Use the Toolbox add-on

The Toolbox add-on is a library that provides functionality for developers who need low-level access to the content of PDF files. You can use the same license key for both the Pdftools SDK and for the Toolbox add-on. Learn about the most commonly used features of the Toolbox add-on and find sample projects that help you integrate them.

📄️ Add form fields

Create and fill form fields such as text fields and radio buttons in a PDF.

📄️ Annotate

Use the PDF Toolbox SDK to manage annotations such as sticky notes and highlights in PDFs.

📄️ Edit content

Edit content such as text stamps, barcodes, and images to a PDF document.

📄️ Extract

Extract information such as text and images from a PDF document.

📄️ Generate PDFs

Generate a new PDF file from scratch using Java, .Net, and C.

📄️ Manage metadata

Manage metadata in a PDF document.

📄️ Print

Create a PDF layout ready for printing by setting the page orientation or placing multiple pages on one printed page.

📄️ Redact

Remove and redact content from a PDF document, for example text, images, and paths.

Trial license

The Pdftools SDK and Pdftools SDK Shell Tool don't require a trial license key, but the Toolbox add-on requires it. You can use the same license key for Pdftools SDK, Pdftools Shell Tool, and the Toolbox add-on.

SDK	To try the SDK	Output files	Get a license key
Pdftools SDK	No trial license key is needed.	Watermarked results without a license key.	To remove the watermark from the output files, contact the sales team through the Contact page.
Pdftools SDK Shell Tool
Toolbox add-on	Obtain a license key to try the SDK.	Obtain a license key to use the SDK.	To try the SDK, contact sales team through the Contact page.