Xml2PDF formatter version 2.2 March 30, 2005 Altsoft N.V.

Altsoft N.V. announces the release of version 2.2 of its Xml2PDF formatting engine.

New XSL-FO features are: - complete support for Unicode BiDi algorithm; - support for soft-hyphen based hyphenation; - improved performance and memory usage; - support for PDF and EPS as external graphics formats; - added control over maximal images resolution (all images above a fixed resolution are downsampled);

New SVG features are: - support for markers; - support for symbols; - improved performance and memory usage;

New XHTML features are: - SVG can be used as both external and internal graphics; - support for Flash animation; - partial form tags support; - improved support for national character sets;

Starting from version 2.2 Client UI and Command Line editions are combined into Workstation edition available for $49.

All editions of Xml2PDF formatting engine, which include Workstation, Hotfolder, XmlSpy Plug-in and .NET API, are automatically updated.

Altsoft Xml2PDF is a .NET based formatting engine for converting various XML-based formats to PDF. It supports XSL-FO, SVG, XHTML, XML+XSLT as an input and generates PDF as an output. Additional product information is available online at: http://alt-soft.com/products_xml2pdf.jsp

Free evaluation versions for Workstation, XmlSpy plug-in and Hotfolder editions are available for download at: http://alt-soft.com/products_xml2pdf_download.jsp

For evaluation of API edition please send the requests to: sales@alt-soft.com.

For any additional information please visit our web site http://alt-soft.com/ or e-mail to info@alt-soft.com

Best Regards, Altsoft N.V. http://alt-soft.com/

About the author: Altsoft's major R&D area is a computer graphics with emphasis in PDF and Font technologies and electronic publishing as well as XML and XSLT as a bridge between data and its visual representation.