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Chapter 2: Defining styles with CSS

to add a footer, and external CSS for fonts, colors, and so on. In the next chapter, we're going to use some more CSS, more

How to add blank pages while concatenating several PDFs using PdfSmartCopy

page for the "back" of the document, otherwise the following document is messed up. Is there any way to add blank pages while

How to add an In Reply To annotation?

array (the annotation with index 0), so this is how I'm going to add an "in reply to" annotation: public void manipulatePdf

How to create a link to launch an external program?

(); As you see, we’ve created a PdfFileSpec instance to add an external resource (any file/program you wish) and add it directly

How to generate and design PDFs with iText or iTextSharp?

this guarantee from other vendors. Click How to generate and design PDFs with iText or iTextSharp? if you want to see how to answer

How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document?

= new PdfNumber(90); PORTRAIT = new PdfNumber(0); SEASCAPE = new PdfNumber(270); Click How to rotate a page while creating a PDF

pdfHTML: Support for linearGradient in CSS and SVG

https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/it7kb/examples/support-for-lineargradient-color-scheme-in-layout-css-and-svg we demonstrated how to use this

Support for linearGradient Color Scheme in Layout, CSS and SVG

for linearGradient in both CSS and SVG within the iText 7 Core library and version 3.0.1 of the pdfHTML add-on. In the following code

How to generate 2D barcode as vector image?

difference with ordinary images, is that this image is a vector image. Click How to generate 2D barcode as vector image? if you

pdfHTML: Added full background support

In release version 3.0.3 of the pdfHTML add-on, we have added full support for the background property, this includes HTML

How to add a table as a header?

I am working with iTextSharp trying to add an header and a footer to my generated PDF, but if I try to add an header that have

pdfHTML: Support for generating cross references for TOC creation with target-counter, target-counters CSS properties

Background: The target-counter and target-counter CSS Level 3 properties retrieve counter values and display information from

Chapter 5: Custom tag workers and CSS appliers

https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfhtml add-on. We'll override the default functionality that matches HTML tags with iText objec

Release iText 7.1.3

. Added support for display:block of label HTML element. CSS: support for unicode-range property. Bug fixes, among which

Chapter 3: Generating PDF based on Media Queries

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/resources/htmlsamples/html/css/sxsw.css for the HTML and CSS code that was u

How to add an image and text to the same cell?

I am generating bar codes in a table. Now I want to insert the student code under the bar code label. How can I do this? My

Release iText 7.0.6

https://www.nuget.org/packages/itext7/7.0.6 Assorted fixes ported from 7.1.0 and 7.1.1. Support added for License Key Library 3.0.1. User

How to merge PDFs and add bookmarks?

. Click How to merge PDFs and add bookmarks? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. bookmarks merge_documents

How can I generate a PDF/UA compatible PDF with iText?

. However, I have not been able to find a good example of how to generate a PDF/UA document. Can you provide an example? Posted

How do I add XMP metadata to each page of an existing PDF?

So far all the examples seem to involve adding metadata while creating a new Document. I want to take an existing PDF and add

How to add text to an image?

(watermark, width / 2, height / 2, TextAlignment.CENTER, (float) Math.PI / 6); return new Image(template); } This is how we add

How to generate a report with dynamic header in PDF using iText 7?

of the report contains a list of customer transactions. My doubt is: How to generate a header dynamically for each client? I need

How to use a Digital Signing Service (DSS) such as GlobalSign, with iText 7

document’s hash and then add the digital signature to the PDF. How the signing process works The task of signing a PDF using a DSS

pdfHTML: Support for overflow-wrap, word-break CSS Properties

the addition of support for the overflow-wrap and word-break CSS properties. Both properties serve to determine whether and how

Chapter 2: Adding content to a Canvas or a Document

(" by ").add(author); 11. while (!renderer.isFull()) 12. canvas.add(p); 13. canvas.close(); The Rectangle we define in line 1 is larger

How to add two images in one cell?

the lazy "); p.add(img2); cell = new Cell(); cell.add(p); table.addCell(cell); Click How to add two images in one cell? if you

Chapter 4: Creating reports using pdfHTML

> tag. These rows will be populated with the movie data. We don't use any external CSS, but there is some internal CSS in which we

How to right-align text in a PdfPCell?

I have a C# application that generates a PDF invoice. In this invoice is a table of items and prices. This is generated using

How can I convert a CSV file to a table with a repeating header row?

will be added: a header or the usual one addRowToTable(table, line, bold, true); while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { addRowToTable

How to load a PDF from a stream and add a file attachment?

and add a file attachment? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. file_attachment embedded_files pdfreader

pdfHTML: Support attr() function for content property

Background: Supporting the attr() CSS function for content property has been a long-requested feature for users of our popular

Chapter 5: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 2)

. In the next example, we'll add tables inside tables. Nesting tables Figure 5.17 shows three or six tables, depending on how you

Release pdfHTML 3.0.3

property in a text element are now supported by pdfHTML 3.0.3 too. While we're on the subject, we added the support of word-wrap

Release iText 7.0.4

and min-width css property [DEVSIX-1242 https://jira.itextsupport.com/browse/DEVSIX-1242] - Add bookmarks when adding a header

How to add alternative text for an image in Tagged PDF?

I know that iText can generate tagged PDF documents from scratch, but is it possible to insert alternative text for images

How to use Cyrillic characters in a PDF?

Why are characters such as "?" and "?" not being recognized? I have a problem when adding characters such as "?" or "?" while

How can I serve a PDF to a browser without storing a file on the server side?

How can I serve the PDF file to the client without storing the file on the server side and allow the client side to directly

Release iText 7.1.1

- for .NET https://www.nuget.org/packages/itext7.pdfhtml/2.0.1 Improvements in CSS handling: @font-face, inherit. Borders: border

Do we need a browser engine to render HTML+CSS to PDF?

No, pdfHTML does all the work parsing the HTML and CSS, and mapping them to iText objects and styles. Then the iText engine

Page events

to rotate a page while creating a PDF document? How can I add an image to all pages of my PDF? How to add a rectangle to every

Chapter 7: Handling events; setting viewer preferences and printer properties

, but what if we want to add a watermark, background, header or footer to every page? How do we know when a new page is created? We'll

Release pdfHTML 3.0.4

added is the initial support of the CSS Flexible Layout Box module https://www.w3.org/TR/css-flexbox-1/. This module is currently

How to add a border to a paragraph?

I've created a Paragraph using iText. Now I have to add a border to this paragraph, not to the whole document. How do I do

How to get specific types from AcroFields? Like PushButtonField, RadioCheckField, etc

); This returned false every time. To better explain my scenario: I have an existing PDF (I am NOT generating this file

How to convert an A4 size PDF to a PDF booklet?

for other books were added so that the total number of pages would be a multiple of 16. This shows how pages are typically printed

How to divide a page in N parts so we can fill each with a different source?

How can I achieve this using iTextPDF in java? Example So the first half of the page would be in English while the second part

How to add text inside a rectangle?

I have created a rectangle using PdfContentByte. Now I want to add text inside this rectangle. How can I do this? My rectangle

How to add multiple images into a single PDF?

How do I update my code in order to add all the images into the exported PDF instead of only the last one? I have

How to add an image to an AcroForm field?

adding images. How is this done? Posted on StackOverflow on Apr 17, 2013

How to add a rectangle to every page of a document?

to get a rectangle on every single page of the document but I'm not sure how to do this. I tried adding this at the end of my code

Chapter 4: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 1)

border, left padding and bottom margin for that Div. Figure 4.1: Grouping elements in a Div The DivExample1 example shows how

How to add a watermark to a page with an opaque image?

that some crucial information will get lost by covering the existing content. In that case, take a look at how I add the text

How to extend the page size of a PDF to add a watermark?

can see, a half an inch margin was added to the left of each page. This is how it's done: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new

Why aren't images added sequentially?

Paragraph("Quick brown fox"); int i = 0; while (i Click Why aren't images added sequentially? if you want to see how to answer

How to put text above a barcode instead of under the bars?

How do I produce barcodes with text above instead of below? I'm using iText to dynamically generate PDF docs.I'm able

How to add an image watermark to a PDF file?

is that you're adding the watermark outside the visible area of the page. See my answer to the question “How to position text

How to merge documents correctly?

); int n = pdfDoc.getNumberOfPages(); for (int i = 1; i Or you can add them while merging, as is done in the MergeWithToc

How to add a text to the left and to the right in a header?

How do I divide my header and footer into three sections? I need to add more than one header and footer to my document

How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page?

