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1
Odds and Ends: avoiding non-heap OutOfMemory
When working with Java APIs that use native code you can hit an OutOfMemory in the PermGen space due to weaknesses in Java's garbage collectors. Here's an ugly little hack that might help.
16-Jan-2012
15:34:00
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New features in Report Generator 1.1.51
The Report Generator has got a few new tricks in release 1.1.51. Graph Library integration, Flash, PDF sets and Xinclude - read on for a summary and some examples.
27-Oct-2011
16:53:21
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Odds and Ends: Creating a new X.509 Certificate
A quick tip completely unrelated to PDF or Graphs: How to create a new self-signed X.509 Certificate with Java.
08-Mar-2011
12:01:00
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Trimming whitespace from a TIFF before saving.
Sometimes when you convert a PDF to TIFF, you're left with a lot of whitespace around the content of the page. This article shows an easy way to remove it.
23-Sep-2010
10:31:00
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Watermarking a Report
The Report Generator is a layer on top of the PDF Library API which converts XML to PDF. The XML is much easier to work with, but there are always situations where you'll need the flexibility of the API. Here we show you how to do this, and we also ...
03-Aug-2010
12:26:03
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Combining Ant, Jar, Signatures and Pack200
If you're deploying Java code as Applets, Pack 200 compression can reduce the size of your download by 70%. This article shows how to build digitally signed Jars with Pack 200 compression using Apache Ant. It can be applied to any code, not just BFO code.
13-May-2010
11:14:00