928 new features of WINDEV 28, WEBDEV 28 and WINDEV Mobile 28

PDF CONTROL PDF PROGRAMMING NEW FEATURES IN PDF CONTROLS 040 N e w f e a t u r e W D W B WM GENERATE PDF FORMS In version 28, you can create PDF forms using the report edi- tor. In addition to the controls available in the report editor, you can include the following types of controls in PDF reports: • Edit control • Check box • Combo Box. In version 28, you can create reports and include these con- trols to automatically generate interactive PDF forms. End users will be able to enter data, print or save the form. PDF form to fill out Benefit of this new feature in version 28: Easily create interactive forms 041 N e w f e a t u r e W D W B WM PDF READER CONTROL: INTEGRATED OCR Generally, users can select text in standard PDF documents. However, some PDF documents may prevent the user from copying text, for example, if the text has been scanned. Now, this text can be retrieved using the native OCR inte- grated into WINDEV's PDF Reader control. OCR is run on an area defined by the end user. The automatic OCR can be used to get an IBAN present in an image, and allow users to copy/paste it afterwards . Benefit of this new feature in version 28: Easily extract text from images 042 N e w f e a t u r e W D W B WM REDUCE THE WEIGHT OF PDF DOCUMENTS GENERATED VIA A REPORT: 2 TO 10 TIMES SMALLER A document can be composed of a series of reports and PDF pages. Generating a single PDF document from this series of ele- ments drastically reduces the size of the resulting file. Benefit of this new feature in version 28: Lighter, more practical files 14 N ew f e a t u r e s i n W I ND E V 2 8 WE BD E V 2 8 W I ND E V Mo b i l e 2 8