Release Notes

2.0.8060.28481 - 25 January 2022

• Implementation of custom liquid “chart” tag
• Fixed issue where numeric liquid expressions would not work properly on data loaded from excel sheets.

2.0.7998.29633 - 18 January 2022

• Implementation of custom liquid “word_table” tag.
• Implementation of custom liquid “group_by” filter.
• Support for -%} on end of tags in Word for deleting paragraphs with liquid tags in them.

2.0.7998.29633 - 11 January 2022

• Outlook Online - invalid grant no longer occurs.
• Outlook Online - merge history saved.
• Outlook Online - Does not fail when SMTP From set.

2.0.7998.29633 - 13 December 2021

• Fixed - Under certain circumstances slow machines using ‘each row sends an attachment’ sent 2 emails.
• Updated node.exe to 32 bit version.
• sign_here filter timestamp is optional.

2.0.7998.29633 - 24 November 2021

• Fixed encoding issue during upload to signhere.pdfmachine.com causing remote server not responding error.

2.0.7992.31594 - 19 November 2021

• Liquid filter “insert_image” to insert images into Word templates.
• Liquid filter “barcode” to insert barcodes into Word templates.
• Multiple attachments in an email which are named with the same name managed correctly.
• Conditional attachments in an email which are named with the same name managed correctly.
• insert_image and barcode filters support a hyperlink.
• Display message for unsupported template types eg, .doc is not supported must be .docx.
• Liquid filter “sign_here” for capturing signatures.

2.0.7971.25050 - 28 October 2021

• Conditional dynamic attachments.
• Allows the use of Microsoft Outlook Online as an email send method.
• Google-api crash fixed, when using Gmail API and an invalid email address.
• Don’t retry the email error if an unrecoverable error occurs (eg unauthorized).

2.0.7942.19235 - 29 September 2021

• Installation provides option to turn off ‘Weekly Update for new version’.
• Better error handling if the user does not have permission for save directory.
• Detect merge fields in Word Quick Parts.
• Merge continues unless it gets 5 consecutive failed emails.
• Fonts are loaded locally instead of over internet.
• The repeat_par tag in HTML works on p elements as well as div and li elements.

2.0.7869.31691 - 18 July 2021

• Correct attachments for multi row attachments
• No longer reliant on chrome or chromium being installed
• Minimum requirement is now .NET 4.7.2, users will be prompted to install (as part of setup) if a suitable version of .NET is not found.
• Fixed - HTML attachment templates not converting to PDF unless pdfMachine merge run in admin mode.
• Fixed - Extended MAPI emailing on systems that used 64 bit Outlook - on some systems this did not work, depending on the way things were installed.
• Fixed - Dynamic PDF attachments with a filter in the merge field error with ‘illegal characters in path’
• Fixed - Emails containing uploaded images that have been resized did not view properly in MS Outlook.
• Title metadata in PDF document corrected to be file name
• Occasional “Could not find” error during merge with security set
• CSV encoding fixed when carriage return in google drive sheet cell

2.0.7805.15824 - 15 May 2021

• Added spam testing button - uses SpamAssassin.
• Aadded email templates.
• Fixed google sheeet downloading to handle CR LF in values.
• Fixed multi threaded stability issue with some data sets, causing corrupt Office docs.

2.0.7786.26503 - 26 April 2021

• Fixed logfile encoding issue.
• Error handling improvements.

2.0.7768.32670 - 13 April 2021

• Speed enhancement. Generating documents, PDFs and emailing happens in parallel.
• “Each row appends to pages” no longer fails with “the filename or extension is too long”
• “Each row appends to pages” names the file correctly during a generate documents only merge run
• Stationery on HTML files initializes margins

2.0.7719.26403 - 18 Feb 2021

• New email body editor (jodit), allowing image uploads to Broadgun server. Note uploaded images may be deleted after a few months.

2.0.7710.20419 - 9 Feb 2021

• setstationary.exe digitally signed.
• Stationery fixed for example profile.

2.0.7693.28147 - 25 Jan 2021

• zipper_getFileList on a Word file that unzips folders as well as files.
• Allow the save documents folder to be associated with the merge profile.
• Merge fields with new lines work fixed for opening results as CSV.
• Merge fields with error on google drive upload now open as CSV.

2.0.7656.31278 - 18 Dec 2020

• Improved logging of exceptions from google api.
• Uploaded links in Excel version of merge run results fixed.
• ‘Remove format’ button available in the email body editor.
• Try again when PowerPoint is busy.
• Improved error message when SMTP server needs an SMTP From address.

