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The Conception - What Is VPE?

VPE (Virtual Print Engine) for Windows is a tool for software developers. VPE allows the dynamic creation of documents for screen- and printer output by calling functions during the runtime of your application.

The free positioning of graphical objects (i.e. text, images, lines, etc.) by code offers unlimited layout options. Using VPE you can create both: reports and lists as well as complex documents and forms.

VPE is capable of computing the width and height of images as well as of  text objects depending on their textual content and font settings, including word- and page-breaks. This allows to adapt the layout dynamically to the content of your data.

 

VPE is just more: generate perfect PDF files!
Using an add-on module, VPE becomes a simple-to-program and powerful tool to create easily PDF files.

The Enterprise Edition of the PDF Module supports all important features of PDF, including Encryption, Linearized PDF ("Fast Web View") and True-Type Fontsubsetting.

Example files, which were created using VPE

 

How Does It Work?
A VPE document consists of any number of pages. All graphical objects are placed on the current page by calling methods. At any time you may select the current page freely, or you can add blank pages to the document. The positioning of the graphical objects is performed in a device independent coordinate system with 0.1mm resolution.

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For What Tasks Should One Use VPE?
In all cases of printing and data presentation, such as:
Dynamic generation of complex documents, forms and reports
Drawing plans, graphs, diagrams, etc.
Printing forms and labels exactly and printer independent
High performance printing with thousands of pages
Importing images of all common types
Printing barcodes (supports 38 types)
Import and presentation of RTF (Rich Text Format)
Creation of Charts
Interactive reports (clickable objects)
Export of pages to all common image file formats
e-Mail and Internet / Intranet publishing of VPE document files

 

Can I Try It?

Yes, you can! The VPE trial-versions are available for download.
The VPE Trial-Versions Offer:
The complete and fully programmable VPE-SDK
(Software Development Kit)
No restrictions (only demo banners)
The complete manuals as helpfiles, additionally in PDF format
Detailed demo source codes for all common programming tools / languages
.NET Winforms, ASP.NET Components, ActiveX, VCL and DLL
in one package

 

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