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    Hello world – your first PDF application with VB6

    Before we starting this tutorial make sure that you’ve read through the previous tutorial which explains how to get up and running with VB6 and Foxit Quick PDF Library. To begin with add a button to your Standard EXE form called Hello World. Then double-click on the button and in the code view in the VB6 [...]

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    Can I renew my Premium Upgrade Protection?

    A Premium Upgrade Protection Renewal can be purchased by customers who own an active subscription for Premium Upgrade Protection. Customers must renew their subscription within 30 days of the subscription expiring in order to remain eligible. The 12 month subscription period begins on the same day and month as the original purchase date, even if [...]

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    Debenu PDF Viewer SDK
    Foxit MobilePDF SDK
    Foxit PDF SDK
    Foxit PDF SDK 5.3
    Foxit PDF SDK Activex
    Foxit PDF SDK for Web
    Foxit PDF SDK for Web 6.2
    Foxit PhantomPDF Plug-in SDK
    Foxit Premium PDFium
    Foxit Quick PDF Library
    Foxit WebPDF Viewer - Discontinued

    What payment options are available when purchasing Foxit products?

    Foxit products can be purchased using the following payment types: Credit Card PayPal For large payments (greater than $1000) we also offer the opportunity to pay via wire transfer, however, this attracts a 2% fee to handle the processing and transaction costs. Contact our sales team if you would like to pay using this method.

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    Setup VB6 for use with Foxit Quick PDF Library

    This tutorial shows you how to get ready to create your first PDF application with VB6 and Foxit Quick PDF Library. 1. Register the ActiveX DLL The first thing you’ll need to do is register the ActiveX component. Instructions on how to do this can be found on the getting started page for the ActiveX [...]

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    Can I print different pages in a PDF to different paper trays?

    It is not currently possible to print to multiple paper trays or bins using Foxit Quick PDF Library due to the technical constraints of some of the libraries that we use. For Foxit Quick PDF Library users a workaround is possible by implementing the printing job manually using the RenderPageToDOC function and some transformations. This article refers [...]

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    Programmatically convert HTML to PDF

    Foxit Quick PDF Library does not support converting entire HTML documents to PDF, however, it is possible to use a limited set of HTML tags to draw content onto pages in PDF files using the HTML text functions such as DrawHTMLText. This article refers to a deprecated product. If you are looking for support for Foxit [...]

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    Add links to a PDF programmatically

    Adding links to PDF files is simple using the the AddLinkTo* functions available with Foxit Quick PDF Library.

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    Replace text in PDF

    Currently it is only possible to replace simple text that has not been encoded using Foxit Quick PDF Library using the scripting feature which uses Foxit Quick PDF Library behind the scenes. The function that lets you replace text is the ReplaceTag function. Basically, it is possible to replace some text in a PDF file [...]

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    Check to see if PDF is compressed

    There isn’t an easy way to check if a PDF contains compressed elements or not. There is not a PDF wide compression option, instead various different objects and streams in PDF files can be compressed individually, using different compression methods. So if you wanted to determine if a PDF contained any compression at all you [...]

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    Digital signature not visible on page after signing PDF

    When you use the SignFile function to add a digital signature to a PDF it adds an invisible digital signature which is not shown on any of the pages in the document. Instead the digital signature can be viewed by opening the PDF in Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat or another PDF editing application, and clicking [...]

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