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Hi All,

I am looking for some recommendations on PDF Libraries.

What I need to do is manipulate a series of PDF files, combine, split, add a water mark and so forth from within a series of functions within VBA (inside of outlook and excel).

I am looking for a solution, preferably in the form of a control and not a command line library.

I do not have access to Acrobat, so no acrobat solutions are acceptable, unless they're free and easy to distribute within our office :-)

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Maggie JY

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Hi Guys thanks for the input - I'll investigate the solutions proposed and will see if someone can point me to a library (OCX, DLL etc) as opposed to a commandline solution (wonder why PDFtk doesnt put a library solution out there) ... I have noted Joe's link to a work around running the commandline solution and I'm willing to give that a go ... pending other input ...
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Joe Winograd

This is one of those questions asking "for some recommendations", so there are no right or wrong answers. Everyone is entitled to make recommendations, so I am selecting all the posts where experts made recommendations of PDF libraries or other helpful comments and am splitting the points evenly. There is no "Best" answer, so I am selecting the first post as the Accepted Solution and all others as Assisted Solutions.
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I am sorry guys I never made it back here ... I came down with a terrible flu and was incapacitated for a week or so ... My apologies to all ...
Thanks for the informative responses ... I am content with the sharing of the points and agree with Joe's comments...
Your help has saved me hundreds of hours of internet surfing.
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Joe Winograd

Thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear you were so ill. Hope you're feeling better now and on the road to complete recovery. Regards, Joe
Maggie JY

Why not choose a PDF tool? Now many PDF solution provide you batch process to  combine, split, add water mark with ease. What's more, more features enable you to improve your productivity at work. Here are some PDF solution for your reference.