PDFlib - Summary

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Summary

PDFlib by PDFlib

URLs: pdflib-net, pdflib net, pdflibnet, pdflib

Generate PDF documents on-the-fly. PDFlib is a component that allows you to programmatically create PDF files from within your own server-side or client-side software. PDFlib doesn't make use of third-party software for generating PDFs, nor does it require any other tools. PDFlib is available for all major operating systems and development environments. It offers a variety of new and improved functions, including a new table formatter, PDF/A output for longtime archiving, AES encryption, integrated pCOS analyzing tools, a repair and optimization mode for input PDFs, and numerous other new features.

Overview

PDFlib makes PDF generation possible without wading through the PDF specification. While PDFlib tries to hide technical PDF details from the user, a general understanding of PDF is useful. In order to make the best use of PDFlib, application programmers should ideally be familiar with the basic graphics model of PostScript (and therefore PDF). However, a reasonably experienced application programmer who has dealt with any graphics API for screen display or printing shouldn’t have much trouble adapting to the PDFlib API as described in the PDFlib manual.

Server Deployment: PDFlib is thread-safe, i.e. it can safely be used in multi-threaded server applications. The COM edition is both-threaded for improved performance. C or C++ library clients can install their own memory management and error handling routines. PDFlib's memory management has been rigorously engineered and tested for memory leaks in order to guarantee 24-hour deployment without any shutdown periods.

Features

PDFlib is a library which allows you to generate files in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). PDFlib acts as a backend to your own programs

PDFlib doesn't make use of third-party software for generating PDF, nor does it require any other tools. PDFlib is available for all major operating environments and development environments

PDFlib offers many useful functions for creating text, graphics, images, and hypertext elements in PDF

A PDFlib program can be used for dynamically generating PDF – reflecting user input or dynamic data retrieved from web or database servers. The optional add-on PDF Import Library (PDI) can be used to integrate pages from existing PDF documents into the generated output. With the PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS) as further add-on, server side personalization of PDF files becomes possible

With the programmer only being responsible for producing the data from whatever source, PDFlib takes the task of generating the PDF code which visually represents the data

PDFlib can generate PDF data directly in memory (instead of on file), resulting in better performance and avoiding the need for temporary files, thus being the fastest PDF-generating method

PDFlib 9 includes the following new features:

Create Tagged PDF and PDF/UA for accessibility

Many Tagged PDF enhancements, e.g. automatic table and artifact tagging

Import Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

Create PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3for archiving

Create PDF/VT for variable and transactional printing

Font handling and text output improvements:

Ideographic Variation Sequences (IVS) for CJK variant glyphs

Support for WOFF, SVG and CEF font formats

Unicode normalization forms

PDFlib+PDI: Import tags and layer definitions

PPS: New Block type for vector graphics (SVG)

PPS: Create PDFlib Blocks programmatically or import existing Blocks

PDF Object Creation API (POCA) for creating Document Part Metadata (DPM) for PDF/VT, PDFlib Blocks, and Rich Media

Create multimedia annotations with Flash, Sound, Movie, 3D

Enhanced AES-256 encryption according to Acrobat X/XI

Many other enhancements in existing features

PDFlib 8.0.4 includes the following new features:

Support for iOS, Android and embedded Linux

Objective-C language binding for Mac OS X and iOS

Support for PHP 5.4

Object-oriented interface for the Python language binding

PDI page cache reduces output file size for applications which re-open imported pages that are used more than once

Support for PostScript XObjects for certain prepress workflows

Layers in PDF/X-4:2010 can be used without layer variants

Improved date handling for file attachments

License key can be set with PDF_set_option()

PDFlib 8.0.4 includes a variety of bug fixes and enhancements, including the following:

Reduced memory requirements for imported PDI pages by 35%

Further reduced memory requirements of PDFlib for documents with tens of thousands of pages

Updated the internal list of standard output intents for PDF/X to reflect the Characterization Data collection at www.color.org

Fix for 16-bit TIFF images with a palette

Fix for 16-bit PNG images with a soft mask

Accelerated loading of fonts with a very large number of kerning pairs

Various bug fixes in the Textflow and Table formatters as well as other functional areas

What's New in PDFlib 8.0.3?

Support for generating barcode fields (barcode fields don't work with Adobe Reader, but require Acrobat Professional)

Support for 3D models in the PRC format (in addition to U3D)

Adjust the size of imported PDF pages to work around problems with pages which contain content outside of all page boxes

What's New in PDFlib 8.0.1?

PDFlib 8.0.1 collects ca. 85 changes to the core code, language bindings, and build system.

Changes in the PDFlib product family:

Automatic script and position (right/left) detection for bidi text

Process certain JPEG-compressed TIFF images which previously have been rejected

Better color handling for JPEG images with Exif data

More workarounds for damaged PDF and font input files

Improved treatment of Unicode CMaps for better handling of OpenType

Features in Japanese fonts and smaller PDF output

Various improvements specific to platforms and language bindings

Optimized file size and loading time of shared libraries

Enhanced build system

General bug fixes

What's new in PDFlib 8?

