coppensbart/powerpdf

PowerPdf is a VCL component to create PDF docment visually. Like Forms, you can design PDF document easily on Delphi or C++Builder IDE.

PowerPDF

Updated for 10.3 Rio / VER330 / PKG 260

You can still find 10.2 Tokyo and 10.1 Berlin still too.

Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Package names
3. Installation

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1. Introduction

PowerPdf is a VCL component to create PDF docment visually. Like Forms, you can design PDF document easily on Delphi IDE.

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2. Package names

PowerPDF package names have the following form:

Delphi

• PowerPDFDR.bpl (Delphi Runtime)
• PowerPDFDD.bpl (Delphi Designtime)

C++Builder

• PowerPDFCR.bpl (C++Builder Runtime)
• PowerPDFCD.bpl (C++Builder Designtime)

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3. Installation

PowerPDF is available via the GetIt Package Manager where you can quickly and easily install and uninstall it.

To manually install PowerPDF into your IDE, take the following steps:

1. Unzip the release files into a directory (e.g., d:\powerpdf).

2. Start RAD Studio.

3. Add the source subdirectory (e.g., d:\powerpdf\source) to the IDE's library path. For CBuilder, add the hpp subdirectory (e.g., d:\powerpdf\source\hpp\Win32\Release) to the IDE's system include path.

4. Open & install the designtime package specific to the IDE being used. The IDE should notify you the components have been installed.