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What's the easiest way to merge (server-side) a collection of PDF documents into one big PDF document in JAVA

I have 3 PDF documents that are generated on the fly by a legacy library that we use, and written to disk. What's the easiest way for my JAVA server code to grab these 3 documents and turn them into one long PDF document where it's just all the pages from document #1, followed by all the pages from document #2, etc. Ideally I would like...

How to check PDF-A 1b compliance with open source tools?

How can i check (and additionally create) PDF-A 1b compliant PDF documents using open source tools? Does anybody know an open source tool? Thanks in advance... ...

How can I read and manipulate PDF 1.5 files in Perl?

There doesn't appear to be any Perl libraries that can open, manipulate, and re-save PDF documents that use the newer PDF version (1.5 and above I believe) that use a cross-reference stream rather than table. Does anyone know of any unix/linux-based utilities to convert a PDF to an older version? Or perhaps there's a Perl module in CPA...

Newbie wants to create a PDF reader for ipod touch - what's the best approach?

I want to make a small app that displays a PDF, presenting zoom-able single pages with a previous-next page function. ...

Method to generate pdf from access+vb6 or just sql 2005?

The setup: Multiple computers using an adp file to access a sql 2005 database. Most don't have a pdf distiller. An access form (plain form, not crystal) is created that needs to be saved as a pdf. The only way I can think of is send a request from access to the sql server for a web page. Something like: "http://sqlserver/generatepdf.ph...

How to dynamically change the "src" or "data" for a PDF Object / Embed file using JavaScript?

I have a web application that is dynamically loading PDF files for viewing in the browser. Currently, it uses "innerHTML" to replace a div with the PDF Object. This works. But, is there a better way to get the ID of the element and set the "src" or "data" parameter for the Object / Embed and have it instantly load up a new document? I...

What is the best or cheapest library for creating PDF files in Delphi?

As the title states: What is the best or cheapest library for creating PDF files in Delphi? ...

Where can I find good tutorials on XSL-FO (Formating/ed Objects), the stuff one feeds to fop and get PDF's ?

On a company that I've worked, me and my colleagues, implemented a tailored document distribution system on top of XSL-FO. My task was to get the script to deliver the documents and configure the CUPS print server and the Fax server, so I never had the time to get my hands dirty on XSL-FO. I'm thinking of implementing something in the ...

Generate PDF from structured data

I want to be able to generate a highly graphical (with lots of text content as well) PDF file from data that I might have in a database or xml or any other structured form. Currently our graphic designer creates these PDF files in Photoshop manually after getting the content as a MS Word Document. But usually, there are more than 20 rev...

How do I programmatically create a TIF from a PDF in .NET?

Is there a library (preferably open source - similar to PDFSharp) that can be used to programmaticly convert a PDF to a TIF (using .net)? ...

How to create Editable PDF by ASP.NET

how to create editable PDF using ASP.NET. i want to create a PDf from master tamplate, edit it (fill some value(input not from database)) and save. Is it possible without using 3rd party. if some sample code available it will be gr8.... ...

How can I split up a PDF file into pages (preferably C#)

My client has a multi-page PDF file. They need it split by page. Does anyone know of a way to do this - preferably in C#. ...

What is the recommended toolchain for formatting XML DocBook?

I've seen Best tools for working with DocBook XML documents, but my question is slightly different. Which is the currently recommended formatting toolchain - as opposed to editing tool - for XML DocBook? In Eric Raymond's 'The Art of Unix Programming' from 2003 (an excellent book!), the suggestion is XML-FO (XML Formatting Objects), bu...

WPF to PDF

I have a WPF application and I want to be able to save the output of the application to a PDF document, the item I want to save can be a Visual a Drawing or a FixedDocument (I can create it as any of those options, and it's easy to convert between them). Is there any library that can convert directly from WPF to PDF (without writing cod...

Does Postscript have a concept of a table?

What I'm trying to achieve is to determine if the Postscript that I'm parsing contains any element that resides in a table (box)... Thank you in advance... Cheers, RWendi ...

Is it possible to link to a bookmark within a PDF using URL parameters?

When providing a link to a PDF file on a website, is it possible to include information in the URL (request parameters) which will make the PDF browser plugin (if used) jump to a particular bookmark instead of just opening at the beginning? Something like: http://www.somehost.com/user-guide.pdf?bookmark=chapter3 ? If not a bookmark, wo...

Unicode in PDF

My program generates relatively simple PDF documents on request, but I'm having trouble with unicode characters, like kanji or odd math symbols. To write a normal string in PDF, you place it in brackets: (something) There is also the option to escape a character with octal codes: (\527) but this only goes up to 512 characters. How ...

How do I make ImageMagick talk to Ghostscript

I am on Windows XP. I am using ImageMagick (MagickNet) to convert PDF's to TIF's. My problem is that when I load a PDF in the MagicNet.Image object, it doesn't throw an error, but when I look at the properties, it is obvious it didn't load the PDF (it doesn't contain any data). My guess is that ImageMagick isn't talking to Ghostscri...

How can I do a full-text search of PDF files from Perl?

I have a bunch of PDF files and my Perl program needs to do a full-text search of them to return which ones contain a specific string. To date I have been using this: my @search_results = `grep -i -l \"$string\" *.pdf`; where $string is the text to look for. However this fails for most pdf's because the file format is obviously not AS...

How to compare two PDF files?

I need to compare large count of PDF files for it optical content. Because the PDF files was created on different platforms and with different versions of the software there are structural differences. For example: the chunking of text can be different the write order can be different the position can be differ some pixels It should ...