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eDocEngine VCL is a comprehensive e-document creation component suite for Delphi™ and C++Builder®. eDocEngine can create documents in clipboard, PDF, RTF, HTML, XHTML, EXCEL, TEXT, CSV, Quattro Pro, LOTUS 1-2-3, DIF, SYLK, TIFF, PNG, SVG (XML-based vector graphics), JPEG, GIF, BMP, EMF and WMF formats. eDocEngine ships with ready-to-use Report-Export interfaces that tightly integrate with popular Delphi reporting tools such as ReportBuilder, FastReport, Rave, QuickReport, and Ace Reporter. Using eDocEngine Report-Export interfaces, you can directly export reports to PDF and other formats without having to write any code.
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IDEs supported by the Professional edition are mentioned below.
| Version | Delphi | C++Builder |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Yes (only with source) | No (Use v2.5.1) |
| 6 | Yes | No (Use v2.5.1) |
| 7 | Yes | NA |
| 2005 | Yes | NA |
| 2006 | Yes | Yes |
| 2007 | Yes | Yes |
| 2009 | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | Yes | Yes |
| XE | Yes | Yes |
| XE2 | Yes | Yes |
For Delphi 5 Users: Because of maintenance issues, Delphi 5 is supported only if you purchase eDocEngine with source code. As the demo (trial) version of eDocEngine does not contain full source code, it may not work with Delphi 5. However, eDocEngine purchased with source code will work in Delphi 5.
Please provide your name and e-mail address so that we can send you information related only to your download. You will not be contacted for any other purpose. We will not give your e-mail address to anyone else in any situation.
Trial versions have the following limitations.
Features provided by various editions of eDocEngine VCL are listed here. (For system requirements, click here.)
| Features By Category | ||
| General Features and I/O Support | ||
| Advanced Features / Generic Document Creation Support | ||
| 3rd-Party / Reporting tools Support | ||
| File Formats Support | ||
| PDF Document / Forms Creation Support | ||
| RTF, HTML, XHTML Creation Support | ||
| Excel, Spreadsheet Creation Support | ||
| General Features and I/O Support | Professional | |
| 100% TCanvas, Windows® GDI functions | ||
| Include all content element types [Text, Image, Shape…] (where supported) | ||
| Add rotated text and Images (where supported) | ||
| Save to file and memory stream | ||
| Page Producer component to automatically write to HTTP Response | ||
| Set master unit of measurement [inch, cm…] | ||
| Automatically open document after creation | ||
| Automatically email document after creation | ||
| Convert metafiles retaining vector graphics | ||
| Sharable settings component | ||
| Save and Restore engine settings | ||
| Page setup | ||
| Choose from pre-defined paper | ||
| Set custom paper sizes | ||
| Advanced Features / Generic Document Creation Support | Professional | |
| Run-time Setup Dialogs enhanced for greater ease of use and appearance. | ||
| Email options in setup dialog and accessible from Object Inspector for one-step export-email. | ||
| Output whole paragraphs with single command | ||
| Include RichText as RichText | ||
| RichText rendering support as a standard procedure (DrawRichText). All content supported by TRichEdit can be rendered | ||
| Unicode support added for text rendering | ||
| Table drawing functions, with full control | ||
| Table drawing - word wrap support for Title Row for each column | ||
| Auto pagination for text output as single line and paragraphs | ||
| Support for Variables / Place holders for Text rendering. Built-in and user-defined variables supported. Built-in variables include Page#, Total Pages, Date and Time. | ||
| Automatically parse and activate URLs: ftp://, http://, email, file:// | ||
| Header/Footer control | ||
| Store document information (where supported) | ||
| Insert backgrounds - image and text | ||
| Insert watermarks and stampings (insert any type of content element - metafile, image, text, including combination of elements) | ||
| 3rd-Party / Reporting tools Support | Professional | |
| Auto alignment of text for Excel export. New properties ApplyAlignment and MultiPass provide greater control. | ||
| Word wrapping of cell text for Excel export. New property WordWrap controls option. | ||
| Optimized image rendering: Storing a reused image only once in the PDF using OnEncodeGraphic and OnEncodeGraphicDone events. Greatly reduces file sizes when images are repeated. | ||
| QuickReport Export | ||
| ReportBuilder Export | ||
| FastReport Export (FR v2.x and above) | ||
| Rave Reports Export | ||
| AceReporter Export | ||
| GmPrintSuite Export | ||
| TRichView Export | ||
| ThtmlViewer Export | ||
| Express Printing System Export | ||
| TMS Grid Export | ||
| WPTools WPRichText | ||
| ScaleRichView Export | ||
| File Formats Support | Professional | |
| Other Document Formats: RTF, HTML, XHTML | ||
| Excel | ||