2.0.7628.22725 - 19 Nov 2020

• List-Unsubscribe headers supported for Gmail API and SMTP emails.
• Gmail Bcc works.

2.0.7612.28318 - 03 Nov 2020

• Links for dynamically generated files which are uploaded instead of attached are shown in Merge Run Results (including Excel sheet of results).
• Excel times can be formatted using date filter for time only eg {{meeting_time | date : “h:mmtt”}}}.

2.0.7606.28984 - 28 Oct 2020

• Exporting profiles with static attachments that use merge fields and a filter to define the path doesn’t fail.
• Sending profiles with static attachments that use merge fields to define the path doesn’t fail.
• Saved documents where the file name is not unique no longer loses the first file.

2.0.7565.31446 - 17 Sep 2020

• Increased wait time for large PowerPoint files on slow PCs.
• pdfMachine merge exits gracefully when PowerPoint doesn’t respond.
• Changed separator between statically attached files to be a |symbol.
• Log files to roll at 5MB.

2.0.2.0.7514.26524 - 28 July 2020

• Corrected chrome-remote-interface issue “no inspectable targets”.
• Import / Export profile handles Stationery.
• Import / Export profile handles duplicate file names.
• Fixed Export when a template with no file name is present.
• Loading message no longer stuck on google sheets data source.
• Failure to load data source no longer still displays old data source.

2.0.7458.29762 - 2 June 2020

• Prevents hanging while converting very large Excel templates.

2.0.7457.28588 - 1 June 2020

• Removed excess logging for CSV files.
• Disable dynamic attachments that have an empty template and attachment name.
• Remove Outlook accounts that are not in current Outlook profile.
• Merge fields available in Body and drop downs before going to Data tab when selected by Current Profile.

2.0.7454.29860 - 29 May 2020

• auto register from registration email works when pdfMachine merge only installed.

2.0.7446.31101 - 21 May 2020

• CSV data sources with a single period in a cell no longer throw exceptions.
• Privacy Policy in application interface.
• Merge fields available in Body and drop downs before going to Data tab.
• Attachment names with a period and no suffix now have correct name.
• Upload to Google Drive works with the Gmail API.

2.0.7416.25010 - 21 Apr 2020

• Static file names can have merge fields with commas in them.

2.0.7388.22640 - 24 Mar 2020

• Registration can be performed directly into pdfMachine merge. Installation of pdfMachine optional.
• Remove spell checker from email body editor.
• Improved stamping performance for large documents.

2.0.7370.31719 - 9 Mar 2020

• Users can now use Microsoft Word and Excel, and pdfMachine while the merge operation is running (unless bypassed).
• Don’t allow “save to” folders to be drives which backup to cloud, eg oneDrive, Google Drive as the constant backing up caused issues.
• Fixed Import / Export failures on empty body, missing data source.
• zipper_getFileList fails -2 error fixed.
• < and> symbols work in if statements for Office documents.

2.0.7353.26803 - 18 Feb 2020

• Object reference not set to an object upon send.
• Any Worksheet in Excel data source can be selected (not just the first worksheet) .
• Test send for ‘Each row sends an attachment’ for All Emails corrected to send the correct number of emails.
• Error message when a filter is used in a merge field in the file name for the dynamic and static attachment
• Clicking outside Google Sheets select box cancels select operation.

2.0.7312.19844 - 8 Jan 2020

• Ability to import / export profiles

2.0.7304.23625 - 31 Dec 2019

• Old profiles hang on the data window.
• Reload of small data sources hangs.
• Selection of data now reset on load/reload of data source.

2.0.7277.27057 - 4 Dec 2019

• Fixed password error when a % is in the password.
• Status window shows error icon when if all rows are not successful.
• Loading window displayed after selection of template and data source in case send is triggered too quickly.
• Empty rows of data source filtered out
• Error message displayed when invalid merge field used in password or stamp

2.0.7250.22083 - 7 Nov 2019

• Added support for Gmail API for sending emails.
• Fixed issue with ‘send random 5 emails’ where there was not enough rows.
• Fixed ReplyTo address field not working in Outlook.

2.0.7230.16494 - 18 Oct 2019

• Version 15.20 is a pre-requisite.
• New red background color.
• Support for repeat_par and repeat_row filters for Word documents.
• Liquid flow control, i.e. ‘if’ and ‘for loops’ now works for Word documents.
• Fixed a few UI issues that cause hangs with large data sets.
• Duplicate column names are listed.
• Email address mandatory live mode only.
• Update to latest vuetify build.
• Reduced the number of sample profiles installed
• Fixed disappearing email bodies on install.
• Fixed Command line mode generating adverts/banners when it should not have.
• Fixed attachment names being encoded when they should not have been.

