



pdf4u is designed for anyone who needs to convert documents to PDF format without expensive conversion software. It creates an intermediate file and sends it to the online PDF production center for conversion. Your PDF file is back in minutes.
The PDF417 Font and Encoder enables printing of high-density PDF417 barcodes with TrueType, PCL and PostScript fonts. Includes ActiveX Control, Windows DLL, Java Library and .NET DLL and new native formulas for Access and Crystal.
PDF417Barcode ActiveX Control. Our PDF417-ActiveX Control has all the features necessary to easily add professional quality barcodes to any Windows application including Web pages, database reporting and labeling, product packaging, etc
Barcodesoft PDF417 Premium Package empowers you to print PDF417 barcodes from desktop printers. It is able to encode ASCII and extended ASCII characters. There are 9 fonts, a crystal reports UFL DLL and a GUI encoder included in the package.

ClearImage PDF417
$475 - Inlite Research
Develop high performance, automatic PDF417 bar code recognition applications, in VB, C++ or Delphi, to rapidly and accurately read the barcodes from camera, scan or fax images (TIFF, JPG, color and grayscale) Heuristic barcode recognition algorithms can extract readable barcodes from poor quality images, and can recover the data even with 40% damage.
PDF417 is widely used in logistics, state governments and the US defense department. It is a high density code with good error correction.
The ClearImage PDF417 tool provides the hex data, decoded data, orientation and location of the barcode. It supports error correction levels 0 - 8; text, byte and numeric compaction modes; macro PDF417 and GLI processing. Diagnostic features include: confidence values, forced reading of invalid data, and raw data output. Accept and save images in many popular file formats or via memory transfers.
ClearImage PDF417 can read labels wrapped around prescription bottles or other cylindrical objects, as well as from documents, bills of lading, driver licenses and many other applications.
High Accuracy Algorithm - automatically analyzes the barcode image defects in multiple ways and applies the appropriate algorithms to recognize the barcode in any orientation on the image. It can overcome glare, damage, smudges, and other deficiencies in the image.
Trouble Free Operation - By totally automating the image processing and the barcode recognition process, ClearImage tools enable developers to create very robust and trouble free applications, which require less testing in the development process and less technical support for customers in production.
ClearImage FREE SDK contains ActiveX COM modules, and a demonstration program to Evaluate, Develop, Test and Deploy image data capture applications in Visual Basic, C++ and Delphi. Comes with FREE professional consulting to help you succeed in your project.

ActiveX PDF417 Control
$199 - IDAutomation.com, Inc.
The ActiveX Barcode PDF417 Control is an easy to use drag and drop barcode tool. It works with any Windows application that supports ActiveX technology including Visual Basic, C++, FrontPage, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Excel and Access. The PDF417 barcode can encode several hundred characters in a single barcode symbol. The control is small with no runtime requirements.

PkDecode
$188 - PDF417Kit Software Inc.
PkDecode is a software development kit to decode PDF417 barcode from digital image. The SDK comes with dynamic link library (DLL) for Windows95/98/2000/XP/NT. The recognition algorithm can overcome multiform defects in images (scratch, smudges, damage, fuzzy code, etc.) .PkDecode supports Text, Numeric and Byte Compaction modes. And PkDecode supports error correction level 0-8. The error correction algorithm can help to recognize the barcode even with severe damage.

PDF4U Pro
$89 - PDF Bean Inc.
Create PDF files from any Windows application running on Windows NT (SP3+), Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The software installs itself as a print driver, all you have to do is to click "Print" from your application to create PDF files. PDF4U Pro presents all the features of PDF4U, and it also has the feature for Automatic Output of PDF files. Another difference is support for password protection with 40- or 128-bit encryption to secure PDF documents as well as access control preventing your PDF document from being modified, copied, converted, commented, printed, signed, filled, accessed and assembled. In Addition to PDF4U, 14 more options are available in PDF4U Pro.
PDF Batch conversion is supported in this version. Users may batch convert DOC to PDF, RTF to PDF, TXT to PDF, XLS to PDF, HTM to PDF, DWG to PDF, DXF to PDF with a mouse-click. More features of this PDF creator, pdf writer can be found on
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PrecisionID PDF417 ActiveX Control
$129 - PrecisionID
The PDF417 ActiveX Control creates barcodes for Access, Excel and VB. The demo version is fully functional and contains documentation with implementation examples. Supports Text, Binary Compaction and MacroPDF. This ActiveX Control is a high performance component created in C++ using ATL. After installation, it should reside in the Windows/System32 directory and be registered as a COM object. It has no dependencies and may be distributed in your application with a Developer's License. Compatible with Windows 98 and above including Vista.

PDF4U
$49 - PDF Bean Inc.
Create PDF files from any Windows application running on Windows NT(SP3+), Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The software installs itself as a print driver, all you have to do is to click "Print" from your application to create PDF files with full hyperlinks support , up to 2540x2540 dpi printing resolution, custom paper size, PDF document informationt, font embedding, printing scaling, PDF compatibility support and more. PDF Batch conversion is supported in this version. Users may batch convert DOC to PDF, RTF to PDF, TXT to PDF, XLS to PDF, HTM to PDF, DWG to PDF, DXF to PDF with a mouse-click. More conversion examples on how to use this PDF converter, PDF creator and PDF writer can be found on
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