PRO Document Creation API (DOCAPI)

The PRO DOCAPI supplies a set of program function calls, which allow the client programs to generate and control document level objects such as pages, forms, fonts, text, rules, shading and bitmaps. When the objects are processed through a PRO output device driver, the appropriate printer language objects are created. With this API, document creation applications can easily add support for complex print formats, including AFP, Xerox Metacode, PostScript, PDF, PCL, TIFF and PNG.

PRO Output Data-extraction API (DOCAPI)

The PRO ODDAPI supplies a set of program function calls, which are used to control the processing of an output data stream files and which allow the software vendors program to extract information about the print stream. This program can then use the extracted information for any purpose, such as extracting data to a database, creating a proprietary display or print format or developing a customized XML format.

With PRO DOCAPI and PRO ODDAPI the clients no longer need to create specific applications. All they have to do is create one generic interface that can be used with a wide variety of print languages. There is no need for their developers to know the programming languages of various print format types, such as Xerox Metacode, AFP, PCL, HTML, TIFF and PDF or the inner workings of the PRO Suite of products. The clients time to implement is thus significantly shortened while they have also reduced their long-term development time and costs.

PRO DOCAPI and PRO ODDAPI offer a high degree of flexibility for many current clients. Many actions are controlled by parameters allowing easy integration and customization to the environment.

PRO DOCAPI and PRO ODDAPI are built so that they can be incorporated into the vendor's product and redistributed as integral components of the customer's solution. Clients can use either a tightly coupled API or, more commonly, they just utilize command line calls. When completed, the client's problem is resolved with a cost effective software development tool that interprets print-streams and resources under program control. The controlling program interacts with CrawfordTech data interpreter and, through the PRO DOCAPI and/or PRO ODDAPI, it manipulates pages in any way desired. The PRO DOCAPI and PRO ODDAPI use a print-stream transform technology, which accesses the print resources as they are needed.

Further, the PRO DOCAPI and PRO ODDAPI are available on most processing platforms, like Windows, Unix and z/OS. What is more, both PRO DOCAPI and PRO ODDAPI are compatible with the entire suite of PRO software products and PRO solutions, allowing many value-added capabilities to be harnessed.