PDF / Software Components & Controls

PDF Import Support for FaxMan SDK and Jr. FaxMan PDF Import Addon allows your applications to create faxable tiff files directly from PDF files without the overhead of using Adobe Acrobat reader to print them or requiring other applications to render the PDF contents. FaxMan PDF Import Addon requires FaxMan SDK V3.80 or higher or FaxMan Jr V1.71 or higher.

Build applications to view PDF files. PDFXpress Reader Edition is offered for those requiring only PDF viewing capability. It is delivered as both a Microsoft .NET component and COM control. It offers full read support of all PDF formats, built using Adobe 3 technology. PDFXpress reads all PDF files that Adobe supports.

Build applications to create and view PDF files. PDFXpress Professional expands on the features delivered within the original Reader edition. It delivers both read and write support. PDFXpress Reader is offered for those requiring only PDF viewing capability. Both editions read Native PDF, Post Script-based PDF, bitonal and color image files. Pegasus Imaging's ImagXpress toolkit is used to support additional file format conversion and compression beyond PDF. PDFXpress Reader is delivered as both a Microsoft .NET component and COM control. It offers full read support of all PDF formats, built using Adobe 3 technology. PDFXpress reads all PDF files that Adobe supports.

PDF Information Retrieval Tool. PDFlib pCOS provides a simple and elegant facility for retrieving any information from a PDF document which is not part of the page contents. For example, PDF metadata, interactive elements (links etc.), or page dimensions can easily be queried with pCOS. With pCOS you can extract a variety of interesting items and create output for different purposes. By processing multiple PDF documents with a single call you can easily create summaries of document info entries, page formats, fonts, or any other property. Combined with tabular output this provides a powerful PDF administration tool.

PDF Linearization, Optimization and Protection. PDFlib PLOP is a versatile tool which can repair, linearize, optimize, encrypt, and decrypt PDF documents. PLOP linearization and optimization features create efficient and small PDF documents for fast Web delivery. PLOP protection features encrypt or decrypt PDF documents and apply or remove permission settings, such as »printing not allowed« or »content extraction not allowed«. The PLOP repair mode automatically detects damaged PDF documents and fixes the problems if possible. PLOP analysis features can be used to query arbitrary properties of a PDF document. In addition, document metadata can be retrieved and set.

PDF Linearization, Optimization, Protection and Digital Signatures. PDFlib PLOP DS (Digital Signature) offers all features of PLOP, plus the ability to apply digital signatures to PDF documents. PDFlib PLOP is a versatile tool which can repair, linearize, optimize, encrypt, and decrypt PDF documents. PLOP linearization and optimization features create efficient and small PDF documents for fast Web delivery. PLOP protection features encrypt or decrypt PDF documents and apply or remove permission settings, such as »printing not allowed« or »content extraction not allowed«. The PLOP repair mode automatically detects damaged PDF documents and fixes the problems if possible. PLOP analysis features can be used to query arbitrary properties of a PDF document. In addition, document metadata can be retrieved and set.

Text extraction toolkit. PDFlib TET (Text Extraction Toolkit) is software for reliably extracting text information from any PDF file. It is available as a library/component and as a command-line tool. PDFlib TET makes available the text contents of a PDF as Unicode strings or structured XML, plus detailed glyph and font information. With PDFlib TET you can retrieve the corresponding Unicode values for text in a PDF document, as well as its position on the page.

Extract text and metadata from PDF documents. PDFlib TET PDF IFilter extracts text and metadata from PDF documents and makes it available to search and retrieval software on Windows. This allows PDF documents to be searched on the local desktop, a corporate server, or the Web.

Convert LaserJet PCL print files to PDF (Portable Document Format). Pcl2pdf for Windows Server quickly converts HP PCL print files to concise, industry standard PDF. Documents can be viewed and printed using the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) product range and distributed by Web or e-mail. Pcl2pdf produces PDF documents that are fully text searchable and ready for indexing. Data encryption, passwords and access permissions can be applied. Pcl2pdf is available for Windows PC, Windows Server and UNIX systems with command line converters.

Create and manipulate PDFs programmatically. Quick PDF Library (formerly iSEDQuickPDF) is a royalty-free PDF developer SDK used in thousands of desktop and server applications for working with PDFs on all levels. Quick PDF Library's robust API includes over 500 functions, enabling you to create, render, print split, merge, encrypt, modify and manipulate PDF form fields. Quick PDF Library provides advanced support for JavaScript. Images can be added in BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG and EMF format with Quick PDF Library. Quick PDF Library (formerly iSEDQuickPDF) allows you to embed TrueType and Type1 fonts. With Quick PDF Library, TrueType fonts can be subsetted allowing Unicode text to be drawn. Quick PDF Library also includes a full built-in PDF rasterizer allowing PDFs to be rendered to the screen or printer. Adding advanced PDF functionality to your applications is simple with Quick PDF Library (formerly iSEDQuickPDF).