Ungraded from PDF 1.4 to 1.7 specifications. We have added:
✗ Additional dash patterns - More line styles
✗ Text underlining - Built-in underline support
✗ Basic metadata - XMP metadata streams
✗ Page labels - Custom page numbering
✗ Named destinations - Bookmarks with names
✗ Page rotation - 90/180/270 degree rotation
✗ CropBox/BleedBox - Additional page boundaries
✗ Standard 14 fonts - Complete all 14 standard fonts
✗ Document outline - Basic bookmarks/TOC
✗ URI actions - Web links
DX PDF Engine
Re: DX PDF Engine
— PDFEngine Modernization
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Core PDF architecture rebuilt into Delphi units (PDFEngine_Core, PDFEngine_Images, PDFEngine_Forms).
- Added requested rendering features: dash patterns, underline, metadata, page labels, named destinations, rotation, Crop/Bleed boxes, standard 14 fonts, outlines, URI actions.
- Extended media support with JPEG/PNG embedding utilities.
- Form infrastructure implemented for text fields and annotations (text notes + highlights).
- Next milestone (pending): embedding Type1/OpenType fonts, PDF/A & PDF/X compliance, and Tagged PDF generation plus the accompanying demo.
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Core PDF architecture rebuilt into Delphi units (PDFEngine_Core, PDFEngine_Images, PDFEngine_Forms).-
Added requested rendering features: dash patterns, underline, metadata, page labels, named destinations, rotation, Crop/Bleed boxes, standard 14 fonts, outlines, URI actions.-
Extended media support with JPEG/PNG embedding utilities.-
Form infrastructure implemented for text fields and annotations (text notes + highlights).-
Next milestone (pending): embedding Type1/OpenType fonts, PDF/A & PDF/X compliance, and Tagged PDF generation plus the accompanying demo.