PDFXpress [2.x]

• PDFXpress [Client Runtime Licensing]
  
• PDFXpress [Server Deployment Licence]
  
• PDFXpress [Single Developer Licence]
  

• Upgraded PDF support, taking advantage of many performance improvements and enhancements
• PDF v1.6 document creation
• Text extraction and use of PDF Xpress features to return location and context of text search results. (Extract text from Normal or Searchable Image PDFs then identify text matches using any desired technique. PDF Xpress will provide the context and location of the match phrase.)
• Searchable Image (Image with Hidden Text) PDF Creation - using OCR Xpress with PDF Xpress sample code (PDF Xpress v2 provides the ability to construct an image-over-text PDF, using text output from OCR Xpress, and the associated image compressed by ImagXpress. This enables the developer to create highly compressed image-over-text PDFs, with searchable text.)
• PDF Document Load From Memory & Save To Memory - without the need to store as a file
• Page Insertion – Insert a page or range of pages from one PDF document into another (this capability can be used to merge multiple PDFs into one PDF or split one PDF into multiple PDFs)
• Page Move – Move a page from one location to another in a PDF document
• PDF Annotations Export to XFDF (XML) – Express annotations from the PDF document as XML data
• PDF Annotations Import from XFDF (XML) – Create, modify, and delete PDF annotations using XML data
• Thumbnail Delete – Delete a thumbnail in a PDF document, in addition to create and replace
• Bookmark Modify & Delete – Modify and delete bookmarks in a PDF document, in addition to read and add
• Document Metadata Read, Modify, & Write
• Large File Optimised Rasterization (i.e. for display of large engineering drawings)

The Reader Edition contains a subset of features found within the Professional Edition. PDF Xpress includes the following new capabilities in the v2 Reader Edition:

• Upgraded PDF support, taking advantage of many performance improvements and enhancements
• Text extraction and use of PDF Xpress features to return location and context of text search results. (Extract text from Normal or Searchable Image PDFs then identify text matches using any desired technique. PDF Xpress will provide the context and location of the match phrase.)
• PDF Document Load From Memory
• PDF Annotations Export to XFDF (XML) – express annotations from the PDF document as XML data
• Document Metadata Read
• Large File Optimised Rasterization (i.e. for display of large engineering drawings)

• Programming environments: Win32 visual development environments including Visual Studio 2008
• Sample code is included for: VB.NET, C#, VB, VC++, Delphi
• Deploys within .NET as a managed component and is fully compliant with .NET 2.0 and above (see "Building Robust Imaging Components for the Microsoft .NET Platform" white paper)
• Can also be used in any development environment that hosts ActiveX or COM components
• Support user-specified debug logging levels
• Client/Server web development capabilities
• Can be used in a multi-threaded environment and perform synchronous thread-safe processing (more).

Edition Descriptions

Reader Edition

This edition allows application developers to read PDF documents (including the associated annotations and bookmarks), render pages, and extract content from PDFs. (The Reader Edition contains a subset of Professional Edition features.)

Professional Edition

This edition provides application developers the ability to create PDF documents and modify the PDF content, plus all of the Reader Edition features.

PDF Reading Support

• Read all PDF documents, including any version PDF through 1.7
• Load PDF documents from file or memory
• Text extraction and use of PDF Xpress features to return location and context of text search results. (Extract text from Normal or Searchable Image PDFs then identify text matches using any desired technique. PDF Xpress will provide the context and location of the match phrase.)
• Export PDF annotations to XFDF (XML)
• Access document metadata, bookmarks, and thumbnails
• Render pages to Bitmap, DIB, EPS, or RAW
• Specify render options, including portion of page to render, target resolution, and bit depth
• Render large pages to higher resolution (e.g. for optimized display of large engineering drawings)

