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Foxit PDF SDK for Desktop 11.0.0

Foxit PDF SDK for Desktop 11.0.0 features significant enhancements in security, compliance, OCR capabilities, PDF optimization, and platform adaptability for efficient document rendering and management. Highlights include document sanitization, thread safety mechanisms, and transparency handling for enhanced security and compliance; advanced control over layers, annotations, dynamic color, and screen DPI scaling for superior rendering experience; smarter OCR with direct format conversion, processing mode controls, and process termination callbacks; superior PDF optimization with optimized handling of scanned documents, image compression, quality control, font management, and space audit; and broader platform adaptability with new Go programming language support and expanded architecture coverage for Python and .NET platforms.

Foxit PDF Conversion SDK 3.0

PDF2Office adds Go programming language support for Linux x32/x64 platform, and upgrades the Python library to make it compatible with Python 3.11 and subsequent micro versions. Office2PDF now supports Linux system platforms. The online conversion demo supports parameter configurations and selections. This new version also enhances the recognition of various elements such as text paragraphs, border tables, and headers/footers, optimizes the font loading method, and supports vertical paragraph alignment for drawing objects, all aimed to deliver better conversion results.

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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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Kotlin

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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WebPDF.JS

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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