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In need of old portable build

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Hi! I'm having a compatibility problem regarding newer releases of PDF-XChange Editor and an iPad app called PDF Expert. Annotations made on PDF-XChange show up with a text box on PDF Expert. There's even a thread on this forum about this.
Upon some research, I found out that the build 10.1.0.380 works fine, but I can't find the Portable version anywhere. Is it possible to get a copy of this Portable build? Thanks a lot.
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Daniel - PDF-XChange
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Re: In need of old portable build

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Hello, papabr

You will want to report that issue to the developers of PDF Expert directly, as we do create our annotations according to the PDF specification. If they are displaying those items incorrectly, it sounds like they are not fully understanding the latest data from the PDF format.
I should said that this may not be a bug on their end, but an issue with the OS in general. iOS devices in general do not play well with PDF, and mobile apps in general are not great at handling these items either. As you are doing both right there, its quite common to encounter some minor issues, and I would highly recommend against making any changes to files in this scenario.

As for getting a copy of the portable, I am sorry to say that we do not offer such older versions any longer. You can download the current latest portable version from the Editor product page.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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Re: In need of old portable build

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Hello all,

@papabr

Maybe verify if you have the latest version of PDF Expert (I suppose v3.10.19) :
See : https://macupdater.net/app_updates/appinfo/com.readdle.PDFExpert-Mac/index.html

More about a related annotations problem:
See : viewtopic.php?t=42538

Kind regards.
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In need of old portable build

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:)
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Re: In need of old portable build

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Daniel - PDF-XChange wrote: Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:54 pm Hello, papabr

You will want to report that issue to the developers of PDF Expert directly, as we do create our annotations according to the PDF specification. If they are displaying those items incorrectly, it sounds like they are not fully understanding the latest data from the PDF format.
I should said that this may not be a bug on their end, but an issue with the OS in general. iOS devices in general do not play well with PDF, and mobile apps in general are not great at handling these items either. As you are doing both right there, its quite common to encounter some minor issues, and I would highly recommend against making any changes to files in this scenario.

As for getting a copy of the portable, I am sorry to say that we do not offer such older versions any longer. You can download the current latest portable version from the Editor product page.

Kind regards,
I'll try to get in touch with them to see if there's a plan to solve this. Thanks.

Willy Van Nuffel wrote: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:25 pm Hello all,

@papabr

Maybe verify if you have the latest version of PDF Expert (I suppose v3.10.19) :
See : https://macupdater.net/app_updates/appinfo/com.readdle.PDFExpert-Mac/index.html

More about a related annotations problem:
See : viewtopic.php?t=42538

Kind regards.
Unfortunately, it's the iOS version of the app and the updated version is still not working. But thanks for the response.
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Re: In need of old portable build

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Hello, papabr

I will have to wish you luck in the process.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
PDF-XChange Co. LTD

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Our Web site domain and email address has changed as of 26/10/2023.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com
Support@pdf-xchange.com