PDF SDK Documentation

Comprehensive Guide for Developers: Features, Integration, and API Reference

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Overview

Introduction

Welcome to the Avanquest PDF SDK! This SDK allows developers to integrate robust PDF functionalities into their applications, including viewing, editing, creating, and manipulating PDF documents. This application is extremely versatile and by integrating it within your workflow, you will eliminate the dependancy of your organisation on outside vendors for all things PDF.

We know you are looking for flexibility and this SDK offers exactly that. This platform gives you the opportunity to customize a solution tailored to You by You.

Features

  • PDF Viewing: Render PDF documents with high fidelity.
  • PDF Editing: Modify text, images, and other content within PDFs.
  • PDF Creation: Generate new PDF documents from scratch or from existing files.
  • Annotations: Add, edit, and remove annotations. These include underline, highlight, strikethrough and adding notes.
  • Comments: Add sticker comments, shapes, pencil draw, and whiteout text or paragraphs within your PDFs.
  • Form Handling: Fill out and extract data from PDF forms.
  • OCR: Scan, recognize & edit text within image files or scanned documents using OCR Technology.
  • Convert to PDF: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Text, Web page, even something copied to your clipboard directly to PDF.
  • Convert from PDF: Your PDF files directly to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF/A, TXT, RTF, HTML.
  • Images to PD*: Convert PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF and TIFF image files to PDF.
  • PDF to Images: Convert PDF to PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF and TIFF image formats.
  • Merge PDF: Combine multiple, various file formats into one single PDF.
  • Split PDF: Create new PDF documents from an original one.
  • Compress PDF: Reduce the size of any PDF file without affecting the quality.
  • Search: Search for text and phrases in PDF documents using an advanced search algorithm.
  • Digital Signatures: Sign and verify PDF documents.
  • Electronic Signature: Sign documents, share with multiple parties.
  • Security: Add passwords, set and control permission levels and keep your documents from being seen or even accessed by unwanted users.
  • Encryption: Using the latest PDF Standard ISO 32000-2:2020 (PDF 2.0) 256-bit AES encryption.

Performance

  • Optimized rendering: Fast and efficient rendering of PDF documents.
  • Low memory footprint: Designed to use minimal system resources.
  • Batch processing: Handle multiple PDF operations simultaneously.

Cross-Platform Support

  • Platform compatibility: Works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile platforms.

Advanced Features

  • Form handling: Create and fill interactive PDF forms. This includes support for checkboxes, dropdowns and radio buttons.
  • Form flattening: Prevent further editing by disabling interactive fields.
  • Compare Documents: Place two documents side-by-side and see how they differ.
  • Barcode generation: Add barcodes to your PDF documents.
  • Watermarking: Apply watermarks to protect your content.