2.0.7203.26553 - 21 Sep 2019

• Correction for stamping and security during an “Each row appends to attachment” merge run

2.0.7173.24331 - 22 Aug 2019

• Body of email is copied during a copy operation
• User is asked to confirm before running a live merge run.

2.0.7165.29860 - 14 Aug 2019

• Password still set when ‘Each row appends to the PDF attachment’ used

• More resilient handling of very large runs with Office templates including issues with last PowePoint template not closing.

• Handles ‘Word could not open macro storage’ error.

• Error message when email body is too large.

• Fix changes in email body when click away too quickly.

• Warns user when Office template references merge fields which are not in the data source.

• Corrected ‘Index was out of range’ message when the merge fields were not in the first row.

• Corrected initial document number calculation when using disabled attachments.

• Corrected ‘EXDEV. cross-device link not permitted.’ error when save directory on different drive.

2.0.7129.26591 - 9 Jul 2019

• character accepted in password for SMTP

• New merge field filter ‘prepend_if’
• Error message when data source is too large.
• Correct behaviour for black text in stamp when security is applied.

2.0.6982.23121 - 12 Feb 2019

• Added support for google sheets as data source.
• Fixed issue where certain Word and Powerpoint files would create invalid documents after merge field replacement / substituion.
• Fixed issue where ‘port in use’ error would occur.
• Fixed issue of displaying ‘network error’ upon startup due to failue to load links file from broadgun.com

2.0.6961.28233 - 22 Jan 2019

• Allows rename of email profile to allow circumstances where the email address is used with different passwords to represent different accounts.
• Turns Word Read Mode Layout off so that Word doesn’t fail to respond.
• Fixed issue where pdfMachine merge did not start and displayed ‘Could not find chrome / chromium session - exiting’ error.
• Fixed issue after Office update where hyperlinks with merge fields (under images) are encoded incorrectly.

2.0.6949.37116 - 10 Jan 2019

• Installer downloads latest Microsoft c runtime redistributables.
• Fixed issue where under certain cirumstances pdfMachine merge thought it was unlicensed when it was not.
• Fixed issue where pdfMachine merge did not start and displayed ‘Could not find chrome / chromium session - exiting’ error.

2.0.6869.27694 - 22 Oct 2018

• Added stationery support for html -> pdf attachment conversions. First, Last, Odd, Even, All stationery types.
• Added $page and $maxpage variables for use in HTML stationery.
• Added {%repeat%} tag for html templates.
• Added liquid filters insert_br, insert_p, insert_nbsp for conditionally inserting html tags.
• Simplified PDF password security UI.
• Fixed issue where excel and powerpoint processes may hang around after a merge.
• Fixed merge profile file sync problem.
• Improved some error messages.

2.0.6828.17260 - 11 Sep 2018

• Fixed issue where some users who were not administrators could not start pdfMachine merge.
• Fixed issue where pdfMachine merge would not run if MS Exchange was configured to prohibit Outlook object model from working properly.
• Fixed Outlook email profiles not remembering ‘send emails per hour’ setting
• Fixed issue where installing as admin then running as regular user or vica versa
• Fixed issue where you had to enter email details for a profile that was just generated documents and not sending emails.

2.0.6808.26819 - 22 Aug 2018

• The list of available Outlook accounts are now more realtime and not saved.

• Fixed crash upon startup occurring due to chromium being partially installed.

• Fixed ‘generate documents only’ not saving documents.

• Fixed issue where multiple copies of test profiles existed.

• Fixed issue where you needed to set a current mail profile even if only generating docs.

• Fixed issue where PDF security settings were not being remembered when re-entering security dialog.

• Fixed getSendAccounts() null pointer exception error.

2.0.6796.25341 - 10 Aug 2018

• Complete new UI look.
• Added enabled/disable checkbox on attachment list
• An error is thrown if an Office document is in use (e.g. MS Word) and pdfMachine merge needs to use that Office program.
• Other minor fixes.
• Version 15.03 of pdfMachine is a prerequisite.
• NOTE: this version is has a different data structure than previous 1.0.xxxx.xxxxx versions.

1.0.6719.27484 - 25 May 2018

• Ability to upload attachments to Google Drive and share using a shared link instead of attaching into the email.
• Email Send Accounts now called Email Profiles in user interface.

1.0.6711.26040 - 17 May 2018

• Removed Bare line feeds from SMTP emails.

