Quick PDF Library 7.24 beta 4 has been released and is ready for testing. This new beta includes several bug fixes, enhancements and new functions. The 7.24 beta 4 installer can be downloaded from the button below.

Release Notes

New functions

• GetFormFieldNoExport
• GetFormFieldRequired
• SetFormFieldNoExport
• SetFormFieldRequired
• GetFormFieldChoiceType
• SetAnnotBorderStyle

Bug fixes

• Range check improvements to Type1 decoding
• Corrected missing letters in form field annotations
• Rendering and extraction of direct font dictionaries
• ToUnicode CMaps handled for non-CID fonts
• MissingWidth font metric used instead of DW
• Consistent handling of CCITT images on various operating systems
• Improvements to nested CID font widths structures
• Improvements to parsing of various destination structures
• Improvements to parsing of comments and whitespace
• Inline image resource stream improvements
• Memory allocation fix in JBIG2 decoder
• Bitmaps row access fix in JBIG2 decoder
• Appearance stream generation for auto-size fields now handles alignment correctly

Enhancements

• DataMatrix 2D barcodes can be rotated
• Support for GS1-128 (EAN-128) barcodes
• Support for DeviceN color spaces
• Faster direct access page searching for very large documents
• DrawDataMatrixSymbol allows the fill color to be set
• Memory optimizations for ICC based images
• Get/set embedded file description
• CFF font data in OpenType fonts enabled for non-embedded fonts
• More options for getting/setting choice form field flags
• Added an option to retrieve an annotation’s border width

Feedback! Any feedback large or small is appreciated. We’ll shortly be planning the next round of exciting new features for Quick PDF Library, so we’d really like to know what you want to see added to the SDK. Don’t be shy, email us at support@quickpdflibrary.com and have your say.

Quick PDF Library 7.19 has been released and is now ready for download from the updates page. The new version contains a number of significant performance improvements, new functions and much more.

The Quick PDF Library Demo has also been updated to work with version 7.19.

New Features and Improvements

• Improved object parsing speed and handling of malformed data
• DAAppendFile, DASaveAsFile and DASaveToStream functions now set the document’s modification date
• Added usage rights functionality to the AnalyseFile function
• New! RemoveEmbeddedFile function
• Added EMF+ output to the renderer
• New! AddLinkToLocalFile function
• Added support for image ICC profiles to the renderer
• New! RequestPrinterStatus function
• Bug fix for return value of DrawTableRows function
• New! SetCompatibility function
• Improvements to /ICCBased color spaces in the renderer
• Improvements to handling of buffer overruns in ASCII85 encoded data
• Added support for miter limit to the renderer
• Bug fix in decompressing flate data with a /Predictor value of 1
• Bug fix in TrueType parser with composite characters (alignment of diacritical marks)
• Optimizations to font handling in renderer and text extraction
• Improved handling of Type3 fonts
• Added support for handling of MMType1 fonts Optimizations to clipping paths in the renderer
• Speed optimizations in the renderer with improved stack system
• Improvements to the rendering of annotations with referenced resources
• Improved speed of loading objects from source PDF documents
• Improved speed of Type1 CFF conts Improvements to GetPageMode function
• New! RemoveGlobalJavaScript function
• New! SetEmbeddedFileStrProperty function
• Improved parsing of empty array and dictionary objects
• Improvements to accuracy of DrawTableRows
• Added support for arrays to CMap parsing
• Bug fix for rendering of large CCITT encoded images
• Optimized adding of certain PNG images to PDF documents
• Improved merging of documents with form fields
• New! GetImagePageCountFromString function
• Improvements to font substitution matching system in the renderer
• Bug fix handling certain inline images
• Improvements to adding EMF images to PDF documents
• DASaveAsFile function maintains the original PDF version settings
• Bug fix for underlines and highlights in center and right aligned text

Free Upgrade

Version 7.19 is a minor update and therefore all existing version 7.x license owners are entitled to a free upgrade. Owners of older versions of Quick PDF Library can upgrade online here for $149.40.

