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How do I create an InstanceID in DebenuPDFLibraryLite Lite?

Debenu Quick PDF Library Lite is an ActiveX and so does not require an Instance ID. The Instance ID is only required by the DLL edition of the commercial version of Debenu Quick PDF Library. In addition, you do not need to — indeed, you cannot — call the UnlockKey function when using Quick PDF [...]

The Mail Merge feature in Debenu PDF Aerialist is disabled in the Acrobat plug-ins menu

To use the PDF Mail Merge feature in Debenu PDF Aerialist, you need to open a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat (unfortunately, Debenu PDF Aerialist is not compatible with XFA forms created in Adobe LiveCycle Designer). Once a PDF document with form fields is open, the Mail Merge menu item in Debenu PDF Aerialist will [...]

Debenu Quick PDF Library and Mac Xcode Projects

Several sample projects are provided with the download files for the Dylib edition of Debenu Quick PDF Library for Mac OS X. We recommend that you start your evaluation of Debenu Quick PDF Library on Mac using these sample projects as they provide a useful guide for how to initialise the library inside an Xcode [...]

Programmatically render PDF files in Windows Forms with .NET and C#

Debenu Quick PDF Library can render a PDF as an image so that you can place it in your .NET application. Sample code using C# is provided below. private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Remember to initialize the library and call the // UnlockKey function with your license key before // calling the [...]

Change visibility of link borders in PDF files

Debenu PDF Aerialist, an Adobe Acrobat plug-in, lets you change various link attributes or link properties associated with a link in your PDF. The option for change the properties of existing links is accessible by going to the following menu item in Acrobat ‘Plug-Ins > Debenu PDF Aerialist 11 > Links > Set Link Properties’. [...]

Add visual digital signature to a PDF programmatically

Debenu Quick PDF Library lets you add visual digital signatures to PDF files programmatically with a few simple lines of code. It lets you sign existing signature form fields or will automatically create a signature form field with the name that you specify as part of the signing process. Here is some Delphi sample code [...]

Control the compression of JPG images during conversion to PDF

The quality level of JPG images during conversion can be controlled using the SetJPEGQuality function. A number between 1 and 100 indicating the quality of the image. The higher the value, the better the image quality, but the larger the file size. The lower the value, the smaller the resulting file size, but at the expense [...]

Adobe Reader Extensions / Usage Rights

Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions (also known as Adobe Reader Extensions or Reader Extensions or Usage Rights) enables PDF forms designers, using either Adobe LiveCycle or Adobe Acrobat, to unlock hidden features in Adobe Reader such as the ability to save PDF forms or digitally sign PDFs. The ability to extend Adobe Reader this way is [...]

Programmatically insert pages from one PDF file to another PDF file

There are two different ways that this can be done depending on your exact requirements. I’ve included details of two different scenarios below as well as some sample code. Scenario #1: You want to extract various pages from an existing document (original.pdf) and create a new document (extracted_pages.pdf) that only consists of the extracted pages. [...]

Render a PDF as an image with an asymmetrical DPI

The current rendering engine is set up to use the same DPI setting for both the horizontal and vertical axis. So it isn’t possible to render an image with an asymmetrical DPI, however, it is possible to get the same effect though by stretching the page. Here’s some pseudo code that shows how to do [...]

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