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Release iText 7.1.10

iText 7.1.10 brings the first quarterly release of 2020 for the iText 7 family, and coincidentally it's on the day that iText

Release iText Core 7.1.18

Release date: December 16, 2022 The iText 7 Core 7.1.18 release is a maintenance release for iText 7.1.x which includes some

Release iText Core 7.1.16

Release date: July 5, 2021 The iText Core 7.1.16 release is already our third release for 2021 and it brings a few important

Release iText Core 7.1.15

Release date: April 14, 2021 iText Core 7.1.15 is the second quarterly release for 2021 of our multifunctional PDF SDK

Release iText Core 7.2.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 iText Core 7.2.1 is the latest release of your favorite PDF library for Java and .NET (and more

Release iText Core 7.2.2

Release date: April 11, 2022 It's already Q2 of 2022, and so we're pleased to announce the release of iText Core 7.2.2. Your

Release iText Core 7.1.17

Release date: October 25, 2021 The iText 7.1.17 release is a maintenance release with a security bug fix for a vulnerability

Release iText Core 7.1.14

Release date: January 14, 2021 iText Core 7.1.14 is the latest release of your favorite PDF library for Java and .NET

Release iText Core 7.1.13

Release date: October 22, 2020 The iText Core 7.1.13 release is the fourth quarterly release for 2020 of our innovative PDF

Release iText Core 7.2.5

also means you can expect a new release of your favorite open-source PDF library: iText Core 7.2.5! That's not all though, since

Release iText Core 8.0.0

Release date: May 10, 2023 It’s time for our second quarterly release of the iText Suite https://itextpdf.com/node/1746; yet

Release iText Core 7.1.12

The iText Core 7.1.12 release is the third quarterly release of 2020 of our innovative PDF library. This Core release brings

Release iText Core 7.2.4

Release date: October 25, 2022 As the last quarter of 2022 rolls around, it’s time for our final release of the year for iText

Release iText Core 7.2.3

Release date: July 5, 2022 Q3 is upon us, and so is the release of iText 7 Core https://itextpdf.com/node/226/ 7.2.3! The big

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

! As of the release of iText 7.2 https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/it7kb/releases/release-itext-7-2-0, the old licensing system was replaced

Release iText Core 7.2.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 We are pleased to announce the next major version of iText 7; iText 7.2.0. The most important

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

Release iText 7.0.1

iText 7.0.1 is our first functional product update. It's a maintenance release that fixes a number of minor bugs, re-syncs

Release iText 7.1.11

iText 7.1.11 brings the second quarterly release of 2020 for the iText 7 family, with SEVEN (7) out of EIGHT product releases

Release iText 7.0.0

We are proud to announce the release of iText 7. Standards for administration, archiving, invoicing and compliance

Release iText 7.0.8

iText 7.0.8 is a scheduled maintenance release for iText 7.0 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community

Release iText 7.1.8

iText 7.1.8 is the quarterly release for iText 7 Core/Community. This release includes support for XFDF, a much anticipated

Release iText 7.1.9

iText 7.1.9 is the latest quarterly release for iText 7 Core/Community. This release includes further documentation

Release iText 7.1.4

iText 7.1.4 is the fourth maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community

Release iText 7.1.0

We are pleased to announce that iText 7.1.0 https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itext7-core/7.1.0 is a new release

Release iText 7.0.3

, there are no major new features. Hereby, a quick overview per product of the fixes and improvements included in the new release. iText 7

Release iText 7.1.3

iText 7.1.3 is the third maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community

Release iText 7.1.7

iText 7.1.7 is the quarterly release for iText 7 Core/Community. This release includes improvements to performance and reduced

Release iText 7.0.7

iText 7.0.7 is a scheduled maintenance release for iText 7.0 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community

Release iText 7.1.1

maintenance release for iText 7.1 Community. We're also updating pdfHTML

Release iText 7.1.2

iText 7.1.2 is the second maintenance release for iText 7 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community

Release iText 7.1.6

iText 7.1.6 is the sixth maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core

Release iText 7.0.6

release for iText 7.0 Community, . We're also updating pdfHTML

Release iText 7.0.4

] - Release iText 7.0.4 Improvement [DEVSIX-742 https://jira.itextsupport.com/browse/DEVSIX-742] - Javadoc! [DEVSIX-1278

Where can I download the license key library?

How to download the iText 7 or iText 5 license key library manually, or using Maven or NuGet. Important! As of the release

Release iText 7.0.5

iText 7.0.5 https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itext7-core/7.0.5 is a scheduled maintenance release for iText 7

Release pdfHTML 3.0.5

Release date: July 5, 2021 The pdfHTML 3.0.5 release is the third quarterly release for 2021. A new feature in this release

Release iText 7.1.5

iText 7.1.5 is the fifth maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core

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

Release pdfOptimizer 1.0.1

Release date: April 14, 2021 We continue to improve pdfOptimizer, our newest iText 7 add-on designed to reduce the file size

Release pdfOffice 1.0.0

Release date: July 5, 2021 We are proud to announce the first release of pdfOffice

Release pdfCalligraph 4.0.0

Release date: May 10, 2023 pdfCalligraph https://itextpdf.com/node/266 is our iText Core add-on which provides advanced

Release pdfOCR 3.0.0

Release date: May 10, 2023 pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/node/10101 is our add-on for iText Core to perform OCR on documents

Release pdfOptimizer 3.0.0

Release date: May 10, 2023 pdfOptimizer https://itextpdf.com/node/15181/ is our iText Core add-on to reduce the file size

Release pdfHTML 3.0.3

Release date: January 14, 2021 This release of pdfHTML brings many improvements for SVG processing. We are introducing

Release pdfOffice 2.0.0

Release Related Examples Artifactory https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdfOffice

Release pdfHTML 4.0.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 The pdfHTML 4.0.1 release is the first release of our HTML to PDF creation add-on in 2022

Release pdfRender 1.0.5

Release date: July 5, 2021 For this release of pdfRender, we have fixed a bug which could cause exceptions in the CLI version

Release pdfRender 1.0.3

Release date: January 14, 2021 It is already the third release of pdfRender, and this version brings two new features: A new

Release pdfHTML 3.0.4

Release date: April 14, 2021 We are really proud of our job for the pdfHTML 3.0.4 release, since it brings quite a few

Release pdfCalligraph 3.0.2

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfCalligraph is our iText 7 add-on which provides advanced typography support when creating

Release pdfRender 1.0.2

Release date: October 22, 2020 The most important feature which was added in this release is a change to the supported output

Release RUPS 7.1.13

Release date: October 22, 2020 We always release RUPS together with iText 7 Core

Release RUPS 7.1.14

Release date: January 14, 2021 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS together with iText 7 Core

