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Install Windows ActiveX / COM

A registered COM server, for hosts that cannot call a C DLL.

1. Get the package

The download is public and needs no key — unlicensed output carries an evaluation watermark and nothing else is restricted. The package file is windows-activex.zip.

Download windows-activex

2. Check your platform

Two separate facts per platform: whether a licence key for this package covers it, and whether the download ships an engine binary for it.

3. Install

register_ax.bat
rem or, without elevation, for the current user only:
register_ax.bat user

4. Licence it

A licence is one key string, set once at startup. Buying one and installing it is covered by how licensing works; until then the engine runs fully functional with an evaluation watermark.

5. Your first PDF

The smallest complete program: create, write, close.

Dim pdf
Set pdf = CreateObject("LumasPdf.PDF")
pdf.CreateNewPDFA "hello.pdf"
pdf.Append
pdf.SetFontA "Helvetica", 0, 24, 1, 2      ' fsNone, embed, cp1252
pdf.WriteFTextA 1, "Hello from LumasPDF"    ' taCenter
pdf.EndPage
pdf.CloseFile

Where next

• The full quick start Step by step, from unzip to a rendered page.
• Runnable examples Complete programs, each verified against a named release.
• The Windows ActiveX / COM package page Editions, pricing, and everything in the download.
• API reference Every exported function, with declarations.