Thank you, Antonio, for the feedback

>I don't think Chilkat's PDF class will ever come close to the QuickPDF library in terms of functionalities, and I considered it
>QuickPDF, that is) also because of the signing. I don't think, however, that it supports HSM or smartcard signing,
>which is my main interest, in this particular.

The quickpdf forum has no entry on robust HSM pdf-signing for sure. I look forward to your return, should you find out a way to implement such a process from a VFP+Chilkat combo:-)

Daniel