#flexpaper

Auckland based digital software publisher provider, Devaldi has undergone a product brand review and introduces FlowPaper (formerly FlexPaper) today.

The new product brand identity reflects Devaldi’s commitment to provide the best digital reading experience. FlowPaper is the next generation desktop and server based publisher for the web. It transforms your static PDF’s into editable digital publications that adapts to the device, a true HTML5 viewer using true web fonts. Always delivering crisp sharp text and imagery with a minimum loading time. Compare us and experience the difference!

When FlexPaper was launched about six years ago, Adobe Flash was the standard for viewing PDFs on the web and after its launch, FlexPaper quickly became one of the most used document viewer applications on the web. Our Zine viewer has been much appreciated by our customers along with our Classic viewer. But much has changed during these years  and the step away from Flash and towards HTML5 ended the relevance for FlexPaper in its original form.

FlowPaper is built to make the most out of your static digital content in HTML5 format. This includes a range of publishing options and FlowPaper lets you publish your content the way you want it. FlowPaper includes our well-known Zine publisher, the new Elements format and our Reflow viewer. The variety is set to meet your needs.

We’re also pleased to release our updated version of our publisher this week. 

Changes in this release:

Fixed an issue related to IE8 not loading some FlexPaper Elements Publications

Upgraded to Electron 1.2.5 (Desktop Publisher)

Improved accuracy in clipping of text (Elements)

Its now possible to track Elements publications using Google Analytics just as with Zine (Elements)

The Zine toolbar now floats on top of the publication giving greater reading area than before (Zine)

Improved EPUB3 support (for readers such as Adobe Digital Editions) (Desktop Publisher)

Changed the way annotations are added to the DOM so that rotation of annotations are improved (Classic)

Its now possible to set a custom cover image for EPUB publications (Desktop Publisher)

Its now possible to set ISBN for EPUB publications (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where two fold publications would show the incorrect number of pages in the editing section of the publisher (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where links placed on two fold publications would be misplaced when zooming in and then out (Zine, Desktop Publisher)

Improved text clipping accuracy for Elements (Desktop Publisher)

Improved navigation panels margins slightly for iPhone 5 (Zine)

Embedded default color profile for OSX for improved color accuracy (Zine, Desktop Publisher)

Implemented partial navigation drag for Elements, slide (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where setting a higher Max Zoom Factor than 500% would cause the viewer to initialize incorrectly (Zine)

Fixed an issue where the MixedMode parameter wasn't being passed on properly when using FullScreenAsMaxWindow (Zine)

The TOC editor is now available for Elements (static layout) (Desktop Publisher)

Clarified the TouchInitViewMode for Zine. Setting this to 'Portrait' when using Zine will result in a forced single page mode. (Zine)

Changed default view mode to slide for phone style touch devices (Elements)

Performed a number of optimizations for Chrome 52 (Elements)

Improved text accuracy for Elements by improved handling of negative movements in text fragments (Elements)

Improved support for two fold publications where links were not being adjusted properly in Elements publications (Elements)

Added hover link color to links in FlexPaper Elements and pulse-in effect (Elements)

Reduced file size of FlexPaper Zine by excluding some previously included image resources (Zine)

It is now possible to select local MP4 and WEBM files for self hosted videos and distribute them together with both Zine and Elements (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue related to starting on specific pages in smaller sized devices for Elements which caused incorrect page to show up initially (Elements)

We’re ramping up development in particular around Elements and the Desktop Publisher and you will see a lot of improvements and enhancements coming your way in the next few months. This month we’re giving all our existing customers as well as all our new the ability to publish and share your documents on Dropbox for free, among many other fixes and enhancements. 

Zine and the Desktop Publisher is being rolled out today first and Classic will follow in the next few days.

