iText Knowledge Base

Chapter 6: Creating actions, destinations, and bookmarks

When we discussed the Link building block in chapter 3, we created a URI action that opened a web page on IMDB when we clicked

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

be significant. All content streams with PDF syntax are compressed by default by iText. Starting with PDF 1.5, more objects can

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

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document

In the examples for chapter 1 to 3, we've always created a new PDF document from scratch with iText. In the last couple

Chapter 3: Using ILeafElement implementations

, we've used a txt file as a resource to create a PDF document. In this chapter, and in the chapters that follow, we'll also use

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document | .NET

In the examples for chapter 1 to 3, we've always created a new PDF document from scratch with iText. In the last couple

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive | .NET

to PDF syntax that was written to one or more content streams. In this chapter, we’ll add content of a different nature. We’ll add

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

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers

In the first chapter of this tutorial, we created a Document with a certain page size and certain margins (defined explicitly

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

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

Chapter 2: Adding content to a Canvas or a Document

XObject is an object that is external to any page content stream. It represents a stream of PDF content that can be referred to more

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers | .NET

Should you draw all the content at absolute positions as was explained in the second chapter to meet these specific

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

In chapter 1 to 4, we've created PDF documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF

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

In chapter 1 to 4, we've created PDF documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content

stream. PDF defines a series of operators such as m for which we created the moveTo() method in iText, l for which we created

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

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

I assumed that Document.Add() flushed content to the PDF file (the file stream) immediately, but it looks like that's

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

When I save stream to file, the resulting PDF is not correct. The file attachment will always be an XML file, which I need

Actions and annotations

and make them read-only? How to insert a linked rectangle with iText? How to add an onMouseOver javaScript action to a TextField? How

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks | .NET

When I created iText back in the year 2000, I tried to solve two very specific problems. In the nineties, most PDF documents

Chapter 1: Hello HTML to PDF

of the <img>-tag as a tooltip. For more info on Tagged PDF, please read Chapter 7 of the iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial, entitled

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET

stream. PDF defines a series of operators such as m for which we created the MoveTo() method in iText, lfor which we created

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

All the examples used in the iText 7 jump-start tutorial are available from here: chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4

Examples for the iText 7 jump-start tutorial

All the examples used in the iText 7 jump-start tutorial are available from here: chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4

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 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

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents

the documents pdf.close(); sourcePdf.close(); So far, we've only reused a single page from a single PDF in this chapter. In the next

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

link PdfAction action = PdfAction.createURI("http://itextpdf.com"); //create div with height 2000 will expand to three pdf pages

How can I add titles of chapters in ColumnText?

Why can I only add a Chapter to the document body and not add a Chapter to create a TOC? I need to make a PDF like

Chapter 4: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 1)

: in chapter 2, we've used the Paragraph class to convert a text file to PDF by creating a Paragraph object for each line

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks

When I created iText back in the year 2000, I tried to solve two very specific problems. In the nineties, most PDF documents

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

iText 7: Building Blocks

of iText 7. In this book, we'll focus on the high-level building blocks that were introduced in the first chapter of that tutorial

Chapter 1: Introducing fonts

encoding, iText will create a simple font for the PDF. A simple font consists of at most 256 characters that are mapped to at most

Which languages are supported in pdfHTML?

This is not a new question. The answer can be found in chapter 6

iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

to PDF using pdfHTML, an add-on to iText 7. If you're new to iText, please jump to chapter 1 immediately. If you've been working

Building blocks : Examples

actions, destinations, and bookmarks Chapter 7: Handling events; setting viewer preferences and printer properties

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 7.1.12

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

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents | .NET

in this chapter. In the next series of examples, we'll assemble different PDF files into one. Assembling documents Let's go from

How to format a field as a currency?

as a percentage). Now I need to learn how to format numbers. This is what I've tried: Stream os = new FileStream(PDFPath

Chapter 3: Generating PDF based on Media Queries

in this sentence; we'll further discuss this when we talk about Tagged PDF in the final section of this chapter). There are three basic

iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for Java

7. It's not the ultimate resource the way "iText in Action" was for iText2 and "iText in Action - Second Edition" for iText5

iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for .NET

7. It’s not the ultimate resource the way “iText in Action” was for iText2 and “iText in Action – Second Edition” for iText5

