Core Component
Create documents, configure output, manage metadata, protect files, and finalize generated PDFs.
THotPDF classHotPDF component help
Use this reference to find the main component classes, page drawing API, security options, image and compression support, and working Pascal examples directly in the web help.
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API, example, image, compression, and viewer preference topics are available as standalone web pages.
Page Drawing
Draw text, paths, curves, images, metafiles, annotations, and barcode output on the active page.
THPDFPage classImages
Review supported bitmap, TIFF, JPEG2000, JBIG2, EMF, and WMF workflows.
Supported image formatsCompression
Understand FlateDecode, LZW, JBIG2, JPEG, JPEG2000, and bundled native compression paths.
Compression overviewViewer Preferences
Control initial display, print preferences, page layout, page mode, and related PDF viewer settings.
ViewerPreferences referencePascal Examples
Open runnable examples for document creation, drawing, encryption, font embedding, paragraphs, and outlines.
Example topics