The publisher now asks if you want to adjust the publication automatically to be a single page when publishing landscape publications (Publisher)

Improved the rendering quality for HTML4 in Chrome & Firefox (Zine)

Fixed an issue where zooming using mouse wheel when hovering over a folded page would cause the viewer to draw the page incorrectly (Zine)

Fixed an issue where some files with odd characters in their file names would not open in desktop publisher (Publisher)

Improved text sharpness in adaptive elements mode (Publisher)

Improved font conversion with retry when cloud service isn't responding properly (Publisher)

Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to open documents from other directories than C: on Windows in the desktop publisher (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where two fold publications would not process properly when using flash as output format (Desktop Publisher)

Support for password protected PDF documents added to desktop publisher (Publisher)

Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to easily unselect text on iPad / Android (Classic)

Fixed an issue where strike outs were not being triggered properly when text were selected (Classic)

Aligned flash full screen support for safari with HTML5 (Classic,Zine)

Fixed a number of issues where the user settings were not saved properly in the new publisher (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where the rainforest theme would misposition the toolbar after resize (Zine)

Improved error handling of the internal preview service in the desktop publisher (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where FlexPapeViewer.swf was included even if not used by desktop publisher (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where the Desktop Publisher wasn't copying the full pdf even if this option was ticked (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where re-opening a reflowable publication wouldn't allow some sections to be re-edited (Desktop Publisher)

Added additional checks for when font conversion fails so that the publisher retries (Desktop Publisher)

Improved print by removing unnecessary margins and widening the print (Classic,Zine)

Fixed an issue where publication title wasn't being set in the header when creating Zine publications (Desktop Publisher)

Forcing MSIE to print in new frame to prevent incorrectly sized print outs (Zine, Classic)

Fixed an issue where strikeouts would behave differently with text selection pressed in than highlighting (Classic)

Fixed an issue where a two fold publication with uneven page numbers would add an extra blank page at the end incorrectly (Desktop Publisher)

Added support for supplying a fixed max number of visible pages to the adaptive mode (useable by landscape documents) (Desktop Publisher)

Added support for uploading publications via FTP (Desktop Publisher)

Added support for copying and sharing publications via Dropbox (Desktop Publisher)

Improved support for converting to Adobe Flash/swf in new publisher (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where some fonts would not display properly in edit mode for Adaptive & Reflowable (Desktop Publisher)

Fixed an issue where the thumbnail navigator wouldn't work in iOS for the Classic viewer (Classic)

Forcing the annotations author label to show in full and avoid wrapping the text (Classic)

Fixed an issue where the bottom annotations toolbar wouldn't get translated properly (Classic)

Added support for translating the annotations delete confirmation box (Classic)

Corrected z-index for the line drawn between notes and their points/rectangles (Classic)

Corrected the drawing position for rectangle and point markers (Classic)

Yay! We have started rolling out version 2.3.6 today. Please find the log of the major changes below.  How to update: This release does not require you to republish any of your documents so if you want to install the update without republishing your documents then simply copy and replace the following resources from the distribution file that you are using:

FlexPaperViewer.swf

js/ (directory)

css/ (directory)

Significant changes in this release:

Added a condition for safari above version 7 to try to use full screen with keyboard input (known Safari issue) (Zine, Classic)

Fixed an issue where swiping on FlexPaper classic on a phone caused the new page to be positioned where the last one was instead of starting from top (Classic viewer)

Added checks to avoid touch devices from pinching outside of whats nessecary to view a page on device screen (Classic viewer)

Conditions added for single page view to avoid swipe left and right actions when zoomed into a document on touch devices (Classic viewer)

Increased the number of memory placeholders for pages in the classic viewer to avoid flickering in some scenarios when zoomed out to low zoom levels

Fixed an issue where PreviewMode wasn't working correctly on IE

The Desktop Publisher for Zine now checks if a document is significantly larger after splitting (the duplicating internal resources for some documents can cause this). If its significantly larger then Zine will now use the original PDF to render the document as opposed to the split. This should reduce the size footprint significantly for some documents with this problem

Fixed an issue where the ASP.NET scripts were unable to detect publications that were already processed

Fixed an issue in the Classic viewer where the number of active placeholders needed were incorrectly calculated causing some documents to flicker in certain zoom sizes

Improved page fitting when rotating the classic viewer

Improved pinch/zooming to the classic viewer

Pinching with a touch device is now prevented when drawing is enabled in the annotations viewer

The pdf flip book viewer is now preventing mouse wheel zooming when in preview mode

It is now possible to save annotations from the annotations viewer back into the PDF using our php scripts. We will be updating our ASP.NET and .JSP scripts to do the same in next release

Minor corrections to the zoom slider which was slow on responding in some scenarios

FlexPaper Reflow is now launched in open beta! send an email to [email protected] to participate and try it out!

