PDF In-The-Box for Delphi is a VCL component that lets you create PDF files programmatically. It writes native PDF format with no intermediate file. No third-party software needed. You don't have to know anything about the PDF format structure. Supports Delphi 4, 5, 6, 7 and 2005 (Win32 mode). Source code in Delphi language is available in option. Your applications based on PDF In-The-Box can be freely deployed. No run-time licence needed! A comprehensive programming interface (about 100 methods, properties and events) allows you to build up sophisticated PDF documents. OUTPUT CONTROL - All paper sizes supported. - Orientation may be changed inside a document. - Document properties: author, keywords, producer, subject, title. - Encryption and protection: owner password, user password, security options. FONT MANAGEMENT - All TrueType fonts supported. - Angled text from -90° to +90°. - Character spacing and line spacing. - Font embedding. Selection of embedded and non-embedded fonts. TEXT MANAGEMENT - Multi-line text with smart hyphenation, horizontal and vertical alignment. - Style sheets with support of margins, indents, bulleted and numbered text. - Style inheritance. GRIDS - Powerful grid management system with cell drawing and filling methods. - Customization of aspect and dimensions for every column. GRAPHICS - 15 methods available to draw geometrical shapes (lines, rectangles, circles, pies, polygons, Bézier curves, etc). - Images retrieved from memory or loaded from disk (.BMP, .JPG, .WMF, .EMF, .ICO formats). - Smart image stretching (preserving aspect ratio). - Image compression with Zlib or Jpeg algorithms. - Automatic sharing of repetitive images. MULTIMEDIA - Bookmarks (table of contents displayed as an outline tree in PDF viewers). - Hyperlinks: internal to document, external to files or to Internet.- Annotations and rubber stamps.