Print2Flash SDK

Print2Flash SDK is discovered to provide you with an essential program which makes it possible for you to easily convert any printable document (e.g. Microsoft Word, or Excel, or PowerPoint document) to an Adobe ® Flash ® file (file with SWF extension). This file can be shared with users who don't have the software that created the original document (for example, Microsoft Word). You can view such files with Adobe ® Flash ® Player that is available across a number of operating systems. And these files can be easily published on the Web as well for fast and easy access to them from anywhere across the globe.

Benefits:

• Greater Accessibility
• • Once converted to Flash, a document can be easily viewed in any Internet browser. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Safari, Opera, and others. As more than 98% of all browsers have the Flash plug-in installed, you aren't required to install any special software or require your audience to do it;
• Compatibility
• • Everyone who has a computer including those on Macs, Linux, Solaris, HP workstations, PDAs (PocketPCs and PalmOS), and handheld devices (with an integrated Flash player) can watch your document in Flash format. There's no limit in terms of devices or computer operating systems;
• Reduced Files Size
• • A document converted to Flash can drastically reduce the size up to 1/10th of the original file size;
• Display Resolution
• • Flash files can be played at virtually any resolution and/or screen size, making this file format an ideal way to distribute presentations across many display devices;
• Internet Distribution
• • Distributing your documents on the Internet for other people to see is easier said than done. Not everyone has applications required to view your document installed on her PC. But once you upload a Flash file to any server, forum and discussion group, anyone can view it;
• More Distribution Options
• • Flash, for the reasons previously listed, is also an ideal format for distributing your documents on CD-ROMs. It allows multi-platform compatibility while providing a lean and fast performing file;
• Web Page Embeddable
• • Print2Flash documents can be shown on the Web not only as a standalone document in a separate window but also can be embedded in a web page and shown inside it altogether with other web page content. There can be even multiple documents shown on a single page;
• Flash and Flex Application Embeddable
• • Print2Flash documents can be embedded into other Flash movies or Flex applications which allows their integration with your applications;
• E-mail-Ready 
• • Even if you want to send a document to someone by e-mail, converting it to Flash may be a better option. The file size is smaller, and it doesn't clog your recipient's inbox. You also ensure that the recipient can see the file without loading other software except web browser or Adobe Flash Player;
• Secure
• • Others can edit your documents if they have the application which can edit that type of documents installed on their machine. This is not the case for Flash files. However, they allow you to maintain more control over your document content, if needed. You may optionally prevent your document viewers from copying the document text or from printing the document;
• Firewall Friendliness 
• • Flash-based content has no problem going through firewalls because it's like standard Web content;
• Environmentally Friendly
• • Preserving documents in electronic format without printing them helps to protect environment.

Major Features:

1. Print2Flash printer and printing application have the following features:
   • Quick and easy conversion of any printable document to an Adobe ® Flash ® (SWF) file 
   • • The document only needs to be printed to a virtual Print2Flash printer;
   • Drag and drop SWF file creation
   • • You can convert printable documents to Print2Flash documents by dragging them directly to the Print2Flash printing application window;
   • Right-click Print2Flash SWF file creation 
   • • You can right-click documents on your desktop and print them directly to the Print2Flash Printer to create Print2Flash documents;
   • Generation of web pages for converted documents 
   • • You can save the converted documents as HTML web page which lets you easily embed your documents in web pages and publish them on the Internet;
   • Hyperlink support
   • • Hyperlinks from some kinds of source documents can be preserved in the output Flash documents.
2. Following features of Print2Flash printer and printing application are available only in Pro mode:
   • Configuring buttons available on the document toolbar
   • • You can hide Print2Flash logo or any unneeded button or control on the document toolbar;
   • Customization of the converted documents interface
   • • There is a number of customization options available from using alternative skins and designing your own skin to development of your own document viewer;
   • Protection from copying of text from converted documents
   • • You may prohibit copying of text from the converted documents thus preventing your document viewers from copying the text to other documents;
   • Protection from printing of converted documents
   • • You may prohibit printing the converted documents thus preventing your document viewers from getting a hard copy of the document;
   • Batch processing application
   • • This application allows a user to convert multiple documents at once;
   • Watermarks
   • • Your documents can be watermarked when converting them to Flash format;
   • Thumbnails images
   • • You can create external thumbnail image files for any document pages;
   • Retrieving document text
   • • Text information actually contained in a document can be retrieved from it at conversion and stored in a metadata file;
   • Restricting access to documents 
   • • You can restrict access to documents by allowing them to be viewed only from certain domains.
3. Following features of Print2Flash printer and printing application are available only in Server mode:
   • OLE Automation API
   • • Documents conversion tasks can be automated using OLE Automation which allows incorporating document conversion functionality into other applications and web sites;
   • Enhanced batch processing
   • • Document conversion tasks can be automated to make them run without user assistance or you can convert multiple documents at once;
   • Printing jobs
   • • Printing jobs allows you to capture any print job to a Flash file without having to store document contents in a file
4. Converted Print2Flash documents have the following features:
   • Resizing 
   • • Print2Flash documents are resized proportionately, regardless of the size of the Flash Player or the browser window. You can easily resize a document by dragging a window, or by using the resize options in the toolbar;
   • Text selection
   • • You can select text in a Print2Flash document, copy it to clipboard, and paste it into another document;
   • Easy navigation in the document
   • • There is a number of options for navigating inside the converted document;
   • Searching 
   • • The search feature lets you search for a word or a phrase in a Print2Flash document;
   • Document pages rotation
   • • If original document pages were improperly oriented (on the side or upside down), you may easily rotate them;
   • Printing
   • • A Print2Flash document can be printed to a real printer to get its hard copy;
   • Multiple language support
   • • Converted documents support interface in Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish languages.
5. Following features of Print2Flash documents are available only in Pro mode:
   • Programmatic access to the document
   • • You may programmatically manipulate the converted documents with Print2Flash Document Application Programming Interface;
   • Accessibility 
   • • Print2Flash documents are accessible to users with disabilities in compliance with Section 508 of the American Disabilities Act.

Requirements:

• Windows 2000;
• Windows XP;
• Windows 2003 Server;
• Windows Vista;
• Windows 2008 Server;
• Windows 7.