PDFescape Google Chrome Extension

We are proud to announce a new Google Chrome extension for our free PDF editor and free PDF form filler, PDFescape.

This new extension makes it easy to open and edit PDF files found while browsing the web using Google Chrome. When a PDF link is clicked, a drop down appears asking if that PDF should be opened and able to be edited / form filled in PDFescape.

PDF Editor for Google Chrome

Our new extension is available in Google's Chrome Gallery: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gdefoklganepljiopdnglodohlgfikkl?hl=en

A Mozilla Firefox extension for PDFescape can also be downloaded at:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/5363

RAD PDF 1.4 Released

Version 1.4 of the ASP.NET PDF Viewer and PDF Editor, RAD PDF, has been released.

This new version improves XFA Form support, is compatible with 64-bit servers, & adds new server-side events.

First, native 64-bit (x64 / AMD64 / Intel64 / x86-64) support allow for wider deployment on high end servers running the latest versions of Windows Server.

Second, a revamp of RAD PDF's methods and documentation will allow new users to more easily get up and running with our ASP.NET PDF editor.

Release Notes

RAD PDF 1.3 Released

Version 1.3 of the ASP.NET PDF Viewer and PDF Editor, RAD PDF, has been released.

This new version is improves document loading times, adds annotation support, & improves browser compatibility.

First, a number of improvements to PDFescape, the free PDF editor, have filtered down to RAD PDF. Primarily, PDF files now load quicker, the Opera browser is now supported, and text annotations can now be created & manipulated.

Second, the RAD PDF DocumentEditor object has been extended to offer more control over PDF objects & new RAD PDF sample implementations in both C# and VB.NET have been released.

Release Notes

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.

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.

PDF Page Rotation - The Much Asked For Feature Arrives!

There probably hasn't been a single day in the past 3 or 4 months in which a loyal PDFescape user hasn't put in his or her request to allow the rotation of pages in PDFescape. Heck, Adobe Reader can do it, why can't PDFescape!?

CTdeveloping is proud to announce that the free PDF editor and PDF form filler, PDFescape, can now rotate pages in PDF documents being edited.

Rotating documents is both quick and easy.
Rotate PDF Pages Using PDFescape, Free PDF Editor

Simply select the "Pages" tab in the PDFescape interface. Then click Rotate Right or Rotate Left to rotate the currently selected page one direction or the other.

With this improvement, PDFescape takes yet another step toward being the only PDF editor you need!

Note: Because of what we believe is a bug in the way Webkit handles the <canvas> tag, Windows Webkit users (Google Chrome & Safari for Windows) may experience a slight bug when rotating pages. It appears however that Mac Safari users are not affected. We're working on a correction for this asap.

PDFescape Firefox Add-on Updated

CTdeveloping is proud to announce that version 0.9 of the PDFescape Firefox Add-on is now available via Mozilla.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5363

This latest version for our free PDF editor and PDF form filler, PDFescape, fixes some minor issues for our Mac and Linux users.

Additionally, it now supports the new Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 (which is very exciting, because Firefox 3.1 features the new Tracemonkey JavaScript engine which vastly improves the speed of JavaScript based web applications, such as PDFescape)

PDFescape Now Completely Free

We are proud to announce that PDFescape is now a completely free PDF editing service. Not only is no registration required, no watermark will be added to files when either saving or printing! Additionally, we have improved PDFescape's speed when opening files and have doubled the file size limitations.

This is a major step forward for PDFescape which we are proud to be taking.

Read the full blog posting to read our press release!

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