Features

Below you'll find a detailed list of features supported by PDF/Mergician Professional and Express.

Easy editing
	Professional
Visually bind fields to data	Professional
Single click expression binding
Graphical view of entire project
Visually edit tables
Rich WYSIWYG design and test environment
Syntax highlighting and auto-complete
Edit PDF templates from within PDF/Mergician
Update expressions upon node renaming
Preview project before actual merge

PDF form creation
Create PDF from any Windows application
Create text fields
Create checkbox fields
Create button fields
Create signature fields
Add PDF actions to fields`(more)`
Create barcodes`(more)`

PDF form filling
Fill PDF forms`(more)`
Fill PDF forms on Windows Mobile`(more)`
Locally save filled out PDF forms

Data sources
Microsoft SQL server
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel / CSV
XML (use XPath expressions)
Oracle
MySQL
FDF / XFDF
Any ODBC data source
Any OLE DB data source
Filesystem

Output document structure
Generate single or multiple output documents
Use template pages from existing PDF documents
Use paragraphs that are laid out on as many pages as needed
Use entire PDF template documents
Repeat pages according to available data
Repeat paragraphs according to available data
Combine template pages and paragraphs in any order
Use front and back covers
Create booklets
Create N-up pages
Apply master-details relations, e.g. to fill order items
Layout print labels
Preserve document level JavaScripts
Create PDF bookmarks

Paragraphs
Create paragraphs using plain text
Create paragraphs using XHTML
Create paragraphs using regions on a PDF page
Create tables, rows and cells
Repeat rows and/or cells according to available data

International
Full Unicode support
Bi-directional text support

Collect filled-out PDF forms
Create and distribute pre-filled PDF forms
Collect filled-out PDF forms
Execute actions after receiving filled-out PDF forms`(more)`
Encapsulate an entire workflow in a single merge project

Barcodes
Code 39 (3 of 9)
Code 2 of 5 interleaved
Code 128
PDF 417

Field formatting
Apply mathematical operations, e.g. currency conversions
Advanced string, number and date formatting
Visual Basic expressions for custom formatting

Field, paragraph and page appearance
Use cascading styles
Inherit appearance from parent nodes
Border, background, font
Individual border sides
Colors in RGB, CMYK, GrayScale
Text alignment, justification
Margins and paddings

Validations
Client side validation (in PDF form)
Server side validation
Required fields
Numeric fields
Validate based on data source

Merge project parameters
Use parameters to create reusable merge projects
Self-documenting parameters
Define an input mask per parameter

Merge control flow
Repeat parts of your merge-project
Conditionally execute parts of your merge-project
Execute sub-projects
Convert any part of your merge project to a subproject

Export methods
Save to disk
Send as email attachment
Print / Fax
Send to web browser
Create PPML print job
Save to database
Send to multiple destinations

Digital certificates
Sign merged documents
Preserve existing signatures
Create self signed certificates

PDF actions
Submit form data
Submit entire PDF document
Reset form data
Open URL
Execute JavaScript

Commands
Update your database
Use updated data for further processing
Send an email
Write to a text file
Write to PDF/Mergician log
Start another merge project
Start a windows application

Deployment scenarios
Run interactively
Run unattended, e.g. as part of a nightly batch
Run as a web service, e.g. to download an invoice
Protected merge project with password

Debugger
Integrated debugger
View & verify external resources of a project
Test submit of filled out form to form receiver in debugger
Inspect settings during merge process
Single stepping through nodes
Set breakpoints at nodes

Technical specifications
PDF 1.2 - 1.7 (Adobe Acrobat 3.0 - 9.0)
Adobe Designer 7, 8 & 9 forms (static only)
TrueType, OpenType and Adobe fonts (Full unicode)
Windows XP (SP2), Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista or Windows 7