ABCpdf is perfect for PDF generation under VB, ASP and .NET. This is just a summary of the extensive list of features supported by ABCpdf.
If you are doing a product comparison why not print off this feature chart and use it as a ticklist for other products you're evaluating? We guarantee it will be a revealing experience!
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| Designed for .NET / ASP / VB |
| There are two versions of ABCpdf - ABCpdf ASP and ABCpdf .NET. Although functionally similar, on an architectural level they are fundamentally different. Under Version 7 ABCpdf ASP was discontinued and in its place an identical COM interface was layered over ABCpdf .NET to provide backward compatibility with ABCpdf ASP. |
| Native Support for .NET Platform |
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| Support for VB / ASP / COM Platform |
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| Support for both .NET and VB / ASP / COM in one Package |
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| Designed for Blazing Performance in High Stress Multithreaded Environments |
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| Support for Windows XP / 2003 |
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| Support for Windows Vista / 2008 |
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| Support for Windows 7 / 2008 R2 |
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| Support for Windows 8 / 2012 |
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| Support for IE8 |
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| Support for IE9 |
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| Support for IE10 |
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| Native 64 Bit Support for .NET |
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| Native 64 Bit Support for VB / ASP / COM |
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| Deploy Joint x86/x64 Installations |
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| Requires .NET 1.1 or Later |
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| Requires .NET 2.0 or Later |
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| Dynamic Linking into .NET 3.0 / 3.5 if Available |
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| Requires .NET 4.0 or Later |
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| 100% PDF Compatible |
| ABCpdf is constantly being updated to support newer versions of the PDF specification. You won't be left behind with ABCpdf. |
| Acrobat 2 [PDF 1.1] Compatible |
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| Acrobat 3 [PDF 1.2] Compatible |
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| Acrobat 4 [PDF 1.3] Compatible |
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| Acrobat 5 [PDF 1.4] Compatible |
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| Acrobat 6 [PDF 1.5] Compatible |
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| Acrobat 7 [PDF 1.6] Compatible |
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| Acrobat 8 [PDF 1.7] Compatible |
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| Acrobat 9 Compatible |
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| Acrobat X Compatible |
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| Acrobat XI Compatible |
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| Auto-fix Corrupt PDFs |
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| Validate and Rebuild Corrupt PDFs |
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| GigaPDF™ Extremely Large Document Support |
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| Document Level Operations |
| Some of these operations are very similar. For example an Append and a Merge operation are essentially the same In the documentation we refer only to the Append method. All these operations are easy using ABCpdf but the precise method you use to accomplish them may vary depending on what you are trying to achieve. |
| Read Documents |
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| Modify Documents |
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| Append / Stitch / Merge Documents |
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| Draw Between Documents |
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| Delete Pages |
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| Import / Extract Pages |
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| Save to Disk |
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| Save to Memory |
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| Stream to Browser |
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| Shuffle / Remap Pages |
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| Linearization / Fast Web View |
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| Tagged PDF |
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| Incremental Update |
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| Refactor on Save |
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| Change Color Space of Document |
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| Convert any document to PDF/A |
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| Validate any document for PDF/A Conformance |
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| Transparency Flattening |
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| PDF Size Optimization and Reduction |
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| Image Placement Analysis and Extraction |
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| Text Location, Selection and Extraction |
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| Incremental Update Revision History |
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| Incremental Update Reversion |
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| Image De-inlining |
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| Text Support |
| ABCpdf supports an extremely wide range of text formatting options from simple options like bold or italic synthesized typefaces to advanced features like textrise and tracking. We keep these easy to use via HTML Styled Text which allows you to specify your styles simply and easily using HTML style coding. |
| Multistyled Text Support |
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| HTML Styled Text Support |
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| Internal Hyperlink Support |
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| External Hyperlink Support |
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| Full Unicode Support |
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| Horizontal or Vertical Layout |
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| Itemized Lists [eg bullet points] |
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| Text Flow Between Pages |
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| Text Flow Between Columns |
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| Tracking / Kerning |
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| Alignment |
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| Justification |
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| Line Spacing |
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| Line Break Rules |
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| Text Annotations |
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| Precise Control over PDF Text Operators |
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| Raster Image Support |
| ABCpdf allows you to import an unparalleled range of raster image formats. Most importantly it allows you to import them properly color corrected in their native color spaces. Very few other PDF libraries allow either of these functions and none will allow you the same flexibility of import options. |
| JPEG |
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| TIFF |
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| GIF |
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| PNG |
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| BMP |
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| EXIF |
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| EMF |
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| WMF |
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| JPEG 2000 [.jp2 or .jpx] |
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| Multiple Frame Support [eg for Fax TIFF] |
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| Watermarking |
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| Transparent Masks |
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| Alpha Channels |
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| ICC Colorspaces |
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| Import in Native Color Space [RGB, CMYK, Grayscale, B&W or Lab] |
