro QR Code, HanXin Code barcode as the "structure of 2D barcode".
- Added the ability to generate "design" Aztec, DataMatrix, QR, MicroQR, HanXinCode barcodes.
- Added the ability to generate QR Code Model 1 barcodes.
- Added the ability to specify and get the "Mask Pattern" parameter of QR barcode.
- Added the ability to specify the "Quiet Zones" for generated barcode.
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Dynamic Web TWAIN 13.0 is Now Available!
Highlights of the new version
Improved:
- [HTML5 Only] Replaced Dynamic Web TWAIN service with the unified Dynamsoft Service.
- [HTML5 Only] Replaced the barcode add-on and the webcam add-on with Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK and Dynamsoft Camera SDK.
- [HTML5 Only] Authorization prompts now support multiple languages.
- [HTML5 Only] The method LoadImageFromBase64Binary can now be called asynchronously.
- More info ›
Changed:
- [HTML5 Only] Changed the default behavior of the authorization prompts to "always hide".
Fixed:
- Fixed a bug where cropping an image doesn't use the new coordinates when the image has been scrolled.
- Fixed a bug where you see an unnecessary error 'TypeMismatchError' when loading a multi-page TIFF/PDF.
Notice:
- The ActiveX edition stays unchanged for this upgrade.
Check out the release notes:
http://www.dynamsoft.com/Products/WebTWAIN_News.aspx
Get the latest version:
https://www.dynamsoft.com/Secure/Register_ClientInfo.aspx?productName=WebTWAIN&from=FromDownload
Working at Dynamsoft.
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ORPALIS is pleased to announce the release of the new major version of its bestseller GdPicture.NET Document Imaging and Image Processing SDK.
The new version includes an overall performance improvement of the core engine and many new features.
Muret, France, June 20
GdPicture.NET is a document imaging and image processing SDK to develop WinForms, WPF and Web applications.
New features and improvements in GdPicture.NET v14
- New document viewer engine
Renders large bitmap very quickly, and display multipage documents in a multiple page view mode (WinForms).
- New document converter class
Quickly converts more than 100 formats to PDF and TIFF, by handling every aspect of the conversion.
- OCR
The engine has been optimized to reduce memory usage, improve stability and increase accuracy, especially with low-resolution bitmap and very large bitmap.
Searchable PDF (PDF-OCR) creation has been improved, and the files produced are smaller.
The PDF page recognition method has been improved to avoid wasting time on existing visible text.
- Long term archiving (PDF/A)
GdPicture.NET 14.0 is able to generate all PDF/A versions.
- Additional PDF features
Most important parts of the PDF core have been enhanced to improve parsing, writing, rendering, memory usage, and speed.
GdPicture.NET is now up to 5 times faster reading a complex PDF and dramatically faster-writing PDF text. Produced files are smaller and the compatibility with several viewers has been improved.
There is a new font generation engine supporting subsetting of True Type fonts when writing PDF with Unicode content. The new text extraction algorithm builds text closer to the natural reading order.
Other new PDF features and enhancements include: support for transfer functions to the PDF rasterizer, new CCITT filter decoder, support for adding JPEG image to PDF without decoding / re-encoding the image, PDF packing improvement for documents with links, enhancement of page normalization support, and better processing speed (and memory usage) of big documents.
- Office Open Xml Word-Processing Document
Improvements of the rendering engine and support for tables content and pictures.
- Barcoding
1D barcode reading engine: 10% more barcodes recognized, 44% more patch codes recognized, 14% faster. Improvement of 1D barcode writer encoding.
Data matrix barcode reading engine: 15% more barcodes recognized.
PDF 417 reading engine: 14% more barcodes recognized, 40% faster.
QR code reading engine: 18% faster.
- Image Processing
Improvement of the page auto-deskew and blank page detection engines.
- Annotations
GdPicture.NET based applications can store comments to offer collaborative document review features.
Wang annotation support tool now available.
- Image codecs improvements
GdPicture.NET image compression speed has been improved: up to 25% faster decoding JPEG2000, about 10-15% faster-compressing JPEG images on 64-bit systems, 30% up to 50% faster-compressing PNG images with predictors.
Faster loading of RAW images and support available for 80 new cameras.
Support for reading and writing alpha channel within BMP files.
- TWAIN
Support for compressed bitmap using memory transfer mode is available and there is a global improvement of TWAIN memory transfer speed.
- DocuVieware 3.0
The HTML5 extension of GdPicture.NET, DocuVieware, now benefits from the latest improvements of version 14 at several levels, to improve performance, memory footprint, and therefore, user experience.
The full changelog is available on the GdPicture website at www.gdpicture.com/products/whats-new-version-14/
Benefits of GdPicture.NET v14
- Mature product that keeps on evolving
“For the last thirteen years, we have tried our best to frequently publish minor, medium and major upgrades, while delivering new functionalities almost each week,” says Loïc Carrère, CEO of ORPALIS and creator of GdPicture.NET. “Our main goal is to speed up the delivery of new features on the market. To do so, we have chosen, starting with GdPicture.NET version 14, to offer the results of our research as quickly as possible without having to wait for the publication of a new major release. You can expect to discover many new things and evolutions in the next few weeks and months.”
- Strong expertise in PDF and in character, barcodes, and symbol recognition
In 2013, the French Ministry of Research recognizes ORPALIS as a Young and Innovative Company[http://www.orpalis.com/company/press/ORPALIS-Gets-Certification-Young-Innovative-Company.php] (Jeune Entreprise Innovante), and awards several grants for distinctive research work on symbol recognition. The research and development team at ORPALIS is growing at a steady pace and includes recognized experts in their fields. New recruitments are planned for the next three years.
