IceViewer Version History

  Version History

DATE : 1-5-2024
Version : 1.82 (revision 313)
– Rebranded IceViewer application to “IceViewer HTML5” (#17052)

DATE: 11-14-2023
Version: 1.81 (revision 311)
– Stability improvements for saving TIFF and PDF documents, and occasionally receiving Error Code 161 (#16860)
– Added license agreements of third-party components (#16528)
– Updated the End User Software License Agreements in the interactive installers

DATE : 07-05-2023
Version : 1.80 (revision 308)
– Added PDF.JS rendering engine to support PDF documents, PDF text selection, PDF form filling, and password-protected PDF files (#16629, #16634, #16637, #16638)
– Download Feature now downloads the original document from the back-end (#15857)
– Stability improvements for printing PDF Forms (#16277)
– Stability improvements for printing PDF files after copying and pasting pages (#16264)
– Stability improvements for saving PDF Forms with multi-line fields (#16278)
– Minor user interface improvements for entering an incorrect password for PDF documents (#16359)
– Stability improvements for filling multi-line fields in PDF forms (#16426)
– Stability improvements for printing certain PDF documents (#16459)
– Minor user interface improvements for the “Paste Page Before” and “Paste Page After” options (#16329, #16632)
– Minor user interface improvements for handling JavaScript errors with PDF documents (#16628)
– Stability improvements for Cut and Paste pages with Annotations (#16315)

DATE : 06-16-2023
Version : 1.75 (revision 302)
– New feature to cancel the search progress (#16427)
– New feature: Users can cancel the OCR process (#16263)
– Stability improvements for using the “Rubberband Zoom Mode” and then navigating between the pages (#16324)
– Stability improvements for using Rubberband Zoom on PDF documents (#16357)

DATE : 06-13-2023
Version : 1.70 (revision 300)
– Quality improvements for OCR documents with small size and resolution (#16121)
– Stability improvements for memory usage when using OCR feature (#16230 / #16279)
– Stability improvements for using the Intelligent Redact feature (#16312 / #16322)
– Performance improvements for Icons (#16583)
– New feature to display Document Information using the Ctrl + D shortcut (#16445)
– New feature: Ctrl + D shortcut now opens the Document Information (#16376)
– Added Page Up and Page Down keyboard shortcuts to the Thumbnail View feature (#16431)
– Stability improvements for zooming with the mouse wheel (#16198)
– Faster navigation between the pages (#16428)
– User Interface improvements for the Thumbnail sidebar (#16432)
– Stability improvements for reordering pages with Drag and Drop / then navigating between the pages (#15489)
– Minor stability improvements (#16268 / #16237)
– Minor user interface improvements (#16267 / #16337 / #16295 / #16233 / #16282)
– The IceViewer uninstallation no longer asks for a computer restart when the IceViewer is being used during uninstallation (#11985)
– Updated JavaScript library to version 1.01.005:
– Compatibility improvements for Line annotation line width between TIFF Viewer (#15548)
– Stability improvements for displaying annotations after using the “Go To Page” feature (#16355)
– Usability improvements for creating Signature annotation (#16336)
– Minor user interface improvements for the Annotation Tutorial when creating Comment annotation (#16335)
– Stability improvements for drawing Rubber Stamp and Stamp annotations (#16236)
– Stability improvements for the Note annotation Opaque feature (#16241)
– Quality improvements for the Arrow and Note annotations (#16235 / #16280 / #16281)
– Quality improvements for resizing the Note annotation (#16313)

DATE : 12-23-2022
Version : 1.65 (revision 290)
– New Feature to change the built-in Administrator password in the Admin Panel (#16064)
– Security improvements to encrypt the built-in Administrator password (#16064)
– Stability improvements for displaying more detailed error messages in case of an Internal Server Error (#15999)

DATE : 12-14-2022
Version : 1.60 (revision 286)
– New Feature for Administrators to hide the First Time Welcome Tutorial for users (#16030)
– Changed the IceViewer to use the built-in simplified authentication method when accessing the Admin Panel (##16065)
– Stability improvements for creating the IceViewer Website, when the provided port number is already used (#16047)
– Stability improvements for creating Self-Signed Certificate for the IceViewer Website during the installation (#16048)
– Stability improvements for saving JPEG images with TIF file extension (#15852)
– Added the IceViewer items to the Windows Start menu (#15541)
– Minor user interface improvement for the IceViewer installer (#15774, #11988)

