Important Notes:

1. PDFSealer is designed for signing and securing PDF compliant with PDF standard of encryption and digital signature.
2. Current platforms supported include all versions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, or above
3. The unregistered version is a FULL function version. It will stamp trial watermarks 
on the sigature appearance when signing PDF.
4. TSE license of PDFSealer is required for running remotely under Windows Terminal Server or related terminal service environment.
5. Acrobat Reader is required for viewing the PDF.

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2007-07-12
0. Ver 6.34 Build 5032 formal release 
[+] 1. Support directly signing when integrating eDocPrinter PDF in x64 Windows (64bit modules)
[+] 2. EXE installer automatically prompting administrator request in Vista
[!] 3. EXE installer supports 64bit (x64) and 32bit (x86) Windows both
[-] 4. Fix Reader 8 Sig/Q compliance checking when "Validity Text" is not selected in signature appearance. 

2007-07-10
0. Build 5032
[!] 1. Support directly signing from eDocPrinter PDF Pro in x64 Windows
[!] 2. Improve installing in x64 Windows 
[!] 3. EXE Installer supports (x64/x86) Windows 

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2007-05-17
0. Build 5003
[-] 1. Fix Reader 8 Sig/Q compliance checking when "Validity Text" is not selected in signature appearance.
[-] 2. Fix field duplicate in build 4985

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2007-05-12
0. Build 4985
[-] 1. Fixed argument '-o' for output path assigning.
[!] 2. Add EXE Installer wrapper for Vista auto administrator prompting.

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2005-03-20
0. Build 1739
1. Fix signing on All Pages, Event Pages and Odd Pages for Reader 6
2. Fix showing signaure information on signature pane in Readers
3. Improve signature appearance without showing extra valid symbol and valid text to be comliant with signature appearance style in PPKMS. A new registry setting [SigAPValidSymbol] is added, which is effective in each signature appearance registry subkey. The defaul value is 2, which means automatically PPKLite or PPKMS signature appearance style depending on the filter method selected. Users can force to use old PPKLite or new PPKMS style by set this registry setting. (0: PPKLite, 1 PPKMS)
4. Improve signature appearance preview to be complaint with the changes in previous appearance change.
5. Fix creating signature appearance when showing Thumbprint (fingerprint) only in signature annotation text
6. Sealbat.exe: support argument -sf 0 or 1; 0 PPKLite; 1 PPKMS (This argument feature is available since 6.08 but undocumented)


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2005-03-12
0. Ver 6.08 Build 1728 formal release 
New Features:
1. Support signature filter method PPKMS. Now there are 2 methods for signing: PPKLite and PPKMS.
2. Support adding signature appearance on All pages, Odd pages, or Even Pages when doing digitally signing. 
3. Sealbat.exe: support argument -sp: -2 means All pages, -3 means Odd pages, -4 means Even pages
4. Update locale resources


2005-03-09
0. Build 1728
1. Installer: Set the affiliate build using OEM subkey in HKLM for reading the links and etc settings.
2. Update locale resources
 
2005-02-28
0. Build 1725
1. Support adding signature appearance on All pages, Odd pages, or Even Pages when doing digitally signing. 
2. In sealbat.exe, argument -sp: -2 means All pages, -3 means Odd pages, -4 means Even pages
3. Update locale resources

2005-02-08
0. Build 1705
1. Update resources DAN, DEU

2005-02-01
0. Build 1705
1. Enable selecting signature filter method: PPKLite and PPKMS
2. Update resources
SigCertStore default value is empty,
which means using the "MY" store
Currently, Windows has 4 default system stores
"CA" "MY" "ROOT" "SPC"

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2005-01-08
0. Ver 6.06 Build 1668 formal release
1. Support assigning opacity of signature appearance
2. Support specifying certificate store name by -st "certificate store name" in sealbat.exe
3. Support log level support by -l in sealbat.exe
4. Fix toolbar gripper redraw issue in XP theme
5. Fix showing issuer name cut issue in managing certificate Window
6. Update resource and icons


2004-12-28
0. Build 1668
1. Fix toolbar gripper redraw ill effect in XP themed 
2. Enable opacity support: users now can specify the signature appearance opacity from UI.
3. Update resource and icons
 

2004-12-16
0. Build 1660
1. Add registry setting SigCertStore in PDFSealer Signature subkey registry for specifying store name.
2. Support specifying certificate store name by -st "certificate store name" in sealbat.exe.
3. Fix creating self-signed certificate with wrong expiration information.


2004-12-12
0. Build 1656 Rev 2
1. Update resources

2004-11-27
0. Build 1656
1. Add -l for specifying log level; -l 0 is to disable logging message
2. Support redirecting log message by standard > operator in CMD.exe
3. Prompt a warning dialog when users enter incorrect password before input window.


