Version History

The following changes are part of PDF-Mapper version 1.9.0:

New functions:

• Wizard “Transfer layout mapping”
• When correcting a document, use the “For correction” button to provide the current PDF document as a test data set for adjustments to the layout mapping.

Changes to function blocks:

• Separate address line into elements: Number of NAME fields set variably, default is 3 as before.
• Convert date in text to ISO date: Bug fix for format parser ddmmyyyy
• Header extended for use in XSLTs for validation and in-house format

Additional components for use in plugins are provided.

The following changes are part of PDF-Mapper version 1.8.3:

New function blocks:

• Convert date in text to ISO date
• Convert calendar week to ISO date
• Convert date or calendar week to text to ISO
• Replace text parts with regular expression
• Determine decimal number from text

A detailed description of the function blocks can be found in the PDF-Mapper help – Description of the function blocks.

The following changes are part of PDF-Mapper version 1.8.2:

• Area mapping
  • Toolbar: Automatically specify anchor texts (-P:) and the associated UnDo function.
  • AI-powered area assignment wizard determines suggestions for configuring area assignment
• Check Area Assignment
• Field mapping
  • Toolbar: Automatically specify anchor texts (-P:) and the associated UnDo function.
• PreProcessingRoute after common input
• Fix for group.xq: Header table end set from default 0.0 to 999999990.0 – allows reading header tables without end identifier

The following changes are part of PDF-Mapper version 1.8.1:

• Partner identification expanded by setting: Use texts in the PDF (standard setting, as before) or individual text lines (simple reading of content without position information).
• Added module for preprocessing, which allows for preprocessing steps like text grouping, page filter or text filter.
• The validation view shows a symbol with the validation result for the entire document, so there is no need to scroll to check the result in larger documents:
  • no validation errors: green check icon
  • with validation errors: red warning icon
• Fix for validation rule from \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} to ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$.

• Document types in the data structures extended to
  • Request for quotation (M_REQOTE),
  • Offer/quotation (M_QUOTES),
  • Purchase order (M_ORDERS),
  • Order response/order confirmation (M_ORDRSP),
  • Despatch advice/delivery bill (M_DESADV),
  • Invoice/credit note (M_INVOIC) and
  • Payment advice (M_RECADV).
    A selection of the used document types is possible.
• Existing document types order (M_ORDERS) and invoice (M_INVOIC) have been extended by additional fields.
• Administrator can remove unused data elements for field mapping in configuration to make it easier for users to use.
• Plugins have been added
• Function blocks can be displayed as grouped in user interface.
• XML mapping: Filter for displaying all XML elements or only the mapped XML elements. Effect on data display and function view.
• Tables header/footer and sub-tables in position extended in function range like main table.
• Validation e-mail dispatch: addition of StartTLS
• New switch -L: in connection with -S:+gl{m}, -S:-gl{m}, -S:+gr{m}, -S:-gr{m}
• License check reduced to MAC address to bypass sporadic Windows mapping changes of network interface names to MAC addresses.
• Access to web user interface restrictable
• Adjustments:
  • Validation email: Fixed error in employee assignment when list is empty
  • Automatic URL encoding of special characters e.g. for passwords added.
  • Function block “Value assignment from key list” (getValue4KeyList) with “List entry for key” “contains” corrected.
  • Google fonts included locally, no longer loaded via CDN.
  • Switch -S: regular expression for parameter detection corrected
  • Validation: XSLT processing “reset” now works.

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