PD4ML is a powerful PDF generating tool uses HTML and
CSS as page layout and content definition format. 100%
managed code, it allows users to easily add PDF
generation functionality to end products.

PD4ML is encapsulated in an easy-to-deploy set of DLLs
and it does not rely on any unsafe native components
(like MS IE/Firefox/Mozilla renderer): it is based on
proprietary HTML rendering engine, optimized for PDF
layout generation. The rendering engine implements most
of HTML4/CSS2 standard features plus a number of custom
PDF-generation-specific functions: pagination control,
headers/footers generation, watermarking, TOC
generation etc.

PDF reporting does not require an utilization of
complex report generators anymore. You create an
HTML/ASP based report with images, charts, form
elements and PD4ML does the rest for you.

PD4ML allows you to easily embed word processor
documents, spreadsheets, and rich media content as
attachments to the resulting PDF documents.

Main features:

- Convert an URL or HTML string to a PDF file or byte
stream.
- Set PDF page format and orientation
- Control page margins
- Define PDF headers and footers in HTML (including
images and page numbers)
- Embed and use True Type and Open Type fonts.
- Support most of Asian, Middle-East, European and
Latin character sets
- Generate external and internal hyperlinks
- Control header/footer appearance on selected pages
- Embed attachments
- Switch PDF encryption on and assign document security
restrictions
- Generate PDF bookmarks
- Generate table of contents based on H1-H6 structure
- Customize page background
- Watermark pages
- Override hardcoded document style with additional CSS
style sheets
- Provide basic support for PDF forms

The rich set of features and the robustness of the
managed code makes PD4ML famous as a perfect PDF
generation solution for server-side and desktop
applications.

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