Release RUPS 7.1.15

Release date: April 14, 2021 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS together with iText 7 Core

Release RUPS 7.1.16

Release date: July 5, 2021 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS together with iText 7 Core

Release pdfXFA 2.0.8

Release date: October 22, 2020 In a nutshell, we added support of the setProperty declaration in this release and fixed some

Release pdfRender 1.0.6

Release date: October 25, 2021 Along with the iText 7.1.17 maintenance release we are also releasing an update to pdfRender

Release pdfCalligraph 3.0.0

, which may be useful for languages such as Arabic or Hebrew. Besides that, the pdfCalligraph 3.0.0 release as other iText 7

Release pdfOCR 2.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 The pdfOCR 2.0.0 release brings the support of the new Unified License Mechanism along

Release pdfCalligraph 3.0.1

Release date: April 11, 2022 pdfCalligraph is our iText 7 add-on which provides advanced typography support when creating PDF

Release pdfXFA 3.0.2

Release date: July 5 2022 pdfXFA https://itextpdf.com/node/261/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows you

Release pdfHTML 4.0.4

Release date: October 25, 2022 pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/products/itext-7/convert-html-css-to-pdf-pdfhtml is an iText 7 add

Release pdfXFA 2.0.9

Release date: January 14, 2021 Not much has changed in this release, we fixed some bugs and improved the performance for some

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

Release pdfXFA 2.0.11

Release date: July 5, 2021 The pdfXFA 2.0.11 release contains a fix when handling XFA files which contain empty rich text

Release pdfOCR 1.0.3

Release date: July 5, 2021 This the first release of the pdfOCR add-on this year. It brings more advanced image type detection

Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 In a nutshell, the pdfOptimizer 2.0.0 release benefits from all the improvements in iText 7.2.0

.Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.0 vLatest

Release date: October 25, 2021 In a nutshell, the pdfOptimizer 2.0.0 release benefits from all the improvements in iText 7.2.0

Release pdfSweep 4.0.0

Release date: May 10, 2023 pdfSweep https://itextpdf.com/node/13686 is an iText Core add-on for Java and .NET to securely

Release licensekey 3.1.4

Release date: April 14, 2021 We are releasing version 3.1.4 of our auxiliary license libraries (both licensekey and licensekey

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

Release pdfHTML 5.0.0

Release date: May 10, 2023 pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/node/241 is an iText Core add-on for Java and .NET to create PDF from

Release pdfOffice 2.0.3

Release date: October 25, 2022 pdfOffice https://itextpdf.com/node/15181/ is an iText 7 add-on that enables high-quality

Release pdfOCR 1.0.2

Release date: October 22, 2020 pdfOCR 1.0.2 is already the third release of our newest product. It brings some important

Release pdfRender 1.0.4

Release date: April 14, 2021 This release of pdfRender brings a lot of performance improvements and few bugfixes that make PDF

Release pdfXFA 2.0.12

Release date: December 16 2022 The pdfXFA 2.0.12 release includes a couple of backported fixes from pdfXFA 3.0.3

.Release pdfHTML 4.0.0 vLatest

Release date: October 25, 2021 The pdfHTML 4.0.0 release doesn't bring as many visible changes compared to the previous major

Release pdfHTML 4.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 The pdfHTML 4.0.0 release doesn't bring as many visible changes compared to the previous major

Release pdfSweep 3.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 In the 3.0.0 release pdfSweep as with all other iText 7 add-ons gets the support of the new

Release pdfRender 2.0.2

Release date: July 5, 2022 pdfRender https://itextpdf.com/node/14046 is an iText 7 add-on for Java to generate images from PDF

Release pdf2Data 2.1.9

Release date: October 22, 2020 In this release, we added a feature which a number of customers have requested

Release pdf2Data 2.1.10

Release date: January 14, 2021 In this release, we've extended the list of available selectors to add the possibility

Release RUPS 7.2.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS together with iText 7 Core

Release RUPS 7.2.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS together with iText 7 Core

Release RUPS 7.2.2

Release date: April 11, 2022 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS together with iText 7 Core

Release RUPS 7.2.5

Release date: January 16, 2023 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS https://itextpdf.com/node/281/ together

Release pdfCalligraph 2.0.8

Release date: October 22, 2020 We are pleased to introduce pdfCalligraph 2.0.8. In this new version, Myanmar (the official

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

Release RUPS 7.2.3

Release date: July 5, 2022 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS https://itextpdf.com/node/281/ together with iText 7

Release pdfOCR 2.0.2

Release date: October 25, 2022 For this release of our OCR add-on for iText 7, we have upgraded the underlying tess4j library

Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.2

Release date: October 25, 2022 New for this release of our iText 7 add-on to reduce the file size of PDFs

Release pdfXFA 3.0.4

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfXFA https://itextpdf.com/node/261/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows

Release pdfXFA 4.0.0

Release date: May 10, 2023 pdfXFA https://itextpdf.com/node/261/ is an iText Core add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows

Release pdfHTML 4.0.5

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/products/itext-7/convert-html-css-to-pdf-pdfhtml is an iText 7 add

Release RUPS 7.1.12

We always release RUPS together with iText 7 Core https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/itext-7-core, as it is one

Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 The pdfOptimizer 2.0.1 release includes a small yet important improvement. It will now notify

Release RUPS 7.2.4

Release date: October 25, 2022 We always release our PDF debugging tool RUPS https://itextpdf.com/node/281/ together

Release pdfRender 2.0.4

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfRender https://itextpdf.com/node/14046 is an iText 7 add-on for Java to generate images from

Release pdfOCR 1.0.1

Hot on the heels of our initial release, we're releasing 1.0.1 already! We've made improvements to the way

Release pdfXFA 3.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 The pdfXFA 3.0.0 release brings the support for the Unified License Mechanism, as with our

Release pdfRender 2.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 In this pdfRender 2.0.0 release, we mainly focused on adding support for the Unified License

Release pdfOCR 2.0.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 This maintenance release updates the underlying glue (tess4j https://github.com/nguyenq/tess4j

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

Release pdfXFA 3.0.3

Release date: October 25 2022 pdfXFA https://itextpdf.com/node/261/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows

Release pdfOffice 2.0.4

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfOffice https://itextpdf.com/node/15181/ is an iText 7 add-on that enables high-quality

Release pdf2Data 2.1.11

Release date: April 14, 2021 In this release, we've further improved the table data extraction capabilities. From now

Release pdfHTML 4.0.3

Release date: July 5, 2022 pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/node/241/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and .NET to create PDF from

Release pdfRender 2.0.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 For the pdfRender 2.0.1 release, we have updated to a new version of Jpedal which brings

Release pdf2Data 2.1.12

Release date: July 5, 2021 In the new release, we have focused on reducing pdf2Data's memory consumption. A few improvements