How can I add text automatically to the 1st page, instead of the last? I have a script that creates a PDF file and writes

How to add JPEG images that are multi-stage filtered (DCTDecode and FlateDecode)?

Recently I am tasked with reducing the file sizes of PDF generated from blank office documents. The images are mostly blank

How to add an image to an existing PDF using AffineTransform?

a scale transformation scaling the image to its width in X direction and to its height in Y direction. Click How to add an image

How to add a map with a pointer to a PDF?

that has been opened Many other options are possible, but once again: your question wasn't entirely clear. Click How to add a map

How to add a page number in the header of a PDF/A Level A file?

an exception telling me that the content I'm adding isn't tagged. How do I solve this problem? Posted on StackOverflow on Dec 16, 2014

How to tile a document and add margins to the tiles?

I am tiling a document as is done in the TilingHero example. That works well, but now I'd also like to add margins to each

Can I generate a PDF from a URL instead of from a file on disk?

You can generate a PDF from any HTML InputStream. In most of the examples, we have used a FileOutputStream, but in chapter 4

How can I add titles of chapters in ColumnText?

)); } You now have a list of titles which you can click to jump to the corresponding table. Click How can I add titles of chapters

How to add a cover page to an existing PDF document?

I need to add an existing cover page (a single-page PDF) to another existing PDF document. How can this be done? Posted

How to add a table in the top-right corner of the page?

= tableLayoutResult.getOccupiedArea().getBBox().getHeight(); Click How to add a table in the top-right corner of the page? if you want to

Generating and displaying bar codes

How to generate 2D barcode as vector image? barcodes <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext' data-java-url

How to add a background image to a cell?

, 0, 1, new Image(ImageDataFactory.create(IMG)), "Top left", TextAlignment.LEFT)); Click How to add a background image to a cell

Release iText 7.0.5

and pdfHTML, and there are some nice additions to pdfSweep. General The add-ons pdfSweep, pdfHTML, and pdfInvoice have been released

How to add text as a header or footer?

the text that was added as a header and a footer to each page. Click How to add text as a header or footer? if you want to see

How to split a row over multiple pages?

Can anybody suggest how I can split a row over multiple pages? I am using PdfPTable to create a table in PDF. I have a single

How to change the icon of a push button field?

I am currently trying to fill out a predefined Form with itextsharp while adding an image. How can I do this? I'am currently

How to set a fixed background image for all my pages?

Click, I generate 4 pages on my PDF, I added this image to provide a background image: string imageFilePath = parent + "/Images

How to add an inner table surrounded by text?

Table and Cell classes in iText 7 instead of PdfPTable and PdfPCell. Click How to add an inner table surrounded by text? if you

How to send a file to the server through a PDF?

Is there a way to create some kind of Input File, File Chooser, etc, and attach it on the generated PDF file? And then send

How to tell iText how to clip text to fit in a cell?

When I call setFixedHeight() on a PdfPCell, and add more text than fits in the given height, iText seems to print the prefix

Chapter 7: Creating PDF/UA and PDF/A documents

-c07e02_quickbrownfox_pdfa_1b example shows how we can create a "Quick brown fox" PDF that complies to PDF/A-1b. //Initialize PDFA documen

Chapter 7: Creating PDF/UA and PDF/A documents | .NET

https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples/chapter-7#c07e04_mergepdfadocuments.cs shows how it's done. //Initializ

How can I use regular and bold in a single String?

I have a String that consists of a constant part and a variable part. How do I get the variable to be formatted using

How to show an image with large dimensions across multiple pages?

I have an image with large dimensions which I How could I split the image into multiple pages while retaining its original

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers | .NET

or implicitly) and when we added basic building blocks such as Paragraph and List to that document object. iText made sure

How can I add an image to all pages of my PDF?

, you'll discover that it is very easy to port the Java to C#. Click How can I add an image to all pages of my PDF? if you want to see

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers

; while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) { if (isHeader) { Cell cell = new Cell().add(new Paragraph(tokenizer.nextToken

How to add a border to a PDF page?

); Why am I not able to add border to my PDF page even after enabling borders for all sides? I've set border and its color too

How to hyphenate text?

")); table.addCell(new Cell().add(paragraph)); Click How to hyphenate text? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5

How to add inline spacing in a PdfPCell?

I need to add space between two parts of a line in a PdfPCell. Chunk chunk = new Chunk("Received Rs(In Words

How to prevent splitting a table?

How to ensure the entire table goes on the same page. I'm developing an app that generates PDF using iText. I have a table

How to fit a String inside a rectangle?

When the column height is not sufficient to add the content of the strings, why is the content incomplete? I'm trying to add

How to add a full line break?

at the resulting pdf and you'll see that the line now runs through the margins. Click How to add a full line break? if you want to see ho

How to add an x-offset to a text pattern with every x-step?

the type of pattern you require. Click How to add an x-offset to a text pattern with every x-step? if you want to see how

How can I add a new AcroForm field to a PDF?

I have used iText to fill data into existing AcroForm fields in a PDF. I am now looking for a solution to add new AcroForm

How to define multiple actions for a PushbuttonField?

case with the upper while using methods. Click How to define multiple actions for a PushbuttonField? if you want to see how

.How to add a border to a PDF page? vLatest

); Why am I not able to add border to my PDF page even after enabling borders for all sides? I've set border and its color too

How to add a table to the bottom of the last page?

I have created table in a PDF document using iText. This works fine, but I don't want to add the table at the current pointer

How to add a hidden text field?

property. field.Visibility = PdfFormField.HIDDEN; Click How to add a hidden text field? if you want to see how to answer

Release pdfHTML 3.0.1

A new feature in this release is the introduction of support for <linearGradient> in SVG and linear-gradient() in CSS

What is the size limit of pdf file?

I am using iTextSharp in a web application to generate PDF files. These PDF files contain .tiff images taken from a folder

How to convert an existing A4 PDF document to an A3 booklet?

can guide me how to do this. A sample would be appreciated. Note: the output PDF should be an A3 booklet format. Posted

How to add a printable or non-printable bitmap stamp to a PDF?

(); } Click How to add a printable or non-printable bitmap stamp to a PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5

Chapter 6: Creating actions, destinations, and bookmarks

().setFontSize(14).add(record.get(2))) .add(new Paragraph(String.format( "Directed by %s (%s, %s)", record.get(3), record.get(4

How to add "continue on next page" / "continued from next page" to a table?

I need to build a table to which I'm adding all the content dynamically by iterating over a list of records. Every record

Release iText 7.1.2

'running'. 8 bug fixes. Improvement by adding support for CSS root pseudoclass, empty pseudoclass. pdfSweep 2.0.1 for Java

How to add an onMouseOver javaScript action to a TextField?

How can I add javascripts to iTextsharp created textfields? To add an onMouseOver JavaScript action to a TextField, use

Release iText 7.1.7

handling multiple PdfDocument instances from a single PdfReader Better support for invalid xref tables pdfa Better validation

Chapter 3: Using ILeafElement implementations

4 and add the 5 tab stops to the TabStop list in line 5. While we are at it, we also draw lines that will show us the position

Release iText 7.1.5

https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/itext-7-core/Community https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/itext-7-community. We're also up

Release pdfHTML 4.0.2

Release date: April 11, 2022 pdfHTML is an iText 7 add-on that allows you to easily convert HTML and CSS into standards

How to restrict the number of characters on a single line?

How can I add strings to a single line that is underlined? I am using iText to generate PDFs. In these PDFs, I need to add two

How to truncate text within a bounding box?

How can I stop the text from overflowing a given region when writing? I am writing content to a PdfContentByte object directly

How to add a table on a form (and maybe insert a new page)?

by overriding the updateCurrentArea() method. This way the table is able to roll over the next page. Click How to add a table

Actions and annotations

How to add an In Reply To annotation? How to attach files to a PDF? How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files

How to send a 'success' response back to Acrobat Reader from a java servlet?

How do I send a response back to the Acrobat Reader as a java servlet response? I am generating an editable PDF form

How to nest tables without extending the inner table?

what happens when you add the table straight to another table. This is how it’s done in iText 7: Table innerTable1 = new Table(1

How to disable the save button and hide the menu bar in Adobe Reader?

while other options like "scroll", "find",... should be preserved. In add I am serving a PDF to a browser via a Servlet. I need

Part II - Proprietary APIs and Custom Providers

in external devices which are hardened against attempts to copy the private keys (e.g. smart cards or HSMs) or even in remote servers

.How to add "continue on next page" / "continued from next page" to a table? vLatest

I need to build a table to which I'm adding all the content dynamically by iterating over a list of records. Every record

pdfHTML: Support for the CSS object-fit Property

feature is support for the CSS object-fit property in converted PDF's. The object-fit property allows for precise reformatting

How to define the page size based on the content?