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

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

=https://github.com/itext/i7js-highlevel/blob/develop/cmpfiles/chapter06/cmp_jekyll_hyde_toc1.pdf>cmp_jekyll_hyde_toc1.pdf</a><br/></div><

Chapter 5: Custom tag workers and CSS appliers

In this chapter, we'll change two of the most important internal mechanisms of the pdfHTML

Chapter 4: Creating reports using pdfHTML

Roughly speaking, there are three major ways to create PDF documents using iText, You can create a PDF document from scratch

Chapter 5: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 2)

, but we'll add two more chapters to discuss some extra functionality that is useful when creating PDF documents using iText. Published

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

this defect? I've read the following paragraph in "iText in Action - Second Edition" (p 17). "There's usually more than one way

Chapter 2: Defining styles with CSS

In the previous chapter, we looked at different snippets of Java code. In this chapter, we'll use the same snippet for every

Release iText 7.1.1

https://www.nuget.org/packages/itext7/7.1.1 Improvements in font handling: irregular Panose, encoding entries that are PDF Stream objects

Which image types are supported by iText?

, iText will convert it to an image type that is defined in the PDF specification. JPEG images are kept as is by iText. You can take

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 7.0.6

iText 7.0.6 https://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ccom.itextpdf%7Citext7-core%7C7.0.6%7Cpom is a scheduled maintenance

Release iText 7.1.5

-2422] : iText incorrectly validates signatures for doctored PDF files. [DEVSIX-2285] : ResourceResolver do not respect absolute

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

https://github.com/itext/i7js-book/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/book/part3/chapter09/Listing_09_01_Hello.java Servlet

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

Release iText 7.1.6

values for PDF extract texting.. [DEVSIX-2696] : pdfCalligraph : iText fails on text with undefined direction. [DEVSIX-2700

Flexbox suport in pdfHTML

yet, however, it can already handle a lot of use-cases. Reminder All you need to do to convert the HTML code below into PDF

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

Chapter 7: Frequently Asked Questions about pdfHTML

Over the years, we've received many questions about converting PDF to HTML. In this chapter, we'll answer those questions

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

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/11100/rahul The most common use of XMP in the context of PDF is when you add an XMP stream for the whole

Which PDF filters are used to encode data?

, nor objects stored in a stream. This was introduced in PDF 1.5 (2003). That's why iText for C# doesn't compress xref tables, nor

Release pdfHTML 3.0.4

exceeds over two pages eBooks iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

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

magnification action for the PDF. Click this link if you want to see how to achieve the same thing in iText 5. zoom_factor

How To find internal links in a PDF file?

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

Digital signatures - chapter 1

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 1 - "Understanding the concept of digital signatures" of the Digital

Digital signatures - chapter 4

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 4 - "Creating signatures externally" of the Digital Signatures for PDF

Digital signatures - chapter 5

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 5 - "Validation of signed documents" of the Digital Signatures for PDF

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 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

How to change the text color of an AcroForm field?

a container of an XML stream. There is hardly any PDF syntax in the document and there are no AcroForm fields. I don't think

How to convert colored images to black and white?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itext/i5js-sandbox/master/resources/pdfs/image.pdf If you look inside this PDF, you'll see that the fil

Release iText 7.0.5

, but they are deprecated and will be removed in iText 7.1 PDF/A: we are now more strict on color space enforcement Barcodes: support

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

action for the PDF. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions

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

I am trying to find the page number of a PDF object using iText's Java API. The following code reads in the PDF file, and gets

How to create an uncompressed PDF file?

about the compression used to output the individual PDF objects into the stream. Do you think this is possible with iTextSharp

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

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

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

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

PDF that iText generates using the code above: Annotation 2020-07-14 122825.png example itext7 itext-core pdfcalligraph

Release pdfHTML 3.0.2

conversion eBooks iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

Release pdfHTML 3.0.3

in HTML. Previously when converting HTML code to PDF we supported either Base64 encoded images or images given by URL. Now

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

Digital signatures - chapter 2

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 2 - "PDF and digital signatures" of the Digital Signatures for PDF

Digital signatures - chapter 3

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 3 - "Certificate Authorities, certificate revocation and time stamping

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

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

/itext/highlevel/chapter05/C05E08_JekyllHydeTableV1.cs' data-java-libs='com.itextpdf:itext7-core:latest.release,org.slf4j:slf4j-api

Removing Items from a PDF's Outline Tree

section removed.jpg Attached is the example PDF document used as input for the above code snippets. example itext7 itext-core

Release pdfHTML 3.0.1

: <object> tag in HTML referring SVG with inner resource doesn't resolve resources correctly eBooks iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF

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

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 to add a new form from an existing PDF template?

