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ObjectiveIT Integrates BFOs Report Generator into Insurance Tariff Comparison Software

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:26:17 GMT

ObjectiveIT develops an insurance tariff comparison solution for their insurance broker clients with the Report Generator.

BFO releases Java PDF Library 2.13

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT

We've put out our first PDF library in 5 months, and although there are a lot of small changes there are very few headline grabbers. Perhaps the most interesting is the ability to restrict operations in the viewer with permissions - here we go into that framework in a little more detail.

New features in PDF Library 2.12

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:12:32 GMT

Yesterday we released our first PDF Library for a few months, version 2.12, so it's a good to give a bit of a summary of the changes

Client Customizes PDF Viewer Using Source Code

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:35:00 GMT

Client adopts BFO's customizable Java PDF Viewer for their project.

New features in the PDF Library 2.11.25

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:17:30 GMT

We've recently released version 2.11.25 - here's a quick summary of some of the features.

BFO releases Java PDF Library 2.11.24

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:18:00 GMT

We've just released 2.11.24 of our PDF Library which has our latest round of bugfixes and improvements. Download it from the the usual location

University Goes Paperless with BFO's Java PDF Library

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

UK University Integrates BFO's Java PDF Library.

Yet another happy BFO PDF Library customer

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:35:00 GMT

QNT Systemy Informatyczne is a leading manufacturer of software for government organizations in Poland. We develop software for accounting, payroll, human resources and many other fields.

"Emotion Timewave" Search Engine set to use BFO Graph Library

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:09:00 GMT

A computer scientist from Bath University is creating an Intelligent Digital-Emotion Analyser Library (iDEA) with functionality from the BFO Graph Library

BFO release PDF Library and PDF Viewer update

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT

Version 2.11.12 of the PDF Library and PDF Viewer fixes a small memory leak in the Viewer which could occur during text selection. Some new methods for working with the Adobe Highlight File Format have been included, along with a large number of minor bugfixes and improvements since the previous release in June.<

BFO releases Java PDF library 2.11.2

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:57:00 GMT

BFO have released a new version of their Java PDF Library.

Version 2.11.2 fixes an issue with IBM versions of Java that was introduced in the previous release - a change of obfuscator clashed with a bug in some releases of the JRE supplied with Websphere. There are fixes for Customers reading and writing PDFs to the same File, a memory leak in the Viewer has been fixed, and a number of bugs have been fixed, including a Swing screen corruption issue that sometimes occurred on Windows.

The full changelog is available here, and the new release is available to download at http://bfo.com/products/download.jsp

BFO releases Java PDF Library 2.10.6 and Report Generator 1.1.40

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:30:00 GMT

BFO have simultaneously released new versions of their Java PDF Library and Java Report Generator tools.

Big Faceless releases Java PDF Library 2.10.4

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:13:00 GMT

BFO are pleased to announce the 2.10.4 release of their PDF library. Several months in the making, it contains a large number of changes, mostly under the hood.

For the end user, the primary new features will be the new single column display in the Viewer; improvements to allow the library to work with XFA-only PDFs and the addition of the new USPS "IntelligentMail" BarCode. There was also a large rewrite of the font-subsystem, improving the ability of the library to render unusually constructed PDFs and paving the way for future enhancements. The full list of changes is in the PDF Library Changelog

As always, the latest release is at avilable for download at the BFO website

BFO Technical Support 'second to none' says top Adobe provider

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:15:00 GMT

BFO are pleased to add 4Point, the world's largest Adobe consulting practice, to its enviable client base.

A spokesman for 4Point said, "We used (BFO's) PDF Library to meet our client's need for rich inter-document navigation. With (the) PDF Library we were able to stitch together flat PDFs, create a set of inter-document linking bookmarks, and hyperlink inter-documents via existing and built table of contents and index pages. We chose Big Faceless' PDF Library because it is feature-rich and user-friendly—the API is very coherent and intuitive."

For more information read the full press release

Big Faceless releases PDF Library 2.10.3

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:10:51 GMT

BFO have released a major update to their PDF Library. The 2.10.3 release has a number of significant improvements across the board: for the first time the PDF library can now write Linearized, or "web-optimized" PDF's, which are optimized for faster display in a web browser. Text extraction has been rewritten and is now significantly faster and more accurate. A bug causing higher than necessary memory use with the PDFReader has been squashed, and there are a number of speed and stability improvements. The Swing PDF Viewer has some very significant stability improvements, and now includes the ability to search and select text from a PDF.

The new release is recommended for all our customers, and is available for download now at http://bfo.com. See the PDF Library Changelog for more details.

The BFO Blog arrives

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:32:00 GMT

Hello and welcome to the latest section of BFO's website, the "BFO Blog". We'll be using this section to disseminate useful bits of information that we think our customers might want to hear, but that don't really fit anywhere else.