Hybrid PDF/A – What’s the big deal? ZUGFeRD!

With the upcoming new release of eVo we are adding the ability to create PDF/A documents. Historical this has not been a key requirement of the transactional documents created usually by Formate, but to recap. PDF/A is a specialized version of the PDF format designed for long-term archiving and preservation of electronic documents. Key characteristics: … Read more

KB5089573 – PDF Report Rendering Issue

KB5089573 is a Windows 11 cumulative preview update (May 26, 2026) for versions 24H2 / 25H2. Microsoft are currently investigating an issue affecting some PDF documents rendering following a recent Windows update. If your pdf document or reports appear incorrect, please open them using Adobe Reader or another non browser based pdf viewer (Edge/Chrome) Appears … Read more

Service Release 24.9 (24.9.26117.11452)

New Patch Release – Please see release notes in Dashboard Update Utility. Headlines: Fix to data wrapping in pdf when “/” in data introduced is 24.8 – Rolled back Support for reading of mirrored QR Codes Various other minor interface fixes and improvements

Service Release 24.8 (24.8.26065.11450) – Withdrawn

it happens occasionally, but one of our fixes in 24.8 has had an adverse effect on text elements containing embedded <FT> text formatting – introduced to resolve an very rare edge case when the data contains a “\”, and only affecting wrapping in pdf output it unfortunately has not worked as intended. Therefor 24.8 is … Read more