: In this case, the PDF is merely a container for an XML stream that defines your form. The only way to change it, is by editing

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

figured out how I can apply something like an action (GoToE seems only available for PDF attachments) or a link? Posted

How to create Persian content in PDF?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-book/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/book/part3/chapter11/Listing_11_18_Ligatures2.java. Cl

How to give an image rounded corners?

in pixels. Pixels will be treated as user units by iText. In PDF, a user unit corresponds with a point by default (and 72 points

How to parse multiple HTML files into one PDF?

in the merged PDF. You can find more info about the PdfMerger class in chapter 6

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

have to replace the stream that draws the rectangle and the cross.. In IText 7 we added some popular appearances, so you can

Page events

? https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/it7kb/faq/how-to-add-a-table-as-a-header How to generate a report with dynamic header in PDF using iText 7?

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

font stream and reuses it, resulting in testB_merged2.pdf

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

How to find out which fields are required?

a look at section 13.3.4 of "iText in Action - Second Edition", entitled "AcroForms revisited". Listing 13.15 shows a code

Migration guide from iText 5 to iText 7

to rendering HTML to PDF (which in iText 5 was possible using XMLWorker). XMLWorker, which was originally intended to convert

How to check if a font is bold?

the instructions stored in the /FontFile2 stream. In short: iText doesn't have any indications that the font is bold. Click this link if

Installing iText 7 pdfOptimizer 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

Release iText 7.0.0

increasingly rely on PDF. iText is the right partner to help you automate your documentation processes. We offer powerful and flexible

Installing iText 7 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

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

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

Release pdfSweep 2.0.6

the redacted area with the incorrect color. It will now pick a color that exists within the palette. editing of content streams could

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

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 7.1.14

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

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

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

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

Release iText 7.0.1

For many years, our iText PDF software libraries have been available both in Java and .NET and iText 7 https://itextpdf.com/itext7suite

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

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

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

Installing iText 7 pdfSweep for Java developers

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

Installing iText 7 pdfOCR for Java developers

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

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

Release iText 7.0.2

to PDF conversion add-on (contact sales for pricing) Similar to iText 5's XMLWorker, but rewritten from scratch Improved

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

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

Installing iText 7 pdfCalligraph for Java developers

Thank you for your interest in our PDF tool for typography add-on - pdfCalligraph, we hope you will enjoy using our product

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 pdfXFA for Java developers

Thank you for your interest in our dynamic PDF add-on - pdfXFA , we hope you will enjoy using our product and share your

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

Installing iText 7 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 7 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 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 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

Installing iText 7 pdfXFA for .NET developers

Thank you for your interest in our dynamic PDF add-on - pdfXFA , we hope you will enjoy using our product and share your

Installing iText 7 pdfCalligraph for .NET developers

Thank you for your interest in our PDF tool for typography add-on - pdfCalligraph, we hope you will enjoy using our product

How to use Cyrillic characters in a PDF?

How to use Cyrillic characters in a PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. fonts languages itext_7

Installing iText free trial for Java and .NET developers

Thank you for your interest in our PDF library, we hope you will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us

How to make a single letter bold within a word?

the content stream, look for all the PDF string (between ( and ) or between and >), and introduce Tf and rg operators. However

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

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

Before we start: installing iText 7

to import iText 7 in Eclipse to create a Hello World PDF? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxArv-GskLc& How to import iText 7

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

Thank you for your interest in our PDF library, we hope you will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us

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

iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 1

c01e01_helloworld <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

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

=https://github.com/itext/i7js-jumpstart/blob/develop/src/main/resources/pdf/oscars_movies_checklist_2016.pdf>oscars_movies_checklist_2016

iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 7

c07e01_quickbrownfox_pdfua <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

How to add text as a header or footer?

