PDFlib 8 is now available and can be downloaded here.
PDFlib 8 supports various PDF features according to Acrobat 9, such as Reference XObjects, layer variants, PDF Portfolios, georeferenced PDF, AES-256 encryption, and Unicode passwords.
New typographical features include complex script shaping and bidirectional formatting, fallback fonts, OpenType layout features, wrap text around paths, and text on a path.
The PDFlib Block Plugin for Block filling (personalization) offers an new preview of PPS Block processing in Acrobat, a redesigned user interface, snap-to-grid, and more.
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A PDF/A validator is a tool which checks whether or not a document conforms to the PDF/A standard. PDFlib GmbH conducted a comprehensive test of PDF/A validation tools.
After conducting the Bavaria tests we can certainly say that the status of PDF/A validation is considerably better than in the early days, and the Isartor test suite and PDF/A TechNotes have significantly influenced the quality of validation.
While the Bavaria report reveals shortcomings in the current product generation, we hope to contribute to further improvements and to help vendors of validation tools to enhance the accuracy of their products.
Read more!PDFlib GmbH announces the availability of the new product version PDFlib 8, the leading developer toolbox for generating and manipulating PDF files.
The new version of TET extracts text from PDF documents, retrieves raster image data and tables, and converts PDF documents to XML.
The PDFlib Cookbook is a collection of PDFlib coding fragments for solving specific problems. The Cookbook topics help you develop solutions based on the PDFlib product family. You can browse Java code and PDF output for all Cookbook topics, or download a package with all code samples along with auxiliary input data.