Release pdfOffice 2.0.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 Although only a minor release of pdfOffice, with 2.0.1 we bring some significant new

Release pdfXFA 2.0.7

only release, as no new features have been added. Having said that, we'd also like to point you to a couple of XFA-related blog

Release pdfCalligraph 2.0.9

Release date: April 14, 2021 In this new version of pdfCalligraph, we fixed two esoteric, yet rather annoying bugs. The first

Release pdfCalligraph 2.0.7

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Release pdfRender 2.0.3

Release date: October 25, 2022 pdfRender https://itextpdf.com/node/14046 is an iText 7 add-on for Java to generate images from

Release pdfOCR 1.0.0

Main blog - 1140x300.png We are proud to announce the first release of pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfocr

Release pdf2Data 3.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 The main changes for pdf2Data 3.0.0 come from the upgrade of iText to 7.2.0, so all

Release pdfSweep 3.0.2

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfSweep https://itextpdf.com/node/13686 is an iText 7 add-on for Java and .NET to securely

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

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 pdfSweep 3.0.1

Release date: July 5, 2022 pdfSweep https://itextpdf.com/node/13686 is an iText 7 add-on for Java and .NET to securely redact

Release pdf2Data 2.1.8

This release brings improvements for table recognition and extraction, specifically in the case of borderless tables

Release pdfSweep 2.0.8

Release date: December 16 2022 This release contains a security fix from the pdfSweep 3.0.0

Release pdfSweep 2.0.7

Release date: July 5, 2021 While this release of pdfSweep does not bring any new features as such, it does include

Release pdfSweep 2.0.6

Release date: April 14, 2021 This is the first release of pdfSweep for a while, but we`ve been busy and have fixed two bugs

Support of proper word wrapping in languages with special scripts

In release 7.1.13 of the iText Core layout API, we have made some important changes regarding how word-wrapping is handled

Which version of the license key library should I use?

version 4.x.y of the license key library If you're using iText Suite version 7.1.17 (or older) or iText 5.5.13 (or newer) you'll

Installing iText for Java

>$release-core-7-variable</itext.version> </properties> <dependencies>  <dependency> <groupId

Installing iText for .NET

available on an official RELEASE. Snapshots can be downloaded from the iText Artifactory and are appended with a -SNAPSHOT suffix

Support for a symbol element in SVG

The release of iText Core 7.1.13 includes a number of bug fixes as well as useful feature additions. As we continue to work

How do I load a license key?

, or iText 5.5.13 (or newer) you'll need to use version 3.x.y of the license key library. If you're using iText 5.5.12 (or earlier

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

Installing iText pdfOptimizer for Java developers

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Installing iText pdfOffice for Java developers

will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation

Installing iText pdfRender for Java developers

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Installing iText pdfXFA for Java developers

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Installing iText pdfCalligraph for Java developers

and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading

iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

of iText. In 2011, iText Group released XML Worker as a generic XML to PDF tool, built on top of iText 5. A default implementation

Installing iText pdfSweep for Java developers

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Installing iText pdfHTML for Java developers

file  <repositories> <repository> <id>itext</id> <name>iText Repository - releases</name

Installing iText pdfOCR for Java developers

product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from

Installing iText Community for Java developers

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

Support for linearGradient Color Scheme in Layout, CSS and SVG

transitions between colors in graphical objects. With the release of iText 7 Core 7.1.12, we're thrilled to introduce support

pdfHTML: Custom ResourceRetriever

In release 7.1.13 of iText Core and 3.0.2 of pdfHTML we've implemented a new class called ResourceRetriever. This class allows

iText

iText is the latest version of iText's powerful PDF Toolkit for PDF generation, PDF programming, handling & manipulation

Before we start: installing iText 7

. <repositories> <repository> <id>itext</id> <name>iText Repository - releases</name> <url>https://repo.itextsupport.com/releases

Installing iText free trial for Java and .NET developers

and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process of the iText free trial version. If you require any

Why iText and Blockchain?

When iText was first released in the year 2000, its author, Bruno Lowagie, wrote down the following mission statement: We want

iText 7 Core: Fixing incorrect height calculation

. However, in older versions of iText the returned values of a BBox (height and width) were slightly misrepresentative of the actual

FIPS & SHA3 Examples for iText Core 8.0.0

With the release of iText Core version 8.0.0, direct support for the Java and .NET Bouncy Castle FIPS

If iText is free why do I have to pay for it?

(including iText developers) and the ability for us to legally license usage of the code commercially and offer the full benefit

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for Java

will broadly cover the breaks in the API. Please consult the breaking changes on the iText website

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for .NET

will broadly cover the breaks in the API. Please consult the breaking changes on the iText website

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

which do this include Thai and Khmer, but we will use Thai for the purpose of this example. iText has developed an advanced

Volume Counter installation guide

Important! As of the release of iText 7.2 https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/it7kb/releases/release-itext-7-2-0, the old licensing

Fix for when a link occupies more than two areas, a NullPointerException is thrown

Introduction In versions of iText 7 Core prior to 7.1.12 it was possible that a link could occupy more than two areas

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

the document creation process. Take a note, that in iText 7 Document class has a constructor with immediateFlush parameter: Document

Removing Items from a PDF's Outline Tree

for users to navigate across their documents. With iText Core version 7.1.12, we have added functionality for removing elements from

Migration guide from iText 5 to iText 7

Installation instructions Instead of having everything in one giant jar (or DLL), we have split iText into several independent

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

Customers who have a commercial license for iText 5 Core, and who are current support and maintenance subscribers can upgrade

Digital Signatures Hub

no longer applicable. iText eBook Examples The following Java and .NET (C#) examples apply to the latest releases of iText

Installing iText Community for .NET developers

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

Which image types are supported by iText?

PNG files when using iText? iText supports JPEG, JPEG2000, GIF, PNG, SVG, BMP, WMF, TIFF, CCITT and JBIG2 images. This doesn't

Installing iText pdfOCR for .NET developers

product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from

Installing iText pdfHTML for .NET developers

you will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through

Installing iText pdfSweep for .NET developers

using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process

Installing iText pdfCalligraph for .NET developers

and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading

Installing iText pdfXFA for .NET developers

experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading iText pdfXFA

Fail-safe processing of Outlines without Parent link

PDF or copying PDF pages. In the iText 7.2.1 release iText ignores the Parent links in the PDF; instead, it follows the hierarchy

Installing iText pdfOptimizer for .NET developers

will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation

Creating and editing PDF 2.0 Documents

In July 2017 PDF 2.0 was released which added a bunch of useful features to PDFs such as AES-256 encryption, unicode passwords

Why do I get an "System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly" error?

this? This is probably because you have an strong-named assembly which has not been redirected. iText 7 has add-ons which can

pdfHTML: Processing of extremely long elements

When processing paragraphs with a lot of nested subelements, iText would act suboptimally by not cleaning up certain parent

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 newer, you should have a license key in JSON format

iText 7 Signing Examples

Signing a PDF with early versions of iText was something akin to rocket science: the code had to do a lot of stuff which

iText 7: Building Blocks

find a full list of features here https://itextpdf.com/features. This is the second tutorial in the iText 7 series. In the first

What is the difference between iText, JasperReports and Adobe LC?