It is now possible to maximize the viewing area when adding Youtube and Vimeo videos to our flip book viewer

Fixed an issue where Android devices were not resizing the Classic viewer properly on orientation change

We have started rolling out version 2.3.5 today. We will first be updating our zine viewer and will be updating the classic and annotations at the end of this week.

How to update: This release does not require you to republish any of your documents so if you want to install the update without republishing your documents then simply copy and replace the following resources from the distribution file that you are using:

FlexPaperViewer.swf

js/ (directory)

css/ (directory)

Significant changes in this release:

Fixed an issue where the flash viewer allowed rotation even if not in portrait mode

Fixed an issue where rotation of pages were not aligning the pages in the middle properly

Fixed an issue where the zoom slider was incorrectly enabled in flash mode of the annotations viewer

Fixed an issue where fit width and fit height were incorrectly enabled in two page and thumb view when using the flash viewer

Fixed an issue in FlexPaper Classic (HTML5) where fit height/fit width was using snapping incorrectly causing the fit width and fit height to be less expanded

Native full screen now enabled for webbit based browsers on Android (HTML5/HTML4).Android previously had issues with native full screeen but as this seems to be resolved we have decided to enable this

Fixed an issue where .rotate() was not exposed properly through the flash version of FlexPaper Zine

Fixed an issue where differently sized pages had their annotations misplaced in the HTML5 viewer when MixedMode was turned on

Speeded up the initial loading of the HTML5 viewer by smarter caching of files

Regression issue fixed in relation to using the zoom slider for the annotations/classic viewer where it wouldn't be reactive initially when used if fit page / fit height was used prior to zooming

A number of pinch/zoom improvements for the Classic viewer

Issue corrected where landscape pages would render incorrect marks in the annotations viewer

Fixed an issue where hiding annotations would cause them to reappear if the user scrolled far away from the marks and then back

Norwegian locale added to all viewers

Japanese locale updated

HTML rendering engine updated (#1.1.114)

A regression error related to printing for our annotations viewer corrected

We have started rolling out version 2.2.9 today. We will first be updating our classic and annotations viewer and will be updating the zine viewer in the next few days.

How to update: This release does not require you to republish any of your documents so if you want to install the update without republishing your documents then simply copy and replace the following resources from the distribution file that you are using:

FlexPaperViewer.swf

js/ (directory)

css/ (directory)

Changes worth mentioning in this release:

Issue fixed related to collaborative annotations where the notes property of marks would cause a javascript error in certain configurations.

Our HTML4 and HTML5 rendering modes now feature full support for printing annotations

Improved fallback mechanisms for desktop publisher on problematic PDF documents

Our HTML5 and HTML4 viewers now support dragging in annotations mode with correct cursors

Fixed an issue where links were incorrectly positioned in html5 mode after resizing the browser

Fixed an issue where the author name of a note in the annotations viewer was unintentionally repeated

Fixed an issue where the ' character caused an error in the annotations viewer

Fixed an issue where the confirmation dialog deleting an annotation appeared twice

Fixed an issue where documents with upper and lower case characters of file extensions were ignored in asp.net

Del key keycode now working to delete annotations in the annotations viewer

The HTML5 and HTML4 viewer now exits full screen if fullscreen button is pressed in full screen

Issue fixed where IE was causing a unintentional repeat of the author name in the annotations viewer

Improved full screen sizing for the HTML5 / HTML4 viewer to avoid cutting the toolbar off in certain sizes

Search panel adjusted to avoid covering the annotation tools

Fixed an issue wher the refreshMarks method wasn't clearing out old annotations properly in HTML4 and HTML5 modes.

Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to set focus on the search text field in the customizable build for annotations

A number of minor issues corrected in our HTML5 and HTML4 annotations viewer

You can now add phone numbers to your publications in FlexPaper Desktop Publisher

 I have previously blogged on how to publish your digital publication on a Mac. This week I will focus on how you turn your PDF to an online publication using FlexPaper desktop publisher on a PC.

The only real difference between publishing your document online using FlexPaper on a PC compared to a Mac is the setup of Flexpaper on your computer.

Start by download the installation files for FlexPaper Desktop Publisher.You can find the file here. 

Start the setup then tick the terms and conditions box and click the install button. The installation script will start and within one minute your configuration is finished and you are ready to go.

Yep, that’s how easy it is!