I'm generating a PDF document with iTextSharp. This document must have only one page. In other words the content must fit

How to add blank pages to an existing PDF in java?

above will add an extra blank 11th page, using the same page size as the first page. You can specify any index and ps values

How to give an image rounded corners?

into a PDF. Now I want to get the image width and height (while getting the image from disk) and make the edges of image curved

How to create a new PDF file if a file name already exists?

How can I create a new PDF file without appending or overwriting the original data of the first user? I need to create simple

How to resize an Image to fit it into a PdfPCell?

].setAutoScale(true)); table.addCell(cell); By adding the boolean parameter true, you ask iText to scale the image. My code is written

iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

find a full list of features here https://itextpdf.com/features. Introduction In this tutorial, we'll learn how to convert HTML

Core SVG: Added support of font-relative units for the font-size property of a text element

="20" y="140" style="font-size:16px">css font-size 16</text> <text x="20" y="170" font-size="24">font-size 24</text> <text x="20

How to print mathematical characters like ?, ?, ?, ?, ? ?, ??

) and many others. How can I add them to a PDF? This is my code : Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 60, 60, 60, 60); try

How to format a field as a percentage?

IDE should show an error when typing this line. Even if I would add the missing comma between the second and third parameter

How to attach files to a PDF?

I am struggling with attaching files to a PDF that I am generating at runtime. I manage to attach a file to the PDF, but I

.How to add a shading pattern to a custom shape? vLatest

(convertToRadian(60))))); canvas.closePathStroke(); I wish to add a multi color gradient in this shape i.e. fill it with shading comprisin

How to add a shading pattern to a custom shape?

(convertToRadian(60))))); canvas.closePathStroke(); I wish to add a multi color gradient in this shape i.e. fill it with shading comprisin

Manipulating existing PDFs

the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF? How to reorder pages in an existing PDF file? How to add blank pages while

How to create unique images with Image.getInstance()?

How can I guarantee a new bitmap every time? I need to use the GetInstance() variant that accepts raw bitmap data

How to create a TOC when merging documents?

; IteratorPdfReader> readerIterator = readers.iterator(); PdfImportedPage page; int count = 1; while (readerIterator.hasNext

How to create a complex PDF document?

is "a pain" (because XML isn't well-suited for defining a layout), creating a certificate from (HTML + CSS) is possible with iText's

How to reduce redundant code when adding content at absolute positions?

figure out how to create a separate function to which I can simply pass some parameters, such as string, x_Cord, y_Cord, tilt

How To find internal links in a PDF file?

I am using ItextSharp for searching internal links in a PDF file. This is already done with External Links. //Get the current

pdfHTML: Responsive Design

This is an example of how pdfHTML is able to reflow the contents of generated PDF documents using responsive design. The code

Image examples

cell? How to add a map with a pointer to a PDF? How to generate 2D barcode as vector image? How to create unique images

How to add a new form from an existing PDF template?

then create the extra fields you need (text fields, button fields,...) and add them to the form. If this doesn't answer your question

How to continue field output on a second page?

I have generated a PDF from a template. The PDF has a field in the middle of it that is of variable length. I am trying

Getting started

How to generate and design PDFs with iText or iTextSharp? How to underline text with a dotted line? How to add a full line

How to convert an ASP or JSP page to PDF?

The pdfHTML add-on parses HTML and CSS. That's it. ASP.Net, JSP, MVC, Razor, Struts, Spring, etc, are all HTML frameworks

How to create a PDF with font information and embed the actual font while merging the files into a single PDF?

this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. fonts concatenate font_subset merge_documents itext_7

How do setMinimumSize() and setFixedSize() interact?

text in cells set to a fixed height clip. Is that what iText does? If not, how do I achieve this? While we're at it, am I

Part I - Overview and Simple Cases

with how iText builds a CMS signature container for your simple signature values and you want to do that yourself. In later

Release iText 7.1.9

CSS Investigate the causes of different outputs in java and .NET tests Add Comment to PdfRichMediaAnnotation Add tests to cover

How to merge forms from different files into one PDF?

and a PdfStamper that I am using to fill out a form. I now have to add another PDF to the end of the form I have been filling out

Release pdfHTML 3.0.2

Release date: October 22, 2020 In this release, we extended the support of the CSS specification to add full support

Chapter 1: Hello HTML to PDF

and CSS, and a SRC constant with the path to that source HTML file. For instance: public static String BASEURI = "src/main

pdfHTML: Bézier Curve Improvements

Background: With the 7.1.16 release of iText Core and 3.0.5 of pdfHTML have come some improvements to how Bézier curves

How to resize a PdfPTable to fit the page?

I am generating a document that contains a table. I need to make sure that this table never exceeds one page in size

Installing iText 7 pdfHTML for .NET developers

How to install pdfHTML .NET version Thank you for your interest in our HTML and CSS to PDF converter add-on - pdfHTML, we hope

How do the measurement systems in HTML relate to the measurement system in PDF?

CSS files found in the wild, you will notice that many sizes are expressed in pixels. For instance: <img src="logo.img" style

How to get the rendered dimensions of text?

(), but I'm looking for more detailed information like: How many lines would a string need if rendered in a cell of a given width (say

Installing iText 7 pdfHTML for Java developers

How to install pdfHTML Java version Thank you for your interest in our HTML and CSS to PDF converter add-on pdfHTML, we hope

How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files?

to open the PDF file at a specific location in the file. The team responsible for generating the PDF document uses a tool

pdfHTML: Using emojis in iText

to add these emojis to our document, even though we cannot add the emojis directly. The only consideration we have to keep

Flexbox suport in pdfHTML

With the release of pdfHTML 3.0.4, we are pleased to announce that we now support the CSS Flexible Layout Box module

Page events for headers and footers

Some examples for questions such as: Click How to add text as a header or footer? Click How to add a table as a header? Click

How to introduce superscript?

How do I format dates so that the "th" in 14th or "rd" in 3rd is in superscript? I want to format a date like this: 14th may

Evaluating JS with pdfHTML

While pdfHTML does not evaluate JavaScript, we can solve this problem by using a browser engine to preprocess the HTML + CSS

Can I change the page count by changing internal metadata?

structure of PDF document. While searching the internet, I've found some nice tools to edit the metadata, so far I haven't found how

How to draw lines on an image?

add text in the example written in answer to "How to add text to an image

How to reorder the pages of a PDF file?

I am generating Table of Contents after creating a document and I want to move Table of Contents to the start of the document

How to use the font Verdana in PdfStamper?

Why doesn't exchanging the Part BaseFont.HELVETICA with "Verdana" work? I want to use Verdana as a font while stamping a PDF

How to draw a rectangle around multiline text?

How do I draw a rectangle outlining my text? I am trying to draw a rectangle around multi-line text in iText. I use this code

How to create hierarchical bookmarks?

How can I create a hierarchical bookmark structure in PDF using iText? I have data in ArrayList like below : ArrayList tree

How to introduce multiple PdfPageEventHelper instances?

I have to generate a large amount of different types of documents using the iTextSharp library that all have things in common

How to read PDFs created with an unknown random owner password?

How do I bypass the owner password? Requirement is to process a batch of PDFs one at a time and on success encrypt each

Creating and adding annotations

These examples were written in the context of questions such as: Click How to add a printable or non-printable bitmap stamp

Adding watermarks to images

These examples were written in answer to the following questions: Click How to add text to an image? Click How to draw lines

Why is my content overlapping with my footer?

to learn how to add events in iText 7. You should override the handleEvent() method in IEventHandler interface and assign

How to create radio buttons inside a table?

How do I use iText 7 to create a table with a radio button inside? I know how to create a table and I know how to add a radio

pdfOptimizer: Support added for Font, Image, Color Space optimization

scheme from RGB to CMYK, or vice versa. As our development team continues to add more functionality to this stable release

How to align a label versus its content?

I want my content to be aligned so that every line starts at the same X position, no matter how many items are added

How to create a clickable polygon or path?

QuadPoints ;-) Allow me to explain how QuadPoints are used by showing you the AddPolygonLink

How to find out the current cursor position on a page?