I want to know the difference or comparison between different PDF creation / generation techniques. For Example: iText, Adobe

pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files containing embedded videos

With the release of iText 7.2.2 and pdfOffice 2.0.2, we've resolved an issue affecting the conversion of .docx files

Core Layout: Text in PDF does not wrap appropriately (Text elements inside Paragraph)

Background In release 7.2.5 of the iText Core library we’ve introduced a fix in relation to how word wrapping is handled

pdfCalligraph: New types of GSOP lookup

not guarantee correct results if the selected font is using unimplemented GPOS table features. However, in iText Core release 7.2.0

Which languages are supported in pdfHTML?

/ open source software isn't freeware. The iText core library is released as AGPL software. The AGPL is a free software license

Before we start: installing iText 7 | .NET

: https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples Befo

Best iText 7 Questions on StackOverflow

, StackOverflow is the most important channel used by iText Software to answer questions about iText from developers who do not have

PdfSigner now correctly detects and creates PDF/A documents

What changed? In previous iText versions, when a PDF was signed, iText did not check whether a given document was a PDF or PDF

How to add text as a header or footer?

()) - 20) .showText("this is a footer") .endText() .release(); } } There is no ColumnText class in iText 7 anymore, so we use

Is iText free?

the iText SDK into per the terms of the AGPL license, or you can license iText commercially if you don’t want to open source

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 solve an UnsupportedCharsetException when using itext-asian.jar

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25836370/how-to-use-itext-asian-library-in-eclipseby Han Kun https://stackoverflow.com/users/4040263/

How to generate and design PDFs with iText or iTextSharp?

. Option 3: use a third party tool to define the template and a third party server that uses iText under the hood to create PDFs

pdfHTML: Creation and/or merging of outlines for documents

With pdfHTML 3.0.0 (released with iText Core 7.1.11) we improved the creation and/or merging of document outlines. Details

pdfHTML: Support for linearGradient in CSS and SVG

Introduction In pdfHTML 3.0.1 (as well as iText Core release 7.1.12) came support for the linearGradient attribute within SVG

Are iText 5 and iText 7 backwards compatible?

No. During development iText 7 went through some architectural changes which means some public class or package names have

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

Examples for the iText 7 jump-start tutorial

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples you will find them

Examples for the iText 7 jump-start tutorial | .NET

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples you will find them

How to delete attachments in PDF using iText?

shown in iText RUPS This gives us a hint on where to find the embedded file. Take a look at the code of the RemoveEmbeddedFile

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

We have a number of dynamically generated PDFs on our site that were created using iText 2.1.7. However, we also have a large

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

. It is not the Document you have created in your code, but an internal object that is used by iText. You should use it for read-only purp

Why is iText embedding a font even when I specify not to embed?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/156522/vsingh In iText 7 your code snippet will look like this: FontProgramFactory.registerFont("c:/temp/

Improving SVG to PDF conversion

What has changed? In the latest release of iText 7, there have been a couple of fixes for certain bugs that had the potential

pdfHTML: Fixed Behavior for <input> Tags with Negative Numbers

. inputbad.PNG However, in the latest release of iText and pdfHTML 3.0.1, this behavior has been fixed and the number is correctly

pdfOffice: Spreadsheet To PDF Support

Since the first release of pdfOffice, we have received a growing number of customer requests to support conversion of .xlsx

Can I create a Reader-enabled PDF using iText?

this using iText. The technology that's used to add extra usage rights to a PDF document is based on asymmetric key cryptography

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

Is there a way to mask an image using another image in iText? I want to mask an image using another image, for example A.jpg

Deploying iText Suite SDK/API on Amazon Web Services

These instructions are for subscribers of the iText Suite (BYOL) on AWS Marketplace

pdfHTML: Support for 'vertical-align' CSS property for inline blocks within HTML

https://www.w3docs.com/snippets/css/how-to-vertically-align-inline-inline-block-elements.html site. What changed? In prior pdfHTML releas

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

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

breaking the signature you should use the following code in iText 7: protected void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws

pdfOffice + iText Core Annotations Example

Background: With the addition of pdfOffice to the iText 7 Suite portfolio comes a wide range of potential synergies and new

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 4

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

Volume Counter FAQs

FAQs and information about the counting mechanism for volume licenses used by iText 7 and newer. Important! As of the release

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 3

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

How to introduce a custom font weight in iText 7?

Bold-Italic (arialbi.ttf),... When you switch styles the way you do in your code snippet, iText switches fonts. In other words

pdfHTML: Line Height property support

In pdfHTML 3.0.0 (released with iText 7.1.11) support was added for the line-height property for inline-level elements as well

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

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

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

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

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

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

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

Blockchain for PDF Documents

. "Virtual money" or "Digital currency" is only one application of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). At iText, we've developed

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/3154466/user3154466 I've written a small example in Java which you can easily adapt to C# as iText and iT

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

KozMinPro-Regular.otf, you don't need the iText-Asian.jar. Just use the font file with an encoding that is supported by that font

Forms in iText Core 8.0.0

Creating form fields using AcroForms is now much improved with iText Core 8.0.0. Rather than needing to specify the exact

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 2

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

pdfOffice: Digital Signing

Background With the introduction of the pdfOffice add-on to the iText 7 Suite, we have now extended our capabilities to cover

pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files with repeating table header on new page

With the release of iText 7.2.2 and pdfOffice 2.0.2, we improved the conversion of docx files where a table extends to a new

Is iText PDF a PDF viewer?

The iText SDK does not include a pdf viewer. Our SDK helps automate the generation and manipulation of pdf files. itext_7

How to strike through text using iText?

, iText has made a couple of decisions for you: where do I put the line? How thick is the line? If you want to make

How to decrypt a PDF document with the owner password?

I need to remove the security/encryption from some PDF documents, preferably with the iText library. This used to be possible

What functionalities does iText 7 support?

The iText core v7 SDK includes APIs for almost 500 functions. A complete listing of the functions supported can be found here

General questions about iText

by iTextSharp? Why can't I compile the iText source code? How to format a String resulting in a two-column display? How to find out

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

Installing iText Core 7.2.x on Android

Gradle dependency You can download iText 7 from our Artifactory by adding this to your Gradle file: maven { url

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

and the text was displayed without any space in between. With the release of pdfHTML 3.0.4, we now fully support using width

I have been using iText 5 or 7 without a commercial license but never open sourced my application. What should I do?

using the iText SDK. We can work with you to help bring you into compliance. It may be possible for us to issue you a back-dated

How to insert a "linked rectangle" with iText?