1.0.6662.25005 - 15 May 2018

• Accepts merge fields in hyperlinks on images in Word and PowerPoint templates.
• New filter “uri_encode” which will encode the merge field as a URI component.
• Password and stamp corrected for method “Each row creates an attachment”

1.0.6662.25005 - 29 Mar 2018

• Fixed error when there is a newline in the content of a merge field that is used in either the template file name or the output file name.
• Logs the last error before an SMTP reset occurs.

1.0.6591.31851 - 18 Jan 2018

• Fixed error “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” that occurs for the first merge after pdfMachine installation.
• PowerPoint templates now use the office addin to create the PDF by default.

1.0.6549.26174 - 7/Dec/2017

• New feature : Select which Outlook email account to send from
• New feature : Rows in the data source can append to each other to create a single PDF that is emailed
• Fixed error “Value cannot be null. Parameter name: input”.

1.0.6526.25275 - 13/Nov/2017

• New feature : Maximum number of emails per connection can be set for SMTP send method
• Fixed PDF files with a template have security and stamps applied if set.
• Remove error message when PDF files are selected as merge template.
• Fixed issue where merge fields in the PowerPoint master slide were not merged with data from the data source.

1.0.6491.28286 - 4/Oct/2017

• Fixed ‘object not referenced’ issue some customers were having as a result of previous release.

1.0.6479.31551 - 27/Sep/2017

• New feature : PDF files can be have a stamp applied. Stamp can be configured for each generated PDF attachment. Stamp can contain merge fields.

1.0.6464.35350 - 12/Sep/2017

• New feature : PDF files can be selected as a template. The template file name for PDF templates can use merge fields. Allows existing PDF files to be sent based on a merge field. Also allows existing PDF files to be encrypted with a password based on a merge field.
• Fixed issue where upload attachment had display name with additional suffix.
• Fixed issue where merge fields in the PowerPoint layout slide were not merged with data from the data source.

1.0.6435.30963 - 14/Aug/2017

• Fixed issue where Outlook (extended MAPI) would fail to resolve name.
• vc2010 redistributables are now bundled with installer.

1.0.6417.32564 - 21/July/2017

• ColumnPicker not found, Javascript error fixed
• Office 2013 and 2016 32 bit, cc emails send.
• Word 2010 conversion of Word Mail Merge templates with large number of shapes no longer time out during conversion.
• Error message corrected when an SMTP server required reset.
• Fixed issue with crash message (“todo: ”) on some systems.
• Added the ability to upload the file and share with a link in the email instead of an actual attachment.
• Now needs VC2017 and vc2010 redistributables - auto downloads upon installation if not detected.
• Outlook messages are sent from different process - stopping certain antivirus products killing pdfMachine Merge.

1.0.6185.23979 - 7/December/2016

• Office 2016 32 bit, SubmitMessage failed 80040607 resolved.
• Merge fields that are used for attachment names have invalid filename characters replaced with underscore.

1.0.6172.21752 - 24/November/2016

• Windows 10, Office 2016 32 bit, background process doesn’t hang around anymore
• Windows 10, Office 2016 32 bit, HTML emails corrected
• If pdfMachine merge closed during while a merge process is running the merge is cancelled
• Network paths used as a Saved Folder no longer result in File Not Found
• Custom passwords allowed for attachments (combination of one or more merge fields and text)

1.0.6122.23475 - 5/October/2016

• Liquid Templating Tags in the email body are unencoded
• The Email bodies editor only allows Source mode for existing email bodies that have Liquid Templating tags in them
• Static attachments can be obtained from merge fields using a semi-colon separated list
• Static attachments from merge fields that result int blank are ignored instead of having a file not found error
• Handles “D” precision specifiers for numbers
• Installs the 2012 Visual Studio C++ redistributables if they are not present
• A merge cannot be commenced if pdfMachine is open

1.0.6051.26499 - 26/July/2016

• Improved error message when file name is too long for Word to handle.
• pdfMachine merge stops losing spaces from Word templates.
• ReplyTo works for Outlook 32 bit and 64 bit.
• Doesn’t fail when attachment name is blank due to blank merge fields.
• Improved error messages for Failed connection with Microsoft Office when Word cannot manage the OLE objects.
• Additional example templates provided.

1.0.5955.31093 - 19/April/2016

From this version pdfMachine 14.89 or later is required to be installed

• Improved error messages when Outlook is damaged or not responding .
• Improved error messages when max email invalid.

1.0.5828.29418 - 18/December/2015

• Running from the command line now uses default send account rather than last used send account.
• Running from the command line works in Windows 10.
• Allow Excel merge fields to have carriage returns.
• Detect duplicate column names when it is just capitals that are different.

