Invented by Adobe Systems over 20 years old, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed.
Last time we discussed creating PDF Files the hard way and the easy way. In this article, I will be talking about text handling in PDF files. Although the PDF file type is a powerful format for text support, it comes with potential issues which can make them painful to work with. I will start…
Last time, we showed you how to write your own PDF file. This is useful for understanding the complexities of PDF files (and why you really want to use a PDF SDK to create and edit PDF files). Hopefully, we convinced you it was a bad idea…. The easy way to generate a PDF file…
Last time my colleague Sophia introduced you to PDF files and how much support is there for Java. This week we will be looking at the creation of PDF Files. A PDF file is a complex file format. Originally designed by Adobe, it is now an ISO standard of over 1000 pages. PDF files are…
Here at IDRSolutions we spend a lot of time working on the development of our Java PDF library (JPedal) and our PDF to HTML5 and SVG converter (JPDF2HTML5). As part of this months back to basics series we thought it would be a good idea to start with the explanation of what PDF files are,…
With the new year well and truly underway, here at IDRSolutions we have decided to go back to basics with PDF files. This month we are dedicating our blog posts to creating the ultimate 2017 guide for PDF files. Over the years our customers have asked us about various aspects and issues regarding PDF files…