New PDF Features for Acrobat 9

PDFlib supports various PDF features according to Acrobat 9 (technically: PDF 1.7 Adobe extension level 3).

External graphical content (Reference XObjects)

Layer variants (also called layer configurations)

PDF Portfolios

Georeferenced PDF

AES-256 encryption and Unicode passwords

Font Handling and Text Output

Quite a number of new typographical features can be found in PDFlib 8.

Complex script shaping and bidirectional formatting for Arabic, Thai, Hindi, and many other writing systems

Fallback fonts

OpenType layout features, e.g. ligatures and swash characters

Retain fonts across documents

SING fonts for CJK Gaiji characters

Redesigned font engine

Wrap text around image clipping paths

Text on a path

Generate PDF documents on-the-fly.

Pricing: PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) Windows Server x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) Windows Desktop x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) Linux x86/Intel 64, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) FreeBSD x86/Intel x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) Oracle Solaris x86/sparc, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) Mac OS X Server x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) Mac OS X Desktop x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) HP-UX on PA-RISC/IA-64, PDFlib 9.0.0 (1 Machine License) IBM AIX, PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Windows Server x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Windows Desktop x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Linux x86/Intel 64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for FreeBSD x86/Intel x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Oracle Solaris x86/sparc (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Mac OS X Server PPC/Intel (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Mac OS X Desktop x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for HP-UX on PA-RISC/IA-64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for IBM AIX (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for Windows Server x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for Windows Desktop x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for Linux x86/Intel 64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for FreeBSD x86/Intel x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for Oracle Solaris x86/sparc (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for Mac OS X Server x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for Apple Mac OS X Desktop x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for HP-UX on PA-RISC/IA-64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 (10 or more Machine Licenses) 10 or more Machine Licenses for IBM AIX (Price per License - Minimum quantity 10), PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) Windows Server x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) Windows Desktop x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) Linux x86/Intel 64, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) FreeBSD x86/Intel x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) Oracle Solaris x86/sparc, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) Mac OS X Server x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) Mac OS X Desktop x86/x64, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) HP-UX on PA-RISC/IA-64, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (1 Machine License) IBM AIX, PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Windows Server x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Licenses for Windows Desktop x86/x64 (Price per License - Minimum quantity 5), PDFlib 9.0.0 with Annual Support (5 to 9 Machine Licenses) 5 to 9 Machine Lice

Evals & Downloads: Read the PDF/A Whitepaper - discusses PDFlib features for creating PDF/A output suitable for long-term document archival, Read the XMP Whitepaper - discusses XMP, XMP support in PDFlib products and possible XMP workflows, Read the PDF/UA Whitepaper - a technical introduction to PDF/UA, Read PDF/VT Whitepaper - a technical introduction to PDF/VT, Read the PDFlib General License and Support Conditions, Read the PDFlib API Reference for Windows, Read the PDFlib Tutorial document, Download the PDFlib 9.0.0 IBM AIX evaluation on to your computer - Output displays evaluation label, Download the PDFlib 9.0.0 HP UX evaluation on to your computer - Output displays evaluation label, Download the PDFlib 9.0.0 FreeBSD evaluation on to your computer - Output displays evaluation label, Download the PDFlib 9.0.0 Linux evaluation on to your computer - Output displays evaluation label, Download the PDFlib 9.0.0 MacOS X evaluation on to your computer - Output displays evaluation label, Download the PDFlib 9.0.0 Solaris on SPARC evaluation on to your computer - Output displays evaluation label, Download the PDFlib 9.0.0 Windows evaluation onto your computer - Output Displays Evaluation Label

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Sun Solaris 9, Sun Solaris 8, HP-UX 11.x, IBM AIX 5.x, Linux Kernel V2.4.x, RedHat Linux 7.x, SUSE Linux 8.x, FreeBSD, FreeBSD 5.x, Mac OS X

Architecture of Product: 32Bit, 64Bit, MAC

Product Type: Component

Component Type: .NET Class, Managed/Unmanaged Code - without COM, ActiveX DLL, DLL, JavaBean, Java Class

Built Using: ActiveX Template Library (ATL), Visual C# .NET, Java 2 SDK (JDK 1.3)

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Internet Information Server 6.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, C++Builder 6, C++Builder 5, JBuilder 8, JBuilder 7, JBuilder 6, Sybase PowerBuilder 9.0, Sybase PowerBuilder 8.0, Visual Café 4.0, Visual Café 3.0, NetBeans IDE 3.x, Sun Java Workshop, Sun Forte V2.0 for Java, Sun ONE Studio 4 (Formerly FORTE for Java), Sun ONE Studio 5 (Formerly FORTE Compiler Collection), .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 2.0, Eclipse V3.3

Product Class: Business Components

Keywords: PDF PDF/X Acrobat Unicode encryption generate Adobe PDF-lib Lib

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