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

Releases

Published by Scroll Versions from this space and version Latest

Bouncy Castle changes

Overview In the scope of the 8.0.0 release, we've introduced several major breaking changes in the way we handle bouncy-castle

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

pdf2Data: Grouping of extracted values in XML

to versions prior to the release of iText pdf2Data 3.1.1. If you are using that version or later, see this updated article

iText Core: Support Type3 fonts reading for stamping mode

fonts for stamping mode in which standard glyph names are used to identify glyphs. In version 7.1.16 of iText 7 Core you can now

.iText Core: Support Type 3 fonts reading for stamping mode vLatest

fonts for stamping mode in which standard glyph names are used to identify glyphs. In version 7.1.16 of iText 7 Core you can now

Chapter 2: Adding content to a Canvas or a Document

: 1. <repositories> 2. <repository> 3. <id>central</id> 4. <name>iText Repository-releases</name> 5. <url

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

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

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

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

What does "Not LTV-enabled" mean?

iText to sign and timestamp PDF documents. It works very well. But I recently switched from Acrobat Pro X to XI and now I see

What is causing syntax errors in a page created with iText 7?

written in Java (C# terminology is identical). Note that there is no PdfContentByte class in iText 7. We use PdfCanvas instead

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

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers | .NET

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 1: Introducing fonts

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 5: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 2)

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Why does iText enter a cross symbol when CheckType style is check mark?

mark looks like a check mark. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. forms itext_7

Chapter 4: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 1)

() method was introduced in iText 7.0.1. You won't find it in the very first iText 7 release. We're investigating if we could

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

and provider of Identity Services. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to use the GlobalSign API and iText 7 Core to sign a PDF

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 5: AbstractElement examples (part 2)

ublications.highlevel/itext/highlevel

Chapter 6: Creating actions, destinations, and bookmarks

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

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

pdfHTML: more accurate rendering of checkboxes

In our latest pdfHTML release we've fixed a margin processing bug that was affecting checkbox rendering. In versions 4.0.1

What does TextPositioning in pdfOCR do?

with the Tesseract4OcrEngineProperties class (Java https://api.itextpdf.com/pdfOCR/java/$release-pdfOCR-variable/com/itextpdf/pdfocr/tess

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents | .NET

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

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

demonstrating each of pdfOptimizer's currently released features as of our 1.0.1 stable release. In this code snippet, we cover

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

pdfOffice: Improved line space calculation

Version Example: Word document Example: Pdf Document Example: WordVSPDF.png Updated Release Example: Word document Example: Pdf

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

I am generating PDF documents with iText. When I try to include the "Agenda Tabular Light" font, iText ignores my choice

pdfHTML: Using emojis in iText

Introduction From their humble beginnings in 1999, emojis have become a staple of digital communication and most document and

What is the size limit of pdf file?

, the PDF style: plain text cross-reference table vs cross reference stream, and the iText(Sharp) version: before 5.3 vs 5.3

Part I - Overview and Simple Cases

An Overview The iText 7 signing API is based on the PdfSigner class. This class takes care of the PDF-specific aspects of PDF

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

release. Example: In the following example, we use the following HTML code to build a basic table of contents which routes a user

pdfHTML: Support attr() function for content property

cases. However, with this release of pdfHTML 3.0.5 we are pleased to announce support for this function has been added. What

Breaking changes for iText Core 8.0.0

Sign module Also see Bouncy-castle related changelog. Breaking change IExternalSignature interface: getHashAlgorithm is renamed to

Chapter 1: Hello HTML to PDF

will consist of a "Test" header, a "Hello World" paragraph, and an image representing the iText logo. Structure of the examples All

How do setMinimumSize() and setFixedSize() interact?

would like is for iText to increase the row height to accommodate the text in the cells whose minimum height is set, while letting

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

How to use the font Verdana in PdfStamper?

file with iText PDF. The original file uses Verdana, which isn't an option in the class Basefont. Here is the function to create

How to avoid an exception when importing a TIFF file?

. iText can also tolerate errors, as explained in the answer provided by Michaël Demey

Where do I get the PDF library?

For download instructions go to: iText 5 Java version installation guide; iText 5 .NET version installation guide; iText 7

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

Support for Beveled, Underline and Inset form field border styles

In iText 7 Core 7.1.14 we've implemented some border styles for PDF form fields which we were previously missing. The styles

How to format a field as a percentage?

I use iText from C# code. I use AcroFields to populate a form with data, but I lose my formatting. I am using the following

pdfHTML: Support for the CSS object-fit Property

The release of pdfHTML 3.0.2 includes a number of bug fixes as well as useful feature additions. Among those additional

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

Why doesn't FontFactory.GetFont() work for all fonts?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/303685/water-cooler-v2 iText is written in Java, which means it's platform-independent. It ships with 14

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

. https://itextpdf.com/sites/default/files/Suk1Q.png The title in black is where iText is placing the text of the Phrase within the Column

How does iText Group count processes/files?

Files are counted based on one open, close, or edit to a PDF file. For example all of the following would count as one process for

iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 1

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 2

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 3

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 4

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 5

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 6

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 7

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Why do I get a font embedding error when creating PDFA/1a?

font embedded is wrong. Granted, in iText 7 you define the font like this: PdfFont zapfdingbats = PdfFontFactory.createFont

Option to disable AGPL-usage warning messages

When using iText 7 Core in AGPL mode (without loading an iText license) a message will occasionally be printed to the standard

How to change width of single column of table?

I am looking to change the width of a column to fit a longer word. hello I have created table in a PDF file using iText

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

In iText, what is the minimum height of a PdfPCell for which a given size of font text is visible? Is there any ratio between

How to change the author name for comments?

with annotations created by "iText" and turn it into a PDF with annotations created by "Bruno Lowagie". The code is really simple: we loo

How to merge PDFs and add bookmarks?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/merge/MergeWithOutlines.java example that

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 convert PdfStamper to a byte array?

the existing pdf is like a template. I am using iText jar for adding barcode. I want to know the possibilities of converting PdfStamper

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks | .NET

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

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

I'm creating a table in PDF using iText. I want to place it in top right corner. Here is my code snippet: PdfPTable table

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

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

I want to log the number of documents I've processed using iText, as well as the number of bytes I've read or produced

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive | .NET

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Which PDF filters are used to encode data?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2931516/midhun iText for C# supports the filters that are defined in the PDF specification

How to format a field as a currency?

filled these fields in the exact same way as you did. The result looks as expected: Currency in field iText has created two

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

Why is it that when I introduce text that is added at an absolute position, iText tells me that the content I'm adding isn't

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

Argument not specified in iTextSharp

. iText and iTextSharp are kept in sync, which means that, using the two rules explained above, a developer won't have any problem

How to extract a page number from a PDF file?

