novaPDF is a PDF Creator for Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 developed by Softland.
With it you can create PDF files from any document that supports printing. There are 3 editions available: Lite, Standard and Professional. It is distributed as Shareware

Shareware

The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...

 and has an evaluation version that watermarks the resulting PDF files (no time limitation). It is compatible with Windows 7/2000/XP/2003 Server/2008 Server/Vista and does not require GhostScript or .NET to generate the pdf files.

Implementation

novaPDF is installed as a virtual printer, thus the conversion to PDF is done by printing to it having the resulted PDF generated. It can convert only to PDF file formats, so no support for converting from PDF to other document formats.

novaPDF can be accessed programatically via an ActiveX

ActiveX

ActiveX is a framework for defining reusable software components in a programming language-independent way. Software applications can then be composed from one or more of these components in order to provide their functionality....

/COM

Component Object Model

Component Object Model is a binary-interface standard for software componentry introduced by Microsoft in 1993. It is used to enable interprocess communication and dynamic object creation in a large range of programming languages...

 interface called novaPDF SDK. This means that it can be integrated with any C#, Delphi, Visual Basic

Visual Basic

Visual Basic is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment from Microsoft for its COM programming model...

, .NET

.NET Framework

The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...

, VBA

Visual Basic for Applications

Visual Basic for Applications is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6 and its associated integrated development environment , which are built into most Microsoft Office applications...

, (JScript

JScript

JScript is a scripting language based on the ECMAScript standard that is used in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.JScript is implemented as a Windows Script engine. This means that it can be "plugged in" to any application that supports Windows Script, such as Internet Explorer, Active Server Pages,...

, VBScript

VBScript

VBScript is an Active Scripting language developed by Microsoft that is modeled on Visual Basic. It is designed as a “lightweight” language with a fast interpreter for use in a wide variety of Microsoft environments...

) application and thus adding PDF generating capability to those applications.

Requirements

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows XP
  Windows XP
  Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
  
   SP2 - 32 bit and 64 bit
• Windows Server 2003
  Windows Server 2003
  Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, introduced on 24 April 2003. An updated version, Windows Server 2003 R2, was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005...
  
   - 32 bit and 64 bit
• Windows Vista
  Windows Vista
  Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
  
   - 32 bit and 64 bit
• Windows Server 2008 - 32 bit and 64 bit
• Windows 7 - 32 bit and 64 bit

Reference

Review of novaPDF on Makeuseof

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Review of novaPDF on LifeHacker.

Review on CNET

CNET

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Review of novaPDF on Digital Inspiration (owned by Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal

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Review of novaPDF on dottech.

External links

• novaPDF official website
• novaPDF official forum