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9. The "Used" flag of non-page resources can be unset at runtime with SetUnUsed(). This
will mark the class as an unused or deleted object. When writing the file, such an object
must be ignored.
10. Never delete an object if you don't know exactly what you are doing. If a destroyed
object is referenced in any other object, the library will crash.
11. If a used page resource is deleted or if the "Used" flag is unset at runtime when it was
already set, the resulting PDF file will be damaged.
12. Make sure that the function FreePDF() can be called at any time without causing
memory leaks or other unwanted side effects.
Requirements to add your own code to DynaPDF
If you want to make your own features permanent, you are welcome to send us your source
codes including a description what kind of feature it enables.
However, we cannot accept any old code; your code must be properly written in C++ and tested
with certain operating systems and compilers. It must not produce warnings of any kind and it
must not use external libraries, except those are already used by DynaPDF (see drv_type.h for a
full list).
Basic C functions such as strcpy, strcat, memcpy and so on, as well as templates from the STL
are NOT allowed to use. Take a look into drv_base_func.h, drv_templ.h, or pdf_utils.h before
using an external function or template. The implementations used by DynaPDF are faster and
work on all operating systems in the same way.
Windows GDI functions are normally not permitted too. However, under certain circumstances
GDI functions are permitted. DynaPDF uses already a few GDI functions to convert WMF files
to EMF or to raster EMF files. Windows specific code must be encapsulated into a #ifdef
_WINDOWS section.
If your code handles strings, it must NOT use an external string class which is available in any
standard C++ library. Use the DynaPDF class CString or CPDFString() instead. These classes
support many PDF specific functions.
Your code should be tested with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 AND Visual Studio 2005 or higher. If
possible, you should test your code also with GCC 4.0 or higher under Linux or Mac OS X.
 

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