I'd like to execute a command to tell me how much height has been consumed thus far in the document (for the current page) so

Adding fields to an existing form

Example to answer Click How can I add a new AcroForm field to a PDF? addfield <div data-pym-src

Widow and Orphan content support added

Support for controlling widow and orphan content was added in iText 7.1.11 so that content looks precise on the document page

How to create a table with complex borders?

this: Can anyone explain how I would start creating such a table? Posted on StackOverflow on Jul 9, 2015

How to precisely position an image on top of a Table?

, and 4pt below and 6pt to the right of the top-left of C5. How do I do this? I thought I'll add the text to the table, add

Adding metadata

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How do I add XMP metadata to each page of an existing PDF

How to create a list without indentation?

will show, how we can receive the list with indentation. That's a matter of adding a single line to your code: List list2 = new

Adding a cover page to an existing PDF

These examples were written in answer to the question Click How to add a cover page to an existing PDF document? addcover1

How do I insert a hyperlink to another page in an existing PDF?

You are already adding the Rectangle, now you need to add the annotation. This is how it looks in Java: PdfAnnotation

How to calculate the height of an element?

I am generating PDF files from XML data. I calculate the height of a paragraph element like this: float paraWidth = 0.0f

Digital Signatures Hub

shows developers how to use iText 7 and the AWS KMS APIs to generate a digital signature and add it to a PDF document. Related

How to define different border types for a single cell?

How do I create a cell with various borders? Example table When I set up the cell.setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM | Rectangle.RIGHT

How to rotate a paragraph?

. Also, they can add text at absolute positions, rotations, and alignments. The text can have new lines. I've been using the iText

How to change the spacing between words and characters?

I want to set the text alignment to justified, but I don't want iText to add any extra space between the characters. I don't

How to apply color to Strings in a Paragraph?

I want to have different font color and size for these Strings. How Can I do that on ColumnText/Paragraph? I am combining 2

How to watermark PDFs using text or images?

. This may not be what you want: maybe you want the watermark to be added differently. Look how the loop changes

Release iText 7.0.3

identical resources) and copying pages with form fields. Added ECDSA algorithm OIDs. Table layout improvements. Fixed XXE

How to parse multiple HTML files into one PDF?

https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-converting-html-pdf-pdfhtml/chapter-1-hello-html-pdf, but instead of adding the elements generated f

How to set background image in PdfPCell in iText?

I am currently using iText to generate PDF reports. I want to set a medium size image as a background in PdfPCell instead

pdfHTML: support for inline-block with a width percent value

In previous versions of pdfHTML there was a CSS bug where we did not fully support using a span or label tag in certain

Release iText 7.1.11

calendar) [PDFCALLIGRAPH] New glyphs which have been added while applying positioning features do not affect the start/end

Font examples

a PDF document? How to create a PDF with font information and embed the actual font while merging the files into a single PDF? How

How can I find the maximum character limit for a text field?

how many characters fit in case the form tells you that the content is added using a monospace font. Click this link if you

Advantages of using Blockchain for Signing PDF documents

,...). In the context of blockchain, the keypair is usually generated in a Web of Trust (WoT), but that's not a must. In some use cases (e

How to stamp image on existing PDF and create an anchor?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/annotations/AddImageLink.java example to f

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document

http://kb.itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples/chapter-5#c05e03_addcontent.java example shows how we can add content

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document | .NET

https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples/chapter-5#c05e03_addcontent.cs example shows how we can add content to

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET

of the code: how do we add the text? //Get the length of the longest string var maxStringWidth = text.Max(s => s.Length

How to introduce a rowspan?

I am adding a table to a PDF file. I have 3 rows and 3 columns. I want the first column to appear only once as a single cell

How to position text relative to page?

crop = reader.getCropBox(1); // add overlay text Phrase phrase = new Phrase("Overlay Text"); ColumnText.showTextAligned

How to get text and image in the same cell?

= Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE; table5.AddCell(cell); } How could I insert the number of the image at the left corner of cell? Posted

How to create a document with unequal page sizes?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/objects/UnequalPages.java example for you

How to calculate/set font line distance?

() - 20, 0); I need to add 3 lines, but I don't find how to calculate the distance between the lines. Each line has different

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks

, ";"); while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) { if (isHeader) { table.addHeaderCell( new Cell().add( new Paragraph(tokenizer.nextToken

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks | .NET

, ";"); while (tokenizer.HasMoreTokens()) { if (isHeader) { table.AddHeaderCell( new Cell().Add( new Paragraph(tokenizer.NextToken

How to check for an event and remove it?

Is there a way to check to see if a page event has already been added to a PdfWriter object? If so, can you also remove

How to display barcodes in a matrix-like structure?

How can I display different bar codes in multiple columns in a PDF page using iText? I have to display 12 bar codes

Release pdfHTML 3.0.5

of pdfHTML is the support of the attr() CSS function. This is used to retrieve the value of an attribute of the selected element

Why iText and Blockchain?

-based workflows with a workflow involving digital documents. We wanted to accomplish this by emphasizing the added value of digital

Adding images to a table

? https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/it5kb/faq/how-to-precisely-position-an-image-on-top-of-a-pdfptable Click How to add two images in one cell

How to extract text and anchor information from a PDF?

be: "You can visit our website, XYZ (www.google.com http://www.google.com) and do something". Basically I am trying to generate

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents | .NET

https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples/chapter-6#c06e01_thegoldengatebridge_scale_shrink.cs example shows how

How to show an image at a text field position?

= position.position; } This is how I try to set the image on that position: Image image = Image.getInstance("ImageFileName"); Float dimen

How to superimpose pages from existing documents into another document?

I need to add existing pages from different PDFs under an existing page in another PDF. This is the code I have so far

How to insert a "linked rectangle" with iText?

of PdfAnnotation, you can add it to a specific page using the addAnnotation() method. Click this link if you want to see how to answer

How to change the color of a circle annotation?

I am adding a SquareCircle annotation to an already existing PDF using iTextSharp in C#. Now I want to change the Fill Color

.Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET vLatest

of the code: how do we add the text? //Get the length of the longest string var maxStringWidth = text.Max(s => s.Length

How to enable LTV for a timestamp signature?

Acrobat tells me my signature is LTV enabled, but the timestamp signature is not. How can I make both LTV enabled? I'm using

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents

example shows how it's done. PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest)); PdfDocument origPdf = new PdfDocument(new

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content

that path of the rectangle using the fill color as paint. Now comes the less trivial part of the code: how do we add the text

How to introduce rounded cells with a background color?

I have seen how to create cells with rounded borders, but is it possible to make a cell that will have no borders, but colored

How to create a pop-up window to display images and text?

I want to add and pop-up window in a C# project to display an image and text by clicking on an annotation

How to distribute the radio buttons of a radio field across multiple PdfPCells?

to figure out how to do it with radio buttons / radio groups. Is this possible with iText? Does anyone have an example? Posted

How to format a String resulting in a two-column display?

: I suppose the spaces in every string name, surname and school are the problem. How can I deal with this? EXPECTED OUTPUT: Name

How to convert PdfStamper to a byte array?

In my application, I need to read the existing PDF and add barcodes to this PDF and pass it to output stream. Here

How to maintain a paragraph's indentation inside a table cell?

there is only one possible way to add a paragraph into the cell. Table table = new Table(1); Paragraph right = new Paragraph

How to adapt the position of the first line in ColumnText?

I'm dealing with a situation where I have a Phrase added to a ColumnText object

How to delete attachments in PDF using iText?

I want to write another program to delete the embedded files. How can I do this? Attachment shown in Adobe Acrobat public void

How do I change the border color of a PdfPCell?

of code that shows how to create a cell with different borders in iText 7: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter

Merging documents with bookmarks

This example was originally written in answer to the question Click How to merge PDFs and add bookmarks? for iText5. The code

.Merging documents with bookmarks vLatest

This example was originally written in answer to the question Click How to merge PDFs and add bookmarks? for iText5. The code

How to rotate a page 90 degrees?

I am trying to use a PDF for stamping and need to rotate it 90 degrees to lay it on correctly? Anyone know how to do

How to define the width of a cell?

I'm trying to change the width of a cell, but I don't succeed. Can someone explain how to define the width of a cell? Posted

How to write a table header if part of a table is forwarded to the next page?

. I am using PdfWriter to create a PDF document. I am adding a PdfPTable to the PDF document. This table has header row

How to align two paragraphs to the left and right on the same line?

should be like Name:ABC date:2015-03-02 How can I do this? Posted on StackOverflow on Apr 11, 2015

Chapter 1: Introducing fonts

cases can get quite complex, whereas a tutorial needs to explain different concepts as simple as possible. While I was looking

How to get the number of characters in a field?

with a value but then I need to know how many digits are expected for the date of birth. I figured that if I could get

How to set up a table display?

