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Where is the Quick PDF Library forum located?
Create duplicate checkbox form fields with different export values
Library finds extra form field that doesn’t exist
Signing and Encrypting Issue
Unit QuickPDF0724 was compiled with a different version of Printers.TPrinter
Printing PDF with font PMingLiU or MingLiU
Is Quick PDF Library compatible with Delphi 2009?
How do I create an InstanceID in Quick PDF Library Lite?
C++ Builder and ActiveX
I digitally signed a PDF, but I can’t see the signature in the document?
Compression of JPG image when using
I want to use Quick PDF Library with VFP9 (VISUAL FOX PRO 9.0), is this possible?
Fields with LiveCycle
Resampling a PDF to reduce file size
Removing blank pages when using AddImageFromFile and Multipage TIFF
How do you find if a PDF is compressed or not?
PDF colouring boxes in a layer
Thumbnail View and Drag&Drop?
how to add a header comprising of a logo and a passed text to each page of an existing pdf file
Replacing Text in PDF
Can Quick PDF Library print PDF forms that use XFA form fields?
Signing PDF with a Smartcard
Rendering PDF - are gradients supported?
numeric form fields
Reset owner password
How can I programatically find out if text is inverted or rotated?
determining how many lines will fit inside of a form field
IIS crashes when application calls GetWrappedText()
Printed PDF turns black.
How do you make all text black?
Extract text by character
How do I retrieve all URLs and related text from a PDF?
Adobe Reader Extensions / Usage Rights
I have an old version of Quick PDF Library. ISED.DLL and ISED.TLB have dates from March 2004. I am now having problems merging PDFs that I think were created using Acrobat 9. Is there a known problem with this?
how to change text in pdf without creating new pdf
Can Quick PDF Library print existing PDF files to an installed printer?
Add TIFF image to PDF
How can I set an optional content group to behave as radio buttons?
Can’t do imposition due to \Rotate command in source PDF
Bold character problem
Can Quick PDF Library be used as a printer driver?
Text extraction functions - why so many?
EncodePermissions - CanAssemble?
Multi-page PDF form not printing values
How do I get Quick PDF icons to appear in Excel?
Can I create linearized PDF (fast web view) files with Quick PDF Library?
Can QuickPDF work with Acrobat 9/10 PDF files?
I have to open a file, make changes and save it as new or same file?
How can I get text in a text block and its bounding rectangle?
Getting Image information: Page, X/Y Location?
Do you have problems with missing text, images and shapes or inverted and backwards text?
Searchable PDF from TIFF images
Drawtext in the Center of the page?
QuickPDF function to open pdf file.
Clearing memory?
Hiding or deleting a form field does not seem to work.
How do I arrange pages after extracting them with the ExtractFilePages function?
Does Quick PDF Library support 64-bit machines?
What is the default page size for a new page?
What is the default measurement unit for the drawing functions?
What is an outline?
How do I use the ActiveX edition of Quick PDF Library with Delphi?
Does Quick PDF Library support right-to-left languages?
Can I use Quick PDF Library with PHP?
Why can’t Direct Access and standard functions be used together?
What is the role of QuickPDF.org?
Is Quick PDF Library compatible with Delphi 2007?
Load PDF from blog field in SQL Server 2008
Delphi 3 PDF component
Check to see if a PDF has been tagged
Is 256-bit AES encryption supported?
How does the ReplaceTag function work?
Is Java supported? If not, will it?
Sign PDF file with SmartCard
Which functions have been renamed?
Support for Windows Device Context?
Device Context & StartPage()
Is there any support for PDF Portfolio’s?
Enable for commenting and analysis in Adobe Reader
Preview, fill and print tax PDF forms created in Adobe LiveCycle
Compatible within 64-bit environment if the project is target to an x86
Create a single multipage TIFF from a multipage (scanned) PDF file
Manually check to see if a font can be embedded or not
Apply multiple digital signatures to a PDF
Can I use Quick PDF as a viewer in my C++ application?
Can I use Quick PDF to render to GTK Device Context?
Does Quick PDF support adding Chinese characters into PDF files?
What functions can I use to add a link to an external video?
How are PDFs displayed?