| Other Spreadsheet and Text Formats: Quattro Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, DIF, SYLK, Text and CSV | ||
| TIFF, PNG, SVG | ||
| Other Graphic Formats: JPEG, GIF, BMP, EMF, WMF | ||
| Windows® Clipboard | ||
| PDF Document / Forms Creation Support | Professional | |
| Full Unicode support | ||
| Support for all non-Latin languages and mixed language strings | ||
| Support for right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Farsi or Hebrew in all bidirectional text modes (in TBiDiMode) | ||
| Automatic font mapping and compact subset embedding of fonts | ||
| TrueType font embedding modes - full, subset, and no embedding | ||
| Specify PDF compression settings | ||
| Store images as zipped bitmap and JPEG | ||
| Specify document information properties | ||
| Vertical text rendering | ||
| Insert large JPEG image files directly into the PDF document | ||
| Insert all types of Annotations: FreeText, Line, Square, Circle, Highlight, Underline, Squiggly, StrikeOut, Stamp, Ink. | ||
| File Attachment: Support for attaching any type of external file to the created PDF. | ||
| Set any type of Action to links/annotations: GoToR, Launch, Named, JavaScript. | ||
| Support for inserting Custom Document Information. Write XMP metadata of document to insert custom document information and make it accessible to applications that support XMP. | ||
| Support for actions on Document and Page events. JavaScript actions can be associated with document and page events such as Open, Close, Print, Save. | ||
| Support for associating all actions with annotations, bookmarks, and document and page events. | ||
| Secure with password using 40bit and 128bit Encryption | ||
| Set bookmarks with unlimited nesting levels | ||
| Add Text Note, Link and Widget Annotations | ||
| Add thumbnails | ||
| JavaScript Actions | ||
| Set viewer preferences | ||
| Interactive Forms creation (also known as AcroForms) | ||
| Interactive Forms - button actions for Submit and Reset | ||
| Interactive Forms - custom JavaScript button actions | ||
| Interactive Forms - submission format as HTML, FDF, XML | ||
| RTF, HTML, XHTML Creation Support | Professional | |
| RTF: Store images as PNG, JPEG, Metafile and BMP | ||
| HTML, XHTML: Store images as PNG, JPEG, GIF and BMP | ||
| Set tabs and output text at tab positions | ||
| Automatically parse and hyperlink URLs | ||
| Include images in binary encoding to reduce file size | ||
| HTML, XHTML: Build Table of Contents page | ||
| HTML, XHTML: Include page navigator with First, Prior, Next, Last and TOC links | ||
| HTML, XHTML: Set graphic and text based navigator buttons | ||
| HTML, XHTML: Set page to AutoScroll | ||
| Excel, Spreadsheet Creation Support | Professional | |
| Formula support (in Excel) | ||
| Store images as Metafile and BMP | ||
| Access individual cells to place content | ||
| Create workbooks with unlimited worksheets | ||
| Set row spacing and column spacing | ||
| Set individual column widths | ||
Please ensure that your systems meets these requirements.
| Version | Delphi | C++Builder |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Yes (Only with source) | No (Use v2.5.1) |
| 6 | Yes | No (Use v2.5.1) |
| 7 | Yes | NA |
| 2005 | Yes | NA |
| 2006 | Yes | Yes |
| 2007 | Yes | Yes |
| 2009 | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | Yes | Yes |
| XE | Yes | Yes |
| XE2 | Yes | Yes |
For Delphi 5 Users: Because of maintenance issues, Delphi 5 is supported only if you purchase eDocEngine with source code. As the demo (trial) version of eDocEngine does not contain full source code, it may not work with Delphi 5. However, eDocEngine purchased with source code will work in Delphi 5.
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| 6-10 | 15% |
| 11-20 | 20% |
| 21 and above | 25% |
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Native support for mixed language text, right-to-left languages and bi-directional writing modes.
Learn how to use the clipboard engine.
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Do you want to easily get better Excel output when creating Excel documents using eDocEngine? This article gives you some tips that you can use to make the generated Excel documents look better, be more useable and readable.
Does your ReportBuilder report contain logos in the page header / footer that repeat on every page? Do you wish to store only a single copy of the logo when you export the report to PDF and greatly reduce your PDF file size? This article will illustrate how to achieve this using Gnostice eDocEngine VCL along with Gnostice ReportBuilder Export Interface.
Would you like to add navigational features to PDF documents exported from your reports? This article will give you a startup on how to do this using eDocEngine VCL.
Are embedded TrueType fonts consuming too much file size in the PDF files you create? How about embedding fonts selectively - only the ones you need to. Here is the trick to do just that!
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