wPDF, is a powerful pdf maker which has been available since July 2001, has been specially optimized for greater compatibility with most drawing commands commonly found in Windows applications. Unlike many competing products it deals not only with "Canvas" methods, but also with GDI API calls which require a device handle as parameter (Canvas.Handle). wPDF is delphi PDF VCL which can be also used with C++Builder (or Turbo C++). In case you need a PDF NET solution or a PDF ActiveX please check out our product wPDFControl.

wPDF supports Delphi 4,5,6,7, 2005-Win32, 2006-Win32, 2007-Win32.

New in Version 3

Download VCL Demo for Delphi 4..7, 2005, 2006, 2007 and C++Builder 5,6

Success Stories:

combit GmbH

"For our reporting tool List & Label we need a high quality PDF exporting engine. We're going with wPDF2 since version 10 now - it is best capable to export the complex drawing commands used by our print engine" - Jochen Bartlau. (Note: The Standard License does not allow the use within a development tool.)

Metier 2000

"Von der Version 1 bis zur aktuellen Version 6 nutzen wir in dieser Applikationen [Scan2PDF] die PDF-Komponenten von WPCubed. Bereits Ende 2000, als wir zahlreiche PDF-Werkzeuge gegenüberstellten, erwiesen sich die von WPTools als ideal. Leichte Integration und hohe Stabilität der Komponenten wurde nicht nur versprochen sondern auch gehalten. Auch der Service von WPCubed war und ist ausgezeichnet."

"Since Version 1 until the current Version 6 we use in this application [Scan2PDF] the PDF components of WPCubed. Already end of 2000, when we compared several PDF components, the ones of WPTools prooved to be ideal. Easy integration and high stability of the components was not only been told, but also provided. The service of WPCubed was and is excellent."

EC Software

"Before we released Help & Manual Version 3 we tested more than a dozen PDF tools. .... We finally went with wPDF from WPTools. It meets all our requirements, is very reliable, extremely fast and integrates nicely into the program. If you need to create PDF files natively, wPDF is the best tool you can buy for money."

Alan C Moore reviewed Version 1 in Delphi Informant May 2002: "This library includes excellent integration with the company's other fine libraries, WPForm and WPTools... Conclusion: I've enjoyed working with these components, and I recommend them highly."

Of course, it is always possible to make a good thing better - that's why we have added support for RAVE and ReportBuilder to version V2.12 which was released on May 12, 2003.

With the provided support for ReportBuilder, QR, FastReport and RAVE you finally can create PDF files from your reports which don't use bitmaps to display embedded charts!

With wPDF you now have everything you need to export from
* ReportBuilder™ (Version 7 and 9)
* RAVE™
* WPTools 4
* WPTools 5
* THTMLView
* ACE-Reporter™
* WPForm
* QuickReport
* FastReport 2
* FastReport 3 (download the export unit)
* DeveloperExpress™ Printing System.
Ready-to-use sample code and filter interfaces are included. (Read more ...)

How can this be done?

wPDF converts enhanced metafiles to PDF while preserving the vector and text information. This results in small PDF files which can be printed at high resolution, thus making wPDF superior to other solutions which convert embedded metafiles into bitmaps. wPDF supports the usual PDF features, including compression and 128 bit encryption and it was the first Delphi library to allow embedding of font subsets to reduce file size even further.

wPDF has set a standard of high quality metafile to PDF conversion, several companies have now licensed this powerful engine to integrate it into their successful products.

Example: Print 4 metafiles to one page

WPPDFPrinter1.BeginDoc;
  WPPDFPrinter1.StartPage( width, height, resolution, resresolution, 0);
  WPPDFPrinter1.Canvas.StretchDraw( Rect1, Image1.Picture.Graphic );
  WPPDFPrinter1.Canvas.StretchDraw( Rect2, Image2.Picture.Graphic );
  WPPDFPrinter1.Canvas.StretchDraw( Rect3, Image3.Picture.Graphic );
  WPPDFPrinter1.Canvas.StretchDraw( Rect4, Image4.Picture.Graphic );
  WPPDFPrinter1.EndPage;
WPPDFPrinter1.EndDoc;