Feature Comparison of PDFlib 7 Products
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basic PDF generation | (all except those listed below) |
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language bindings | C, C++, Java, Perl, Tcl, PHP, Python, Ruby |
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language bindings | Cobol, COM, .NET, REALbasic, RPG | - |
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works on EBCDIC systems | all functions | - |
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password protection and permission settings | PDF_begin_document( ) with userpassword, masterpassword, permissions options | - |
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linearized PDF | PDF_begin_document( ) with linearize option | - |
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minimize PDF file size | PDF_begin_document( ) with optimize option |
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font subsetting | PDF_load_font( ) with subsetting option | - |
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kerning | PDF_load_font( ) with kerning option | - |
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access Mac and Windows host fonts | PDF_load_font( ) | - |
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access system encodings on Windows, iSeries, zSeries | PDF_load_font( ) | - |
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Unicode encoding and ToUnicode CMaps | PDF_load_font( ) with encoding = unicode, | - |
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numeric, character entity and glyph name references | charref option in PDF_fit_textline( ), charref parameter | - |
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proportional glyph widths for standard CJK fonts | PDF_load_font( ) with standard CJK fonts and CMaps | - |
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glyph ID addressing | PDF_load_font( ) with encoding = glyphid | - |
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CJK legacy encodings | PDF_load_font( ) with standard CMaps or CJK code pages |
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glyph replacement | PDF_load_font( ) with replacementchar option |
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extended encoding for PostScript-based OpenType fonts | PDF_load_font( ) | - |
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font properties for Type 3 fonts | PDF_begin_font( ) with options familyname, stretch, weight |
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query font details | PDF_info_font( ) |
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Textflow | PDF_add_textflow(), PDF_create_textflow( ), PDF_delete_textflow( ), PDF_fit_textflow( ), PDF_info_textflow( ) | - |
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table formatting | PDF_add_table_cell( ), PDF_delete_table( ), PDF_fit_table( ), PDF_info_table( ) |
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spot color | PDF_makespotcolor( ) | - |
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color separations | PDF_begin_page_ext( ) with separationinfo option | - |
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form fields | PDF_create_field( ), PDF_create_fieldgroup( ) | - |
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JavaScript actions | PDF_create_action( ) with type=JavaScript | - |
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layers | PDF_define_layer( ), PDF_begin_layer( ), PDF_end_layer( ), PDF_set_layer_dependency( ), PDF_create_action( ) with type=SetOCGState | - |
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multimedia/3D | PDF_load_3ddata( ) and PDF_create_3dview( ), PDF_create_action( ) with type=3D |
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Tagged PDF | PDF_begin_item( ), PDF_end_item( ), PDF_activate_item( ), PDF_begin_document( ) with tagged and lang options | - |
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JPEG2000 images | PDF_load_image() with imagetype=jpeg2000 | - |
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clipping paths in TIFF and JPEG images | PDF_load_image( ) with clippingpathname and honorclippingpath options |
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PDF/A | PDF_begin_document( ) with pdfa option |
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PDF/X | PDF_begin_document( ) with pdfx option | - |
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ICC profile support | PDF_load_iccprofile( ), PDF_setcolor( ) with iccbasedgray/rgb/cmyk, PDF_load_image( ) with honoriccprofile option, honoriccprofile parameter, PDF_begin/end_page_ext( ) with defaultgray/rgb/cmyk option | - |
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CIE L*a*b* color | PDF_setcolor( ) with type = lab; Lab TIFF images | - |
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XMP metadata support | PDF_begin_document( ) with autoxmp option; metadata option in several functions | ||||
OPI support | PDF_load_image( ) with OPI-1.3/OPI-2.0 options | - |
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PDF import (PDI) | PDF_open_pdi_document( ), PDF_open_pdi_callback( ), PDF_open_pdi_page( ), PDF_fit_pdi_page( ), PDF_process_pdi( ) | - | - |
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Query information from existing PDF with pCOS | PDF_pcos_get_number( ), | - | - |
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variable data processing and personalization with blocks | PDF_fill_textblock( ), | - | - |
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PDFlib Block plugin for Acrobat | interactively create PDFlib blocks for use with PPS | - | - |
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