- Innovation to serve productivity
“We have tried to innovate at each step of the development cycle of our products, both on the way production is organized and on production itself,” adds Loïc Carrère, and “today GdPicture.NET is a product unique and recognized worldwide, that brings advanced features to manage all steps of the life cycle of digital documents. A sum of thirteen years of uninterrupted research, this development kit made of innovative and performant algorithms stands out thanks to the stability of its performances and its endless functionalities.”
- Performant technical support
“In the meantime, we have provided a high quality and very reactive technical support, in order to bring a solution to each reported issue as quickly as possible.”
Developers will find many resources to help them on the website: helpdesk, reference guide, demos and code samples. The reference guide has been dramatically improved for version 14 and will be continuously updated.
- Suitable for any industry
Since its first release, thousands of developers worldwide trust GdPicture.NET for their solutions. Customers include Fortune 500 companies and businesses from all industries.
Government agencies, small and medium businesses as well as non-profit organizations can benefit from the 3 000 functionalities available in the toolkit for their digitization processes.
About ORPALIS
ORPALIS is specialized in automating large-scale document-based processes, providing document imaging and document management toolkits as well as software tools for the general public. ORPALIS is creator, developer, and owner of the comprehensive document imaging toolkit series released under the brand "GdPicture", now a worldwide known and respected leader in the imaging technologies industry. More than 13,000 developers based in over 70 countries have included GdPicture components in their applications. In 2011 ORPALIS releases PaperScan, marking the beginning of a new line of products meant for end-users. PDF Reducer is launched in 2013. In 2015 a most powerful universal HTML5 viewer and document management kit called DocuVieware is made available to the public. The same year, a software tool for converting scanned documents to the searchable PDF/OCR format, the ORPALIS PDF OCR, is launched. In 2016 DocuVieware Lite Free HTML5 Document Viewer is released.
www.orpalis.com / www.gdpicture.com / www.docuvieware.com
Contact
http://www.gdpicture.com/contact/
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BPMN View[^] is a simple viewer and semantic parser for BPMN Diagrams published on CodeProject.
CaseAgile[^] will present live demo of BPMN View[^] interoperability with BPMN diagrams of many leading vendors on upcoming "BPMN IN ACTION - Meet and Greet"[^] event organized by The Object Management Group (OMG) in Brussels.
DATE: Monday, June 5, 2017
TIME: 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
PLACE: Radisson Blu Hotel
47 Rue Du Fosse Aux Loups
Brussels, B-1000
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Anyone in Ireland (or with a big travel budget) - there's a conference in Cork (that I shall be speaking at) on Friday June 16th
Full speakers list here[^]
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Keyoti have released version 5.3 of RapidSpell Web ASP.NET[^]. RapidSpell adds spell checking to any ASP.NET Web Form or MVC web application.
Features include; inline/as-you-type spell checking, traditional dialog spell checker, custom dictionaries plus multiple non-English dictionaries also available.
A free evaluation of RapidSpell Web ASP.NET can be downloaded here;
https://keyoti.com/products/rapidspell/dotNetWeb/evaluation.html[^]
New features in v5.3 include:
- IE7 Fix browser contextmenu being shown when right clicking on error word.
- Chrome v57 introduced an issue with INPUT (single line) text boxes being wrongly sized in height, which has been fixed.
- Fixed issue with cursor not being visible (when first clicked) in single line text boxes in Chrome.
- Russian translation correction.
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VintaSoft Ltd releases the next major version 8.5 of its Imaging .NET SDK, which includes some brand new functionality along with lots of enhancements and improvements in web part.
The majority of new features are related with VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in. It was added the ability to verify PDF documents and convert to PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-3b formats. The PDF/A verifier allows to run fast verification until the first error found. The PDF/A converter has a lot of settings for configuring the conversion process. Both allow to show detailed multi-level progress indicator, view results in full details, provide open architecture for developing a custom conversion and verification algorithm.
The platform-independent web services have been created for image processing and annotating, rendering images and thumbnails. These web services allow quickly create other web services for any .NET compatible web platform, e.g. for ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET WebForms, ServiceStack. The same way were created web services for ASP.NET MVC 5. HTML5 and SVG image viewers were verified for full compatibility with jQuery v2 and v3.
Several new VintaSoft annotations, PDF comments and DICOM annotations were added along with support for Cloudy and Triangle style for some of them. DICOM annotation set includes now all of commonly used.
Tesseract OCR engine in VintaSoft OCR .NET Plug-in was updated to v3.04 and this improved the quality of text recognition. Reduced the peak memory usage and added new languages support. OCR engine supports now multithreading and ability to import-export the recognition results tree to HOCR format.
The new release also includes various performance, like multithreading in work with PDF, and quality improvements. The broad set of existing demo applications has been revised, optimized and complemented with new demo application for ASP.NET MVC 5.
VintaSoft's test system, containing tens of thousands automated and manual tests, is specially designed for delivering the most stable versions of our Imaging Family products for .NET, WPF and WEB to the software components market. We have developed a large set of demo applications, created the detailed user guide and reference API documentation with only one intention - to make easier the life of programmers working with our SDK.
Unfortunately the scopes of this article do not allow to recount all new features released in version 8.5 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK and its Plug-ins. For more information please visit the product history page: http://www.vintasoft.com/vsimaging-dotnet-history.html
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