; } Using this method will make your code easier to read and maintain. This is how we create the document and add the table: public

.How do I set parameters back to the default value? vLatest

(PdfContentByte.TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL_STROKE); That works, but creates another problem. I don't know how to set these parameters back

How do I set parameters back to the default value?

(PdfContentByte.TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL_STROKE); That works, but creates another problem. I don't know how to set these parameters back

How to reuse a page from one PDF document into another PDF document?

How can I create an element from an existing PDF, so that I can place it in my new PDF? I'm trying to add an image that I have

Installing the iText license key and license key library for Java and .NET

https://repo.itextsupport.com/simple/releases/com/itextpdf/licensing/licensing-base/. You can also use Maven to resolve this dependency.

How to create a table with only vertical borders?

() method: Cell cell = new Cell().add("SL.NO") .setBorder(Border.NO_BORDER) .setBorderLeft(new SolidBorder(1)); table.addCell

How to change a background Image into a watermark by altering the opacity?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/images/BackgroundImage.java example. In yo

How to continue an ordered list on a second page?

consists of variable data (text/barcodes/images) that is added to existing PDF documents/templates (think boiler plate). Most

How to open an MS Word attachment by clicking an image?

on the images. I wonder how can I do this with the iText library. I can add the images and attach the MS word documents but I haven't

How to create a table with 2 rows that can be used as a footer?

I want to add footer with 2 rows. The 1st row will have the document name with a background color. The 2nd row will have

How to preserve high resolution images in PDF?

Is there any way to add a big image to an A4 page without losing quality? I'm trying to put high quality images into PDF (one

Release iText Core 7.1.12

initial support for <linearGradient> in SVG and linear-gradient() in CSS, which is something that both Core, and pdfHTML 3.0.1

How to prevent the resizing of pages in PDF?

. https://stackoverflow.com/users/2064134/cristi-b Please add the following line to your code. This line will make sure that the page

How to change the properties of an annotation?

I am adding Caret annotation in already existing PDF using iTextSharp in C#. Now I want to made some changes in the Annotation

How to create and apply redactions?

( rect.getRight() + 10, rect.getBottom(), rect.getWidth() + 20, rect.getHeight())); You can use the put() method to add all the other

How to decrypt a PDF document with the owner password?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itext/i5js-sandbox/master/resources/pdfs/hello_encrypted.pdf that I will use in the first example demon

How to set the line width of a clipping path?

How do I change the size of my clipping path? I have a PdfTemplate and I want to clip its shape to a specific path. I know how

Release pdfOffice 1.0.0

free tools and from within web browsers. PDF also has the added benefit that files are guaranteed to appear the same, regardless

How can I crop the pages of an existing PDF document?

I have an existing document of which the pages are too big. How can I crop the pages? Posted on StackOverflow on Apr 12, 2014

How to get the UserUnit from a PDF file?

the default value of the user unit, and I add an example on how to create a document with pages that have a different user unit. Now

How to underline text with a dotted line?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itext/i5js-sandbox/master/cmpfiles/objects/cmp_underline_dotted.pdf for the result), I add the line und

How to get rid of the top padding in a PdfPCell?

setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_TOP) which doesn't result in positioning the text near the top border of my cell, even with padding 0.

How to define spacing and leading in PdfPCell objects?

Is it possible to add space between the elements of a cell (rows) in C#? I'm creating a PDF in visual studio 2012 and wanted

How to embed a font only partially?

Is partial embedding automatic? I am asked to include partial font into a PDF. I think I will use iText and I found how

How to create a table in which the cells have different widths?

How to create with Java a table with three different row widths. How to create a table with Java that has three rows

How to modify the size of annotations and make them read-only?

people to add annotations. Once the PDF is encrypted, you'll notice that the entries in the drop-down list are limited. (See How

How to fix the orientation of a PDF page in order to scale it?

How do I properly rotate page contents and how can I scale the rotated contents correctly? I need to scale down the pages

How to set the export value of a check box?

I need to add a check box to an existing PDF. I also need set the export value of this check box. I saw that I can get

How does a PdfPCell's height relate to the font size?

on the elements which you add into the cell. But still you can set the padding: padding is the extra space inside the borders

How to write a Zapfdingbats character at a specific location on a page?

how to draw a Zapfdingbats character: PdfFont zapfdingbats = PdfFontFactory.createFont(FontConstants.ZAPFDINGBATS); Once you

Release iText 7.0.2

For this release, we have added some a minor updates to our iText 7 platform, version 7.0.2. As well as some updates

How to create a nested column?

I need help creating a nested table in iText. How can I create a table that looks like the table in the following screen shot

How to draw a line every 25 words?

be a way of adding these lines during the creation process without really having to find the text position, right? Posted

How to remove text from a PDF?

(); pdfDoc.close(); } As you see, we define a list of PdfCleanUpLocation objects. To this list, we add a PdfCleanUpLocation passing

How to use the full size of a page?

you 13 by 128 user units to add content. This is somewhat consistent with what you experience. Click How to use the full size

Volume Counter FAQs

the instructions marked iText 7.1.x in this FAQ. However, if you have a JSON license key file, see the instructions for iText 7.2.x. How

Part III - PKCS#11

functionality and the same key material. In this part we focus on signing via PKCS#11; first we illuminate how to access PKCS#11

How to keep specific words together on one line?

don't want any newline to occur within the phone number. I have a sample paragraph and I am adding chunk values to it like

How to strike through text using iText?

(StandardFonts.HELVETICA)); table.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph("0123456789").setFont(font).setLineThrough())); In this case

How to move the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF?

in the original PDF should be shifted somewhat in the x and y direction. I have no influence on how the PDFs are created and I can accept

Release iText Core 7.1.15

version was updated to 1.68. In addition this release brings many important changes to iText 7. While many of these changes relate

Why does the function to concatenate / merge PDFs cause issues in some cases?

The code usually works great! But once in a while, it's rotating some of the pages by 90 degrees. Anyone ever have this happen

Release iText 7.0.8

https://www.nuget.org/packages/itext7.pdfhtml/1.0.5 1 backported fix for @Page rules in CSS License Key Library 3.0.3 for Java

How to change the text color of an AcroForm field?

field without changing the text color in the XFA field (which is really hard to achieve). Please try adding this line in iText 7

Why do I get a "getOutputStream() has already been called for this response" error in JSP?

How can I generate a dynamic PDF file which can be downloaded by client machine? I'm using JDBC to fetch data from database

When Contracts aren't Smart Contracts

in the blockchain, smart contracts can be used to determine whether and how a document can be registered in the blockchain

Tables

How do I change the border color of a PdfPCell? How to add an image and text to the same cell? How to create a table

How to make a single letter bold within a word?

(this), do I really have to create three chunks for one word and than add all the chunks together? Or is there another approach

How to allow page extraction when setting password security?

: ALLOW_MODIFY_CONTENTS bit 5: Extract text / graphics: ALLOW_COPY bit 6: Add / Modify text annotations: ALLOW_MODIFY_ANNOTATIONS bit 7

pdfHTML: more accurate rendering of checkboxes

and lower, checkboxes with {{width: 100%}} and {{display: block}} CSS properties could be rendered incorrectly. This was due

Why do I have to buy core to use the add-ons?

The modular architecture of iText v7 allowed us to create significant add-on functionality with the development of add

Adding backgrounds using page events

Examples written in answer to questions such as: Click How to change the color of pages? How to draw a border for PDF pages

Chapter 6: Using fonts in pdfHTML

that are supported by default if you don't change the font provider. That's pretty limited, so let's find out how we can add support

Release licensekey 3.1.4

-volume) which add support for our brand new iText product - pdfOptimizer

Interactive forms

technology? How to underline a portion of text in a text field? How to add a hidden text field? How to add a table on a form

How to shrink pages in an existing PDF?

for adding header and footer means by scaling(shrink) page as shown in this screenshot: I have made a second example, named

How to invoke a page break for nested tables?

I have one PdfPTable with one column. One page fits 50 rows. If I add some text data to table (for an example, 300 rows

How to get the author of a "free text" annotation?

-up window when open and active. This entry shall identify the user who added the annotation. The value you seek is not available

How to hide the Adobe floating toolbar when showing a PDF in browser?