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| Multi-format, multi-frame TIFF import |
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| Non-standard JPEG-in-TIFF import |
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| Vector Image Support |
| ABCpdf allows you to import highly complex formats like vector EPS and XPS. Most importantly it does things properly ensuring that the vector representation is preserved when the source document is converted. Very few other PDF libraries allow either of these functions and none will allow you the same flexibility of import options. |
| True Vector Import |
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| PostScript |
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| EPS / EPSF |
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| XPS / XML Paper Specification |
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| WPF / Windows Presentation Foundation / Silverlight |
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| SWF / Flash |
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| SWF / Flash [rasterization only] |
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| SVG / Scalable Vector Graphics |
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| Preserves Color Spaces [where possible] |
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| Preserves Fonts [where possible] |
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| Graphics Support |
| ABCpdf gives you simple one-line methods for common graphics operations. However it doesn't restrict you. The entire gamut of PDF operators is available using ABCpdf. |
| Rectangles |
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| Rounded Rectangles |
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| Circles |
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| Ovals |
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| Lines |
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| Pie Slices |
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| Polygons |
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| Custom Operators [Bezier Curves, Paths etc] |
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| RGB Graphics |
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| CMYK Graphics |
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| Grayscale Graphics |
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| Spot Color Graphics |
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| ICC Based Colorspace Graphics |
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| Transparent Graphics |
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| Advanced Graphics Classes [.NET Only] |
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| HTML Support |
| ABCpdf is the only product we are aware of which fully supports HTML/CSS placed content. |
| Full Support for HTML |
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| Full Support for CSS |
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| Place Content Anywhere on the Page |
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| Render Local Web Pages |
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| Render Remote Web Pages |
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| Flow HTML Over Multiple PDF Pages |
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| Support CSS page break tags |
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| Live Hyperlinks |
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| Live Form Fields |
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| Live Movies (eg Flash, AVI, MPEG, WMV) |
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| Parameter Driven Movies (eg Flash Charts) |
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| Flash Vector Import |
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| Custom Tagged Content |
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| Access to raw HTML Pages via Callbacks |
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| Control over Font Substitution and Embedding |
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| Control over Authenticated Access |
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| KiloPage™ Large Document Optimizations |
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| MHT Support |
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| Choice of rendering engine, MSHTML or Gecko |
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| THEAD and TFOOT repeated headers |
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| Screen and print media selection |
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| Embedded SVG |
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| Supports the majority of the SVG Full profile |
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| HTML5 and CSS3 standards |
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| XML pages with XSLT and MathML |
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| Direct image addition avoiding recompression |
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| Document Support |
| ABCpdf can read a variety of document formats when helper applications like OpenOffice.org are installed . OpenOffice.org is freely distributed under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License). |
| Microsoft Word [.doc] [.NET only] |
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| Microsoft Excel [.xls] [.NET only] |
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| Microsoft PowerPoint [.ppt] [.NET only] |
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| Microsoft InfoPath [.xsn] [.NET only] |
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| Microsoft OneNote [.one] [.NET only] |
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| Microsoft Project [.mpp] [.NET only] |
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| Microsoft Publisher [.pub] [.NET only] |
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| Rich Text Format [.rtf] [.NET only] |
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| WordPerfect [.wpd] [.NET only] |
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| Lotus 1-2-3 [.wk1] [.NET only] |
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| Microsoft AutoCAD [.dxf] [.NET only] |
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| All Formats Supported by Helper Applications [.NET only] |
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| Can use OpenOffice.org [.NET only] |
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| Can use Microsoft Office [.NET only] |
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| Can use WordGlue [.NET only] |
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| Can use other Applications [.NET only] |
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| OpenOffice.org Custom Parameters [.NET only] |
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| Import Bookmarks [.NET only] |
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| Import Forms and Fields [.NET only] |
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| Font Support |
| ABCpdf operates a blazingly fast font sub-setting routine. |
| Base 14 Fonts |
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| TrueType Fonts |
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| OpenType Fonts |
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| Type 1 Fonts |
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| Dynamic Loading of Fonts |
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| Dynamic Unloading of Fonts |
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| Font Subsetting |
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| Font Metrics |
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| Enhanced Font Metrics |
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| Text Encoding |
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| Font Extraction |
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| Font Resubsetting |
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| Font Unembedding |
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| Font Reembedding |
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| Page Layout |
| The documentation contains examples for the following common types of page layout. |
| Page Numbers |
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| Headers and Footers |
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| Content in Columns |
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| Content in Tables |
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| Complex Optimized Tables [Enhanced for .NET] |
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| System.Drawing Code |
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| WPF Code |
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| Treat Documents as Images |