DATE : 10-21-2022
Version : 1.57 (revision 282)
– Minor user interface improvements when the IceViewer is embedded in a Web Application (#15863, #15862)

DATE : 10-13-2022
Version : 1.56 (revision 280)
– Added new feature for Administrators to disable creating, modifying, deleting annotations for users (#15817)

DATE : 10-03-2022
Version : 1.55 (revision 275)
– Added Content-Engine to allow administrators and developers to integrate IceViewer with their document management system (#15543)
– Added Event subscriptions as part of the Content-Engine feature (#15542)
– Added the product name to the Manual Registration dialog (#15707)
– Stability improvements for saving and loading Signature annotations (#15720)
– Stability improvements for saving and loading Note and Comment annotations (#15732)
– Stability improvements for editing Note annotations through the IceViewer, and the Note background color changes to white (#15737)
– Stability improvements for uploading PNG images to IceViewer (#15718)
– Stability improvements for OCR while uploading documents to IceViewer (#15746)
– Stability improvements for displaying OCR and hOCR in IceViewer result after each other (#15750)
– Stability improvements for burn-in annotations, if the document pages have different Color Depths to IceViewer (#15747)
– Stability improvements for Text annotation Font Sizes when saving annotations (#10956)
– Stability improvements for displaying Page Information for PDF documents (#15322)
– Major improvements for searching in documents – more search results (#12055, #15769, #10924)
– Stability improvements for displaying Rubber Stamp, Comment and Timestamp annotations (#15766, #15767)
– Minor user interface improvements for selecting the default Compression, when Saving As a document (#15538)
– Stability improvements for validating the filename, when Uploading documents with the Scanner App (#15684, #15736)
– Extended JavaScript API functionality to Burn In annotations, and to get the list of selected annotations on the page (#15738)
– Minor user interface improvements for IceViewer installer (#15713)
– Updated BuRegister.dll to version 17.12.2886

DATE : 08-11-2022
Version : 1.50 (revision 240)
– New features to see pages in Side-by-Side View, 3-Pages View or Mosaic View (#15440)
– Added Black Ice BiVPDF components for the improved support of PDF documents (#15536, #15530)
– Stability improvements sharing and emailing private documents (#12915)
– More detailed error messages, when registering the IceViewer on the Admin panel (#15540)
– Updated Document Imaging DLLs to version 13.05.946

DATE : 08-08-2022
Version : 1.45 (revision 235)
Stability improvements for Zooming when resizing the browser window (#15486)
Stability improvements for Cut and Paste pages (#15414)
Stability improvements sharing and emailing private documents (#10762, #15477, #12915)
New IceViewer API for simplified document uploading with Username and Password (#15472)
Minor user interface improvements for OCR tooltips (#15487)
Minor user interface improvements for closing the document (#15407)
Minor user interface improvements for displaying View Mode and OCR dropdown list options (#15488)

DATE : 07-27-2022
Version : 1.40 (revision 234)
– Completely redesigned User Interface (#15421)
– Added Zoom In and Zoom Out menu items (#15452)
– Added a new feature to Show / Hide Thumbnails with a single click (#15454)
– Added a new feature to automatically save the last used View Mode (#15462)
– Added OCR Selection, OCR Selection to Clipboard and Export OCR Selection menu items (#15461)
– User interface improvements for selecting Stamp annotations (#15418)
– User interface improvements for layout and page arrangement when starting IceViewer in the browser (#15405, #15406)
– User interface improvements when changing between View Modes (#15417)
– User interface improvements when the Session is expired (#15448)
– User interface improvements, tooltip text changes when creating annotations (#15447, #15419)
– User interface improvements for automatically hiding the dropdown menus, when the user clicks away (#15467, #15465)
– User interface improvements for automatically closing the Print window, once printing is finished (#15464)
– Showing menu tooltip text, even if the menu item is disabled/grayed out (#15446)
– Stability improvements for OCR Selection feature (#15445)
– Stability improvements for opening the Online Documentation (#15428)
– Stability improvements when copying and pasting page(s) (#15404, #15413, #15415, #15414, #15429)
– Moved Page and Document Info menu items under Tools (#15449)
– Rearranged menu items to be more user-friendly (#15450, #15453)

