Mission Viejo, June 15, 2006 - activePDF Inc., a leading provider of PDF creation, conversion and development tools for Windows, today announced that activePDF Toolkit has been honored with a highly-coveted Visual Studio Magazine' s Reader's Choice Award in the "PDF Tools" category. These awards, chosen by the magazine's readers, were announced during the Microsoft TechEd 2006 conference in Boston yesterday and honor exceptional software in 22 development categories.

"What makes the Readers Choice Awards significant is that it is the people who use these products on a daily basis, who use them in the trenches to get work done, that choose the winners," said Patrick Meader, Visual Studio Magazine's editor in chief. "Winning a Readers Choice Award is a vote of confidence from the people who matter most—the people who build the stuff that makes the business world go".

activePDF CEO, Tim Sullivan, added that "we are delighted that activePDF Toolkit has been acknowledged once again this year in the Reader's Choice Awards. Such recognition from customers in the industry is a true honor and the ultimate seal of approval for our evolving product line".

"Visual Studio Magazine's readers are high-level enterprise experts who know that third-party components and tools are essential to successful enterprise solutions," said Jeff Hadfield, vice president of publishing. "Our influential mix of readers—application architects, dev managers and senior enterprise developers—are integral to the buying process in their organizations. For sixteen years, FTP has supported and encouraged Visual Studio components and tools, and we salute this year's entrants and winners".

About activePDF Toolkit
activePDF Toolkit is a scalable, programmable COM object that allows users to dynamically create and manipulate PDF files. With Toolkit's robust API, the automation of virtually any PDF manipulation task becomes possible - users can form-fill, append, stamp, stitch, merge, paint, add watermarks and bookmarks, set form fields, incorporate headers and footers, secure PDFs and much more with this affordable, server-based tool.

About activePDF
activePDF is a leading provider of PDF creation, conversion and development tools, catering to the increasing demand for automated document management practices within today's key vertical enterprise markets. Founded in January 2000, activePDF has since built a substantial market presence with over 13,000 customers and approximately 40,000 server licenses worldwide. Headquartered in Mission Viejo , California , activePDF is privately held and self-funded, with a global distribution network spanning every continent. activePDF clients consist of almost 40% of Fortune and Global 500 organizations, with customers spanning every industry - including IBM, NASA, Harvard University , Warner Bros., Citibank, ACCOR, Siemens, AXA, L'Oreal and Procter & Gamble. More info at: www.activepdf.com.

About Visual Studio Magazine
Visual Studio Magazine , formerly Visual Basic Programmer's Journal , has been a leading independent source for technical information for professional developers working with Microsoft-based toolsets and technologies for almost 15 years.

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