Welcome to the PDFC home page!
An archive of the PDFC web site is included with the program. The live web site is here.
Download PDFC
PDFC is still in beta. A public release is available under this license; it
is a snapshot of the latest stable version in the CVS repository.
What is PDFC?
PDFC (Portable Document Format Converter) is a
utility for converting documents in Adobe's PDF file format to and from XML format
for the purpose of easy editing. It also has features which make creating a
PDF file from scratch even easier than modifying an existing one. It is a C++ library, but it also comes with a command line interface that allows non-programmers to use it.
Current features
Editing of existing PDF files via conversion to and from XML
Creation of new PDF files from scratch via XML
Columnated and autoflowed text placement
Image embedding
Truetype font embedding
Compression of all PDF file data
Primitive hyperlinking support
Native PDF format vector graphics
Native C++ interface
Command line interface
Microsoft COM interface
Windows support (including VC++6.0 project files)
Linux support (including voodoo-ish autoconf/automake build files)
Documentation
Command Line User Guide
Design Documentation
High Level XML Tutorial
Page Rendering Tutorial