April 30, 2009
Quick PDF Tools is a shell application for Windows Explorer that we built using Quick PDF Library and is available as a free download. Version 1.4 was released only a couple of weeks ago and the application has been installed almost 10,000 times in a very short space of time. The new features included in version 1.4 are:
- PDF Preview — this amazing feature allows you right-click on a PDF document and view the first page, … instantly.
- Render PDF to image – creates a folder, and stores each PDF page as a JPEG
- Extract text – performs a simple extraction of the text in a PDF and stores in a .txt file
- Check for updates – performs a check with the Quick PDF Tools webserver, to advise the user if a new release is available.
Quick PDF Tools is just one small example of what is possible using Quick PDF Library.
March 27, 2009
We’re put together a handy little freebie called Quick PDF Tools, based on our royalty-free SDK, Quick PDF Library. In short, it allows you to perform some basic PDF-related functionality, right from Windows Explorer (in the context menu).
Features:
Edit PDF properties (Title, Author, Subject and Keywords)
Edit PDF layout and magnification
Modify PDF viewer preferences
Add/remove passwords for PDF
Merge selected PDF files
Convert (almost) any image to PDF
Remove all bookmarks from a PDF
And much more…
Check it out, it’s free — but sorry Mac users, Windows only. You can read the rest of the press release here.
March 20, 2009
After three months of round-the-clock development, we’re excited to announce that Quick PDF Library 7.12 has been released and is now available for download and purchase through our website.
During the development period for the 7.12 release we worked closely with our customer base to ensure that the new version of the PDF SDK would fully meet everyones expectations — and we’re happy to say, that based on feedback from a large number of users, version 7.12 has reached that point.
It’s ready for action.
What’s New
- Specifically targeted for ASP, C++, C#, Delphi, PowerBASIC, PowerBuilder and Visual Basic
- Save-to-stream and Load-from-stream support for web serving
- Advanced PDF rasterizer with RenderPageToDC and gradient support
- Advanced PDF page combining, cloning, extraction, imposition and merging technology
- Advanced PDF encryption, decryption (including 128-bit encryption) and digital signatures
- TrueType font support (including font embedding)
- Support for Japanese fonts and Turkish codepage (1254)
- Comprehensive form field and JavaScript support
- Built-in PDF barcode support
- Advanced drawing, including circles and arcs
- Rotated text, multi-line paragraph text, word-wrapped paragraph text
- Outline and hypertext functions
- Embedded image, file grouping and links
- Blazing performance increase and much more….
Upgrade Offer for Existing Customers
Existing customers are eligible for a 40% discount when purchasing the new version and can do so from this link.
Feedback, bugs, feature requests
As always, we want to hear your feedback, answer your questions, fix the bugs you report and find out what features you want added to the next version of our PDF library.
What’s Next
The work doesn’t stop with the release of 7.12. That’s right, we’ve already begun working on version 7.13 and plan to release the first public beta for the next version in a few weeks time.
Stay tuned, there are more exciting Quick PDF Library announcements just around the corner.
March 19, 2009
For over 4 years a dedicated group of Quick PDF Library (formerly iSEDQuickPDF and QuickPDF) users have been supporting their fellow developers over at www.quickpdf.org, providing expert advice and help, and powering a fantastic user-to-user forum, which has helped literally thousands in need.
Since we announced our acquisition of Quick PDF Library a couple of months ago, many of you have contacted us wondering what sort of relationship we, as the new owners of the library, would have with the QuickPDF.org forum members.
Well, we have some good news.
Debenu and the QuickPDF.org founders are happy to announce that going forward, while development of the library will be handled by Debenu at www.quickpdflibrary.com, the www.quickpdf.org website will become the official user-to-user forum for Quick PDF Library.
This is exciting news for the future of Quick PDF Library because it ensures that the library’s users will continue to enjoy the benefits of a very strong user community.
Finally, a special thanks to Michel Korwin-Szymanowski and Ingo Schmöekel, as well as the other members of the QuickPDF.org forum who have worked extremely hard over the years to support their fellow users.
Your efforts are greatly appreciated by everyone.
