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 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.