The first time you save an edited digital publication, FlexPaper will create a folder in your documents folder. FlexPaper then saves your publication every time you hit the publish button. The automatically saved publication can be found in the same folder under a subfolder with a corresponding name as your PDF document name. 

I want to finish of with a few words on what I have done on this example blow (just click the image to open the example in full). I have chosen a recipe publication as I love cooking myself and this publication example is packed with mouthwatering creations.

(click on image for a live example)

 - I customised the background to tie in with the publication. FlexPaper will proportionally stretch you image to fit your background no matter what the device you are viewing the publication in, just make sure you tick the option box when you are importing the image. 

- I customised the toolbar color with a nice contrasting black. 

-  I added a social sharing link to one of the recipes because it was too good not to. The social sharing option does come as default in the toolbar menu so make sure you activate the button under the toolbar menu if you want to add this feature. 

Happy cooking

Camilla

Question : Wordpress Integration - how to open Flexpaper in new Window?

Answer : There is no such option unfortunately - we may be able to help you further via email or incorporate this as a parameter to the viewer. Contact us at [email protected] for further discussion

Question : Does FlexPaper have any Ruby bindings?

Answer : We have some samples ready for Ruby but we have not yet updated these to be fully compatible with our latest build, we're happy to send these to you though. Contact us via email and we'll send you the samples

Question : How to remove print,download button individually in viewer for html ?

Answer : You either have to download the read only package (from our commercial download area) if you want to use our web server package or you have to tick the "Read Only" option in our desktop publisher

Question : Are there any keyboard shortcuts for the online document viewer?

Answer : Yes our classic viewer supporst page up, page down and both our viewers support left and right navigation using the keyboard arrows

Question : How can I had a logo in the top of the page?

Answer : You can add a custom button which has your logo as graphics. Search for custom button in this Q&A and you will find multiple answers to this

Question : Define PDF Url for each page?

Answer : Not at the moment unfortunately, I am not even sure how that would be specified, perhaps with a array of urls to each page?

Question : annotation: double or dribble click on text

Answer : Double clicking could absolutely be added - I have added this to our feature request list - follow up via mail for a new build!

Question : Flexpaper cross domain support is not working using the latest version.

Answer : Have a look at this answer: http://devaldi.com/FlexPaper_QnA/?qa=470/im-not-able-to-load-a-file-from-amazon-s3

Question : Does Flexpaper support Internet explorer 8?

Answer : FlexPaper supports IE8 but you will need to supply the IMGFiles parameter and the JSONFile parameter to the viewer to support lower versions of IE. You can find a browser compatibility page in our documenation

Question : Pre-generate data from batch file

Question : publish 100 pdf files as html5

Answer : No need to convert anything if you just want to publish them in HTML5 mode. We render to html5 directly from a PDF file. If you want to convert to html4 or flash in a batch then I recommend having a look at the "manual conversion" documentation section in our docs

Question : can we delete print and copy action in zine with commercial license?

Answer : Yes you can, all our commercial clients are given access to a read only build in where copy and print has been disabled

Question : How do I add a custom element and download link to my publication?

Answer : The question around buttons has been answered before. Please see the following thread: http://devaldi.com/FlexPaper_QnA/?qa=655/how-to-add-an-extra-button-in-flexpaper-zine You can add a download link to the pdf document by ticking the download button inside desktop publisher (its right hand side)

Question : Can we use zine viewer unbranded?

Answer : You can indeed. The Zine viewer is unbranded when you are using a commercial license.

Question : gotoPage() API method

Answer : Not quite sure why it would do this - please forward the url you're using to our email address ([email protected]) and we'll inspect further.

Question : Set custom urls for each page?

Answer : You can create custom urls for your pages if you use our desktop publisher for Zine. It defines a configuration file which can contain your own url's. No need to know anything about javascript.

Question : Only one zoom level? Not enough for phone/tablet.

Answer : You can add further zoom levels by expanding the advanced settings in the publishing dialog in desktop publisher and ticking the "Optimize publication for low memory / CPU devices using PHP". This will add further depth to the zoom.

Question : Is it possible to disable mousewheel zoom?

Answer : I'm afraid this is not currently possible. We have added this as a enhancement request

Question : Why won't the folder with my flexpaper document appear in Filezilla?

Answer : Not sure why it wouldn't show up in FileZilla - perhaps you can post a few screenshots of what it looks like? The folder has no special attributes so it should show up fine

Question : gotoPage() API method