PDF Writing Support

• Create a new PDF document, version 1.6
• Add images to a PDF page: TIFF (CCITT G3 1D, CCITT G3 2D, CCITT G4) , JBIG2, PNG, JPEG (sequential or progressive), JPEG 2000, GIF, BMP, RAW
• Create Searchable Image (Image with Hidden Text) PDF - using OCR Xpress with PDF Xpress sample code (PDF Xpress v2 provides the ability to construct an image-over-text PDF, using text output from OCR Xpress, and the associated image compressed by ImagXpress. This enables the developer to create highly compressed image-over-text PDFs, with searchable text.)
• Add, modify, and delete PDF Bookmarks, linking to locations within the document that can be displayed as an outline in Acrobat Reader
• Modify and write document metadata
• Add, replace, or delete thumbnails associated with a page in a PDF document
• Append, insert, move, or delete pages within a PDF document (e.g. to split one PDF file into multiple files, or merge two PDFs together.)
• Import PDF annotations from XFDF (XML) into PDF document
• Save PDF documents to memory or file
• Save Linearized PDF documents for rapid display

PDF Xpress enables developers to load, create, render, modify, and save PDF documents directly from within software applications. Numerous workflow solutions and business functions can be easily automated using simple commands, methods, and properties.

Ease of Use

With PDF Xpress, programmers can render and create PDF documents within minutes after opening the toolkit. It provides easy access to the most common features, rather than requiring detailed knowledge of the 3600-page PDF Library API Reference. Detailed sample programs, industry-leading support, and complete documentation aid your programmers in getting results quickly.

Broad Extensibility

Because it is part of a family of document processing tools, PDF Xpress provides easy access to a wide variety of easily-integrated functionality, using toolkits such as ImagXpress to convert file formats, view documents, manipulate images, display thumbnails of PDF pages, and annotate PDF documents, Barcode Xpress to recognise barcodes, ScanFix Xpress to clean up images, FormFix for form ID, dropout, and OMR, SmartZone ICR / OCR for character recognition, and OCR Xpress for full-page OCR. All of the tools you need to build advanced document solutions are supplied and supported by a single reliable source—Pegasus Imaging.

All copyrights to Pegasus Imaging development kits and software are retained by Pegasus Imaging Corporation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Your use of any of Pegasus Imaging software or runtimes created with Pegasus Imaging software is allowed under license terms granted by Pegasus Imaging. It is the Licensee's responsibility to honour the terms of such license grants.

Licensee is required to purchase one copy of our development kit(s) for each developer.

Licensee is required to obtain the appropriate license agreement prior to deploying applications which contain Pegasus code.

Pegasus Imaging software applications and development tools are limited for use on a single CPU. Any runtimes or copies created must be granted by a direct license from Pegasus Imaging Corporation. These "end user" licenses provide the terms and limits of number and usage.

CLIENT DEPLOYMENTS

You are deploying Pegasus code to one or more client computers. If the application using Pegasus Code is part of a system or process that derives ongoing revenue, see the Service Bureau license model below.

SERVER DEPLOYMENTS

You are deploying Pegasus code to one or more servers. If the application using Pegasus Code is part of a system or process that derives ongoing revenue, see the Service Bureau license model below.

SCANNING SERVICE / PRINTING SERVICE / SERVICE PROVIDER / OUTSOURCE FACILITY / TIME SHARE / KIOSK / FACILITIES MANAGEMENT / APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER (ASP) DEPLOYMENTS

Your company is a Scanning/Printing Service, Service Provider, Outsource Facility, Time Share company, Kiosk, Facilities Management company, or Application Service Provider (ASP) using Pegasus code within your services. Ongoing revenues are derived from the use of Pegasus Code within your service. Bundled pricing options are available if you are deploying more than one Pegasus Imaging product in the same application. Mandatory annual support contracts are required for these deployments.

Please note, if you are upgrading:

UPGRADING DEPLOYED APPLICATIONS WITH A NEWER VERSION OF A PEGASUS PRODUCT WILL INVOLVE ADDITIONAL LICENSING.