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PDF viewing/annotating library for iPhone?

Hi, I am currently working on an educational project where I would like to add some PDF reading functionality to an iPhone app. I know that it is possible to add a UIWebView and display the PDF there, however I would like to add the ability to show page number, 'next', 'previous' buttons etc. Is CGPDFDocument the direction that I should...

Reduce filesize of pdf

I have a pdf that is around 4MB in size. When I open it in Adobe Acrobat (version 8) and go to File -> Save as the resulting pdf is only 137KB. This pdf is 67 pages big, each page looking very similar to the other, with only some numbers changed: same background, same fonts, almost same text, ... It has been created using Cete DynamicPD...

Is there a way to convert .doc files to pdf or jpg on a host like GoDaddy?

And can this be done without a really expensive solution like Apose? That costs way more than I can possibly spend. Essentially, I need to be able to let someone upload a document and retain its formatting to display it through flex. If there's another way to do that, I'd appreciate a solution to that as well. Thanks ...

Open file in Adobe Acrobat then save back to website with Acrobat save button

I'm sure this isn't possible but figured I'd check -- Using Adobe, is there a way to open a PDF from a webpage. The PDF would then be viewed and marked up if necessary. Then, the user would click the built-in Adobe 'SAVE' button and the pdf would be sent back to the server. I'm sure it's a long shot that this is built into adobe, but ...

How to properly serve a PDF file

I am using .NET 3.5 ASP.NET. Currently my web site serves a PDF file in the following manner: context.Response.WriteFile(@"c:\blah\blah.pdf"); This works great. However, I'd like to serve it via the context.Response.Write(char [], int, int) method. So I tried sending out the file via byte [] byteContent = File.ReadAllBytes(ReportP...

Library for PDF manipulation?

I need to write a program that: 1) takes a PDF file. 2) makes the width/height 2x 3) makes font size 2x What library sholuld I use? ...

automation testing of pdf forms

is there any tool that can help in automation testing of PDF forms ? any help appreciated ...

DOMPDF set font for entire page?

Hi Im using DOMPDF over at http://www.digitaljunkies.ca/dompdf/ I am struggling how to set the font for the entire page. In the template I have made I have the font set to Helvetica in the CSS but when it generates the PDF it defaults to Times New Roman. When I try <script type="text/php">{literal}if ( isset($pdf) ) { $font = Fo...

django - pisa : adding images to PDF output

I'm using a standard example from the web (http://www.20seven.org/journal/2008/11/pdf-generation-with-pisa-in-django.html) to convert a django view / template into a PDF. The mechanics work wonderfully. Thanks! My question: Is there an "easy" way to include images (either from a url or a reference on the server) in the template so th...

Birt Reporting PDF rendering issue

I am using Birt 2.3.1. While rendering it on PDF the format is not appropriate. For report we are having Pagination of 20 On HTML it renders fine. But when it is rendered on the PDF it displays 12 rows in one page and remaining 8 on the other. I want my all 20 rows in one page itself or if any one has any idea whats the ideal way to d...

PDF printer without user intervention

Hi, I'm looking for a PDF printer that doesn't ask the user to choose a filename and directory, but simply saves it to a predefined folder with a unique filename. Thx. ...

Anyway to automatically convert DWF to PDF?

Hi all, Our eTendering solution, www.monaqasat.com, currently works exclusively with PDF documents for various reasons, some of them being security. We are being asked if we can support DWF documents. For this to happen, we would need to find a way to automatically convert DWF documents to PDF, using some kind of Unix application. Does...

LaTeX porting *.eps images with eps2pdf and german umlauts (mutated vowel)

Hello, I draw a use case diagram with MagicDraw and save it as EPS file. Now I want to integrated it into my TeX file by using eps2pdf. It works so far, but the picture includes german umlauts like ä,ö or ü and they will be shown as "?" (question marks). What could I do to solve this problem? Greetings, Lony Important packages: \use...

Issue with opening XFDF PDf's from PGP program

I have a system that prepopulates PDF fields via XFDF. THe XFDF code seems fine, but when I try to open it with the header() in PHP, PDF fires an error. If I ignore it and refresh the page, it works fine and poplulates the form correctly. Below is the XFDF code as well as the header I am using... Any idea why PDF doesnt display it rig...

Batch Decollating Directory of PDFs and Bar Code Imposing

I have a directory of PDFs. They are all different, but they all have 5 pages. I need to insert a bar code on each page for each PDF. After this process I need to combine and decollate every PDF. Essentially there would be 5 different PDFs created. The first would contain all page ones from every PDF, the second the second page, etc....

POST to server, receive PDF, deliver to user w/ jQuery

I have a link that the user clicks to get a PDF. In jQuery, I create a POST ajax call to the server to get the PDF. The PDF comes to me with the correct content headers etc that would normally cause the browser to open the Reader plugin, or allow the user to save the PDF. Since I am getting the PDF w/ an ajax call, I'm not sure what t...

iTextSharp + FileStream = Corrupt PDF file

Hi, I am trying to create a pdf file with iTextSharp. My attempt writes the content of the pdf to a MemoryStream so I can write the result both into file and a database BLOB. The file gets created, has a size of about 21kB and it looks like a pdf when opend with Notepad++. But my PDF viewer says it's currupted. Here is a little code sni...

How to print PDFs automatically

We have a number of systems that produce PDFs that need to be printed. These are stored on a central document store. A message then goes onto a JMS queue that the document needs printing. A service, written in Java , picks these up and then invokes a native command. This is to call Adobe Reader with the /t flag. This causes the docu...

Dynamically creating a member ID card as pdf using PHP?

I need to code a PHP script that would let me generate a pdf file which displays a member ID card (something like a credit card used to identify oneself) at a certain resolution. Let me explain: I do have the basic blueprint of the card in png file format. The script needs to drop in a member's name and birthday along with a serial. So ...

Problems with formdata send via Adobe Reader to a php-script

I have created a PDF with Adobes LifeCycle and added some forms and a button to send the formdata to a php-script. On the serverside i grab the postdata and store them into a database. No problem so far, but the Adobe Reader now complains about an error something to do with the content of the text/html type. Here is the error message in...