Argus accurately converts the majority of PDF document types including financial/report based, newspaper/magazines, books and even structured PDF. It comes with a selection of pre-configured output schemes including HTML and RTF which may be extended, modified or completely re-written to produce any text-based output format required. With its built-in rendering engine, image export and scaling facilities, the software can also handle any aspect of image generation or conversion you need. Argus is packaged as a command-line driven Solaris (Sparc), Linux (x86), or Windows application. The stand-alone application does not require any Adobe software and can operate comfortably on a "headless" server machine using on-demand script calls or via its built-in spooler. Features * Export & reflow text in any format * Export tabular data retaining layout * Export PDF Forms data - the fields and their contents * Export text via article thread * Export embedded photos as EPS, Tiff, JPEG, PNG or BMP * Export photos as Photoshop EPS with clip paths * Export images with original OPI data (if available) * Export structured/tagged PDF to XML * Superb page layout retention in HTML and RTF * Render at any resolution & colour depth to any of the above formats * Render documents as multi-page Tiff * Built-in spooler for totally automated operation * Includes C/C++/Visual Basic software development kit (SDK) * Compatible with all versions of PDF * Supports 40-bit and 128-bit encrypted documents * Supports all standard text encodings e.g. UTF-8, BIG-5, Shift-JIS Flexibility Argus allows you to re-configure every aspect of the PDF conversion down to the level of individual tags, line-breaks and analysis behaviour. This means that it is possible to generate text output in almost any format you require whether it be a proprietary tagging scheme of your own or a standard markup language. The package includes an extensive set of pre-configured schemes including: * configurations for text, HTML and RTF that re-flow the output * HTML and RTF configurations for preserving layout * "tabtext" configuration designed for accurate export of tabular data such as stock market reports, inventories and invoices * "gridText" configuration for retaining layout in plain text output * article thread export configurations * image export and page rendering configurations Software Development Kit - "SDK" Argus includes a SDK with support for C, C++ and Visual Basic. Using the SDK, the full power of Argus can be seamlessly incorporated into your own Visual Basic applications and "C/C++" programs. In fact, any application requiring the ability to convert or render PDF documents can be rapidly developed using the simple API provided by the SDK.