EDocEngine VCL

Please note, unless otherwise specified the features are available in both editions of eDocEngine VCL - Professional and ReportExport.

General Features and I/O Support

• 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

• 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 (Not available in ReportExport)
• Include RichText as RichText
• RichText rendering support as a standard procedure (DrawRichText). All content supported by TRichEdit can be rendered (Not available in ReportExport)
• Unicode support added for text rendering
• Table drawing functions, with full control (Not available in ReportExport)
• Table drawing - word wrap support for Title Row for each column (Not available in ReportExport)
• Auto pagination for text output as single line and paragraphs (Not available in ReportExport)
• 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. (Not available in ReportExport)
• Automatically parse and activate URLs: ftp://, http://, email, file://
• Header/Footer control (Not available in ReportExport)
• 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) (Not available in ReportExport)

3rd-Party / Reporting tools Support

• 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. (Not available in ReportExport)
• Optimised 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 (Not available in ReportExport)
• ThtmlViewer Export (Not available in ReportExport)
• Express Printing System Export (Not available in ReportExport)
• TMS Grid Export (Not available in ReportExport)

File Formats Support

• PDF (Partial support in ReportExport)
• Other Document Formats: RTF, HTML, XHTML
• Excel (Partial support in ReportExport)
• Other Spreadsheet and Text Formats: Quattro Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, DIF, SYLK, Text and CSV
• TIFF, PNG, SVG (Not available in ReportExport)
• Other Graphic Formats: JPEG, GIF, BMP, EMF, WMF
• Windows Clipboard (Not available in ReportExport)

PDF Document / Forms Creation Support

• Vertical Text rendering (Not available in ReportExport)
• Insert large JPEG image files directly into the PDF document (Not available in ReportExport)
• Unicode support for Document Information and Bookmarks
• Store images as zipped bitmap and JPEG
• Use Compression
• Use TrueType fonts
• Embed TrueType fonts
• Subset fonts to reduce file size
• Support for all character sets - Eastern Europe , Chinese, Japanese¿
• Optimised font subset embedding and Unicode characters support. Reduces file size to nearly 1/10 the original size.
• Insert all types of Annotations: FreeText, Line, Square, Circle, Highlight, Underline, Squiggly, StrikeOut, Stamp, Ink. (Not available in ReportExport)
• File Attachment: Support for attaching any type of external file to the created PDF. (Not available in ReportExport)
• Set any type of Action to links/annotations: GoToR, Launch, Named, JavaScript. (Not available in ReportExport)
• 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. (Not available in ReportExport)
• Support for actions on Document and Page events. JavaScript actions can be associated with document and page events such as Open, Close, Print, Save. (Not available in ReportExport)
• Support for associating all actions with annotations, bookmarks, and document and page events. (Not available in ReportExport)
• Secure with password using 40bit and 128bit Encryption
• Set bookmarks with unlimited nesting levels
• Add Text Note, Link and Widget Annotations (Not available in ReportExport)
• Add thumbnails (Not available in ReportExport)
• JavaScript Actions (Not available in ReportExport)
• Set viewer preferences
• Interactive Forms creation (also known as AcroForms) (Not available in ReportExport)
• Interactive Forms - button actions for Submit and Reset (Not available in ReportExport)
• Interactive Forms - custom JavaScript button actions (Not available in ReportExport)
• Interactive Forms - submission format as HTML, FDF, XML (Not available in ReportExport)

RTF, HTML, XHTML Creation Support

• 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 (Not available in ReportExport)
• 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

• Formula support (in Excel) (Not available in ReportExport)
• Store images as Metafile and BMP
• Access individual cells to place content (Not available in ReportExport)
• Create workbooks with unlimited worksheets
• Set row spacing and column spacing
• Set individual column widths