1.0.5682.38759 - 25/July/2015

• Fixed problem where attached files overwritten when changing merge profiles.
• Merge fields in shapes and headers inside Excel templates are now converted.
• Throw error after creation attempt, rather than attachment attempt if PDF creation fails.
• Report PDF in use during PDF creation.
• Additional Test Profiles added
• Corrected error handling if statically attached file is missing

1.0.5647.33887 - 18/June/2015

• _ no longer displayed in long file names (when sent by SMTP).
• Select columns for merge results.
• Merge results open in Excel includes send result
• New filter WordNewLine inserts a new line after a non-blank merge field. In Word only

1.0.5624.35579 - 27/May/2015

• Multiple email accounts can be created.
• Email accounts can be attached to a merge profile.
• Javascript error on select rows fixed
• Each row creates an attachment combined with multiple attachments in the profile creates correct attachments
• Fixed error when missing right brace on last merge field
• Fixed javascript error when returning to edit invalid merge profile
• Prevent profiles having the same name
• Attach files box grows and scrolls
• Trim spaces around names and file names
• Strip out extra attachments with blank filename eg when two semi-colons are entered ;;
• Each row creates an attachment combined with multiple attachments no longer gets error with merge fields ending in numbers
• Word Mail Merge fields within shapes are converted to pdfMachine merge format

1.0.5414.21150 - 28/Oct/2014

• Fixed problem where Selected Emails doesn’t clear.
• Fixed issue with BCC email addresses and white space.
• Forced refresh of js files

1.0.5365.25259 - 9/Sep/2014

• Added ‘each row creates an attachment’ functionality
• Fixed up some error messages
• Fixed issue with email address and white space.

1.0.5269.33945 - 5/June/2014

• Increased functionality in email HTML editor
• When bundling, column headings with spaces in them are catered for

1.0.5260.40197 - 27/May/2014

• Fixes an error for browsers earlier than IE 9
• Fixes an error where valid test email reports as invalid
• Fixes javascript errors when selecting rows within the data source

1.0.5247.29670 - 14/May/2014

• You can now select to send a subset of the merge data source (IE9 and greater only)
• Generated PDF documents are only given a suffix when a duplicate exists
• More validation of fields

1.0.5128.37316 - 16/Jan/2014

• Corrects send error returned, with SMTP Send Method and blank entries used in CC or BCC field.
• Ensures pdfMachine ultimate version correctly detected in European locale
• Merge fields with a ‘.’ in the field name are replaced with an ‘_’ instead of failing

1.0.4854.26311 * Fixed issue with spreadsheets with empty cells. - 16/Apr/2013

1.0.4762.24216 * - 14/Jan/2013

Now supports x64 versions of Word and Excel.

1.0.4629.24438* - 3/Sep/2012

Allow incomplete merge profiles to be saved but not sent* Fixed datetimenow implementation in office templates* Saved folder dialog to browse to last saved folder* Improved error message when error in data source* Removed missing white space from date in office templates* Merge run of one email now displayed fully

• Easily reuse last merge profile* Fix inconsistency in which panel to go back to* Corrected error handling for status not 500* Fail, and log error, if cannot attach extra attachments to mail 9/August/2012   1.0.4604.35176* Stopped changing pdfMachine to default printer on XP with Word templates* Fixed problem where IE registry setting is missing* Allowed for variable items in subject line when bundling23/July/2012  1.0.4587.31387
• Added pause / resume when merging* Fixed duplicated attachments in emails* Removed animated background to free up memory and improve speed

1.0.4496.22439 - 27/May/2012

• Fixed problem with currency formatter

1.0.4481.21261 - 8/Apr/2012

• Now copes with empty columns and empty rows in Excel data sources

1.0.4442.25224 - 29/Feb/2012

• Fixed memory leak

1.0.4435.26361 - 22/Feb/2012

• Added custom Liquid filters  for “money_no_cents”  and “number_culture”.

1.0.4428.28918 - 15/Feb/2012

• Added support for Liquid html templates.
• Added support for partial Liquid templates in Word and PowerPoint.
• Changed merge field marker from single curly brace to two curly braces. e.g.{email} now becomes {{email}}. This was done to be more consistent with Liquid templates.

1.0.4372.27397 - 21/Dec/2011

• Fixed problem when normal converting Word merge documents to our format that occured when you had a large number of merge fields.
• Added ‘check for updates’ link

1.0.4363.30930 - 12/Dec/2011

• Added support for “bundle on email” sends
• Added support for HTML templates
• Fixed internationalization bug in CSV files.
• Fixed crash when doing a merge after fresh pdfMachine install.

1.0.4358.19418 - 7/Dec/2011

• various user interface improvements. 1/Dec/2011 1.0.4352.20204
• first public beta release