novaPDF SDK

You can integrate novaPDF in your applications and easy generate PDF files.

Installation

novaPDF SDK comes in a separate installation program and can be downloaded from the product site.

novaPDF SDK package

novaPDF SDK includes:

• a COM interface for customizing novaPDF options. Any option that can be configured in the novaPDF Printing Preferences dialog, can be also configured with the COM interface, including profiles management.
• a silent installer for the novaPDF that can be distributed with your software. You can include this silent installer in your installation program and novaPDF will be installed with your customized options, without any user interaction.
• novaPDF SDK documentation
• several samples of how to use novaPDF SDK

How to generate PDF file with novaPDF SDK

You have to follow next steps for generating PDF files from your software:

• silent install novaPDF on the client machine by using the silent installer provided in the novaPDF SDK
• customize novaPDF settings using the provided COM interface (for instance set the output file name and folder, document info,...). If you do not wish to install and use the COM interface, you can write the settings directly in registry. All registry settings are documented in the novaPDF SDK manual.
• start a print job from your application and write to the printer device context as you wish. All your drawing will be converted to PDF.
• you can also register some windows messages to receive the printing status (page finished, document finished, errors...)

Network use

novaPDF Server can be installed on the network as a printer server and novaPDF SDK can be used in softwares that are installed on a single computer in network and used from any other computer in the network.

All you need to do in your software is to check if the novaPDF Server is installed locally and if not to add a connection to the novaPDF Server on the printer server.

Licensing

novaPDF SDK is fully functional with no time limitation. A notice is printed on each PDF page mentioning the novaPDF.

The notice will be removed when you buy and register novaPDF SDK license. novaPDF SDK has a royalty-free license.

The notice will be also removed if you print from computers where the novaPDF is registered. If you have the novaPDF registered on every computer that uses your software, there is no need to buy the license for novaPDF SDK