Search results for: Understanding the PDF file format

How to Extract Data from XFA files

Introduction XFA data exists in a different format to normal PDF data. This article is designed to help you understand how this happens and...
Mark Stephens
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Check if a PDF is valid using the HTML5…

Using the HTML5 File API to validate PDF Files Recently in my own time I have been familiarizing myself with the HTML5 File API....
Lyndon Armitage
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How to edit PDF files using Incremental Updates

Mark has previously written about how to edit PDF files by adding a second reference table, and Daniel made a whole series on making...
Sam Howard
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How are carriage returns, spaces and other gaps defined…

One of the biggest issues within PDF files we find is  the use of carriage returns, spaces and line feeds as gaps with the...
Mark Stephens
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What Java Developers need to know about PDF Files?

PDF stands for portable document format and is the world’s most popular file format. So it’s likely to be one that Java Developers need...
Mark Stephens
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