Home » Wordbook » PDF SDK

PDF SDK

The SDK portion of the term PDF SDK is an acronym and stands for Software Development Kit. It refers to a set of tools which may be utilized for software development to use the functionality of another software, an operating system, hardware, etc. Therefore, PDF SDK is a development toolkit which helps easily implement PDF document creation in third-party software.

Normally, PDF SDK uses the COM-interface providing control of the software kernel to create PDF documents directly out of an application. This is done with the help of a series of methods that are called out of different programming environments.

Universal Document Converter is one of the PDF printer drivers offering, a PDF SDK.

See also: Document Storage, Electronic Document (Workflow) Management, Fax Printer.

  • Arthur Rabatscher

    Arthur Rabatscher

    AR-Soft Widnau GmbH, Switzerland

    «On a Delphi-Developer-Homepage we found an example how to convert Word- or Excel Documents into PDF. Within this source code the use of the OCX of the Universal Document Converter was shown. This was the easiest way, how we could convert all kinds of documents into the PDF Format.»