PDF Xpansion SDK 15 Released - New Features for eInvoicing & Digital Signatures
Summary
News Overview - Features for current formats/specifications to send and receive eInvoices: ZUGFeRD 1.0 to 2.1.1 (all profiles) and FACTUR-X, XRechnung 1.2.2 and 2.0 - Support of UBL syntax for import of data from XRechnung (to UN/CEFACT) - Visualize XML invoices (generate PDF using XML invoice and design template): convert content of XML to PDF, and place the content in a predefined invoice layout design - Reformat invoice from one standard to another: open a format standard, convert & save - Extended features for electronic signatures: Certification signatures, document time stamps - PAdES signatures: verification and/or signing with B (Basic), T (Time), LT (Long-Term-Validation) & LTA (Long-Term Availability and Integrity of Validation) conformance levels - Embedding of time stamps according to ISO 32000-2 and to RFC 3161 protocol into electronic signatures - More new features in version 15: compare text in two PDF documents (diff procedure), mark changes to see them in file viewer or save as text markup; improved rendering of PDF contents Details Detailed information is available on the PDF Xpansion SDK 15 product page on soft Xpansion Žs web site. The page also offers a trial license that comes with a detailed product guide and an illustrative programming reference Cfor developers. The reason is: processes linked to invoices (creation of and working with incoming and outgoing invoices) are handled much easier and faster with electronic instead of paper documents.Necessary Requirements To Establish eInvoicesIn order to establish eInvoices on a broad level, they have to fulfil important requirements: the use of a common (standard) data format on the one hand, plus the existence of laws and regulations that define the implementation rules for supplier and buyer, on the other hand.Currently, the data formats FACTUR-X (in Germany and France), ZUGFeRD and XRechnung (both in Germany) are such standards, and they meet EU and national laws and regulations. XRechnung is only an XML file without any visual representation at all.New Components For eInvoicesPDF Xpansion SDK 15 does not only allow software manufacturers to implement functionality for the creation, reading, and validation of current eInvoicing formats (all published specifications of FACTUR-X, ZUGFeRD and XRechnung) in their applications, but also for the visualization of XML files in PDF format. Additionally, a separate new feature allows the conversion between the aforementioned eInvoicing formats.News For Electronic SignaturesLast but not least, PDF Xpansion SDK 15 offers enhanced features in the field of digital signatures: it now also supports signing and verification with certification signatures and PAdES signatures (all conformance levels), plus the embedding of time stamps according to ISO 32000-2 and the RFC 3161 protocol.News Overview- Features for current formats/specifications to send and receive eInvoices: ZUGFeRD 1.0 to 2.1.1 (all profiles) and FACTUR-X, XRechnung 1.2.2 and 2.0- Support of UBL syntax for import of data from XRechnung (to UN/CEFACT)- Visualize XML invoices (generate PDF using XML invoice and design template): convert content of XML to PDF, and place the content in a predefined invoice layout design- Reformat invoice from one standard to another: open a format standard, convert & save- Extended features for electronic signatures: Certification signatures, document time stamps- PAdES signatures: verification and/or signing with B (Basic), T (Time), LT (Long-Term-Validation) & LTA (Long-Term Availability and Integrity of Validation) conformance levels- Embedding of time stamps according to ISO 32000-2 and to RFC 3161 protocol into electronic signatures- More new features in version 15: compare text in two PDF documents (diff procedure), mark changes to see them in file viewer or save as text markup; improved rendering of PDF contentsDetailsDetailed information is available on the PDF Xpansion SDK 15 product page on soft Xpansion Žs web site.