Although the PDF (Portable Document Format) is a widely used standard, PDF viewing software is far from ubiquitous. According to industry statistics PDF reading software is installed on 81% of PCs. On average, for an application that relies on users viewing and printing a PDF document, 19% of end users will be unable to use it.

Victoria Forms has created the WDF (Weightless Document Format) to overcome the weaknesses of the PDF format. WDF forms and documents, work in browsers without modification - Users do not have have to preinstall any additional reader software.

 

Weightless Document Server allows application developers to present their users with populated forms and documents, that can be viewed, filled, and printed, by  virtually 100% of user setups.

 

Use the WYSIWIG forms graphics design software to design blank templates for your forms and document library. Place empty data fields on the form, which you later want to be populated with data. Blank templates are then placed your server.

 

When your internet application wants to generate a filled document for the user to view, print and save, use 1 line of code from with your application to create a filled document on the server.

 

Your code specifies which blank form or document template is to be used and what data is to be placed in the form. Just as with our PDF server, our Weightless Document Server then does the rest - it generates the form template, places data within the template, and presents it to the user within a viewer application, running within the web-browser.

 

Users open the multi-page document where they can view and print it, just like the PDF reader.

Highlights include:

 

• User does  require any preinstalled software: NO PDF reader required, NO Flash Player plugin required, NO Java VM plugin required, NO Word Processor required, NO ActiveX plugins required, NO printing browser extensions required.
• Once on screen multi-page documents work fully offline, for 100% reliability.
• Users have zoom option to adjust the size of the document on screen to suit their preferences.
• Automatically handles data field font type, sizing, colour, positioning, and formatting (the filled document looks just how you designed it).
• Overrides browsers own printing facility, to generate high quality, and consistent document printing - the output is virtually indistinguishable from printed PDF or Word documents.
• Users can adjust the scale of the printed image to suit their printer and paper size.
• Automatically adjusts page orientation when printed for landscape and portrait modes.
• Users can be given the option to save a full version of the form in a single file, for later viewing and printing.
• Viewer style can be customised to suit corporate branding.
• Users can be given a "convert to PDF" option - clicking on the button will initiate the server to generate an identical PDF version of the document.
• Accessibility: Documents can be viewed in special Text only viewer, suitable for users with a visual impairment, and additional features are enabled for blind users of screen readers.

 

Need to make amendments to document design? Simply use graphics designer to make changes you want and update the template library with the new design.

 

 

For Application Developers

Use our design software to create form templates. Your internet application can then present filled documents for users to  view and print within our Weightless Document Format.