We explored many API's like Tika, PdfBox and iText to extract page numbers from a PDF file, but we weren't able to meet

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

? I'm using the following code to merge PDFs together using iText: public static void concatenatePdfs(ListFile> listOfPdfFiles

How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document?

it using iText, but I would like a solution that lets me rotate it immediately with iText after adding content to it. Posted

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

Is it possible to get the author of a free text annotation using iText? I can retrieve the /Type and /Contents, but I can't

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

the XML from the PDF using iText, manipulate the XML using any type of XML editing software, and finally put back the XML

How to extract embedded streams?

I use ((PdfStream)obj).getBytes(), iText will look at the filter. For instance: page content streams consists of PDF syntax

How to create and apply redactions?

Is there any way to implement PDF redaction using iText? Working with the Acrobat SDK API I found that redactions also just

How to crop out a part of PDF file?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itext/i5js-sandbox/master/cmpfiles/stamper/cmp_hero_clipped.pdf (the iText superhero has lost arms, fee

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 add blank pages to an existing PDF in java?

I have a normal PDF file, I want to insert blank pages at the end of this PDF using iText, without changing the existing PDF

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/5064085/semil-sebastian In iText 7 we use Cell instead of PdfPCell and Table instead of PdfPTable. I’ll w

How to create a list without indentation?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1430463/valeriane In iText 7 we create an ordered list like this: List list1 = new List(ListNumberingType

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

on StackOverflow on Nov 9, 2015 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33609447 by BiJ https://stackoverflow.com/users/3890478/bij iText

How to get the rendered dimensions of text?

of width 12pt and height 20pt, what portion of the string would fit in the available space? Where does iText break a given string when

How to create a custom dashed line separator?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2338248/retalemine In iText 7 DottedLineSeparator class does not exist anymore, but we have DottedLine cl

How to apply color to Strings in a Paragraph?

this: Paragraph p = new Paragraph("abc" + "def"); You implicitly tell iText that "abc" and "def" should be rendered using the same (defau

How to change the color of pages?

page becomes blue. I'm creating report based on client activity. I'm creating this report with the help of the iText PDF library

How to change the text color of an AcroForm field?

(AcroForm). iText will fill out the fields in both descriptions, but the XFA description gets preference when rendering

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

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

Interactive forms

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples for Java and i7ns-samples https://github.com/itext/i7ns-samples for .NET (C#). Why does iText

Chapter 3: Using ILeafElement implementations

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 2: RootElement examples

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 3: ILeafElement examples

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Util: Utilities for the building blocks examples

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 4: AbstractElement examples (part 1)

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 6: actions, destinations, bookmarks

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 1: PdfFont examples

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How to create a link to launch an external program?

action. I'm the author of the book about iText, and I usually don't talk about this functionality because it's considered being

How to make a field not required?

I am trying to make a field not required using iText. I know that I can make a field required using something like below

How to find out which fields are required?

that the best solution will be to use iText library. I can read file, and read AcroFields from a document but is there any possibility

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

How to get the image DPI in PDF?

scanned images that are saved into PDF files through iText (using Java). I can get width and height (either through Matrix

How to merge PDFs from ByteArrayOutputStreams?

I have two PDF files, each one in a ByteArrayOutputStream. I want to merge the two PDFs, and I want to use iText, but I don't

How to align AcroFields?

I'm using iText to populate the data to PDF templates, which are created in OpenOffice. The form is populating fine; I'm

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

Getting started

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

How to merge PDFs from ByteArayOutputStreams?

I have two PDF files, each one in a ByteArrayOutputStream. I want to merge the two PDFs, and I want to use iText, but I don't

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

I am using iText in Java to convert a HTML to PDF. I want a particular paragraph which has some words as Bold and some as Bold

Before we start: Overview of the classes and interfaces

When we talk about iText 7's basic building blocks, we refer to all classes that implement the IElement interface. iText 7

Why can't I embed a font due to licensing restrictions?

a license for Windows fonts when using iText? Just like all software (including iText), fonts are licensed

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

How to draw a borderless rounded rectangle?

a rectangle. canvas.rectangle(x, y, width, height); iText also provides convenience methods. For instance: the following method

How to get the UserUnit from a PDF file?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/192305/shawson Allow me to quote from my book, iText in Action - Second Edition, page 9: What

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

is mostly blank. Apparently those PDFs were also created by iText. However, it is not clear to me if there is an instance

How To find internal links in a PDF file?

the itext-specific object as a generic PDF object PdfDictionary AnnotationDictionary = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.GetPdfObject

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

In previous iText 7 Core versions, the font-size attribute in SVG’s text element was in some specific cases being calculated

Part IV - Appearances

the signers have different roles. The iText signing API does allow creating such a presentation. You have the choice of using one

How to create a table with only vertical borders?

It is possible with iText 7 to create a table with vertical lines only? I have a table with vertical and horizontal lines

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

can set height appropriately. Is there a way to do this in iText so that I don't need to keep track of the heights of each

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

I have an application that uses iText to fill PDF form fields. One of these fields has some text with tags. I need the text

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 make sure a check box is printed?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1176737/user1176737 In iText 7 you define a check box like this: PdfButtonFormField checkField = PdfFormF

How to add an image watermark to a PDF file?

relative to page using iText?” In Java if you use iText 7 you need something like this (use the same methods in C#): Rectangle

How to hyphenate text?

I generate a PDF file with iText in Java. My table columns have fixed widths. Text that is too long for one line is wrapped

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 read PDFs created with an unknown random owner password?

to any one) to prevent any edits. I use iText for encryption as shown below: byte[] userPass = "user".getBytes(); byte

How to truncate text within a bounding box?

. If possible it would be great if iText could also place an ellipsis character where the text does not fit. I can't find any method

How to display indian rupee symbol?

Why does my code not work? I want to display the special character "India Rupee Symbol" in iText, My Code: BaseFont rupee

Why aren't my fonts getting registered?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13635212/why-arent-my-fonts-getting-registered by dan04 https://stackoverflow.com/users/287586/dan04

How to use two different colors in a single String?

