Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark has been working with Java and PDF since 1999 and is a big NetBeans fan. He enjoys speaking at conferences. He has an MA in Medieval History and a passion for reading.

   



191 Stories by Mark Stephens

Top 9 PDF file questions with answers for developers

PDF stands for “portable document format”. It is a binary format made of objects -number, strings, arrays, dictionaries, streams and keywords ‘null’. Let’s understand...
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How to view PDF objects

When you develop software to work with PDF files, you often need to be able to drill down into a file and see the...
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How to read EXIF metadata from Image files

In our previous article we looked at some Viewers which could display Exif data for you. Sometimes, you need to programmatically access the data....
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4 tools for viewing Image Metadata

In previous articles we have told you what Image metadata is. In this article, we will show you some free and commercial multi-platform tools...
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What is EXIF metadata?

What is Exif? EXIF is a common International standard format for storing metadata as part of an image. This has the advantage of simplicity...
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