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Open Source PDF Viewer
The JPedal Open source PDF viewer offers a free, lighweight Java PDF viewer, based on a cutdown version of our full commercial Java PDF Viewer.
Key features:-
- Fully-featured PDF viewer with embedded font support, zooming, JBIG2 support, advanced PDF search, bookmarks, thumbnails, Layers support and more...
- Released under user friendly open source LGPL license with full source code for use in both commercial and Open Source projects.
- Regular monthly update and new features
- In development for over 10 years and used in corporate software globally, including Adode's ColdFusion product.
- Free support forum monitored by our developers
- Upgrade route to full commercial version if additional features needed
IDRsolutions have been producing Open Source PDF software since 1999 and we also offer a JBIG2 decoder library available under an Open Source license.
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Help and further information
- We recommend visiting the support site for tutorials, hints and tips, javadocs and support. (not all apply to LGPL release)
- External Article on building the Open Source version in Eclipse.
- Click here for full details of changes/fixes in builds in releases. (refers to full version)
Version comparison
Main differences between Open Source and Commercial version. Please contact us if you have specific questions.
| Feature | Commercial | LGPL |
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| Full embedded font support |  |
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| Single Document Viewer | |
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| Multi Document Viewer | |
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| Source code for examples | |
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| JBig2 image decoder | Version 2 | Version 1 |
| Multiple page display options (facing, continous, etc) | |
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| PageFlow with 3D animations | |
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| Additional examples for extraction, printing, search | |
Features are not in LGPL version |
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| Find functionality | |
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| Customisation via profiles | |
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| Support Forums | |
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| General Support | |
Available on commercial basis |
| Consultancy services to enhance or customise | |
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| Additional PDF functionality in commercial (full featureset list) |
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| PDF to image thumbnails | |
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| Text/Image extraction | |
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| Printing | |
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| Resampling of hires images for highest quality display | |
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| Javascript | |
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| Sound annotations | |
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| Truetype font hinting | |
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| Interfaces to customise JPedal | |
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| Shading | |
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