. String result = "Developed By : Mr.XXXXX"; I can create a paragraph in iText and set font with color like this: Font

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 change the line spacing of text?

between the baseline of two lines is called the leading. In iText, the default leading is 1.5 times the size of the font

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

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

added once; after all: you're adding it only once. In iText 7 you should implement IEventHandler interface: public class

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

Why does my code only add the rectangle on the last page? I'm using iText to create a PDF document. Right now I am trying

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

that there are no Chunks and Phrases in iText 7. Let me introduce some changes: Text as an atomic part of text in the sense that all the

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

trying to create PDF files using iText. I have found that Superscript (0,4,5,6,7,8,9) and Subscript (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

How to use multiple fonts in a single cell?

to work. You need the AddCell() method that takes a Paragraph object as parameter. In iText 7 Paragraph consists of different Text

How to continue an ordered list on a second page?

templates for p1 and p2. However, when I start a new list for the part on the second page, iText starts numbering that new list from 1

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

I have drawn an equilateral triangle as follows using iText canvas.setColorStroke(BaseColor.BLACK); int x = start.getX(); int

How to add a shading pattern to a custom shape?

I have drawn an equilateral triangle as follows using iText canvas.setColorStroke(BaseColor.BLACK); int x = start.getX(); int

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 table as a header?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/events/TableHeader.java example for iText

How can I find the border color of a field?

when we look inside the resulting PDF using iText RUPS https://itextpdf.com/Products/itext-rups, and we take a look at the field

How to extract text and anchor information from a PDF?

I am looking for a method to extract the text as well as anchor information using iText. For example: the PDF content is "You

Font examples

content in PDF? Do I need a license for Windows fonts when using iText? How to use two different colors in a single String? How

Chapter 6: Using fonts in pdfHTML

that Helvetica is the default font used by iText when no font is specified (chapter 2), and we know that pdfHTML

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

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

which in total is 90% of table width In short: what would the iText code look like if I wanted a table as shown here: Question

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

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/objects/TextPattern.java example. In iText

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

I am using iText for PDF generation. I have some characters/symbols to print like ∈, ∩, ∑, ∫, ? (Mathematical symbols

Why is content missing in my table?

tables in iText 7 differs from the previous version. You should replace PdfPTable and PdfPCell instances with Table and Cell

How to get the co-ordinates of an image?

are same as present in database? In my project, I want to find co-ordinates of the images in my PDFs. I tried searching iText, but I

How to give an image rounded corners?

is the size of an image? You have an Image instance gif. In iText 7 this is done in the following way: Image gif = new Image

How to create Persian content in PDF?

. In iText 7 it looks like: PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.createFont(fontPath, PdfEncodings.IDENTITY_H, true); Writing from right

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

are trying to do something that is impossible (and that is not related or limited to you using iText). Note When working on an iText

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

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/merge/CutAndPaste.java example adapted for

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

to create in memory and never will be in file system. How can I do this with iText? I'm using a MS SQL Report Server web service

Why does ColumnText ignore the horizontal alignment?

side and some on the right side. For some reason iText seems to ignore the alignment entirely. For example: // create 200x100

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

should not do that manually because you don't know when a new page will be created by iText. Instead you should use an event handler

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

is described in Chapter 7 of iText in Action - Second Edition, more specifically in the TimeTableAnnotations3

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

. If rect is a rectangle based on the coordinates of your address, in iText 7 you need: Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(100, 100, 200

How to add blank pages while concatenating several PDFs using PdfSmartCopy

(pdfDoc.getNumberOfPages() + 1, ps); pdfDoc.close(); There is no PdfCopy and PdfSmartCopy classes in iText 7 and merging documents is done

How to continue field output on a second page?

Paragraph("Hello " + i)); doc.add(p); } Note that there are no PdfImportedPage and ColumnText classes in iText 7, hence

pdfHTML: support for CSS4 device-cmyk example

in most current browsers. To allow pdfHTML to use to this CSS feature you'll need to add a method call to your iText code to enable

Do we license per functionality /feature?

iText 7 Core includes about 500 functions which we license as a single SDK. This includes creation, merging, tagging, digital

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples

Setting of choice form field using setValue Method

New for iText Core 7.1.11 is a change to how form fields are handled, specifically when /TI value is present, and when using

pdfCalligraph: Support for Myanmar script

With iText 7.1.13 and pdfCalligraph 2.0.8, we are pleased to announce that we now support the full support for rendering

Building blocks : Examples

This Tutorial was written with iText 7.0.x in mind, however, if you go to the linked Examples you will find them

How to convert an ASP or JSP page to PDF?

iText and pdfHTML are 100% unaware of. The same goes for DataGridViews, Repeaters, Templates, Views, etc. which are all framework

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

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

XML Worker was created with the intention of converting very small and basic HTML into a PDF as a black-box method. pdfHTML is a complete

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 7: events, viewer preferences, writer properties

c07e01_eventhandlers <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

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

subsets of the same font aren't identical and iText can't merge different subsets of the same font into one font. The second time

How to rotate a page 90 degrees?

() to persist the change. If you want an iText for C# example, you'll discover that it is very easy to port the Java to C

How to get the current page count?

of all you should create a PDF document in a right way. In iText 7 you’ll need: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new

What is the PdfPTable.DefaultCell property used for?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24006618/what-is-the-pdfptable-defaultcell-property-used-for by Water Cooler v2 https://stackoverflow

How to create a table with rounded corners?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1833945/andreanobili In iText 7 this is done using cell renderers. You should set such renderer

How to check for an event and remove it?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23087035/checking-for-an-event-in-itextsharp by IyaTaisho https://stackoverflow.com/users/1631060/iya

How to define the width of a cell?

: Option 1: You don't define an absolute width. Instead you ask iText to calculate the width based on the available space

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

with iText, you define the /MediaBox either explicitly or implicitly. Explicitly: Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(20, 20, 300, 600

How to read text from a specific position?

of a LocationTextExtractionStrategy. If rect is a rectangle based on the coordinates of your address, in iText 7 you need: <div data-pym-

What is the difference between getPageLabels and getPageLabelFormats?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/5637026/paulb There is no getPageLabelFormats() method in iText 7. To learn the answer for your

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

This can be done using a JavaScript action. Use the following code in iText 7: public void createPdf(String dest) throws

How to add a hidden text field?

iText 7 you should initialize a text field via the PdfTextFormField class. It has a method named setVisibility

How to position text relative to page?