Easily switching between versions with the Delphi edition
Add text at the point of click on a rendered PDF
Problem converting TIFF image to PDF using Delphi
Change the Base URL property
Add Form Field for Digitial Signature to Existing PDF on Last Page
Check to see if printing was successful
Vector Graphics for extremely large files.
Are Optional Content Groups and Layers the same thing?
Redact information from a PDF
Problem loading single page TIFF using AddImageFromFile
Convert scanned PDF files to BMP images
Developing application with Visual Studio 2005. What operating systems are supported?
Support for PDF to TIFF conversion?
Capture a page from a document and draw it onto another page
Problems removing usage rights from a PDF form
PDF/A-1 conformance
Use Delphi Edition with Borland C++ Builder 5?
Render a PDF document and include editable form fields
CodeGear C++ builder 2007
Are PNG images supported?
Generate a dynamic table of contents
Problems setting text size when using DrawText
HTML to PDF conversion
Is the Quick PDF Library compiler independent?
hebrew in form fields
Delphi 4 and Delphi 5
What happens if the library is not unlocked correctly?
File Attachments
Check DPI of image in PDF and adjust resolution if it is greater than 150 DPI
Create internal links from the PDF TOC to the start of the relevant chapter
ExtractFilePages function creates a blank pdf
Extract Text from PDF / create new PDF from extract information
Generating a PDX for pdf files
Is there a way to use a background color other than white when rendering a PDF?
Error Message: There was an error opening this document. This file is already open or in use by another application
Is it possible to save PDF content to a XML File using Quick PDF?
Support for FDF (forms data format)
Bit depth of pdf to image
The device context returned from the GetCanvasDC does not respond to GetDeviceCaps queries?
What is the difference between Layers and Optional Content Groups (OCGs) in Quick PDF Library?
Add reference to dll file within Visual Basic 2008
compressing pdf files
merge two pdf’s with 1.5 page to 3 page
Create my own PDF printer driver with it’s own name
Does Quick PDF Library output to PDF/X1a-2001 and PDF/X3-2002?
How do I redistribute, from a techincal point of view
When drawing text from a Windows device context DC how is the text handled?
Merge Optional Content Groups (OCGs)
Reduce File Size
Can’t get size information.
Why has the named changed from iSEDQuickPDF to Quick PDF Library?
How to place image without Background
Converting a Visual FoxPro report to PDF File
How do I read a text print file and create a new PDF
Can Quick PDF Library convert PCL to PDF?
Clip text to a rectangle
Why is my PDF so big?
Is Quick PDF Library compatible with Delphi 2010?
NewCustomPrinter is changing printer name incorrectly
Embed Audio File
How to set the Font Size and Type in a Drop-Down Form Field?
PDF/A release date
Is quick PDF compatible with VB6?
Rendering Annotations
Signature date/time are from the clock on the signer’s computer
Digital Signature: .p7c instead of .pfx file
Is it Possible to merge multiple tif files to one tif file with your library?
AddLinkToPage position
Is it possible to change font for existing pdf file?
File size increases after using CombineLayers
Stop flickering when rendering with Qt
How do I encode a string with UTF8 encoding?
Problem Setting FontFlags
Ms Access 2007 Report to PDF
SetOrigin( 1 ) is sometimes bottom left instead of top left. Why and how can I know in advance?
UTF-8 Codepage List
Is it possible to get CMYK or spot colour separations from the PDF as tifs?
If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document.
Font Naming error
How are Unicode characters handled with the ActiveX, DLL and Delphi editions of the library?
Problems Writing Multipage Tiff to PDF
Which functions have been deprecated and deleted?
Importing existing print ready pdf templates
Merge variable data with PDF forms
Print PDF - spool file size
Layer Attributes
Printing page by page
Changing the printer capability
Can we remove specific image from a PDF using QPL?
Active X component can’t create object
Adding PRC unicode strings into Quick PDF
Drawing into DC - scaling problem.
Must I re-compile after I upgrade Quick PDF Library’s ActiveX component?
I want to draw an image onto a PDF, but the page size is in millimeters and the image size in pixels, so how do I draw the image to scale?
PageWidth difrent from DAGetPageWidth
How do I add an image and make it transparent
PNG image in PDF has PNG prediction with differing /BitsPerComponent
Visual Objects 2.6 / 2.7
How can I specify which font I want to use when creating tables in a PDF?