"iText in action" says. There are no errors but the footer doesn't show up. Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? class

Release iText 7.1.0

for iText 7 Core and Community, focusing on PDF 2.0 support. iText 7.1 brings new improvements, and some changes to our

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

Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for Java

experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading iText 7

Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for .NET

experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading iText 7 pdf2Data

Best iText 7 Questions on StackOverflow

PDF in general, high-level iText objects, low-level functionality, fonts, forms, page events, tables, HTML, and much more

Why is the text I extract from an English PDF page garbled?

the text in the order in which it appears in the PDF syntax content stream. Click this link if you want to see how to answer

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

How to change the zoom factor in link annotations?

replace the destination, you should replace the zoom factor. Also note that there is no PdfCopy class in iText 7, though its usage

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 1: PdfFont examples

c01e01_text_paragraph <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 2: RootElement examples

>cmp_jekyll_hyde_v1.pdf</a><br/></div><div><a class='result-file' href

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 3: ILeafElement examples

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

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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 7.0.8

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

How to install your new iText license. The same way you loaded the iText 5 license. To load a license key, use the following

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 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

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

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

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

number of pages that is dividable by 16. For instance, when I wrote my "iText in Action" books, extra pages with advertisements

Open action

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

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

Release iText 7.0.3

tests set PDF 2.0: AES 256 sample with form fields PDF 2.0: Dig sig incremental update sample Release iText 7 Core for .NET

Release iText 7.0.4

for iText 7 Community. We've also updated pdfCalligraph to 1.0.3

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

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

=https://github.com/itext/i7js-highlevel/blob/develop/cmpfiles/chapter07/cmp_jekyll_hydeV1.pdf>cmp_jekyll_hydeV1.pdf</a><br/></div><div><a

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

, PdfAction.JavaScript("app.alert('action!')", stamper.Writer)); The above code is used to display an alert and I want to customize

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 7.1.7

Manipulating PDF/A-1b Compliant document with iText breaks conformance due to XMP-metadata re-ordening Update itext7.licensekey

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

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

iText 7

iText 7 is the latest version of iText's powerful PDF Toolkit for PDF generation, PDF programming, handling & manipulation

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

with a non-embedded font. By ignoring your NOT_EMBEDDED setting, iText is protecting you from creating a PDF that isn't correct

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

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

I'm generating a PDF report with iTextSharp, the header of the report has the information of the customer. In the body

.Open action vLatest

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

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

How is iText commercially licensed?

offer annual subscription licenses based on the number of PDFs generated annually. Your iText account manager or one of our

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

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

to send a file to the server through a PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. forms file_selection_field

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 get the color properties of an AcroForm field?

I have 20 AcroForm text fields in my pdf with different color fill properties. I'm not able to read these properties

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 fill XFA form using iText without breaking usage rights?

there is no error in the XML. This is my code: using (FileStream pdf = new FileStream("C:/test.pdf", FileMode.Open)) using (FileStream xm

How to delete attachments in PDF using iText?

see an empty array when I look inside the PDF: Empty array in iText RUPS If you want to remove all the embedded files at once

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

How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files?

to rename named destinations in existing PDF files? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. named_destinations

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

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

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

When I create a PDF form (for instance using Acrobat) that contains text fields in AcroForm format (PDF dictionaries, no XFA

Why is my PDF missing several characters?

are not providing a font that can render those characters. How to solve this problem? That's explained in Chapter 6

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

.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

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

Creating Table of Contents using events

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

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 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

How to insert a "linked rectangle" with iText?

I want to insert a hyperlink into an existing PDF at a position I know in advance: I already have the coordinates

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for .NET

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

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for Java

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

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

="chapterone"><a href="#id3">Chapter One</a></p> </nav> <p id="id1">Preface. This is on page: <a class="preface"></a> </p> <P style

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/378386/aggsol When we discussed fonts in chapter 6

General questions about iText

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

Volume Counter installation guide

on an event system. iText and its add-ons will send events through this event system. When a volume license key file is loaded

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

Inspect a PDF

annotation? How to extract embedded streams? Why do I get an InvalidPdfException: PDF header signature not found ? How can I read

Release licensekey 3.1.4

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

Volume Counter FAQs

, which refer to various PDF operations performed using iText 7 Core or its add-ons: core sweep html pdfOCR-ocr pdfOCR-pdf pdfOCR-pdfa

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

This is a duplicate of the question Which languages are supported in pdfHTML?. The answer can be found in chapter 6

Extracting objects from a PDF

Example written in answer to the question Click How to extract embedded streams? extractstreams <div data-pym-src

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

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

When filling in a PDF programmatically, how can I show check marks instead of cross checks? I have an existing PDF that I am

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

The document prints fine, so why do I get an error? I am getting the following error when I want to print a PDF generated

Release pdfCalligraph 2.0.9

useful add-on to iText 7 Core https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/itext-7-core by itself, you can also use pdfCalligraph

Release pdfXFA 2.0.10

https://www.nuget.org/profiles/iText Artifactory https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdfXFA

Manipulating existing PDFs

to merge PDFs from ByteArayOutputStreams? How to load a PDF from a stream and add a file attachment? How to add blank pages

pdfOCR: How to OCR an Image to PDF/A-3u?

