Developer Solutions

You need a PDF solution designed from the ground up to get your job done as quickly as possible. A PDF solution that makes you and your output look good with a minimum of effort. A PDF solution trusted by tens of thousands of organizations worldwide.

 activePDF is that solution.

Do you really have the time it would take to become proficient in PDF, or do you just need to meet a deadline providing standards-compliant output? Our developers are experts on the PDF specification and our simplistic interface calls are specifically crafted to get you from point A to point B as quickly as possible. We also understand that development needs change over time. Since all activePDF products have APIs written in both COM and .NET, when underlying server application technology changes. a complete PDF solution re-investment will be unnecessary. We are also hyper-sensitive to product performance and support, which is why activePDF is the only company to be named a Visual Studio Reader's Choice award winner for PDF products seven years in a row.
  
Listen to what other developers are saying and check out why activePDF is consistently ranked the number one brand of Windows® server-based PDF tools on the market.


Why choose activePDF

  • Powerful PDF document conversion tool 
  • Dynamic server-based PDF manipulator
  • PDF conversion from HTML
  • Software management cost reductions
  • Easy IT integration with existing infrastructure
  • Cross-platform compatibility

Functionality

DocConverter  

Meridian  

Portal 

Server 

Toolkit

 WebGrabber

Convert documents to and from PDF

         

Print to PDF from virtually any source

  

 

   

'Print to PDF' from Windows client

  

       

Convert HTML to PDF

          

Manipulate existing PDF files

        

 

Form fill PDFsprogrammatically

        

 

Merge existing PDFs

        

 

Form fill PDFs interactively

    

     

View/Edit PDFs within browser
(no 3rd party viewer required)

    

     


Input Types

Microsoft Office formats
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

         

300 file types to PDF

         

40+ image formats

   

 

PDF

 

 

 

Output from any application's
"Print" command

  

 

   

PostScript, XPS and PCL

      

   

XML (form and annotation data)

        

 

HTML

          


Output Types

PDF

PDF/A

 

   

PDF/X

  

 

   

Word, Excel, PowerPoint

         

RTF

         

HTML

         

Image formats

         

Text

         

XML (form and
annotation data)

        

 


Implementation

Drag and drop file conversion
via watched network folders

         

.NET API

 

COM API

 

Centralized management
of PDF output

 

 

ASP.NET Web Control

    

     

Customizable user interface

    

     


PDF Output Options

Set PDF version

 

Support for 40 and 128-bit
encryption

Support for AES Encryption

        

 

Digitally sign PDFs

        

 

Stamp text / images

   

Intelligent PDF support

       

Create/convert hyperlinks

     

Support for PDF comments
and other annotations

    

 

 

Create/convert bookmarks

 

 

Set PDF metadata