Apple has implemented the new HEIC – High Efficiency Image Compression – Image data format instead of JPEG with iOS version 11. The photo format is called HEIF and stands for High Efficiency Image Format. Apple wants to enforce this format as an alternative to JPEG the outdated quasi standard.

The HEIF format was developed by the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and licensed under the protection of patents. MPEG has already developed and standardized several other audio and video compression techniques in the past. Well-known examples are MPEG-2, MP3, H.264 and HEVC (H.265).

HEIF is supported since September 2017 by Apple from iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, but not all Apple devices – currently this is the iPhone 7 & 7 Plus, iPhone 8 & 8 Plus, and the new iPhone X. Google has in March 2018 Announced HEIF Support for Android P Microsoft also supports this new file format with Windows 10 Build 17123. For older versions of Windows there is no direct support from Microsoft. However, there is the possibility to install the additional application CopyTrans HEIC for Windows in order to also be able to display and convert HEIC / HEIF files on older Windows versions.

Further information about the HEIF data format can be found here >>>

With the FileConverterPro version 1.0.73 it is now also possible to process HEIC image files and convert them to PDF or PDF / A. HEIC files can be processed individually or via container formats (EML, MSG, ZIP ….).

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CSV (Comma Separated Values) files can also be converted to PDF or PDF/A using FileConverterPro. Either as individual files or as email attachments or files in container files (ZIP, 7ZIP ….).

Configuration:

• The CSV extension must be defined as “alias” for the XLS extension.

• The conversion can be done either “directly” or via “MS Office” / “MS Excel”. It should be noted that in the direct conversion for the CSV file a “,” (comma) or in the “MS Office / MS Excel” a “;” (Semicolon) must be used as a separator. If a different delimiter is used then the CSV file is not processed like an XLS but like a normal text file and no columns are generated. However, this only applies to MS Office / operating system in German. If MS-Office and the operating system are used in English then “,” and not “;” as CSV separator.

 

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To convert MS Office formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio …) to PDF / A, the FCPro provides either “direct” conversion or conversion based on a MS Office version installed on the FCpro computer.

We recommend using PDF/A as the output format, either the “direct” or the conversion via MS-Office 2013/2016 in the 32 or 64bit version. We have found in test that certain MS Word documents can not be converted to valid PDF/A documents via MS-Office 2010.

Innovations FCpro Version 1.0.63:

• The conversion to PDF/A has been improved and completely re-implemented.
• If a document can not be converted directly to PDF/A in the first step, there is also the possibility to render the document and create an image of the pages. The text is read from the source page and re-inserted into the target document without further OCR operation. This makes it possible to create a valid PDF/A document from documents which are normally not convertible to PDF/A. This corresponds to the original with regard to its visual appearance, but also contains the text for the search. Normally, such documents would have to be printed and re-scanned.

• The software is now able to find out on which page an uncorrectable error occurs during PDF/A conversion. Thus, only those pages are “rendered” where a conversion error occurs and not the entire document.
• If the PDF/A output is selected, the “rendering” is now activated by default with 200dpi.

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Innovations FCpro Version 1.0.59:

• PDF Conversion of OpenOffice formats by integration of LibreOffice – As an alternative to converting the OpenOffice document formats via the “direct” conversion, there is now also the possibility to achieve the best compatibility and quality in the PDF conversion of these formats by using the original LibreOffice application.

If enough CPUs and cores are available, it is also possible to run several LibreOffice instances in parallel so that the conversion throughput is easily multiplied.

Configuration:

• Important: Before performing this configuration – Stop the FileConverterPro service!
• Download the LibreOffice Portable version.
• Create a root folder for all LibreOffice instances – eg.: C:\LibreOfficePortableRoot
• Install the first instance in a folder under it – eg.: C:\LibreOficePortableRoot\LibreOfficePortable1
• Change the INI file to C:\LibreOficePortableRoot\LibreOfficePortable1\App\AppInfo\Launcher\LibreOfficePortable.ini and insert the SingleAppInstance = false line in the first section.

• Copy the complete contents of the LibreOfficePortable1 folder and create the desired number of LibreOffice instances, eg:

C:\LibreOficePortableRoot\LibreOfficePortable2
C:\LibreOficePortableRoot\LibreOfficePortable3
C:\LibreOficePortableRoot\LibreOfficePortable4

Depending on how many instances are present here, they are used for parallel processing. So create here so many instances as you want to have or how many of the computers can tolerate. It makes little sense to create more instances here than the computer has available to CPU / Core resources since each process requires a CPU / core for processing.

• In the FileConverterPro configuration interface, you will find a field under “Options” to specify the start folder for the LibreOffice instances. Enter the following value according to our example: C:\LibreOficePortableRoot

• In the FCpro processing profiles under the “ODF” tab, you can now select LibreOffice to convert the OpenOffice document formats.

• Restart the FileConverterPro service.

Download – LibreOffice Portable – LibreOffice Site >> >
Download – LibreOffice Portable Version 5.3.1 ~120MB >>>
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Innovations FCpro Version 1.0.50:

FCpro – Profilmanager:

With FCPro, the conversion parameters are managed via profiles. If several FCpro servers are operated, it is useful and necessary to keep the processing profiles of all FCpro systems synchronized. Up to now, this was only possible via a manual export / transfer and import of the profile files. With the version 1.50.0 there is now a separate FCpro profile manager which makes the adjustment between the servers much easier.

 

Features:

• Connection to the FC per server (description, URL, Username, Password, version info, main server – Yes / No, test the connection)
• An FCPro server is set as master / main server, from which all profiles are replicated to the other servers.
• Communication with the FCpro servers takes place via SOAP Web Services (http / https)
• Retrieve FCpro server info and server statistics
• Remote administration of processing and PDF export profiles (Export, Import – Selective or All)
• Synchronization from the main server to all FCpro servers. (Processing and PDF export profiles)

Updating of all basic components up to date

Update of the .NET Runtime from version 3.5 to version 4.0:

• Better performance than .NET 2.0 or 3.5
• Reduced installation scope. Only 40 MB instead of 250 MB version 3.5 are downloaded and installed.
• .NET 4.0 is already preinstalled / activated on the newer versions of Microsoft OS (Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Server 2012,) and therefore does not have to be activated manually via the control panel like version 3.5. However, the minimum requirement is Windows 7 SP1. Windows XP and Server 2003 are no longer supported by .NET 4.0.
• The FCpro setup checks whether .NET 4.0 is installed on the computer during installation. If not, .NET 4.0 is downloaded and installed over the Internet.

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