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Foxit 10.1

Foxit PDF SDK for Desktop 10.1.0 supports PDF/E and PDF/X standards in preflight checks, enhances the conversion workflows and OCR capabilities with the support of multi-threaded/multi-core processing and additional options, and improves the performance in document optimization and form file import processes. It also adds new APIs in modules like search, image processing, and text processing to deliver a streamlined workflow.

Foxit Conversion SDK 2.1.0 brings enhanced features to PDF2Office and Office2PDF, providing users with a more versatile and efficient document conversion experience. For PDF2Office, users can now convert the restricted PDF files and benefit from additional options to remove trailing spaces from the output, specify Excel workbook settings, and control whether to include images or insert page breaks during conversion. Office2PDF introduces the support for outline conversion in Word2PDF, and offers workbook conversion options in Excel2PDF.

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Build native mobile (iOS, Android) apps with HTML, CSS & JS. Target multiple platforms with one code base on our mobile PDF SDK.

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Develop Android applications using MobilePDF SDK in Kotlin. Designed to work using Java, MobilePDF SDK can easily be integrated into your development process when working with Kotlin.

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Write with or create components using JavaScript code to develop Android and iOS applications using React Native.

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Build and deploy native Android, iOS and Windows apps, using existing skills, teams, and code in C# with MobilePDF SDK.

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Develop a full-fledged PDF Viewer for browser environments, all with Javascript. Migrate from PDF.js and experience native-like performance.

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List of the common problems with licensing and getting a watermark.

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit PDF SDK ActiveX
Sometimes even after licensing Foxit PDF SDK ActiveX you can still get a watermark on your PDF files. The most common problems causing that are described below: License is not applied correctly. Please call UnlockActiveX after ...
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How to use the OnShowSavePrompt?

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit PDF SDK ActiveX
To use the OnShowSavePrompt function in Foxit PDF SDK ActiveX,  follow the guidelines below: Setting bShow=false will disable the prompt when closing the ActiveX. Setting the following will control how the PDF is handled with...
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How to render only a section of a PDF?

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit PDF SDK 5.3
It is possible to render only a section of a PDF with the functionality provided in Foxit PDF SDK. The steps to do that are outlined below: Foxit PDF SDK  Change the parameters of FSPDF_Page_GetMatrix before rendering Go to ...
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How to support non-standard fonts on Foxit PDF SDK?

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit PDF SDK 5.3
To support non-standard fonts on Foxit PDF SDK, follow the steps outlined below: Use the FSCRT_Library_AddFontFile or use FSCRT_Library_SetFontMapperHandler. Create the callback to handle the non-standard font. static FSCR...
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How to modify or add additional functionality/methods to the Android C API demo?

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit PDF SDK 5.3
To handle additional functionality or methods to Foxit PDF SDK Android C API demo, follow the steps below: Go to “samples\ViewerDemo\jni” and review how the implementation on how some of the API are already done.Tip: Look ...
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How to get the text object from a position in a pdf file and change the content of the text object?

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit PDF SDK 5.3
To get text object from a position in a PDF file using Foxit PDF SDK, follow the steps outlined below: Read the PDF file. Load the page and get the page objects in that page. Use FSPDF_PageObjects_GetObjectAtPos to get the ...
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How to extract the highest solution of an image in a pdf file using Foxit PDF SDK?

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit PDF SDK 5.3
The real size of an image object is inside the dictionary of the pdf file, get the image object and then get the dictionary data for the image object. Here is a simple example: FSCRT_PAGE page = NULL; ret = LoadPage(doc, i, &pag...
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Does Foxit WebPDF Viewer support Docker deployments?

Updated 04 April 2017
Foxit WebPDF Viewer – Discontinued
Yes, Foxit WebPDF Viewer supports Docker deployments. A Docker Image for WebPDF Viewer is provided in the Docker Hub public repository: https://hub.docker.com/r/foxitsoftware/webpdf/ Note: This article refers to a deprecated ver...
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Why the length of the string retrieved from interface FSPDF_TextPage_GetChars is different from the count of characters getting from interface FSPDF_TextPage_CountChars?

Updated 26 March 2017
Foxit PDF SDK 5.3
The string retrieved from interface FSPDF_TextPage_GetChars is a UTF-8 string. The interface FSPDF_TextPage_CountChars gets the count of characters in a page. “The length of string” and “the count of characters” are two t...
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