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    How to Build Android and iOS Apps with PDF SDK

    Developing applications for mobile devices is time-consuming. This is especially true when you need to make them work on both Android and iOS. App development is crucial to many businesses and is even more popular than websites in some cases. It’s never been more important for mobile app developers to use tools and SDKs that [...]

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    Big Data and PDF in the Insurance Industry

    Big data plays an important role in decisions that companies make. This applies to a wide range of industries and sectors. And insurance companies are no different. They can increase profits by using the data potential customers provide to them to better provide insurance cover. Identifying trendsBig data enables insurance providers to identify trends among [...]

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    Foxit’s Approach to PDF Security

    Working for Foxit, it’s easy to see how PDF security is always of the highest priority for us. The PDF industry is responsible for over 2 billion digital documents generated each year across every industry. That’s a lot of opportunity for someone with bad intentions to exploit. With continuous upgrades and new technologies added to the [...]

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    How bad Redaction got Paul Manafort caught

    Redaction is crucial for businesses. It ensures that confidential material is not viewed by the wrong people. This applies especially to those operating in the legal, financial, healthcare and governmental sectors, where data security is tightly regulated. We’ve talked about redaction previously. The legal team of Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, knows about this [...]

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    Why you should develop your own PDF Viewer into your DMS

    Working with documents is one of the most fundamental needs of a company. Whether it’s an inventory spreadsheet or a proposed new contract with a big client, these documents need to be available on demand for viewing and editing. But what results from sending out a document that looks different to staff depending on the [...]

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    Introducing Foxit PDF SDK for Web 6.2

    Our last 2018 upgrade of Foxit PDF SDK for Web provides further technical and security improvements. We’ve developed a new encryption API to ensure safe transmission of data between client-browser and server, improved the performance of our code when saving files, expanded the parameters for setting path objects and annotations states, and much more! Added to [...]

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    Our ActiveX viewer gets a major upgrade

    Foxit PDF SDK for ActiveX 5.5 brings exciting functionality to the easy-to-implement ActiveX platform. Along with new UI customization features, PDF SDK for ActiveX page control functionality has been enhanced with support for Bookmarks, giving your users more control over their documents. Highlights Full bookmark support New pencil tool customization options New note annotation customization [...]

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    Foxit PDF SDK React Native Support

    Our React Native component in Foxit PDF SDK for Android and iOS is a long-awaited binary for many developers. Try it today!

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    Foxit PDF SDK Launches New App Development Tool to Save Time and Money for Developers

    Foxit PDF SDK’s new product release provides great new features as well as saves time and money through supporting new development frameworks FREMONT, Calif. – (August 23, 2018)— Foxit Software, a leading software provider of fast, affordable, and secure PDF solutions, today announced the release of Foxit PDF SDK (Software Development Kit) 6.1. This update to [...]

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    Foxit PDF SDK 6.1: More Development Frameworks and Features

    Foxit PDF SDK has full support for frameworks like Kotlin & React Native, as well as for Associated Files & Embedded fonts

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