I am generating a PDF document and displaying it in a Web browser (the current version of IE is the most important target). I

Before we start: installing iText 7

the jars from the Central Maven Repository. We have made some simple videos explaining how to do this using different IDEs: How

Core SVG: Support <pattern> element

With iText 7.1.14 and pdfHTML 3.0.3, we are pleased to announce that we have added full support for SVG’s <pattern> element

Why is my font not applied when I create a PDF document?

of font. How can I fix it? I am generating PDF documents with iText. When I try to include the "Agenda Tabular Light" font, iText

Scaling large HTML content to render onto smaller PDF page sizes

. This will cause the generated PDF file to have content that overlaps, or with content rendering off the page. The simplest solution

Fail-safe processing of Outlines without Parent link

-level item is the outline dictionary itself. PDFs generated using iText conform exactly to the above requirement. iText's logic also

How to define the data encoding when submitting a PDF form using AcroForm technology?

), and I submit the data to a server, how can I specify/retrieve the encoding that will be used? For instance. When I submit

Absolute positioning of text

of text? How to draw a rectangle around multiline text? How to continue an ordered list on a second page? How to add an x-offset

Absolute positioning of lines and shapes

How to draw vertical gradient in iTextSharp? How to add an image to an existing PDF using AffineTransform? How to fill

Improving SVG to PDF conversion

situations. Below is an example of one of the invalid streams we found while investigating this bug: Capture.PNG To resolve this bug

Adding page numbers to an existing PDF

In this example, we use ColumnText to add page numbers to an existing PDF document. stamppagexofy <div data-pym-src

How to create a table based on a two-dimensional array?

<String> record : dataset) { for (String field : record) { table.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph(field))); } } doc.add(table

How can I log the number of documents / bytes I've processed?

"How can I count the number of PDF reads and writes in iText 7?" in the Volume Counter FAQs. Please take a look

pdfCalligraph: Support wrapping at word boundaries for languages which don't use spaces for word separation

of the pdfCalligraph add-on. Code example Here is an example demonstrating this new word wrapping behavior: <div data-pym-src

PNG Image Handling

iText Core 7.1.11 introduced more robust PNG image handling to address an issue which could occur when adding certain PNG

Adding a background to a table

Examples written in answer to questions such as: Click How to set background image in PdfPCell in iText? coloredbackground

Part IV - Appearances

of a few default appearances or generating the appearance completely yourself. If you create a signature in an already existing

pdfRender: WEBP format support added

In our iText 7.1.14 release we've added support for the WEBP image format to pdfRender 1.0.3. This is a modern image format

How do I use pdfRender in a .NET environment?

Introduction While iText does not currently offer a native C# version of pdfRender

.How to create a table based on a two-dimensional array? vLatest

<String> record : dataset) { for (String field : record) { table.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph(field))); } } doc.add(table

General questions about iText

and getPageLabelFormats? How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page? How can I log the number of documents

Release pdfRender 1.0.0

We are proud to announce the first release of pdfRender, a new add-on for iText 7 Core which enables you to render PDFs

Release pdfRender 1.0.5

while using the volume license library. In addtion, pdfRender also benefits from some stability improvements in iText Core

Installing iText 7 Community for Java developers

How to install iText 7 Community Java version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, we hope you

Release pdfXFA 2.0.10

Release date: April 14, 2021 In this release, we have fixed a JS-related bug that, while it might be considered minor, often

pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files containing embedded videos

containing embedded videos. While previous releases would convert such files without errors, the resulting document would only contain

Release iText 7.1.8

https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdf2data add-ons. We’re pleased to announce iText 7.1.8, our latest quarterly release. Despite t

Installing iText 7 for Java

How to install iText 7 Java version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, we hope you will enjoy using

Why do I get an "InvalidPdfException: PDF header signature not found"?

zero length due to some problem while creating the InputStream. Another context in which I've seen this happen, is a PDF loaded

How to format a field as a currency?

I use iTextSharp to populate a form with data. I just learned [/question/how-format-field-percentage](how to format a field

Creating a simple PDF/UA document

This example was written in answer to the question How can I generate a PDF/UA compatible PDF with iText

pdfCalligraph: Support for Myanmar script

showing how to achieve this. The following variables represents file paths as strings to their designated file: licensePath - String

How to draw a borderless rounded rectangle?

for a rectangle with a border of 0f. Here is the code I'm using: magazine = new Document(PageSize.LETTER,0,0,0,0); pdfw

Can pdfHTML render Base64 images to PDF?

Yes, iText supports external images as shown in different examples in the previous chapters, but it also supports inline

How to get the image DPI in PDF?

How can I read the width/height/scale of an image and be confident about the result? I'm trying to get information about

Is it possible to set a different alignment for text on the same line in the same cell?

In one cell and on the same line, I must add two text (name and date). The first snippet of text must be on the left page side

How to move an AcroForm field?

How can I change the position of an Acrofield? I have a process that inserts a table of content into an existing Acroform

Release pdfOffice 2.0.2

Release date: April 11, 2022 pdfOffice is an iText 7 add-on which enables high-quality native conversion of Microsoft Office

What is the connection between LTV and document timestamps?

How do I make a PDF document LTV enabled without using timestamps? I have read the paper, discussions but there is one thing

Installing iText free trial for Java and .NET developers

" above: 2. Download iText 7 and your desired add-ons: For Java, you can find the latest instructions on where and how to download

What are the extra characters in the font name of my PDF?

Why does it happen only for a few PDF file? While extracting font name from PDF, I get some junk characters followed by plus

Page orientation and rotation

Examples written in answer to questions such as: Click How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document? pageorientations

iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for .NET

in Bangalore on April 26, 2016. We released the first version of iText 7 in May. This tutorial is the first manual on how to use iText

iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for Java

in Bangalore on April 26, 2016. We released the first version of iText 7 in May. This tutorial is the first manual on how to use iText

How to extract embedded streams?

to extract that same array. How can I do this? Posted on StackOverflow on May 17, 2015

Release iText 7.1.0

https://itextpdf.com/en/resources/installation-guides/itext-71-migration-guide-net. Support was added for PDF 2.0 improvements and featur

How to create a link to a specific page number?

My question is how to target a page based on its number. For example if targeted page number is 6, clicking on the Anchor text

How to change the order of Optional Content Groups?

I have a PDF file with a hierarchy of layers. How do I modify this data in order to copy it into new file? I have a PDF file

How to reorder pages in an existing PDF file?

I want to move a couple of the last pages to the start of my document. I am using the iText pdf library. Does any one know how

Table events

How to define different border types for a single cell? How to add a table in the top-right corner of the page? How to get

How to rotate a single line of text?

How do I rotate text using the central point? I'm converting a document which is created with a online editor. I need

How to make a field not required?

at the “How to find out which fields are required?” question. Is solves the same problem. Based on your question, I assume that you have

How to use an image as list symbol?

/icon somehow? If so, how? Posted on StackOverflow on Aug 20, 2015 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32128348 by lucas.mdo

How to increase the accuracy of measurements in iTextSharp?

I want to resize a pdf to a specific size, but when I use scaling it loses accuracy because a float rounds the value. How can

How to create a table with rounded corners?

How do I do this? I have to create a table having rounded corners, something like it: Posted on StackOverflow on May 14, 2014

Release iText Core 7.2.1

and demonstrate use cases. As always, we try to synchronize the release with those of our iText 7 add-ons. So, besides Core, be sure

Fonts and merging documents

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to create a PDF with font information and embed the actual font

Content parsing, extraction and redaction of text

What are the extra characters in the font name of my PDF? How to get the co-ordinates of an image? How to create and apply

How to fill a rectangle with color?

How do I ensure that I can choose the fill color? I have the following code : PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContent

How to use two different colors in a single String?

I want to set the color for only part of the string. How do I do this? I have string like below, and I can't split the string

Why do I get a StackOverflowException in the OnEndPage() event handler?

Why does it not work when I override the OnEndPage event to add a paragraph to the document? In the code below, you can see

pdfOffice - Example

pdfOffice is an iText 7 add-on that allows generating a PDF document from either a Word, PowerPoint, or Excel file. Currently

How to protect an already existing PDF with a password?

How do I set a password for an existing PDF? Posted on StackOverflow on Dec 2, 2014

How to change the color of pages?

the color of 3rd page. I want to change the color of 3rd page onward to white. How can I do this using iText? Posted on StackOverflow

Which PDF filters are used to encode data?

