Search results for: Understanding the PDF file format

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...
Mark Stephens
2 min read

How to convert an image to a PDF in…

In a previous post I looked at why you might want to convert a PDF file to an image (you can use JPedal to...
Bethan Palmer
1 min read

How to generate a PDF file

Last time, we showed you how to write your own PDF file. This is useful for understanding the complexities of PDF files (and why...
Mark Stephens
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Annotations in PDF Files, what are they and why…

Annotations are additional objects that can be added to a document. They help to provide clarification to its content or to expand upon what...
Kieran France
2 min read

FormCalc vs Javascript [PDF / XFA in HTML5]

This is one of the articles in the XFA series index which investigates the important factors to be considered during the conversion from FormCalc script to...
suda
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