Debenu Releases Version 7.12 Of Its Popular PDF SDK, Quick PDF Library

We’re happy to announce the formal release of Quick PDF Library 7.12 our royalty-free PDF SDK which sports over 500+ functions for use with ASP, ActiveX, VB, VB Script, PowerBASIC, C++, C#, Delphi and more:

“We released Quick PDF Library 7.12 beta for preview in January, 2009 – since then, we’ve been working extremely closely with our customer base to ensure that our final PDF API release is first-class,” stated Karl De Abrew, Debenu CEO. “I’m now pleased to say that this is definitely our best offering to date, and is now an almost limitless PDF toolkit suitable for almost all forms of PDF development.”

Read the full press release here:  Debenu Announces the Release of Quick PDF Library (formerly QuickPDF/Quick-PDF) version 7.12

Posted by Karl De Abrew on March 27, 2009 – 9:27 am | Comments (0)
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Press release: Version 7.12 of the PDF SDK, Quick PDF Library (beta) released

This is an excerpt of a recent press release announcing the release of the beta for Quick PDF Library 7.12.

Debenu, the company behind Benubird PDF Pro, the leading desktop document management tool, today announced the beta release of version 7.12 of the PDF SDK, Quick PDF Library (formerly know as QuickPDF or quick-pdf). “Quick PDF Library was acquired by Debenu in January 2009 from SEDTech, and since then we’ve been working fevershing to add a raft of new features, stated Karl De Abrew, “We believe that this firmly shows our commitment to supporting what genuinely is such an excellent product.”

Read the full press release here: Version 7.12 of the PDF SDK, Quick PDF Libary (beta) released

Posted by Rowan Hanna on March 9, 2009 – 6:59 pm | Comments (0)
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PDFzone.com: Debenu Acquires, Updates QuickPDF Authoring Tool

Decenu CEO, Karl De Abrew, was recently interviewed by Don Fluckinger from PDFzone.com for an article about our recent acquisition, re-development and re-launch of PDF SDK – Quick PDF Library (formerly known as iSEDQuickPDF).

For those wondering whatever happened to ARTS/Nitro/PlanetPDF founder and trade-show icon Karl De Abrew, the answer is: He’s formed a new company, Debenu, which last week announced the acquisition of SEDTech’s QuickPDF, a software development kit that enables developers to write PDF-creation functionality into their applications.

Read the full article here: Debenu Acquires, Updates QuickPDF Authoring Tool.

Posted by Rowan Hanna on March 9, 2009 – 6:35 pm | Comments (0)
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Benubird Pro 1.3.1.2 Released, Includes New PDF Functionality

We’re pleased to announce the release of Benubird Pro 1.3.1.2. This new version of Benubird Pro introduces a number of new features, bug fixes and usability improvements. The full list of new features is included here:

  • Convert any file that can be printed to PDF from within Benubird Pro by right-clicking on it and selecting ‘Convert to PDF’.
  • Convert any file that can be printed to PDF and add it to Benubird Pro automatically in Windows Explorer by right-clicking on it and selecting ‘Add to Benubird Pro as PDF’.
  • Use the ‘Add to Benubird Pro as PDF’ printer driver to create PDFs from any windows application that supports printing.
  • Add, edit or remove properties from PDF files effortlessly. Edit the Title, Author, Subject and Keywords property fields of PDFs.
  • All files added to Benubird Pro are now automatically added to a file repository. This protects files from being accidentally moved or deleted.
  • Files that are opened from Benubird Pro are moved from the file repository to the workspace. This ensures that when you edit a file you have a chance to wind back the changes by choosing not to re-commit the file to the file repository.
  • When exporting fields from Benubird Pro or opening files in the workspace the metadata associated with that file in Benubird Pro is written directly to the file (if that file type supports metadata).

The full press release for this new version can be found here: Debenu Announces the Release of its Personal Document Management Software, Benubird Pro 1.3.1.2.

As always we welcome your feedback on the product — if you experience any problems with the new version or would like to request a feature, visit our support overview page to see the various ways you can communicate with us. Let us know what you think!

P.S. Don’t forget the Benubird Pro sale at Bits du Jour tomorrow. Purchase Benubird Pro for just US$39.

Posted by Rowan Hanna on February 13, 2009 – 4:48 pm | Comments (0)
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Benubird Pro promotion at Bits du Jour

We’re excited to announce that Debenu will soon be featuring Benubird Pro on Bits du Jour, a ‘deal-of-the-day’ website that offers fantastic, one-time discounts on a variety of great products. Bits du Jour will be offering Benubird Pro on Saturday 14 February, 2009 at the dramatically reduced price of $39.00. The normal purchase price for Benubird Pro is $99.00!

Bits du Jour Promotion

If you have any friends or family members who might be interested in Benubird Pro please let them know about this sale. We can’t afford to offer this kind of discount often, and it will only be available on Bits du Jour for a single day. Just tell them to visit www.bitsdujour.com on Saturday 14 February, 2009 to get Benubird Pro for $39.00. If you visit www.bitsdujour.com right now you can click the ‘Notify Me’ button and you’ll be sure not to miss the deal!