. Currently I am working with the iTextSharp library to generate PDF files. These files will be processed by some file processor

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 1

https://itextpdf.com/en/blog/technical-notes/using-itext-7-and-aws-kms-digitally-sign-pdf-document" and shows how to generate a self-sign

How do I get an object if I have its indirect reference?

I would like to analyze the individual radio buttons. I am using iTextSharp to analyze a form enabled PDF. I know how

How to draw vertical gradient in iTextSharp?

I can make a horizontal gradient, but how do I make it vertical? I am trying to draw a vertical gradient at the bottom

How to display indian rupee symbol?

like this: ?). Note that it's very important to check if the font you're using knows how to draw the symbol. If it doesn't

How to encrypt PDF using a certificate?

need to post another question: how to get a public certificate from a smart card. Once you have this certificate, you can encrypt

How to choose the optimal size for a font?

Given a certain available width, how do I define the font size for a snippet of text, so that it matches the available width

Installing iText 7 pdfOffice for Java developers

How to install pdfOffice Java version Thank you for your interest in our office converter add-on pdfOffice, we hope you

Installing iText 7 pdfOptimizer for Java developers

How to install pdfOptimizer Java version Thank you for your interest in our optimizer add-on pdfOptimizer, we hope you

How to update a PDF without creating a new PDF?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16081831/using-itextsharp-stamper-required-to-update-in-the-same-pdf by tk2013 https://stackoverflow.

How to change width of single column of table?

of the first column, but I don't know how to do that. Posted on StackOverflow on Jun 10, 2014

How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF?

value to "on". How can I change this to "off"? Posted on StackOverflow on May 1, 2014

Which languages are supported in pdfHTML?

with a combination of Chinese and English text, you will only see the English text, unless you provide a font that knows how

Why is my cell event not triggered?

cell. The difference appears to be that the cell event of the first cell is added to the cell before adding the cell

How to set initial view properties?

this [ {Catalog} > /PUT pdfmark. How is it done in PDF? Posted on StackOverflow on Jun 23, 2014

How to get the co-ordinates of an image?

How do I know whether the extracted image is the same as an image present in database, and the co-ordinates of the image

How to create Persian content in PDF?

I want to retrieve data from database and show them to the user. How do I do this if my character is in Arabic or Farsi? I

How to protect a PDF with a username and password?

How do I encrypt a PDF? Let's say I have a private teaching forum, where each user has a username and an encrypted password

How to tell iText which fields to flatten first?

How do I change the order on the page of these fields with iText? I have a PDF with text form fields at are layered one on top

How to rotate and scale pages in an existing PDF?

basically no idea how to properly scale the source page when it needs to be resized. To this end I'm using the PdfWriter class

How to check a check box?

: Check box appearance states Click How to check a check box? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. forms

How to align AcroFields?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/acroforms/AlignField.java for the full exa

How to prevent images from resizing in a table cell?

ahead of time how many dots I have, but if they overflow the cell, I want them to wrap, just like text would. My code is something

How to create a pushbuttonfield with double byte character text?

1 font Helvetica. This font doesn't know how to write Japanese. I used the font freesans.ttf. If you don't have that font, you

Installing iText 7 pdfOptimizer for .NET developers

How to install pdfOptimizer .NET version Thank you for your interest in our optimizer add-on - pdfOptimizer, we hope you

Where is the origin (x,y) of a PDF page?

angle. You can also scale an axis to get a different aspect ratio. While it's certainly fun to do this, it requires quite some Math

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive

In the previous chapters, we've created PDF documents by adding content to a page. It didn't matter if we were adding high

How to get the current page count?

: pdfDoc.getNumberOfPages(); Click How to get the current page count? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. page_numb

How to close a PDF file to recreate it? (File in use problem)

If I don't close the file I get an error. How can I fixed this problem? I have the Java application that can create a PDF file

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive | .NET

In the previous chapters, we’ve created PDF documents by adding content to a page. It didn’t matter if we were adding high

Installing iText 7 Community for .NET developers

How to install iText 7 Community .NET version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, we hope you

Why is content missing in my table?

I am adding image cells based on an imagelist that may not contain 6 or 12 or 18 images. The number of images can be 1 or 7

Why does using ColumnText result in "The document has no pages" exception?

: java.io.IOException: The document has no pages. Do you have any suggestions how to fix this problem? Posted on StackOverflow on Sep 23,

Installing iText 7 pdfRender for Java developers

How to install pdfRender Java version Thank you for your interest in our renderer of PDFs as images, we hope you will enjoy

Installing iText 7 pdfOCR for Java developers

How to install pdfOCR Java version Thank you for your interest in our OCR add-on pdfOCR, we hope you will enjoy using our

Installing iText 7 pdfSweep for Java developers

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How to make an image a qualified mask candidate in itext?

cannot be an image mask Is there any other way to mask an image using another image in iText? I know how to clip an image

How to draw a borderless table in iTextSharp?

use either cell events or table events, or a combination of both. Click How to draw a borderless table in iTextSharp? if you want

How to merge PDFs from ByteArrayOutputStreams?

understand how to do this because it seems that I need an InputStream (and I only have ByteArrayOutputStreams). Posted

How to get a font from an array?

of two files: a metrics file (AFM or PFM) and a font binary (PFB). In the code above afm and pfb are byte arrays. Click How

How to change the author name for comments?

")); } } pdfDoc.close(); } Click How to change the author name for comments? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. an

Installing iText 7 pdfOCR for .NET developers

How to install pdfOCR .NET version Thank you for your interest in our OCR add-on - pdfOCR, we hope you will enjoy using our

Installing iText 7 pdfSweep for .NET developers

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Does anyone have any idea how TabStop works?

I'm still trying to learn iText and have a few of the concepts down. However I can't figure out what TabStop is or how to use

How do I load a license key?

The license key library is a jar or dll that you add to your project. This library is used to load and validate your license

How to get the page number of an arbitrary PDF object?

the object containing the open action. How do I get the page number of that object? PdfReader soPdfItext = null; try

How to change the line spacing of text?

, it will be 20, and so on. You cannot combine fixed and multiplied leading. You can use only one of them. Click How to change the line

Why can't I set the font of a Phrase?

formules" was added to the Phrase. As you didn't add anything else to titreFormules, the font "Comic" is never used. When you

How to create a JavaScript action to open the attachments panel?

= Adobe Reader) and it won't work if people disable Javascript. Click How to create a JavaScript action to open the attachments

How to find out which fields are required?

(" -> required"); out.write('\n'); } out.flush(); out.close(); pdfDoc.close(); } Click How to find out which fields are required? if you

How can I read Roman page numbers?

Movies-5 Movies-6 Movies-7 Movies-8 Click How can I read Roman page numbers? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText

How to set the zoom level of a PDF using iTextSharp?

example. This is how it’s done in iText 7: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(SRC), new PdfWriter(DEST

How to only read text from a constant location on PDF pages?

How do I read only a specific part of each PDF page where information on each page is located at a constant position? I have

Installing iText 7 for .NET

How to install iText 7 .NET version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, iText 7, we hope you

How can I create a Reader enabled PDF with a signature field that can be signed in Adobe Reader

I've read that I need to Reader enable my document, but I can't find how to do this using iText. Using iText, I've

Why are PDF files different even if the content is the same?

documents that are generated sequentially may result in different tags for the same font subset. Another reason why two seemingly

How to find the absolute position and dimension of a field?

that corresponds with the annotation. That's more work than can be provided in a code sample on this site. Click How to find

How to underline a portion of text in a text field?

enclosed in -tag to be underlined. How could I do that? For example: U>This text/U> should be underlined. I need the text enclosed

How to make sure a check box is printed?

with this problem in iText 7. Click How to make sure a check box is printed? if you want to see how to answer this question

How to extract a page number from a PDF file?

, not only with iText, Tika, PdfBox, or any other tool you might try). Click How to extract a page number from a PDF file

How to use multiple fonts in a single cell?

is identical. Click How to use multiple fonts in a single cell? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. fonts

How should I interpret the coordinates of a rectangle in PDF?

right Y Every time, I get confused about how to make dimensions based on these coordinates to draw rectangle. If possible, can I

Release pdfXFA 3.0.1

Release date: April 11 2022 pdfXFA is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows you to flatten dynamic XFA forms

How can I set the zoom level of a PDF using iText 7?

A simple iText 7 example showing how to set a specific magnification level for a PDF. You can use setOpenAction to open

How do I rotate a PDF page to an arbitrary angle?

on the page instead of rotating the page. Click How do I rotate a PDF page to an arbitrary angle? if you want to see how

Volume Counter installation guide

released a volume based counting mechanism based on an event system. iText and its add-ons will send events through this event system

How to create a custom dashed line separator?

the DottedLine, e.g. as a Text in a Cell (equivalents for Chunks and PdfPCells in iText 5). Click How to create a custom dashed line

How to use a dotted line as a cell border?

