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Opening a PDF in WPF Application

Hi, Any ideas how to open a PDF file in a WPF Windows Application? ...

Open source PDF library for C/C++ application?

I want to be able to generate PDF ouput from my (native) C++ Windows application. Are there any free/open source libraries available to do this? I looked at the answers to this question, but they mostly relate to .Net. ...

Placing a PDF inside another PDF document with Zend_PDF

I have a pdf file of a logo, about 1"x2" in dimension. Can anybody provide the code snippet to import that PDF logo into another PDF file using the Zend_PDF API's? Ideally, I'd like to be able to place it like the PNG, TIFF or JPG objects with the Zend_Pdf_Image object. In other words, I want to be able to place the little 1x2" pdf...

Convert a .doc or .pdf to an image and display a thumbnail in Ruby?

Does anyone know how to generate document thumbnails in Ruby (or C, python...) ...

Zend_Pdf_Page::drawContentStream() Example?

Can somebody provide an example of how to use the Zend_Pdf_Page::drawContentStream() method from the Zend_Pdf API's? ...

How do I turn a ColdFusion page into a PDF download?

I would like to turn the HTML generated by my CFM page into a PDF, and have the user prompted with the standard "Save As" prompt when navigating to my page. ...

Best way to convert pdf files to tiff files

I have around 1000 pdf filesand I need to convert them to 300 dpi tiff files. What is the best way to do this? If there is an SDK or something or a tool that can be scripted that would be ideal. ...

How to determine if the user's browser can view PDF files

What's the best way for determining whether the user's browser can view PDF files? Ideally, it shouldn't matter on the browser or the operating system. Is there a specific way of doing it in ASP.NET, or would the answer be just JavaScript? ...

Adobe Reader Error Codes

I am programmatically creating PDFs, and a recent change to my generator is creating documents that crash both Mac Preview and Adobe Reader on my Mac. Before Adobe Reader crashes, it reports: There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document (18). I suspect that that "18" might give me some informat...

Filling PDF Forms with PHP

Is there a way to fill PDF forms and then save (flatten) them to PDF files from within PHP? Which library would you recommend? ...

Writing a book and targeting PDF and HTML

I have an idea for a combination book and web app to help newbies learn computer programming from the ground up, and while I'm working on the web app side of it, I've been thinking in the back of my mind about the best way to do the book. Can anyone share their experiences with similar projects? Here are my requirements: Source must be...

Poppler programming

Poppler is a classic example of something without documentation that you would prefer be documented. This question is language agnostic, just asking about the general idea.. In short, how do you make a PDF viewer control with poppler? From what I can tell, you'd need to use poppler to render it to some surface, which sounds good up until...

Big pdf attachemts in e-mails from SAP

I use ABAP program to send e-mail invoices to our customers. Invoice is pdf attachment created by function SX_OBJECT_CONVERT_OTF_PDF. Problem is that when language is PL (Polish) attachment is 10 times bigger comparing to EN language. Why? ...

Reading PDF documents in .Net

Is there an open source library that helps me reading/parsing PDF documents in .Net/C#? ...

Generating a PDF document based on a Microsoft Word Template

I need to take a Word document that is a template of sorts...collect user input to populate specific fields in that template..then generate a PDF file that includes the completed template as well as a few other document types. Does anyone have a good suggestion on a component to achieve this? Preferably one that does not require Microsof...

Is it possible to combine a series of PDFs into one using Ruby?

I have a series of PDFs named sequentially like so: 01_foo.pdf 02_bar.pdf 03_baz.pdf etc. Using Ruby, is it possible to combine these into one big PDF while keeping them in sequence? I don't mind installing any necessary gems to do the job. If this isn't possible in Ruby, how about another language? No commercial components, if poss...

Component to view and annotate PDF documents

Can anyone recommend a good Windows form component for displaying PDF documents and allowing users to add real annotation (by which I mean identical to that created by Adobe Reader). Update: I've tried the AxAcroPDF component which Abobe installs alongside Reader, but this doesn't support annotation. I basically want AxAcroPDF combined...

Best Library for Dynamic PDF or Word Doc Generation?

Our ASP.NET application must be able to export web content to PDF and Word documents. In the past, we've used Aspose's libraries to accomplish this, but we've found them to be a little too low-level in terms of document construction. e.g. We've found ourselves needing to write point-based functions using shape primitives to create bulle...

Structure of a PDF file?

For a small project I have to parse pdf files and take a specific part of them (a simple chain of characters). I'd like to use python to do this and I've found several libraries that are capable of doing what I want in some ways. But now after a few researches, I'm wondering what is the real structure of a pdf file, does anyone know if ...

PDF Imposition in PHP

I'm looking for a PHP library that will allow me to create a print-ready PDF. The imposition should include 1-up, 4-up, 24-up, etc. layouts, and crop marks. FPDF, TCPDF and PHP's included PDF libraries allow me to create an image and plop it on a PDF, but the more advanced layouts and crop marks are a bit beyond me. Thanks in advance!...