2004-11-20
0. Build 1650
1. Fix showing issuer name cut issue in managing certificate Window


2004-09-07
0. Build 1632
1. Add registry setting SigEmbedCertChain for embedding full chain of certifcates. Default value is True.
2. Add regsitry setting SigIgnoreExpiration, default value is False.

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2004-08-28
0. Ver 6.05 Build 1620 formal release
1. Enhance sealbat.exe functions, including -o option for default output directory
2. Support localized date format
3. Enhance Signature apperance options, including user defined font size, fingerprint option, and etc.
4. Disallow digitally signing and showing warning dialog when certificate expires
5. Support auto-rotate and placing signature appearance for PDF pages with Rotate. SigAPAutoRotate.
6. Add UI options for selecting degree for rotating page when applying digital signature appearance.

2004-08-23
0. Build 1620
1. Add UI options for rotating page degree when applying digital signature appearance. 
2. Update resources

2004-08-20
0. Build 1618
1. Add a signature appearance registry option SigAPAutoRotate, default is True. This enables detecting the Rotate in PDF Page dictionnary for automatically rotating the signature appearance for such pages with Rotate. Normally Rotate is 0.

2004-08-19
0. Build 1609
1. Showing a warning dialog when doing email action or others if the PDF is in dirty state (e.g. security changed)
2. Update resources

2004-08-16
0. Build 1608
1. Showing Thumbprint (Fingerprint) with MD5 and SHA1 on signature appearance
2. Showing proper warning dialog when owner password required
3. Showing localized date format in certficate management dialog
4. Check file dirty status and ask to save if necessary before emailing
5. Disallow digitally signing and showing warning dialog when certificate expires
6. Showing proper tab-order in signature appearance dialog
7. -o option in sealbat.exe supports assigning default output directory
8. -o option in sealbat.exe will create directory if it is not existing


2004-08-12
1. Improve License manager for supporting integrated license
2. Add registry setting SigAPFingerprintType in appearance settings for selecting SHA1 or MD5 for finger print. Default value is 0, i.e. SHA1. 1 is MD5. This option is only available by updating registry settings.
HKCU\Software\ITEKSOFT\pdfSealer\Signature\"Appearance Name"
3. Update resources

2004-08-10
1. Support auto font size and manual font size for signature appearance adjustment.
2. Support option for showing thumbprint (fingerprint) of certificates on signature appearance.
3. Fix showing friendly name
4. Support showing date and time in localized format.
5. Update resources.

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2004-07-15
0. Ver 6.03 Build 1568 formal release
1. Support commandline batch processing sealbat.exe. Users need batch server license for sealbat.exe.
2. Support using BMP as signature images
3. Fix using gray level JPEG image as signature images


2004-07-12
0. Build 1568
1. Enhance licese manager for terminal server license.

2004-07-08
0. Build 1560
1. Fix gray JPEG signature image problem.
2. Add support of signature image of BMP, including (Indexed BMP, 1bpp, 4bpp, 8bpp, and full folor 24bpp BMP)
3. Update pdfsealer manual for containing batch processing arguments.
4. Fix Pos field for allowing entering negative number directly.
5. Correct Signature Appearance Title

2004-06-28
0. Build 1508
1. Support commandline batch processing sealbat.exe. Users need batch server license for sealbat.exe.
2. Support wild card (*.pdf) as arguments
3. Support changing secruity settings only mode, which provides sealbat.exe as an alternative of pdfCipher.
4. Support batch server license

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2004-05-05
0. Ver 6.02 Build 1208
1. Support integration of silently signing called from eDocPrinter PDF Pro. Please refer to the eDocPrinter PDF Pro release notes for related registry settings.

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2004-03-31 --
0. PDFSealer Ver 6.00 Build 1186 Formal Release
New Features:
1. Digitally Signing PDF using certificates managed by Windows
2. Applying and Modifying standard PDF security settings
3. Send PDF by MAPI (default Email client)
4. Integration of eDocPrinter PDF Pro (need Ver 6.06 build 3088 or later)

2004-03-31 --
0. Ver 6.00 Build 1186
1. Update registration module
2. Increase delta steps for adjusting appearance width and height

2004-03-29
0. Ver 6.00 Build 1168 
1. Add PDFSealer manual in PDF

2004 Mar 26 --
0. Ver 6.00 Build 1160
1. Support append mode for integration with calling from eDocPrinter PDF Pro
2. Add Launching Default Email Client toolbar button (MAPI)
3. Forcing SaveUpdate to keep Signature Validity
4. Support XP-Themed Style

2004 Mar 17 --
0. Build 1108
1. Enable MUI Selection on the fly
2. Improve permission checking

2004 Mar 03 --
0. Build 1088
1. Integrating PDFCipher function with UI
2. Support multi-lingual resource localization