. Please help, I don't know how to properly use mediabox and cropbox and I'm new to iText. Posted on StackOverflow on Jul 13

How to update a PDF without creating a new PDF?

the original file This example is written using iText 7: PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfWriter writer = new PdfWriter(dest

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

and then I use iText to create a PDF file which can be downloaded on client machine. The application is coded in HTML/JSP and runs

Why do I get a BouncyCastle NoClassDefFoundError?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/3650927/wizclark99 When you look at the POM file for iText, you see the following dependencies

How can I read Roman page numbers?

page number) with iText, but I don't know which properties (labels or annotations) I should use. Posted on StackOverflow on Mar

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

); In iText 7 you can probably you get(int index, boolean asDirect) method with a false second parameter: PdfObject o = array.get(2

How to introduce multiple PdfPageEventHelper instances?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15250459/using-multiple-pdfpageeventhelper by Marc https://stackoverflow.com/users/329957/marc In iTe

How to draw a borderless table in iTextSharp?

to remove the borders of the table, you need to remove the borders of each cell. Note that there is no PdfPCell class in iText 7

How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF?

a change to a file you create a PdfDocument object in iText 7. As you want to change an OCG layer, you use the getLayers

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2251538/choudhary You need to get the /MediaBox and /CropBox value from the page dictionary. In iText 7

How to get a font from an array?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30070613/register-font-from-byte-array-in-itext by Robert https://stackoverflow.com/users/4587348/rob

How to change the properties of an annotation?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2027957/thirusanguraja-venkatesan Suppose that you have a PdfAnnotation object in iText 7. To lock the an

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

. In iText 7 your code will look like this (C# and Java terminology is identical): canvas.saveState(); canvas.setCharacterSpacing(1

How do I set parameters back to the default value?

. In iText 7 your code will look like this (C# and Java terminology is identical): canvas.saveState(); canvas.setCharacterSpacing(1

How to introduce a rowspan?

example from iText in Action does exactly what you need. It looks like this: // a table with three columns Table table = new Table

Why does PdfStamper create a file with 0 bytes?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2505603/integratedsolns In iText 7 all manipulations with PDF are done using PdfDocument instance. Encryp

How to create an uncompressed PDF file?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2076286/g%C3%A1bor In iText 7 you can set the compression level to 0, which means no compression

Safeguards against loops in cross-reference structure of PDF files

https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2011/05/understanding-the-pdf-file-format-%E2%80%93-pdf-xref-tables-explained/. When loading PDF documents

Image examples

types are supported by iText? How to use an image as list symbol? How to prevent images from resizing in a table cell? How to add

Does my HTML have to be valid XML?

If you are still using iText 5 and XML Worker, you have to provide XHTML. For instance: a single <br> wasn't allowed in your

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

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 convert an existing A4 PDF document to an A3 booklet?

I want to convert an existing A4 PDF document into an A3 PDF using Java. Since I am new to the iText API, I wonder if anyone

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

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

. The solution is to change the leading of a Paragraph (there is no Phrase class anymore). In iText 7 this is done in the following

How to superimpose pages from existing documents into another document?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/stamper/SuperImpose.java example. In iText

How to change the icon of a push button field?

to replace the icon in a button field. This can be done in iText 7 using this code snippet: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new

How to keep specific words together on one line?

doesn't even fit a line). P.S. Note that there are no Chunks in iText 7. We use Text instances as atomic parts of paragraphs

How to prevent images from resizing in a table cell?

. Instead of a bullet, I took the image of a light bulb. Images in cell In iText 7 this code works correctly: Image image = new

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

a table with a header row in iText 7: // table with 2 columns: Table table = new Table(2); // header row: table.addHeaderCell

How to create a link to a specific page number?

In iText 7 you have two possible ways to set a link to a page. Example 1: Paragraph anchor = new Paragraph("This is a destination

How to attach files to a PDF?

can't seem to reference them as links within the PDF. iText in Action suggests I can do this as annotations or document level

How to get the number of characters in a field?

I am trying to find out which format a date of birth should have in a empty field in a PDF using iText. I can stamp the field

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

instance (form), retrieved from a PdfDocument in iText 7: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(src)); PdfAcroForm form

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

); You need to look for the /Metadata entry, which is a stream. And in iText 7 you can do it like: PdfStream stream

How to reorder the pages of a PDF file?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/stamper/ReorderPages.java example. There i

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

manipulation method, but be aware that removing them throws away information that may be useful in some contexts. In iText 7 to get

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1862502/vignesh-vino If you are using iText 7 you should write the implementation

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

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 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 split a row over multiple pages?

by Manish https://stackoverflow.com/users/1189254/manish In iText 7, table rows are split by default. Suppose that you have

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

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/tables/SimpleTable4.java. In iText 7

How to get text and image in the same cell?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1912983/nickname If you are using iText 7 I recommend to look at TabStop class. You can create

How to rotate a single line of text?

but it doesn't. Anyone has a clue how to rotate text using the central point in itext? float fw = bf.getWidthPoint(text, textSize

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

I want to make my background image in iText transparent. Here is my code for the image: string root = Server.MapPath

Why aren't images added sequentially?

There is no such problem in iText 7. Look for the resulting PDF in this example: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new

How to add a full line break?

%. In iText 7 DottedLineSeparator class does not exist anymore, but we have DottedLine class that draws a dotted line. You require

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

Solution 1: Use tabs iText 7 has a TabStop class and you can use addTabStops() method to add it to the Paragraph like

Can I change the page count by changing internal metadata?

the internal structure of a PDF document in ISO-32000-1, but if you prefer a more practical approach, please download iText RUPS

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

built using iText), as well as the URL. Posted on StackOverflow on Oct 5, 2012

How to encrypt PDF using a certificate?

We need to encrypt a PDF with a certificate. I've found something using iText some months ago, but I cannot find it any more

How to change the order of Optional Content Groups?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itext/i5js-sandbox/master/cmpfiles/stamper/cmp_ocg_reordered.pdf. In iText 7 your code will look like t

How to introduce superscript?

(th) .add(" of July"); document.add(fourth); In the 5th version of iText we used Chunk class instead of Text, but it doesn't

How to change the color of a circle annotation?

annotation The code to add this annotation in iText 7 looks like this: protected void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest

How to define multiple actions for a PushbuttonField?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/3396436/johnkochjr You are looking for a concept called chained actions. This is how it’s done in iText 7

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/4974002/nazeerbasha An iText 7 Rectangle object has the following parameters: float x; float y; float wid

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

in iText 7 with this code: PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest)); Document doc = new Document(pdf, PageSize.A4

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

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24692950/add-border-to-pdf-page-using-itextby user3819936 https://stackoverflow.com/users/3819936/use

How to add a border to a PDF page?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24692950/add-border-to-pdf-page-using-itextby user3819936 https://stackoverflow.com/users/3819936/use

How to invoke a page break for nested tables?

. https://itextpdf.com/sites/default/files/a8A5Q.png Nested table In iText 7 the rows are not splitted by default, hence your code will lo

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

")); cell.setBackgroundColor(ColorConstants.LIGHT_GRAY); table.addCell(cell); Then if you are using iText 7 you should write

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

Why are the AcroFields in my document empty?

your PDF in iText 7 using this code sample: Java C# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(imgSrc

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

the XFA XML data is and see the structure of the data. I am essentially trying to mimic that with iText using the following code

Why can't I extract text added using a Type3 font correctly from a PDF?

=text.getCharacter(); // is empty String font=text.getFont().getBaseFont(); // equal null } The stream produced with iText looks

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