Release Notes¶$$$PDFCreator 6.0.1¶$$$Released 2025-04-28$$$$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$We fixed an exception where; after an update; assembly files were missing. This made the toast notification unusable; and for PDFCreator Free it broke the direct conversion of PDFs as well as some modify actions.$$$$$$Other changes¶$$$Thanks to our translators; we could update several translations.

PDFCreator 6.0.0¶$$$Released 2025-04-10$$$$$$Incompatible changes¶$$$PDFCreator now runs on the .NET 8 framework and now only supports 64-bit operating systems.$$$$$$PDFCreator now supports both business and private Microsoft accounts. Due to the update; previously linked Microsoft accounts must be re-linked for continued functionality.$$$$$$Due to refactoring; the COM interface is currently not available for PDFCreator Free.$$$$$$Those using PDFCreator Free within a business environment will need to upgrade to PDFCreator Professional or one of the other business editions. Please do not uninstall PDFCreator Free as installing another edition will automatically migrate your settings.$$$$$$Improvements¶$$$PDFCreator Professional & PDFCreator Terminal Server now include a [[[DELETE]]] user token has been implemented; which automatically removes any page where it is placed.$$$$$$PDFCreator Professional & PDFCreator Terminal Server now seamlessly integrate with SharePoint.$$$$$$PDFCreator Professional & PDFCreator Terminal Server include new samples for the CS-Script action for encrypting PDFs using passwords provided by the user tokens or zipping output files.$$$$$$PDFCreator Professional & PDFCreator Terminal Server now have enhanced error feedback Windows pop up notifications.$$$$$$Users now have access to document previews; enhancing document visibility before conversion.$$$$$$When using the COM interface; images can now be converted without printing; offering greater flexibility in automation workflows.$$$$$$PDFCreator now supports the use of multiple Microsoft accounts.$$$$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$PDFCreator Professional & Terminal Server: Shared printer mappings via GPO now only load if DisablePrinterTab is enabled. Otherwise the users are allowed to change the printer mappings.$$$$$$Other changes¶$$$PDFCreator now automatically closes any open instances during uninstallation; which is particularly beneficial for Terminal Server users.$$$$$$PDFCreator is now included with its required .NET runtime; simplifying installation by removing the need for a separate runtime installation. Please note that this does not apply to the COM interface; which still requires the .NET 8 Runtime to be installed.

PDFCreator 5.3.3¶$$$Released 2025-02-06$$$$$$Incompatible changes¶$$$Upcoming in PDFCreator Free 6.0.0: We will be implementing a new policy that requires the use of PDFCreator Professional or PDFCreator Terminal Server for PDFCreator installations within a Windows domain.$$$$$$Improvements¶$$$Upcoming in PDFCreator 6.0.0: Moving forward; we will make the switch to the .NET 8 framework and will exclusively support 64-bit systems.$$$$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$Fixed creation of PDF/A that broke with a Ghostscript update.$$$$$$Fixed creation of PDF/X that broke with a Ghostscript update.$$$$$$Fixed automatic compression of images in PDF files to reduce the overall file size.

PDFCreator 5.3.2¶$$$Released 2024-11-05$$$$$$Improvements¶$$$Some translations have been updated. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to translate.pdfforge.org.$$$$$$The OneDrive action determines the appendix for unique filenames independently of the local drive.$$$$$$Made it possible to create subfolders for the OneDrive action.$$$$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$Resolved an internal issue with the installer.$$$Fixed issues that occurred when an apostrophe was included in a file path.$$$$$$Other Changes¶$$$PDFCreator now uses Ghostscript version 10.04.0.

PDFCreator 5.3.1¶$$$Released 2024-08-22$$$$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$Fixed a bug where PDFCreator would not start after updating from an older version.

PDFCreator 5.2.2¶$$$Released 2024-05-16$$$$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$Fixes for usage of the Internal License Server (please see corresponding section of the user guide).$$$$$$A SystemOutOfRangeException ouccured if a translation was not available and the current language had more than the two plural forms of the default translation in English.$$$$$$Other Changes¶$$$PDFCreator now uses Ghostscript 10.03.$$$$$$Command line parameters are now overwritable. This allows for more control (e.g. which components are installed via a Winget installation).

PDFCreator 5.2.0¶$$$Released 2024-01-03$$$$$$Improvements¶$$$PDFCreator can now create mails in Outlook Web Access. It creates a draft for you to edit and send the mail from your browser.$$$$$$New quick action for attaching converted documents to open e-mails in Microsoft Outlook.$$$$$$With the DeferLicenseCheck setup parameter; PDFCreator can now be used in more flexible deployment scenarios. Please refer to the user guide for more information on how to use the parameter.$$$$$$GetProfileByGuidOrName method to the COM interface.$$$$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$The license tab had inconsistant formatting for dates.$$$$$$The tray notifications were not translated and always in English.$$$$$$Other Changes¶$$$PDFCreator is now available via the Windows Package Manager (WinGet).$$$$$$Proxy settings are retained for updates.$$$$$$PDFCreator now uses Ghostscript 10.02.1.

PDFCreator 5.1.2$$$Released 2023-08-21$$$$$$Improvements$$$The signing action now supports Elliptic-curve cryptography.$$$$$$Updated to Ghostscript 10.01.2 due to a critical security flaw in lower versions. For more details look up CVE-Nummer CVE-2023-36664.$$$$$$Bugs fixed$$$Using user tokens and having an empty page in the document could lead to an IndexOutOfRangeException.$$$$$$An already installed PDF Architect 9 is now properly detected by the setup.$$$$$$Saving files only temporarily stopped working for automatic saving.$$$$$$Other Changes$$$The use of escape characters in user tokens has been concretely defined. Please refer to the User Tokens section of the user guide for more information.$$$$$$Improved logging in case of errors with the directory.$$$$$$The handling of too long file paths has been improved. Instead of marking the shortened paths with a “..”; the file name is simply truncated at the end to comply with the maximum path length. If a path needs to be shortened; a warning is logged.

$$$PDFCreator 5.1.1¶$$$$$$Released 2023-05-15$$$Bugs fixed¶$$$$$$ An ApplicationException could randomly occur when PDFCreator returned from standby.$$$$$$ Opening a document with PDF Architect from the quick actions or the history resulted in a PDF Architect recommendation window if the PDF Architect installation was finished while PDFCreator was already in use.$$$$$$