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| Treat Images as Documents |
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| eForms |
| eForms provide a useful method of locating content on the page. Typically a template is prepared and fields are used as placeholders for the location of dynamic content. |
| Change Values of Fields |
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| Stamp Values into Fields |
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| Use Fields as Placeholders |
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| On Demand Generation of Field Appearances |
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| Improved Generation of Field Appearances |
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| Generation of Annotation Appearances |
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| Comb Field Support |
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| Enhanced Complex Script and Unusual Character Support |
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| Digital Signature Support [.NET Only] |
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| Rendering / Display / Rasterization |
| ABCpdf allows you to export or rasterize PDF documents for output in a variety of image formats, for print or for display on screen. |
| Render to File or Stream |
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| Render to Memory |
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| Render Direct to Screen [.NET only] |
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| Print PDF [.NET only] |
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| Optimized Printing [.NET only] |
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| Enhanced Complex Script and Unusual Character Support |
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| Render to TIFF |
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| Render to JPEG |
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| Render to JPEG 2000 [.jp2 or .jpx] |
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| Render to GIF |
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| Render to PNG |
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| Render to BMP |
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| Render to Vector EMF |
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| Render to Vector EPS or PostScript [Grayscale, RGB or CMYK] |
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| Render to Vector EPS or PostScript [RGB only] |
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| Render to Vector SWF / Flash |
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| Render to Vector XPS [.NET 3.x] |
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| Render to Vector SVG |
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| Export to HTML |
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| Export to DOCX |
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| GIF Adaptive Palette |
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| True Grayscale PNG |
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| Full PDF Transparency Support |
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| Full eForm Support |
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| Support for Native Color Spaces [RGB, CMYK, Grayscale, or Lab] |
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| Support for Named Separation or Spot Color Output |
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| Support for Alpha Transparency Output |
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| Support for Device Color Spaces |
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| Support for ICC or Calibrated Color Spaces |
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| Fully Calibrated Output in any Color Space |
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| Control over Rendering Area of Interest |
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| Control over Rendering Resolution |
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| Different Horizontal and Vertical Resolutions |
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| Multipaged Output [eg for TIFF] |
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| Control over Compression [eg for CCITT TIFF] |
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| 1 bit per component [eg B&W] output |
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| 8 bit per component [eg 32 bit CMYK] output |
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| 16 bit per component [eg 48 bit RGB] output |
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| Custom Halftone Support |
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| Font Substitution and Warnings Report |
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| Metadata Output [eg for TIFF] |
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| Page and Document Settings |
| ABCpdf allows you to use a variety of page sizes and orientations. It also allows access to advanced page metrics such as the CropBox and ArtBox. |
| Page Size |
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| Page Orientation |
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| Page View Mode |
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| Read Document Information |
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| Insert Document Information |
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| Support Custom Information Fields |
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| Support Bookmarks |
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| Enhanced Bookmark Support |
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| Text Extraction |
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| SVG Extraction |
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| SVG+ Extraction |
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| Deconstruct Page Content Stream |
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| Encryption and Signatures |
| ABCpdf fully supports encryption within the legal framework set down by Adobe. |
| Support 40 bit keys |
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| Support 128 bit keys |
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| Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit |
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| Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit |
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| Encrypt Documents |
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| Decrypt Documents |
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| Read Document Permissions |
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| Apply Document Permissions |
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| Apply Password Protection |
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| Creation of Signed Documents |
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| Validation of Signed Documents |
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| Creation of Sequentially Signed Documents |
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| Time Stamping Service Interface |
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| Incremental Signing |
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| Incremental Signature Validation |
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| Signature Trust Level |
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| Other |
| You can never be boxed into a corner with low level access to the raw PDF objects. ABCpdf - unlimited flexibility. |
| Low level access to PDF objects |
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| Decompress any Stream |
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| Compress Streams using Flate |
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| Compress Streams using JPEG |
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| Compress Streams using JPEG 2000 |
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| Compress Streams using CCITT |
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| Compress Streams using ASCII 85 |
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| Compress Streams using ASCII Hex |
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| Compress Streams using Run Length |
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| Resize PDF Images |
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| Resample PDF Images |
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| Change Color Space of PDF Images |
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| Change Color Space of PDF Content |
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| Enhanced debug view for easier development |
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