Insights, tutorials, and updates from the Foxit PDF SDK engineering team.
PDF/A was conceived to fill a need for a long-term reproducible document format. Rival formats such as TIFF already existed for archiving purposes, but the content in the document wasn’t searchable. It also generally took up a lot of space due to being lossless. Read on as we give you the insider’s guide to what [...]
What is OCR? OCR is the mechanical or electronic conversion of images, typically scanned documents, into selectable, searchable, and editable text. Good OCR software will allow you to work in multiple languages and scripts without negatively affecting its character recognition accuracy rate. Some typical benefits of OCR include: Ability to search through your documents Faster [...]
The latest Foxit PDF SDK is here! Our brand-new update comes jam-packed with loads of new features, enhancements and further upgrades. Read all about it below. Highlights: OCR ADD-ON PDF COMPARISON ADD-ON PDF COMPLIANCE ADD-ON XFA FORM SIGNATURE UPGRADE FOR MOBILE OCR Add-on The OCR add-on for PDF SDK has huge benefits for your [...]
When your website needs to host forms, collect information, generate order information for invoices and obtain digital signatures for contracts, a web-based PDF SDK is exactly what you need. With Foxit PDF SDK for Web, you can develop a Javascript PDF viewer that opens in a browser so your users no longer need to install [...]
Foxit PDF SDK is now available on NuGet! What is NuGet? NuGet is a free and open-source package manager for the Microsoft development platform. The tool is a very convenient way to install and manage third-party libraries for developers. By using NuGet, you can now import Foxit PDF SDK libraries using a command line [...]
Google recently announced that its official app store for the Android operating system, Google Play, will require 64-bit apps from August 1st, 2019 onward. Many Foxit customers wonder where this leaves them. Read on as we look at the changes Google is implementing and how it affects you. Google’s reason for the big switch [...]
According to research performed by Feldman and Sherman, workers spend 15-35% of their workday searching for information but are successful less than 50% of the time. With more data being collected and turned into useful information than ever before in this “age of information”, being fast and successful in this search is crucial for your [...]
Business workflows are often riddled with inefficiencies. According to research firm IDC, workflow inefficiency costs a business 20-30% of their revenue every year. Companies who still use paper or siloed systems which require a significant amount of manual data entry are common examples of inefficiencies in workflows. Workflows often follow processes for years without any [...]
Foxit PDF SDK is more secure and feature-rich than ever before! Highlights: Documentation Signatures Localization Upgrades to documentation The documentation has been given a major overhaul with updates to our guide tutorials on topics that relate to the SDK API, XFA form filling, Redaction, Signature control and JavaScript. Our framework projects on React Native, Cordova, [...]
We’ve recently developed a new plugin for our mobile framework projects using Google’s Flutter tool. Although a relatively early development tool in the public market, Flutter already powers many large-size applications today and has received great traction on app development since its release in November 2018. If you haven’t heard about Flutter before, grab yourself [...]