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UPDATE: Red Software is no longer affiliated with PDFescape.

While our free PDF editor has been used by millions to alter PDF files and fill in PDF forms, a smaller number of PDFescape users have discovered PDFescape's PDF publishing service. This service allows you to upload a master copy of your file to our servers. We provide you with a link which creates a new copy of the PDF form or file each time it is clicked so that multiple users can each view or alter the your published document (without changing the master file or each others copies).

Typically, PDFescape publishing is for those looking to:

(1) Post a PDF form and collect responses via email

or

(2) Distribute a PDF file, but limit access to features in that file (or even the file itself)

Let's take a brief look at how to publish a PDF form in PDFescape:

(1) Log in to your PDFescape account. If you are an unregistered user, you will need to either complete the setup of your account or logout and then register for a new account.

(2) Navigate to the PDF publishing area of your account. There will be a "Publish" icon when in your main account area. If you don't have any "Publishing Credits", click the "Add" button in the upper right hand corner.

(3) Directly in your PDFescape account you can purchase PDFescape Publishing Credits. 1 Credit will allow a single PDF form or file to be hosted and distributed for one year. There are no per-user, per-click, or pdf-completion fees. If purchasing more than 1 credit, Red Software offers discount pricing. If you are publishing more than 50 files, please contact Red Software for additional pricing information.

(4) Once you have credits in your account, you're ready to publish a PDF form. Click "Publish New PDF Form" to get started.

(5) You will then be instructed to upload and publish your PDF form. This will deduct 1 Credit from your account and upload the form to our servers. Please note that once a form is published, it can't be changed, so be sure that the file you're uploading is the form you wish all users to see (complete with all desired form fields, links, modifications, etc.). We recommend opening your form in PDFescape first to confirm the file appears as desired. If you make a mistake, please contact support and we'll be happy to help you out.

(6) Once your file is published, you will be presented with a wide variety of options including where submitted copies of your form should be emailed to (if you wish users to submit forms to you). You can also limit access to certain features including the editing tools available, downloading of the document, printing, and even text selection. To distribute your document the "Published PDF URL" should be used. It can be used on your website, in emails, etc. and is in the format "http://www.pdfescape.com/published/?...".

For an example of a published PDF form, see http://www.pdfescape.com/published/?83

Red Software is proud to announce version 2.0 of its ASP.NET PDF viewer, editor, form filler, and form designer, RAD PDF.

RAD PDF 2.0 inserting a dynamic server side created image

RAD PDF 2.0 features tighter integration with web applications, improved performance, and significantly more powerful APIs.

The new RAD PDF PdfIntegrationProvider allows PDF editing, saving, printing, downloading, and searching to be intercepted and controlled server side, allowing for easier and more secure custom PDF workflows. For example, with RAD PDF 2.0, you can intercept a PDF print event, decide whether a user has permission to print that file and if so, dynamically tag the printed output with today's date and the user's name.

The new PdfObjectDataContext class allows for integration with custom image and signature repositories, or on the fly generated data which can be inserted by a user into an existing PDF.

The new PdfStorageAdapter class makes extraction of useful data from RAD PDF even easier, both internal and external to your web application.

All without any client side software being installed (not even Adobe Reader or flash), RAD PDF continues to provide the most advanced and most flexible PDF web solution available.

Release Notes

UPDATE: Red Software is no longer affiliated with PDFescape.

Red Software is proud to announce that PDF documents can now be easily shared using its free PDF editor, PDFescape.

Documents can be shared by clicking the "Share" button on the top of the PDFescape interface.

Then, in the dialog that appears, click "Share" to share the active document.

A link to share your document will appear.

Copy and paste this link into an email, post it on your web site, or otherwise provide it to anyone with whom you wish to share this document.

For more information about free PDF sharing with PDFescape, see http://www.pdfescape.com/what/sharing/

Version 1.10 of the ASP.NET PDF viewer, PDF form filler, and PDF editor, RAD PDF, has been released.

This new version allows web users to highlight PDF files, streamlines interaction with large PDF documents (especially in slower browsers), and improves server performance.

Empower customers to markup PDF files - without Adobe Reader - using RAD PDF's numerous tools including sticky notes and highlighting

Changes to RAD PDF allow for a more customizable user interface. By hooking into the improved RAD PDF Client API, new custom interfaces can be quickly implemented.

This new version also includes several bug fixes and minor feature updates.

This is a free upgrade for all customers with an active Maintenance Plan.

Release Notes

UPDATE: Red Software is no longer affiliated with PDFescape.

Red Software, the creators of the free PDF editor PDFescape, are proud to announce a few new performance improvements:

• Upload files up to 10 MB (double the old limit!)
• Edit PDF files up to 100 pages (double the old limit!)
• Large PDF files and forms load in browser faster

These improvements are immediately available to all users of PDFescape, basic account holders and premium users alike.