March 12, 2009
Note to Delphi users:
Thanks for your patience while waiting for the Delphi 2009 DCU files. We’re happy to announce that the D2009 DCU files are now available for testing, and providing there are no show-stopping issues uncovered in the testing period, will be included with the next official release of Quick PDF Library.
If you would like to test the Delphi 2009 DCU files, please send us an email at support@quickpdflibrary.com and we’ll happily provide them to you.
March 6, 2009
We’re happy to announce that the second beta for Quick PDF Library 7.12 has been released and is now available for download. The new beta includes three new functions and a variety of bug fixes and performance improvements.
What’s New
- New AddU3DAnnotationFromFile function
- New RenderPageToDC function
- New DARenderPageToDC function
- Fixed MD5 hash length
- Combined reference guide for ActiveX, DLL and Delphi versions
- Corrected TIFF in JPEG resolution divide by zero
- Improved EMF/WMF import
Download Beta 2
The Beta for Quick PDF Library can be downloaded from this button. The download size is 2.9 MB and the download includes the ActiveX, DLL and Delphi versions, as well as the function references for each of this versions.
Thanks for your feedback
Finally, thanks to everyone who has been in touch over the past few weeks. We really appreciate your feedback and your desire to see the library do well. We, like you, want to see Quick PDF Library turned into one of the best PDF SDK’s out there — but this won’t be possible without an active user community, which is why in a few days, we’ll be announcing some exciting news.
February 28, 2009
We’re happy to announce that Quick PDF Library 7.12 Public Beta has been released and is now ready for download.
The 7.12 beta is the first release of the Quick PDF Library since Debenu acquired the library earlier in the year and marks the beginning of an exciting development period that will see the library updated with new features, bug fixes and general performance improvements on a regular basis.
What’s New
Major new features added to 7.12 include:
- AES 128-bit encryption
- Digital signatures
- PDF slideshow / presentations / page transitions
- Renderer support for gradients
- Import/header files for ActiveX and DLL in C++ and C#
- Implementation of simple TrueType rasterizer
- Embedded file grouping and links
- Improved image parsing
- Noticeable performance increase
- Support for Japanese fonts
- Support for the Turkish codepage (1254)
Special Offer for New Customers
New customers who purchase the Quick PDF Library during the Beta period, before the official 7.12 version has been released, can use this coupon code, QPLBETA, to receive a 20% discount.
Upgrade Offer for Existing Customers
Existing customers are eligible for a 40% discount when purchasing the new version and can do so from this link.
Note: an upgrade license key will automatically be provided after you have successfully purchased. This upgrade license key will need to be combined with your original license key in order to work in the new version successfully.
Download the Beta
The Beta for Quick PDF Library can be downloaded from this button. The download size is 3.15 MB and the download includes the ActiveX, DLL and Delphi versions, as well as the function references for each of this versions.
Feedback, bugs, feature requests
As always, we want to hear feedback from you about the library. We want to hear your feedback, answer your questions, fix the bugs you report and find out what features you want added to the next version of our PDF library.
February 13, 2009
First up, a big thank you to all of the existing Quick PDF Library (formerly known as iSEDQuickPDF and QuickPDF) users who have taken the time to contact us since we announced the acquisition of the iSEDQuickPDF library earlier this month. Your positive feedback and excitement about our acquisition of the library is very much appreciated.
While we continue to work hard behind-the-scenes to prepare the next version of the Quick PDF Library for release — by the way, we’re making great progress, you will be impressed — we want to continue gathering as much information from our users as possible about their thoughts on the state of the current library and what sort of features and improvements they would like to see introduced in the future.
We already think that Quick PDF Library is an excellent and powerful PDF SDK — not to mention extremely cost-effective — but we want to make it even better. We want it to be the number one PDF SDK for developers.
With this in mind, if you have any thoughts about the library that you would like to share with us; or if you have discovered a bug that you would like to report; or if you have a feature suggestion — we’d like to hear from you.
We look forward to working with you to make Quick PDF Library number one.
P.S. If you purchase version 5.11 of the Quick PDF Library now (only $149), then you will be entitled to a free upgrade when the next version is released — with lots of new features and improvements.
