PD4ML

What is PD4ML?

Dynamically generate pdf reports, invoices, statements, and other documents in real time from HTML data.

PD4ML is a powerful PDF generation tool that uses HTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) with page layout and content definition format. Written in 100% pure Java, it allows users to easily add PDF generation functionality to end products.

PD4ML is simple but powerful. It is designed so that you can become fast and productive in a few minutes.

The main usage scenarios for PD4ML:

• HTML-to-PDF transformation with a Java tool for standalone Pd4Cmd conversion.
• Using PD4ML in web applications to generate online PDF from HTML, JSP, or ColdFusion templates. To get a PDF output, all you need is to surround your JSP or ColdFusion markup with tags or refer to the markup of an external PD4ML-enabled JSP or Servlet. With PD4ML PHP wrapper, PDF generation functionality can be added to virtually any PHP application.
• Adding PD4ML to desktop Java applications for reporting or for professional-level printing functionality provided by modern PDF viewers such as Adobe and Acrobat Reader.

Automatic PDF generation in the Lotus Notes /Domino environment using the PD4ML-enabled Lotus Java agent.

Overview of the key features of PD4ML

• Convert a URL or HTML string into a PDF file or byte stream.
• Support for internal and external CSS style sheets
• Set the format and orientation of the page in PDF
• Margins of the control page
• Define HTML PDF headers and footers (including images and page numbers)
• Incorpore e use fontes True Type e Open Type.
• Support most Asian, Middle Eastern, European, and Latin character sets
• Generate external and internal hyperlinks
• Control the appearance of the header/footer on selected pages
• Embed media or document attachments

Enable PDF encryption and assign document security restrictions. PD4ML lets you protect your PDF documents with 40-bit / 128-bit encryption. You can disable printing, modifications or extraction of text content, you can lock your PDF with a password.

System Requirements

PD4ML Pro does not support Java runtimes older than v1.4.2. (Update: since v3.x PD4ML Pro supports JDK 1.3.1)

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