The Bits du Jour promotion for Benubird Pro is available at the below URL:

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/benubird-pro/

Posted by Rowan Hanna on February 9, 2009 – 4:32 pm | Comments (0)
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Quick PDF Library (formerly known as iSEDQuickPDF | QuickPDF) acquired by Debenu Pty. Ltd…

We’re (really) very pleased to announce that Debenu has acquired the rights to the Quick PDF Library (formerly known as iSedQuickPDF or QuickPDF) from iSed Software, a business division of SedTech (Pty) Ltd

Background

Quick PDF Library was first released in Q1, 2001 by SedTech and has become one of the most popular libraries for creating, manipulating, and rendering PDF files.

Whilst development slowed considerably over the past few years, we’re happy to say that it’s now under new management. We’ve been feverishly working on a new and updated Quick PDF Library release “behind-the-scenes” bringing version 5.11 to 7.12

How to purchase

Customers who purchase the existing version 5.11 after Feb 3, 2009, will be entitled to receive a free upgrade to version 7.12 when it is released in mid-to-late Q1.

What’s new

Whilst full details on the 7.12 release are yet-to-follow, a number of the immediate updates are…

Major changes since 5.11:

  • support for Japanese fonts
  • links to embedded files
  • object caching in DA functions

Minor changes:

  • content stream parsing changes
  • support for color constants in html text
  • metafile world scaling
  • png transparency
  • array parsing improvements
  • tiff parsing improvements
  • implementation of simple truetype rasterizer

Upgrades and promotions

A low-cost upgrade will be provided for existing 5.11 users, details to follow…

A promotional discount from US$349 to US$249  is running for customers who purchase version 5.11 after Feb 3, 2009 until March 1, 2009 — using the coupon code of UNRIVALEDPDF, and a free upgrade to version 7.12 will be provided.

We’d love to hear from you — please send any questions through to the Debenu Team

Posted by Rowan Hanna on February 1, 2009 – 10:54 pm | Comments (0)
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Download PDF Properties Changer And Edit PDF Properties For Free

To kick off the new year in style we have decided to release a free new tool called PDF Properties Changer which lets you add, edit and remove properties (or metadata if you prefer that term) from PDF files. We have been using it for a while now internally and have found it saves us quite a bit of time. Instead of going through the process of opening a PDF (and waiting while the PDF viewer opens) just so that you can edit the PDF’s properties, now you can simply right-click on the PDF and select ’PDF Properties Changer > Edit PDF Properties’ to begin editing immediately. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a… you get the idea.

Features:

  • Edit the Title, Author, Subject and Keywords property fields of PDFs.
  • Edit the properties of multiple PDFs at the same time.
  • Standalone application — it does not require Adobe Acrobat or any other software to work.
  • Extremely easy-to-use and quick to load.

Visit PDFPropertiesChanger.com to download this free tool.

Posted by Rowan Hanna on January 7, 2009 – 5:50 pm | Comments (2)
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Benubird Pro Mentioned In The Financial Review

Last month Benubird Pro was mentioned in The Financial Review. It’s a paid subscription service so we can’t share the entire article with you, but here’s what the writer, Peter Moon, had to say about Benubird Pro specifically:

Take document properties, for instance. A team that learns what they are and uses them carefully can turn a Word jumble into a knowledge base. They tag files with data about authors, subjects, dates and keywords. Using a slick, inexpensive file management tool called Benubird from www.debenu.com, document properties allow a Word library to be organised, searched, arranged into virtual folders, monitored for additions and archived. But all depends on sensible use of an existing Word feature.

Peter really hit the nail on the head. Microsoft really underutilized document properties on the Windows platform. Document properties instantly make your files more intelligent, making it easier to manage them and find them in the future. Most importantly it means that you don’t have to rely a messy and out-dated folder hierarchy to organize files.

Posted by Debenu on November 27, 2008 – 5:40 am | Comments (0)
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Digital Documents – a blog with an electronic document theme

You may have already noticed — but just in case you haven’t — Karl and I have been writing at a blog called Digital Documents for the past few months. It’s a blog with an electronic document theme that covers a whole range of relevant technologies and concepts from PDF, XML, XPS, Flash to eBooks, hardware, electronic reading devices, digital document viewers and the paperless office.

All of which are of course relevant to the work we’re doing with Benubird Pro, a desktop file management tool.

You might be interested in some of the recent posts we’ve published at Digital Documents:

Posted by Rowan Hanna on October 26, 2008 – 7:13 am | Comments (1)
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Need A Good Personal Document Management Solution?

I recently came across a blog post from a person who was looking for a good personal document management system. Their requirements were pretty simple:

  • File away scans or pdfs in an organized directory structure.
  • Tag each scan or pdf with searchable metadata and comments.
  • Archive everything off to a server or storage media easily.
  • Runs on Mac OSX
  • Intuitive, simple user interface
  • Basic set of features (no bloatware)
  • Reasonable cost ($200 or less), or free
  • Good documentation/tutorials
  • Good customer support

This is essentially what we are trying to provide for Windows computer users. A quality document manager for the average computer user who just wants an easy solution for managing their electronic documents. A solution that provides all of the necessary features, without moving into bloatware territory, and most importantly, keeps it simple — so there’s no learning curve required.

Managing your documents shouldn’t be hard, it should be really, really simple.

Download a free 14 day trial of Benubird Pro today.

Posted by Rowan Hanna on October 26, 2008 – 6:49 am | Comments (1)
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