Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format originally created by Adobe, to provide a standard form for storing and editing printed publishable documents.
As PDF documents can easily be seen and printed by end-users on a variety of computer and platform types, they are very common deployed on the Internet and are often used as the format of choice when end-users exchange documents via e-mail. PDF files retain the 'look and feel' of the original document with special formatting, graphics, and color intact.
TX Text Control ActiveX allows documents to be saved directly to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), without the need for any further third party software or cumbersome printer drivers.
Using the traditional approach to PDF creation, it is necessary to print a document to a file and then use a PS to PDF converter (such as Adobe Distiller) to convert the print file to a PDF file. While technologically possible, it is a clumsy solution and taxing on the end-user.
TX Text Control ActiveX greatly simplifies the process of creating a PDF file, by offering the end-user a menu entry 'Export as PDF'
Furthermore, as of version 17.0, TX Text Control ActiveX supports digital signatures in Adobe PDF/A documents. Signatures can be created with PFX, DER Cer or Base64 CER certificate files.
This feature is available or partially available in the following TX Text Control ActiveX products:
