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PDFlib pCOS

PDF Information Retrieval Tool.

Published by PDFlib
Distributed by ComponentSource since 2003

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PDFlib pCOS 4 reached its end-of-life in August 2018. Customers who accessed the pCOS programming interface via the pCOS product can continue this use, but should be aware of the fact that there will be no updates nor maintenance in the future.

It is recommended to switch to PDFlib PLOP 5 as successor of PDFlib pCOS 4.

Customers who wish to keep their pCOS application up to date can switch to one...

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PDFlib pCOS 4 reached its end-of-life in August 2018. Customers who accessed the pCOS programming interface via the pCOS product can continue this use, but should be aware of the fact that there will be no updates nor maintenance in the future.

It is recommended to switch to PDFlib PLOP 5 as successor of PDFlib pCOS 4.

Customers who wish to keep their pCOS application up to date can switch to one of the alternative products that includes the pCOS programming interface, see list below:

  • PDFlib+PDI
  • PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS)
  • PDFlib TET
  • PDFlib PLOP
  • PDFlib PLOP DS
  • PDFlib TET PDF IFilter.


The core pCOS functionality offered by the pCOS interface within other products will be fully supported in the future.

PDFlib pCOS Releases

Released: Aug 15, 2013

Updates in 4.0

  • Identify encrypted file attachments.
  • Identify all flavors of PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/UA, PDF/X and PDF/VT files.
  • Identify pages with transparent objects on the page or in annotations.
  • Updated language bindings including Perl 5.8 - 5.18, PHP 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5.
  • Object-oriented interface for Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 and 3.3.
  • Now accepts various non-conforming PDF constructs.
  • Enhanced repair mode for damaged PDF documents.

Released: Nov 17, 2010

Updates in 3.0

  • The new version brings pCOS up to date with the newest PDF standards and features including support for the file format of Acrobat X.