Discuss The New Version

We’re proud of the community that has formed around Quick PDF Library, so we’d like to encourage new users to join in the fun and discuss the latest version of Quick PDF Library over at QuickPDF.org.

Quick PDF Library 7.14 has been released and is ready for download from the updates page.

The new version includes powerful support for creating tables in your PDFs, as well as numerous new improvements and bug fixes.

New Features and Improvements:

• Delphi 2009 improvements
• Fixed CFF font decoding bug
• Bug fix for fonts with /Differences array and no /ToUnicode entry
• Bug fix for non-embedded fonts with slightly different standard font names
• Bug fix for matching fonts characters with capital letters
• New GetCanvasDC and LoadFromCanvasDC functions
• New GetXFAFormFieldNames function
• New GetXFAFormFieldName function
• New GetXFAFormFieldCount function
• Updated the docs for the XFA functions
• New GetFontObjectNumber function
• New SetAdvancePassword function
• New CreateTable function
• New SetTableColumnWidth function
• New SetTableRowHeight function
• New SetTableCellBorderColor function
• New SetTableCellBorderColorCMYK function
• New SetTableCellBorderWidth function
• New SetTableCellBackgroundColor function
• New SetTableCellBackgroundColorCMYK function
• New SetTableCellPadding function
• New SetTableCellAlignment function
• New SetTableCellContent function
• New SetTableCellTextColor function
• New SetTableCellTextColorCMYK function
• New SetTableCellTextSize function
• New SetTableBorderColor function
• New SetTableBorderColorCMYK function
• New SetTableBorderWidth function
• New MergeTableCells function
• New DrawTableRows function
• New GetTableLastDrawnRow function
• New GetTableCellStrProperty function
• New GetTableCellIntProperty function
• New GetTableCellDblProperty function

Discuss The New Version

We’re proud of the community that has formed around Quick PDF Library, so we’d like to encourage new users to join in the fun and discuss the latest version of Quick PDF Library over at QuickPDF.org.

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.

• General feedback
• Sales support
• Technical support
• Report a bug
• Request a new feature

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.

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.

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.

• General feedback
• Sales support
• Technical support
• Report a bug
• Request a new feature

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.

• Feature requests
• Technical support
• Report a bug

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.

We’re very pleased to announce that Debenu has acquired the rights to the iSEDQuickPDF library (QuickPDF) from SEDTech (Pty) Ltd. Under Debenu the PDF library will be renamed Quick PDF Library and its new home will be www.quickpdflibrary.com.

Background

iSEDQuickPDF was first released in Q1, 2001 by SEDTech and over the years has become one of the most popular libraries for creating, manipulating, and rendering PDF files.

Whilst development slowed considerably over the past few years, we’re happy to say that it’s now under new management. We’ve been feverishly working on a new and updated Quick PDF Library release “behind-the-scenes” bringing version 5.11 to 7.12

How to purchase

Customers who purchase the existing version 5.11 after Feb 3, 2009, will be entitled to receive a free upgrade to version 7.12 when it is released in mid-to-late Q1. In addition, customers can use this coupon code UNRIVALEDPDF to save US$30 when purchasing a new license.

What’s new

Whilst full details on the 7.12 release are yet-to-follow, a number of the immediate updates are…

Major changes since 5.11:

• support for Japanese fonts
• links to embedded files
• object caching in DA functions

Minor changes:

• content stream parsing changes
• support for color constants in html text
• metafile world scaling
• png transparency
• array parsing improvements
• tiff parsing improvements
• implementation of simple truetype rasterizer

Upgrades

A free upgrade will be provided for all customers who purchase the existing 5.11 version after Feb 3, 2009. Users who purchased the library before this date will be able to upgrade to the latest version for $149.40 USD (40% discount). Upgrades to version 5.11 (which will entitle you to a free upgrade to 7.12) can be purchased from this link (proof of purchase will be required before new serials are sent).

We’d love to hear from you — please send any questions using this contact form.