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PDF Creation/Manipulation SDKs

To the right is a VERY simple table listing the ‘Headline’ functionality in each SDK, this is not an exhaustive list - please see the help file available for each product for extended functionality listings.







The PDF-XChange Viewer SDK (both the Simple DLL and extended ActiveX Versions) are included free with each of our PDF SDKs - albeit with reduced distribution rights than provided when purchased separately.

 

* CDLPs: Client Distribution Packs for the PDF-XChange Viewer SKDs
** Low Level API: The PDF-XChange Low Level API is very complex and provided for experienced developers who already posses an intimate knowledge of the PDF specification & format - no help/training/support is provided!
*** Clarion® Support: We support Clarion® 5 and later, however the PDF-XChange VIewer ActiveX for Clarion® relies on COM components only available in C6 and later, the simple DLL Viewer SDK requires C55 and later.

We provide extensive Clarion® Classes/Templates/Clarion® doc’s and Demo applications for all our PDF Toolkits!

Example applications are available for many Developer Tools including Visual Studio®, C++/VB/VB.NET/Delphi/C# etc.

 

 

 

 

 
Features / Functionality

PDF-Tools SDK
(inc Viewer SDK)

 PDF-XChange
Drivers API SDK
(inc Viewer SDK)		 PDF-XChange
Viewer SDK
(Simple DLL and/or
ActiveX)		 PDF-XChange
PRO SDK
(This is everything
we do for PDF!)
PDF Specification Format Support 1.0 thru 1.7
(Adobe V8)		 1.0 thru 1.7
(Adobe V8)		 1.0 thru 1.7
(Adobe V8)		  1.0 thru 1.7
(Adobe V8)
Windows Version Compatibility  All 32/64 bit Windows All 32/64 bit Windows All 32/64 bit -
W2K & Later		 All 32/64 bit Windows
Royalty Free?  First 100,000 Client
Desk Top Installs
(Viewer SDK
Elements differ)		 First 100,000 Client
Desk Top Installs
(Viewer SDK
Elements differ)		 No - Client
Distribution License
Packs (CDLPs)
Required
More Info		 First 100,000 Client
Desk Top Installs
(Viewer SDK
Elements differ)
Base Viewer SDK Included?  &
CDLPs Included?		 Yes, First 2,500  Yes, First 2,500  N/A Yes, First 7,500
Terminal Servier / Citrix Metaframe
Compatible?		  Yes  Yes Yes Yes 
JavaScript Supported?  Yes, via Viewer SDK  No Yes Yes, via Viewer SDK
Compression / Optimization Options Zip, Jpeg,
Jpeg2000, Run
Length, LZW, JBIG2,
CCIT GRP 3/4		 Zip, Jpeg,
Jpeg2000, Run
Length, LZW, JBIG2,
CCIT GRP 3/4		 N/A Zip, Jpeg,
Jpeg2000, Run
Length, LZW, JBIG2,
CCIT GRP 3/4
Re-Optimize Existing PDF  Yes,
Fonts & Destinations		 Yes, via Printing
But Conent
May Be Lost!		 N/A Yes,
Fonts & Destinations
Development Tools Compatibility Any Supporting
Compiling to
Win 32/64
.NET/CSharp/ASP
Clarion, etc.		 Any Supporting
Compiling to
Win 32/64
.NET/CSharp/ASP
Clarion, etc.		  Any Supporting
Compiling to
Win 32/64
.NET/CSharp/ASP
*** Clarion, etc.		 Any Supporting
Compiling to
Win 32/64
.NET/CSharp/ASP
Clarion, etc.
Convert External Document / Image
Formats to PDF		 Raster Image
Formats, +
EMP/WMF/AMF and
.txt only		 via 3rd Party
Application ‘ printing’
to PDF-XChange
(e.g. .Doc/.Xls/
HTML, etc)		 No Yes - Using
PDF-Tools or
PDF-XChange
Driver Methods
Analyze URL Links Yes Yes Yes Yes
Scan Directly to PDF (Twain & WIA) Yes No No Yes
Overlay PDF Pages e.g Stationery Yes Yes No Yes
Create New PDF Page Placing
Objects,Drawings, Images & Text, etc.		 Yes No No Yes
Merge PDF Files Yes No No Yes
Add New Pages to an Existing File Yes Yes No Yes
Delete Pages from an Existing File Yes No No Yes
Re-Order Pages Yes No No Yes
Rotate / Re-Scale Pages Yes Rotate via Viewer SDK Yes - Rotate Yes
Add Watermarks / Images  Yes (New/Old Pages) Yes (New Pages) No Yes (New/Old Pages)
Add / Edit / Re-Order Bookmarks Yes Yes - Add Only No Yes
Annotations Support  Yes No Yes - Extensive
ActiveX Only		 Viewer SDK
Commenting / Mark-up Support via Viewer SDK via Viewer SDK Yes- Extensive
ActiveX Only		 Yes- Extensive
via Viewer SDK
Encryption / Security Support Yes Yes   Yes  Yes
Adobe Acroforms Creation Supported  No Yes No Yes
Acroform Field Data Extraction Yes  via Viewer SDK Yes- ActiveX Only Yes
Digital Signature Support  Yes  Yes  Yes- ActiveX Only  Yes
Low Level API for Extended
Functionality		  No No No ** Yes
New Communications Library/Support SMTP/MAPI/PFT
/HTTP (Post/Send)		 SMTP/MAPI SMTP/MAPI
(Post Forms Data)		 SMTP/MAPI/PFT
/HTTP (Post/Send) 
Extract / Export Text  Yes via Viewer SDK Yes- ActiveX Only yes
Extract Image Content to Raster
Image Format		  Yes No Yes Yes
Export Page / File to Raster Image
Format		 via Viewer SDK via Viewer SDK Yes- ActiveX Only via Viewer SDK
Print PDF to Paper  via Viewer SDK via Viewer SDK Yes via Viewer SDK
Save PDF to Designated File / Path  Yes Yes Yes Yes
Define PDF Open Properties in Adobe
Reader / PDFX Viewer		  Yes Yes Yes Yes
End User UI Language Localized  N/A Yes ActiveX Driver & Viewer Ax