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"category:/pdf"
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Converting PDFs to bitmap PDFs
There are many situations where a PDF has to be "rasterized" - the contents of each page turned into a bitmap image - such as when a PDF is being converted to PDF/A and the page contents cannot be repaired. This article shows how to do it efficiently. |
09-May-2013 17:17:17 |
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BFO releases Java PDF Library 2.13
We've put out our first PDF library in 5 months, and although there are a lot of small changes there are very few headline grabbers. Perhaps the most interesting is the ability to restrict operations in the viewer with permissions - here we go into that ... |
22-Mar-2013 14:00:00 |
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The Firefox pdf.js Viewer
We've been getting a few emails asking about the new "pdf.js" viewer in Firefox, and why some of our documents don't render correctly in that viewer. Read on to find out why. |
14-Mar-2013 10:03:00 |
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Odds and Ends - PDF Valentines Cards
This challenge was too good to resist. We've neglected to make our cards PDF/A compliant, which you are welcome to interpret as a commentary on the impermanence of romantic love, or perhaps it would have just taken longer to do. Either way we hope you ... |
15-Feb-2013 11:05:00 |
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XFA Forms
The "P" in PDF stands for "Portable", and PDF is now an ISO Specification. So you could be forgiven for being surprised when you learn about XFA. We're asked about it a lot so what follows is a bit of a FAQ. What is XFA XFA stands for "XML Forms ... |
03-Jan-2013 14:14:55 |
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How to print with "Comments Summary"
This article shows how you can create a custom viewer feature that duplicates the functionality of Acrobat's "Print with Comments Summary" feature. |
29-Nov-2012 12:51:31 |
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New features in PDF Library 2.12
Yesterday we released our first PDF Library for a few months, version 2.12, so it's a good to give a bit of a summary of the changes |
25-Oct-2012 16:12:32 |
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Client Customizes PDF Viewer Using Source Code
Client adopts BFO's customizable Java PDF Viewer for their project. |
30-Jul-2012 15:35:00 |
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New features in the PDF Library 2.11.25
We've recently released version 2.11.25 - here's a quick summary of some of the features. |
16-Jul-2012 15:17:30 |
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Barcode Fields
Acrobat added dynamically updated barcode fields in Acrobat 7, but they haven't been documented until now, in the upcoming PDF 2.0 specification. This article shows you how to use them to make data extraction from printed forms a lot easier. |
16-Jul-2012 15:15:38 |
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Handwritten Digital Signatures
A new feature in 2.11.25 of the PDF Library is the ability to capture handwritten signatures from an iPad, iPhone or Android tablet. Useful? Maybe not, but it is kinda neat as you can see in the video. |
16-Jul-2012 15:15:13 |
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Roll your own applet: the definitive guide
We've covered them before, but Applets - a technology launched in 1996 with Java 1.0 - just keep changing. What follows is the definitive, step-by-step guide to compiling our viewer as an Applet useful as of mid-2012. |
18-Jun-2012 17:06:15 |
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Reader Extensions, and why they break
Usually on this blog we cover details of things you can do with our PDF API, so it's a bit of a departure to cover something we can't. Read on to learn about Reader Extensions and the limitations they imply. |
05-Jun-2012 11:39:00 |
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BFO releases Java PDF Library 2.11.24
We've just released 2.11.24 of our PDF Library which has our latest round of bugfixes and improvements. Download it from the the usual location |
01-Jun-2012 11:18:00 |
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University Goes Paperless with BFO's Java PDF Library
UK University Integrates BFO's Java PDF Library. |
24-May-2012 14:00:00 |
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OpenType Layout in PDF
How to use the new OpenType layout features in the PDF Library and Report Generator. |
24-Apr-2012 19:13:13 |
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Using Java to Print PDF Documents
Printing PDFs is easy with the Java PDF API. In this article we go through the Java Print API at a high level, then guide you through the details in case things go wrong. |
15-Feb-2012 18:36:44 |
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PDF Text Extraction in Java
How to extract text from a PDF in Java? Using our API of course! |
16-Nov-2011 04:06:00 |
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Extending the PDF Viewer - Part 2
In the second part of our "extending the viewer" series, we show you how to go all the way - we create a new "Custom Stamp" feature, then show you how to compile it, bundle it with the Jar than prepare the Jar in the most efficient way for applet ... |
08-Nov-2011 19:10:17 |
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PDF/A Standard - Long Term Archiving Solutions
PDF/A is the ISO standard for the digital preservation and long term archiving of electronic documents. The ability to search documents, include digitial signatures and reduced file size is resulting in both Governments and corporations adopting the PDF/A ... |
29-Sep-2011 07:36:00 |