Appligent's FDFMerge 4.0 Empowers Database Publishing.

Business Editors

LANSDOWNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2003

Appligent, Inc., (www.appligent.com), a leading provider of PDF-related software applications, today introduced an upgrade to FDFMerge, a server-based application that streamlines document production and delivery. FDFMerge(TM) 4.0 combines information extracted from a database in Forms Data Format (FDF), with a Portable Document Format (PDF) file to create a completed PDF form. The resulting PDF file can be viewed, archived, printed or e-mailed with all data intact and secure. Users are able to read PDF files generated by FDFMerge with the widely used Adobe Acrobat(R) and Reader software without special plug-ins. FDFMerge 4.0 now provides advanced publishing features, XML support, as well as faster downloading times.

"FDFMerge was designed to handle the high volume, on-demand production needs of Appligent's corporate clients," says Mark Gavin, Appligent Chief Technology Officer. "FDFMerge is designed to be scalable and runs well in all environments, from the single server shop to the large, high production server farm."

FDFMerge 4.0's new features include:

-- Support for sophisticated typographic effects like stretching text across X and Y coordinates, control of inter-word, inter-character, inter-line spacing and fractional point sizes;

-- Generation of linearized PDF files which allows Acrobat to display the first page of before it has completed downloading the entire document -- extremely valuable when working with large complex forms;

-- Support for the XFDF data format -- the XML based representation of FDF data in addition to Adobe FDF;

-- Built-in support for 40- and 128-bit encryption of merged PDF documents.

Thanks to their cross platform functionality and consistency, PDFs have become the standard of choice for electronic communications in a variety of industries, especially the financial services and government sectors. PDFs remain a static representation of the original content and are an ideal format for a range of electronic publishing activity, such as submitting Web-based financial statements. FDFMerge, which supports Adobe Acrobat(R) and is available for Windows, RedHat Linux, AIX, Mac OS X, Solaris and HP-UX.

In addition, FDFMerge also offers a host of standard features, which include:

-- Form Flattening or partial Form Flattening, which removes the

field from the form and stamps the data directly into the PDF

document, which can be viewed and printed by any application;

-- Stamping text and images in form fields and support for any

Adobe Type 1 font including bar code and OCR fonts;

-- Stamping PDF documents pages into form fields in which any

page of any PDF document may be merged onto a form field;

-- Form field buttons can be merged and stamped into PDF

documents;

-- Customizing form field display properties like borders and

backgrounds in the flattened document by setting your own Red,

Green and Blue (RGB) values for them using FDFMerge's

parameter file.

To see an online demonstration of FDFMerge or to purchase the application, please visit Appligent's web site at www.appligent.com. Discounts are available for multiple purchases.

About Appligent

Appligent, (www.appligent.com), is the leading provider of server-based tools for the on-demand customization, manipulation and delivery of dynamically generated electronic documents. Based in Lansdowne, PA, Appligent has provided PDF-related software applications to users throughout the world since 1993. The company's products are used in various industries, including financial services, government, insurance, banking, manufacturing, legal and pharmaceutical.

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