Solid Framework - Features
Give your products a competitive edge with the Solid
Framework .NET developer toolkit. This SDK provides the power to create
applications with the ability to create, modify and convert PDF files.
Deliver your products to the market faster with the latest technology
available from Solid Documents.
Solid Framework Technology is the same PDF to Word technology used by Acrobat® X.
"The technology from Solid Documents offered unmatched Word output
quality combined with easy integration with our server-based framework.
The
business and technical contacts were a pleasure to work with and
provided knowledgeable and prompt support for all of our questions.
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Scott Mackey, Director of Product Management
Adlib SoftwarePlatforms and Languages
Operating Systems
Solid Framework requires the .NET CLR and does not support Windows 9x. Solid Framework requires
.NET Framework 4.0 (or 3.5 on request)
or later.
The framework has been tested on:
- Windows XP SP2
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
The Solid Framework .dll is built as an “AnyCPU”
framework and automatically runs x86 or x64 native, depending on the
process that loads it.
Programming Languages
Solid Framework is a CLS Compliant class library. This
means that the class library only exposes features that are common
across all .NET languages. For example, unsigned types and overloaded
methods are not used since these features are not available in all
supported languages.
For simplicity, all the samples and documentation are in C#. The other commonly used CLS Compliant languages are:
Microsoft® Office
PDF Conversion
Converting PDF to Word can be done without having
Microsoft Office installed. Solid Framework SDK creates .docx, .xlsx,
and .pptx in modern ZIP-based Open Office XML ISO Standard formats
directly. However, there is one feature which does require Microsoft
Office 2003 or 2007 (Vista):
- Saving to binary .doc requires Microsoft Word (.docx, .rtf and
the WordML .doc formats do not require Microsoft Word). Note: .docx is
the preferred Word format
PDF Creation
PDF creation is done by printing to the Solid PDF Creator printer driver which can be downloaded from here. The Solid Framework license is valid for Solid PDF Creator too and is automatically applied.
For
richer PDF creation, application specific print providers exist like
WordPrintProvider. This provides support for features like bookmarks,
rich hyperlinks and document property support. Office 2003, Office 2007
(Vista) or Office 2010 must be installed for support of the print
providers.
Premium PDF Creation Features
Solid Framework uses custom print providers for specific
applications like Word and PowerPoint. Thanks to these print providers,
premium PDF creation features such as bookmark creation (outlines),
rich hyperlink conversion, document information support and alternate
layouts are possible.