Setting Magnification to “Fit Visible” using SetOpenActionDestination
How can I detect PDFs that have text-searchable content vs. image-only PDFs?
How can I detect color PDFs vs. black and white?
Is it possible to OCR an existing PDF without changing the image content?
Can GetPageText access hidden text layer of searchable PDF
Support for Rich Media Such as Flash
C++ PDF Library
Can I use the MergeFileList function with one or more encrypted files?
Recompose splited images after image extraction.
How do I initiate the Delphi Edition of Quick PDF Library when using a Delphi IDE?
How can I change the Tiff compression when exporting from PDF?
Headers, Footers and Variable Length Body
What’s a filelist?
Adding Forms Fields Over Shapes
Filling PDF form fields with AUTO font
PDFs printed with QuickPDF lose bold style
DAAppendFile and DASaveAsFile
Rotated pages do not print?
Detect empty pages
CDS signing USB
How do I get the width and height of text that’s already in a PDF?
Use QuickPDFLite with VB6 to decrypt pdf file
Problem with setting multiple copies with SetupCustomPrinter
Using with C# in VS 2008
PDFRotatePage - Rotating in increments problem
Can I get the loading progress of a very big PDF document?
AddImageFromFile is too slow while reading tiff images
About GetAnnotDest, GetActionDest
Do I need Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat installed to use your PDF SDK?
How do I mimic the Adobe zoom options: Actual Size, Fit Page, Fit Width, Fit Visible ?
Nested OCG Groups
How can I split pages by bookmarks?
Clearing memory
How to transform PDF file in …
SVG to PDF conversion
Is Quick PDF Library compatible with Delphi XE?
Text select tool- possible?
ExtractPages and FormFieldCount
Do I need to install the quick pdf library and run regsvr32 to register the dll everytime I install my VB 2008 application.
Render page as inline JPG/JPEG in browser
Does QuickPDF support use of digital certificates in Windows CAPI store?
Pushbutton Action
UTF8 DrawText Delphi7
Database lookups
Is it possible to extract text from a page area with QuickPDF?
draw html text with hebrew
Rotate and scale image
What file types can be embedded in a PDF?
RenderPageToDC and resolution
Where can I find the latest PDF reference?
MS Document To PDF
Contents not visible
NewPages function doesn’t work as described inthe Reference Guide
Problem opening pdf after MergeFileListFast
Signing and Encrypting
What is a coordinate?
Place object to background
Inverted image - AddImageFromFile and DrawImage
How to remove Embedded Font?
How can I get a bounding box (coordinates) for a text object?
RenderPDFToVariant in VB6 ?
What HTML tags does the DrawHTMLText function recognize?
barcode datamatrix rotate clockwise anti-clockwise
Supported Languages…
Info about DARenderPageToString function
Determine File Size
How do I create PDF forms with Quick PDF Library?
making scanned pdf
Verify a signature
How To Get Selected Value From Drop Down List?
Embed HTML Javascript Code into the PDF
What is a pushbutton?
Is Quick PDF Library thread-safe?
DocJavaScriptAction function: Need Help [urgent]
Why is there a 255 character limit for JavaScript strings in the FormFieldJavaScriptAction function?
Cannot Get An Instance to PDFLibrary Instantiated Using Vb.net (ASP.NET)
Verify a added Signature in PDF
How does the FormFieldCount function work?
Does quickpdf library support searching and highlighting japanese texts in a pdf file?
Exceptions in COM Version?
DataMatrix Symbol “ModuleSize”
Text extraction from landscape pdf
Form Field Required
What paper size values can be used with the SetupCustomPrinter function?
Replace an Image
GetFormFieldType returns 7?
creating fdf file
Form Field DateTime Numeric
Is there a community support forum for Quick PDF Library?
Is arabic Language supported
Undo Drawing or delete drawing
Is QuickPDF compatible for Powerbuilder 10.5?
Where can I find the Quick PDF Library function reference?
Any plans for QR Codes?
MS Access 2010 64 bit with VBA
Merge limitations
Where can I find code samples for Quick PDF Library?
Why is font not embedded when using AddSubsettedFont?
Javascript access form fields
Add links to a PDF
Get Field Info in Visual Basic 6