Knowledge base

Define new printing profiles or manage existing ones.

You can use the novaPDF Co-Branding tool to customize the setup you have to integrate with novaPDF SDK or novaPDF OEM.

The Overlay page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to enable and configure the options for inserting/overlaying a PDF document onto an existing one.

The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Devices and Printers window and clicking the Overlay tab. This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties (Preferences) button when novaPDF is selected.

Hello World (ASP.NET PDF generator) sample is a simple ASP application that generates one PDF file containing the text "novaPDF says Hello World from ASP.NET".

The following tutorial explains the process of converting a Hancom Word (formerly ThinkFree) created file format to a PDF document. To be able to make the conversion you will need the novaPDF printer driver installed on your computer.

This article shows how to convert a SHW file created with Corel Presentations to a PDF document. The novaPDF printer driver allows the users to create PDF documents from any Windows program that has a Print option available. To download and install novaPDF use our Download page.

Sample .cpp SDK code for printing "Hello World" text to the novaPDF Printer.

This tutorial explains how to setup and distribute the novaPDF add-in for Microsoft Office automatically to other computers in the same network. novaPDF server edition needs to be installed on the server computer and shared with the other computers in the network, before deploying the novaPDF add-in. To learn how to install novaPDF as a shared network printer, read How to install and use nova PDF Server as a shared network PDF Printer. In order to automatically distribute the novaPDF add-in for Microsoft Office, you will need to download the MSI file here: novaPDF add-in for Microsoft Office (MSI)

Basic "Hello World" java console application that generates a PDF file.

You can use the novaPDF Co-Branding tool to customize the setup you have to integrate with novaPDF OEM.

The MFC Converter sample demonstrates how to convert an existing file by printing it to novaPDF using the ShellExecute function. It also demonstrates how to set different options and manage profiles.

The same approach should be taken if you print using a "Print()" method from another object (like an internet browser or a report control). Just replace the ShellExecute call with the call of your Print method.

Sample application that generates a pdf file with *Hello World* text from Visual Basic (VB).

Word OLE VB sample is a simple Windows console application that converts a MS Word document (*C:\Test.doc*) to PDF using Word OLE automation. This sample demonstrates how to convert the existing Test.doc sample by printing it to novaPDF SDK Printer.

Sample SDK code (csharp) of how to integrate for printing "Hello World" text to the novaPDF Printer from remote computer.

The CSharp Converter sample demonstrates how to convert an existing file by printing it to novaPDF Printer using the ShellExecute function. It also demonstrates how to set different options and manage profiles.

The same approach should be taken if you print using a Print() method from another object (like an internet browser or a report control). Just replace the ShellExecute call with the call of your Print method.

Sample SDK code (.cpp) for printing "Hello World" text to the novaPDF Printer from remote computer.

Sample SDK code (.cpp) for printing "Hello World" text to the novaPDF Printer from remote computer.

This tutorial explains how to use novaPDF (along with other useful tips) to optimize your PDF file for search engines. With the novaPDF printer driver you can generate PDF files and perform SEO from any Windows application that supports printing.

Can connect to novaPDF, but cannot print any file.

novaPDF SDK sends a request to create the PDF files to the printer driver that gets installed with the package, novaPDF for SDK. By default, if novaPDF SDK is unregistered, each page from the generated PDF file will contain a footer notice (that says the application is not registered). After you purchase a license and register novaPDF SDK, that footer notice won't be included in the generated PDF files.

After you install novaPDF it is recommended to restart your computer if the final window of the installation wizard tells you so. If novaPDF does not appear in your Printers and Faxes list after installation (or you get Printer not installed when trying to create PDFs), it means something went wrong with the installation.

The page related settings have a different behavior than the other settings (save, compression, fonts, security,...). While the last are specific to the novaPDF printer driver, the page related settings are used for all printer drivers and can be set by system calls (check the DEVMODE Windows structure).

Create pdf files without diplaying the Save As dialog.

If you want to reinstall novaPDF Server from the client computers and from the server itself too, there are a couple of steps you should follow to make sure you succeed with the reinstallations, including making sure you first remove all the previous installations / versions completely.

When integrating novaPDF SDK in a 32bit application that will be distributed on Windows x64 systems too, you have to take into account some aspects regarding the default behavior of our installer. One of these is the novaPDF installer that contains both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the novaPDF driver and of the COM interface. Because of its built-in automatic detection, when installing novaPDF on Windows x64 computers (via your application), the 64bit version of the driver and COM interface are installed (and not the 32bit version).