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PLOP and PLOP DS 4.1
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Deprecated Functions:
PLOP_utf16_to_utf8(), PLOP_utf8_to_utf16(): use PLOP_convert_to_unicode()


Modified option default:
Changed the default of the "optimize" option of PLOP_create_file() to "none"
if the "sign" option was supplied, otherwise "all". This is for the benefit
of signature performance which usually doesn't need optimization. If you
need optimization in combination with signature supply both the "sign" and
"optimize" option to PLOP_create_file().
  
  
Namespace cleanup in various language bindings:
Several namespaces have been modified for consistency among products and
language bindings. These modifications require corresponding small changes
in application source code. The required changes are listed below:


Java
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The name of PLOP-specific exceptions changed:

import com.pdflib.PLOPlibException;
==>
import com.pdflib.PLOPException;

catch (PLOPlibException e) {
==>
catch (PLOPException e) {


Perl
====
The name of PLOP module in the old-style (functional) Perl binding changed:

use ploplib_pl 3.0;
==>
use plop_pl 4.1


PHP
===
The name of the DSO and the name of PLOP-specific exceptions changed.
The new extension name must be used in php.ini:

extension=libplop_php.so
==>
extension=php_plop.so

catch (PLOPlibException $e) {
==>
catch (PLOPException $e) {


COM
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The name of the PLOP object changed:

Visual Basic:
Dim plop As PLOPlib_com.plop
==>
Dim plop As PLOP_com.plop

Set plop = New PLOPlib_com.plop
==>
Set plop = New PLOP_com.plop

Similarly, the reference to PLOP in .vbp project files must be adjusted.

ASP:
plop = Server.CreateObject("PLOPlib_com.PLOP");
==>
plop = Server.CreateObject("PLOP_com.PLOP");


.NET
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The name of the PLOP object and the name of PLOP-specific exceptions changed:

C#:
using PLOPlib_dotnet;
==>
using PLOP_dotnet;

static PLOPlib p = null;
==>
static PLOP p = null;

catch (PLOPlibException e) {
==>
catch (PLOPException e) {


VB.NET:
Imports PLOPlib_dotnet
==>
Imports PLOP_dotnet

Dim p As PLOPlib = Nothing
==>
Dim p As PLOP = Nothing

Catch ex As PLOPlibException
==>
Catch ex As PLOPException


ASP.NET:
Dim plop As PLOPlib
==>
Dim plop As PLOP

plop = New PLOPlib()
==>
plop = New PLOP()

Catch err As PLOPlibException
==>
Catch err As PLOPException



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PLOP and PLOP DS 4.0
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Deprecated Function:

PLOP_open_document_mem(): use PLOP_create_pvf() and PLOP_open_document()


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PLOP and PLOP DS 3.0
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PLOP Library
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Deprecated Functions:

PLOP_open_file(): use PLOP_open_document()
PLOP_open_callback(): use PLOP_open_document_callback()
PLOP_open_mem(): use PLOP_open_document_mem()
PLOP_close(): use PLOP_close_document()

PLOP_get_value(): use PLOP_pcos_get_numer()
PLOP_set_value(): was unused anyway
PLOP_get_parameter(): use PLOP_pcos_get_string()
PLOP_set_parameter(): use PLOP_set_option()


PLOP command-line tool
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The command-line option syntax has been changed. Command lines written
for PLOP 2 must be modified for PLOP 3. See the PLOP manual for details.