RAD PDF Beta Now Public & PDFescape Firefox 3.5 Compatible

The ASP.NET PDF Viewer & PDF Editor, RAD PDF is now in public BETA. This initial release features a number of updates over the initial private BETA releases including the new bookmark and url / page annotation support.

With the release of Firefox 3.5, PDFescape, the free PDF editor and PDF form filler, has been updated to support this new release of the extremely popular open source browser.

Bookmarks And Links Support In PDFescape

We are proud to announce that our free pdf editor and pdf form filler, PDFescape now supports PDF bookmarks as well as PDF links!

Now an even more complete PDF viewer than ever, PDFescape makes navigating and using PDF files without an installed PDF reader even easier.

PDF editor with bookmark and link support

Files opened in PDFescape will now display bookmarks on the left hand side in the Bookmarks tab, providing an outline of the PDF file.

Hyperlinks embedded in the document can be clicked and viewed as well. Like other security conscious PDF viewers, PDFescape will warn you when clicking a link to prevent you from visiting a site which you did not intend to click on.

For users who need more room to edit their PDF documents, clicking the highlighted tab (be it the thumbnails or bookmarks) will allow minimizing of the left side toolbars.

This update is the first in a series to further grow the features and functionality of PDFescape as they are prepared for integration into our new ASP.NET PDF viewer and editor, RAD PDF.

RAD PDF - PDFescape In ASP.NET

We are proud to announce the private BETA release of RAD PDF, the latest addition to the PDFescape product family. Derived from the same code as PDFescape, RAD PDF contains almost all the features of our incredibly popular online free PDF editing service.

RAD PDF is a commercial ASP.NET component which facilitates the display and editing of PDF files in the your web application, just like PDFescape.



If you are interested in enrolling in the private BETA program for RAD PDF, please contact CTdeveloping.

Qualifying developers / web application development companies should be prepared to sign an NDA.

Client Requirements

  • A JavaScript Capable Browser
  • An Active Internet Connection
That's it! Just like PDFescape, RAD PDF does not require Adobe Reader, Flash, or any other client side software or add-ins.

Server Requirements

  • Windows 2003 / 2008 Server (with IIS and MSMQ installed)
  • ASP.NET 2.0 / 3.0 / 3.5
  • SQL Server 2005 /2008 Express / Workgroup / Standard / Enterprise

PDFescape Now Supports Unicode

We are proud to announce that the free PDF editor and free PDF form filler, PDFescape, now supports Unicode characters, enabling users of PDFescape around the world to edit and form fill PDF files with ease.

When in the PDFescape interface, simply select the Arial font and all of the 38,911 Unicode characters are at your finger tips!

Free PDF Editor Supports Unicode

With this enhancement, we that users everywhere will make PDFescape their first choice for PDF editing and PDF form filling.

Update:
We have a Press Release up for this major update:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/free-pdf-editor/free-pdf-form-filler/prweb2388294.htm

Free PDF Form Filling Improved

PDFescape, the free PDF editor, now supports radio, list box, and drop down (combo box) form fields, in addition to the text field and check box field types already supported.

Filling PDF Forms in PDFescape

New files opened on PDFescape will automatically support these types of form fields.

PDFescape not only makes it easy to edit PDF files, but also allows its users to fill out PDF forms quickly and completely.

As always, this update to PDFescape is free of charge.

Append & Merge PDF Files, Free

PDFescape, the free PDF editor, now supports the ability to merge and append a file to the end of the open PDF document. With a PDF file open, simply click the PAGES tab, and select Append PDF.

Append PDF Files Using Free PDF Editor

In the pop up dialog, simply select the file from your computer which you wish to append to the end of the open PDF. Then click OPEN.

When the new append feature is used in conjunction with the existing page reorganization tools, PDFescape can compile and prepare for presentation just about any set of PDF documents.

PDFescape continues to provide even more advanced PDF editing features, free of charge.

Additionally, while waiting on Mozilla to review our latest update to the PDFescape Extension, users can download a new, updated version here.

Casual users of PDFescape have been finding this new version much more useful as instead of directly taking you to PDFescape to edit your PDF file, users are now prompted.

Concerned About PDF Security? Use PDFescape!

With all of the PDF security warnings being posted around the internet, many PDF users are wondering what the safest course of action really is. Uninstall Adobe Reader? Uninstall all PDF software?

For concerned users, PDFescape, the free PDF editor, is an excellent choice as your PDF reader! The Adobe security flaw is specific to the way in which Adobe handles its JavaScript (a common scripting language which allows PDF forms to have advanced features such as form field formatting and allow fields to calculate their values). PDFescape on the other hand (while it does support JavaScript), is based on the JavaScript engine of your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc). All of these internet browsers are immune these flaws!

Instead of risking opening files in Adobe Reader which may contain a security risk, download any PDF file to your computer. Then open that PDF in PDFescape. PDFescape can view, edit, form fill, and print PDF files all without the use of Adobe Reader or Adobe Flash (both of which had scripting flaws in the past)!

If you absolutely must open PDF files from unknown sources on your computer, you can also turn off JavaScript in Adobe Reader in the preferences menu (just be sure to do this BEFORE double clicking that PDF file).

If is also worth noting that our desktop PDF editor, PDFtypewriter, is also immune to this PDF security flaw, as it does not process JavaScript in the same way as Adobe products.

Encrypt PDF Documents Using PDFescape

PDF files being edited in PDFescape can now be encrypted when exported or emailed.

For quite some time, PDFescape has supported opening PDF files which were encrypted with a password. Now, files saved using the free PDF editor can be password protected.

With a PDF document open in PDFescape, simply hover over the "Edit" menu, and click "Document Security".
Edit and encrypt PDF files using PDFescape for free
Check the box to indicate that you wish to password protect the file, enter your password twice, and click OK.

These password protected files will require the user to enter a password before viewing the exported PDF file and its contents is allowed.

PDFescape encrypts the entire contents of the PDF using 128-bit encryption, keeping sensitive information safe from prying eyes.

Just one more way in which PDFescape continues to be the most featured, free PDF editor.

Google Chrome & Western European Bug Fix

CTdeveloping is proud to announce office support for Google Chrome in PDFescape.

PDFescape, Free PDF Editor, Supports Google Chrome

Having proven itself to be a major industry browser, PDFescape, the free PDF editor, now supports Google's browser, Chrome.

Additionally, a bug in PDFescape has been corrected. This bug caused some European characters (such as À, Å, Ñ etc.) to not be properly output into exported or printed PDF files.

This bug has been corrected and we welcome back all affected European users to PDFescape. We apologize for the inconvenience.

PDF Form Field Formatting Support Added

As both a free PDF editor and an online PDF form filler, PDFescape is constantly being improved and updated. Fortunately, unlike other PDF readers that must be downloaded and installed, these updates are seamlessly presented to our loyal web users directly, without any updates for them to install!

Being a service in BETA, it is important that we continue to keep implementing PDF form standards into PDFescape, as such, we are pleased to announce that PDFescape now formats the display of select form fields.

For example, PDF form fields which format the number 5 into the currency representation $5.00 will now be properly displayed in both Adobe Reader & PDFescape (as well as when printed from PDFescape).
Form Field Formating in PDFescape, the free PDF editor

To try this feature, please open our sample file.

Along side the already implemented PDF JavaScript capabilities of PDFescape (such as form field calculations), PDF forms posted online to PDFescape are even more usable.