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    Foxit PDF SDK for Web: Basic Forms

    Securely capture, present, move, process, output, update and print information associated with static and dynamic XFA forms. Simplify data sharing, transportation and availability with XFA. Enjoy added functionality to PDF Forms so anyone can open calendar windows to choose dates, submit data easily or encrypt data upon submission to protect personally identifiable information. If forms are hugely important to how you do business, then this add-on is worth investing in.

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    Foxit PDF SDK for Web: Redaction

    Programmatically search and sensor sensitive information in a document for legal or security purposes to keep customer and employee information safe. Achieve full GDPR-compliance with Foxit’s powerful technology. Our redaction module applies annotations to block sensitive information in a document. Only a dark line will show in the place of the content in the front-end and no sensitive data is kept in the meta information. Our technology utilizes a process that ensures redacted material is deleted and the blacked out (redacted) areas become images, stopping someone being able to access the sensitive information underneath.

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    Foxit PDF SDK for Web: Digital Signatures

    A digital signature is a digitally generated representation of a person’s identity through either an image of a persons signature or a computer generated typed signature which verifies a person’s identify and authenticates the contents of a document. In technical terms digital signatures are generated public key encryption that confirms a person’s identity in order to substantiate a document for legal or other purposes. Digital signatures can happen at page or document level depending on regulation and company standards.

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    Foxit PDF SDK for Web: Collaboration

    Enabling multiple people to work on the same PDF is more important than ever before. Not only because of its role in the ‘going paperless’ approach that countless companies are utilizing across the globe, but also because of the benefits to your document workflows and productivity. In a world where streamlining business processes is key, this brings working remotely to the next level, as even though you are not in the same office as a colleague, you can still see the exact same version of a live document as they do. 

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    Foxit PDF SDK for Web: Edit PDFs

    When it comes to editing PDFs, you can change just about anything with PDF SDK. Reorder pages, edit text on the fly, rotate pages and so much more. Take a look at the sample codes below to get started.Page reorder and page rotation Use the snippet below in order to reorder and rotate pages in the viewer.

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    Introducing Foxit PDF SDK 7.6

    Welcome to PDF SDK 7.6! This release comes with lots of new features as well as improvements to performance and bug fixes. Read on below for more information on this update. Highlights: REAL TIME COLLABORATION NOW AVAILABLE FOR WEB PDF PORTFOLIO SUPPORT ADDED HTML TO PDF SUPPORT FOR LINUX (WINDOWS AND MAC TOO!) NEW [...]

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    How PDF SDK’s UX has improved in the Past Year

    We’ve made some major upgrades to the user experience of PDF SDK in the past year. Tasks that used to require you to write a lot of code have now been integrated into the library to better help you with your development. This piece takes a look at some of these product improvements for Foxit. [...]

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    How to Combine PDFs with PDF SDK

    Foxit PDF SDK has the ability to combine or merge multiple PDFs into one. Please use the following sample codes for the different languages below to get started. Simple code for C++ #include "include/pdf/fs_combination.h" ...// SDK has already been initialized successfully. CombineDocumentInfoArray info_array; info_array.Add(CombineDocumentInfo(input_path + L"AboutFoxit.pdf", L"")); info_array.Add(CombineDocumentInfo(input_path + L"Annot_all.pdf", L"")); info_array.Add(CombineDocumentInfo(input_path + L"SamplePDF.pdf", L"")); [...]

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    Introducing Foxit PDF SDK 7.5

    We’re proud to announce Foxit PDF SDK 7.5 to our customers. Our final release of 2020 comes packed with new features, enhancements and further upgrades. Read on below for more information on this update. Highlights: LAYOUT RECOGNITION ENGINE EXTENDED TO MAC AND LINUX (WINDOWS TOO!) NEW WEB SDK FEATURES WEB VIEWER UI ENHANCEMENTS TOOLBAR BUTTON [...]

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    How to use PDF Linearization with Foxit PDF SDK for Web

    PDF linearization is a quick web viewing format which displays pages instantly without having to wait for an entire file to be completely downloaded. To make use of this feature, PDF SDK for Web’s viewer checks at the initialization stage to programmatically detect if it is a linearization document. If it is, the Web viewer uses the fast web view mode (AsyncReaderCallback) to request the data. Otherwise, it follows the normal process mode.

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