I am trying to create a table with cells that have a dotted line for a border. How can I do this? Posted on StackOverflow

pdfRender: BufferedImage as output format

) { // Here is where you provide logic on how to process the BufferedImage object // In this case we simply add it to an ArrayList

Why do I have to pay for pdfhtml during my upgrade, when I already have XML Worker in iText?

is a complete rewrite that supports over a hundred more HTML tags and CSS properties, but also ties directly into core allowing

How to convert HTML containing Arabic/Hebrew characters to PDF?

forgotten to add the pdfCalligraph add-on https://itextpdf.com/itext7/pdfcalligraph to your CLASSPATH. faq pdfhtml pdfcalligraph

PDF and Digital Signatures

, non-repudiation, and the time of signing can still be validated on the long term. Let's find out how this works, step by step

How to set the page size to Envelope size with Landscape orientation?

, 0f); I googled but I couldn't find the Envelope size. How do I set the page size as Envelope with Landscape orientation? Posted

Which image types are supported by iText?

I want to add a PNG image to a PDF file, but I've read that PNG files aren't supported in PDF. Does this mean that I can't use

Why doesn't getDefaultCell().setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER) have any effect?

different concepts. Concept 1: you define every Cell (no PdfPCell in iText 7) manually, for instance: Cell cell = new Cell() .add(new

Why does ColumnText ignore the horizontal alignment?

Rectangle(310, 722, 200, 100)); } return currentArea; } } If you wish to draw a border for the columns, add these lines

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I'm creating a PDF where I add some text to each page as well as 2 lines that are drawn using the following method: private

Why does the cell background color affect the color of other lines?

I'm creating a PDF where I add some text to each page as well as 2 lines that are drawn using the following method: private

How to read text from a specific position?

))); text.Append(currentText); } pdfReader.Close(); } return text.ToString(); But how can I only restrict it to a specific location? Poste

Why does my header overlap with my content?

I am using page events to create a header that consists of a table. This table is added to each page in my document

How do I install iText 7 Core?

Installing iText 7 Core is as simple as downloading the binaries https://developers.itextpdf.com/downloads and adding them

Can I create a Reader-enabled PDF using iText?

I want my PDF to have extra usage rights for people opening the document in Adobe Reader, but I can't find how to achieve

How to create a PDF with a Cartesian grid?

want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions from this space and version Latest

How to fill XFA form using iText without breaking usage rights?

in the PdfDocument constructor. Click How to fill XFA form using iText without breaking usage rights? if you want to see how to answer

Argument not specified in iTextSharp

methods such as add() and addCell() into Add() and AddCell(). Member-variables in Java are changed and consulted using getters

How to create an uncompressed PDF file?

be compressed. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions from this spac

How to read bookmark titles?

of the outline tree. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions

How to check if a font is bold?

want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions from this space and version Latest

Do I need a license for Windows fonts when using iText?

? I understand that iText does not come with any font programs and that you need to provide a font file. The PDFs I generate

How to get the color properties of an AcroForm field?

for the actual color value. Click How to get the color properties of an AcroForm field? if you want to see how to answer this question

How to convert colored images to black and white?

()); pdfDoc.close(); Click How to convert colored images to black and white? if you want to see how to answer this question

How to crop out a part of PDF file?

save and restore the graphics state stack, but that's rather obvious. Click How to crop out a part of PDF file? if you want

Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for Java

Thank you for your interest in our data extraction add-on — pdf2Data, we hope you will enjoy using our product and share your

Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for .NET

Thank you for your interest in our data extraction add-on—pdf2Data, we hope you will enjoy using our product and share your

How to use a text extraction strategy after applying a location extraction strategy?

> This will filter only the text where the PostScript font name ends with Bold or Oblique. This is how you use this filter: <div data

When is the content flushed to a PDF File by iTextSharp?

in a PDF. It's just a sequence of lines, shapes and glyphs drawn on a page. When you add content to a document using the Add

Repeating parts of a form

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to continue field output on a second page? Click How

.Repeating parts of a form vLatest

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to continue field output on a second page? Click How

.How to create a PDF with a Cartesian grid? vLatest

want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq

What's an easy to print "first right, then down"?

that fit on one page, add rows one by one to a PdfPTable as long as they fit. When they don't, that's where we need to split

How to render certain HTML entities (such as arrows) to PDF?

>" + "</body></html>"; The pdfHTML add-on is perfectly capable of parsing such entities. No special settings are needed

Why do PDFs change when processing them?

use case using hashes goes against the PDF standard (see also the previous question). How to solve this problem? You can add

Pattern colors

These examples were written in the context of questions such as: Click How to add a shading pattern to a custom shape? Click

.Pattern colors vLatest

These examples were written in the context of questions such as: Click How to add a shading pattern to a custom shape? Click

How to get the page width and height of a PDF document?

of your page. Variable page is the integer number of page you are interested in. Click this link if you want to see how to answer

How to solve an UnsupportedCharsetException when using itext-asian.jar

). Just use the font file with an encoding that is supported by that font program. Click this link if you want to see how

How to solve an UnsupportedCharsetException when using itext-asian.jar?

and require a font pack in Adobe Reader), you should use KozMinPro-Regular (without the otf). Click this link if you want to see how

How to use System Font in iTextSharp with VB.net?

= new Document(pdfDoc).add(p); doc.close(); This is almost a literal translation of the Java and C# examples that can be found

What does "Not LTV-enabled" mean?

it as LTV-enabled by simply adding the immediate signer certificates to the trusted certificates for the signature type at hands

How to flatten a XFA PDF Form using pdfXFA

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2413934/chuck You didn't insert a code sample to show how you are currently flattening the XFA form. I

How to introduce a custom font weight in iText 7?

this to get a different boldness). Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. italic mimic_bold

How to avoid an exception when importing a TIFF file?

to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions from this space and version Latest

How can I find the border color of a field?

. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq

How to flatten a XFA PDF Form using iTextSharp?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2413934/chuck You didn't insert a code sample to show how you are currently flattening the XFA form. I

How much does it cost to upgrade iText 5 to iText 7?

the new add-ons for iText 7 (e.g. pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfhtml, pdfSweep

Watermark examples

These examples were written in response to questions such as: How to add a watermark to a page with an opaque image? How

How to make a particular sub-string Bold when converting HTML to PDF?

a suitable method for this. How should I do this? Posted on StackOverflow on Jun 4, 2014

How to change the zoom factor in link annotations?

this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions from this space and version

Nested tables

How to invoke a page break for nested tables? Click How to add an inner table surrounded by text? nestedtableproblem <div data

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 5

of IExternalSignatureContainer instead of IExternalSignature for signing While IExternalSignature is the easiest way, there are some draw

How to allow a Unicode subscript symbol in a PDF without using setTextRise()?

if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. fonts superscript itext_7 itext_7_community itext_7_core

How to fill out a PDF file programmatically? (Dynamic XFA)

() method, the data is sufficient. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq pdfxfa

I upgraded to iText 7, how do I use my license?

How to install your new iText license. If you're using iText 7.2 and later, you should have a license key in JSON format

Large tables

Example that shows how you can add a table little by little in order to keep the memory footprint low. incompletetable <div

Page numbers and PDF/A

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to add a page number in the header of a PDF/A Level A file

.Write on previous page vLatest

This example in answer to the question Click How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page

.Creating Table of Contents using events vLatest

Example written in answer to the question Click How can I add titles of chapters in ColumnText? createtocincolumn <div data

.Custom Metadata entry vLatest

Example written in answer to Click How to add / delete / retrieve information from a PDF using a custom property

Cell and table widths

Examples that explain how to define the dimensions of a table, its columns and its cells. Click How to add a table in the top

An IExternalSignature implementation for signing via PKCS#11 with the Entrust Signing Automation Service

This example was written to show how to use iText and the Entrust Signing Automation Service for PKCS#11 signing of PDF

What is the PdfPTable.DefaultCell property used for?

() method to add any type of content you want (String, Image, BlockElement or Cell itself) and set different properties directly

Write on previous page

This example in answer to the question Click How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page

Drawing extra content on an image

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to add a map with a pointer to a PDF? addpointer <div data-pym

Changing page sizes of existing PDFs

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to extend the page size of a PDF to add a watermark

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