DATE : 07-18-2022
Version : 1.35 (revision 226)
– New feature to copy the selected area of the page to Clipboard (#15386)
– New feature to copy the selected page to Clipboard (#15385)
– Added new icons to Copy, Cut, Paste and Delete Page under Tools menu (#15395)
– Changed the default protocol to secure HTTPS when installing IceViewer (#15327, #15390)
– Performance improvements for opening documents (#15382)
– Minor improvements when changing between Selection Modes (Selection, Panning, Magnifying Glass) (#15369)
– Changes to static license validation for subscription-based licenses (#15332)
– Stability improvement for activation and license checking on certain systems (#15304)
– Stability improvement for displaying error messages, if the license is invalid or expired (#15378)
– Updated eLicense dll version to 6.33.304
– Updated BuRegister dll version to 17.00.2851

DATE : 07-11-2022
Version : 1.30 (revision 215)
– Added a new feature to embed the IceViewer into a website (#15309)
– Added a new JavaScript API, to allow developers to interact with the IceViewer without a user interface (#15310)
– Stability improvements for disabling the annotation Tutorials (#15355)
– Stability improvements for OCR All Pages on the document (#15356)
– Quality improvements for creating Text annotations on Low-Resolution pages (The text annotations were pixelated) (#15363)

DATE : 06-29-2022
Version : 1.26 (revision 205)
– Stability improvements for using compressions when scanning documents (#15318, #15319, #15323)
– Stability improvemnets for saving scanned documents in IceViewer (added file format extension) (#15320)
– Stability improvements for scanning a specific number of pages (#15321)
– Stability improvements for Black Ice IceViewer Scanning MSI uninstalling (#15315)

DATE : 06-28-2022
Version : 1.25 (revision 202)
– Stability improvements for disabling the IceViewer Scanning icons on the Admin Panel (#15314)
– IceViewer Scanning feature is disabled by default on the Admin Panel (#15316)
– Improved Scan feature tooltips, and menu labels on the User Interface (#15317)

DATE : 06-22-2022
Version : 1.21 (revision 198)
– Added IceViewer Scanning feature (#11651)
– Updated eLicense.dll to version 6.30.301
– Updated BuRegister.dll to version 16.92.2831

DATE : 8-25-2020
Version : 1.16 (revision 183)
– Major improvements for uploading vector PDF images, if the PDF contained both images and text (#12909)
– Major improvements for OCR accuracy, especially for smaller images (#12912)
– Stability improvements for Signature annotations when rotating a document page (#12919

DATE : 8-21-2020
Version : 1.15 (revision 181)
– Added Vector and Image PDF support for uploading, opening, saving documents (#12130, #11646)
– Added a secondary built-in Authentication Method for IceViewer Admin Panel to bypass Windows Authentication (#12277)
– Stability improvements for Line Removal feature (#12866)
– Stability improvements for Save, Download and Email Sending features (#12862, #12858, #12867)
– Minor user interface improvements when sending a Feedback (#12861)
– Minor user interface improvements for Page Rotation, if the document only has one page (#12865)
– Stability improvements for uploading documents using Black Ice Printer Drivers (#12908)
– Minor stability improvements for loading Highlight annotations (#12910)
– Updated manuals

DATE : 2-14-2020
Version : 1.10 (revision 171)
– Update the OCR engine to version 4.1 (#12094)
– Added Document Categories, and Data Indexing feature for documents (#12134)
– Increased maximum uploaded file size from 30 MB to 300 MB (#12108, #12028)
– Major improvements for opening very large documents (over 1,000 pages) (#12110)
– Major improvements for loading speed of documents (#12111)
– Automatically logging out users from IceViewer, if they were deleted (#10406)
– New feature to Drag and Drop reorder pages (#11649)
– Improvements for searching in IceViewer, if the result was not on the current page (#11790, #10924)
– Stability improvements for Magnifying Glass when navigating between pages (#11785)
– Stability improvements for accessing documents with user without permission (#12058, #11786, #12109)
– Added hOCR option to OCR feature (#12053)
– Stability improvements for printing documents with annotations (#11791)
– Stability improvements, if more Black Ice software is installed on the computer (#12135)

DATE : 1-3-2020
Version : 1.05 (revision 167)
– New Feature to store and load documents from any SQL database with ODBC connection (#11965)
– New Feature for database wide search in document content (#11969)
– New Feature to perform OCR while uploading a document to the database (#11966)
– Major improvements for searching in multipage documents (#11991, 11992)
– Stability improvements for saving database settings without Server Port number (#11968)
– Stability improvements for drawing Arrow annotations (#11993)

DATE : 04-04-2019
Version : 1.00 (revision 155)
– Black Ice Software releases the IceViewer HTML5 Viewer [Beta]
– Supports Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge Browsers
– Includes Document Imaging DLL version 12.70 (revision: 695)