With our open source tool, pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfocr, it is possible to OCR an image to a PDF

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

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 RUPS 7.1.15

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

Creating and editing PDF 2.0 Documents

PDF 2.0 support to iText! This page details how to create a PDF 2.0 document using iText, and how to take advantage of the new

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. NOTE: These instructions apply

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

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

PNG Image Handling

images to a PDF. Details When we use iText to add a PNG image to a document, in a few use cases we end up with a PDF file which

How to read text from a specific position?

I have a problem using iTextSharp when reading data from PDF File. What I want to achieve is to read only specific part of PDF

How can I load a font from /WEB-INF/resources/fonts/foobar.ttf?

#getApplicationMap(), the real path by ExternalContext#getRealPath(), and the resource stream by ExternalContext

How to avoid an exception when importing a TIFF file?

When I try to convert a specific tiff file to PDF, the following exception occurs: java.lang.RuntimeException: Scanline must

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

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

Release pdfCalligraph 2.0.8

for more details. Don't forget that aside from being a very useful add-on to iText 7 Core

Release pdfXFA 2.0.8

https://itextpdf.com/en/blog/technical-notes/how-modify-xfa-documents-flattening iText DITO: An alternative to PDF forms

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

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 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 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 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

Core SVG: Support <pattern> element

" width="100" height="100" fill="url(#star)" stroke-width="0.8" stroke="black"/> </svg> The iText 7 Core code for generating the PDF

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

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

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

How do I load a license key?

key. This library will also enable the functionality in the iText 7 add-ons if there is an appropriate entry in the license key

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

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 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 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

pdfCalligraph: Support for Myanmar script

value to the path of iText license key. outputPath - String value of the path where the output pdf file will be generated

Evaluating JS with pdfHTML

is extract the evaluated HTML syntax and convert it to a PDF using iText's HtmlConverter. String evaluatedHtml = (String

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

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

I used the following code to get data in PDF from a particular location. Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0,0,250,250

Release pdf2Data 2.1.11

https://www.nuget.org/profiles/iText Artifactory https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdf2Data

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

Release pdfRender 1.0.3

from password-protected PDFs (if you know the password, of course). pdfRender is a closed-source add-on and is currently only

Release pdfXFA 2.0.9

Artifactory https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdfXFA

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 make a field not required?

an existing PDF where you have required fields. It’s really simple to change the FF_REQUIRED flag in iText 7: public void

Release pdfXFA 2.0.7

https://itextpdf.com/en/blog/technical-notes/how-modify-xfa-documents-flattening iText DITO: An alternative to PDF forms

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 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

Which version of the license key library should I use?

If you're using iText 7, or iText 5.5.13 (or newer) you'll need to use version 3.x.y of the license key library. If you're

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

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

) would convert the HTML above into the following PDF output: image2021-4-6_14-32-57.png As you can see, the specified width

Interactive forms

Reader Can I create a Reader-enabled PDF using iText? How to format a field as a currency? How to create a pushbuttonfield

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 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 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

Release pdfRender 1.0.2

formats. Previously, you could render PDF pages to JPG, PNG or other image file formats, but now BufferedImage as also supported

Release pdfOCR 1.0.2

https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfocr – 1.0.

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 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

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

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

Font examples

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

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 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

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 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 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 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 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 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

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

to receive Tagged PDF using pdfDoc.setTagged(), iText will make sure that the appropriate tags are created when adding Element

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

How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document?

->top. I want to produce a PDF with pages in landscape. While I can set the size of the page to landscape using

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

Release pdfOCR 1.0.0

, the newest addition to our iText 7 Suite https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7, which enables you to OCR your images

Release pdfCalligraph 2.0.7

https://github.com/NightOwl888/ICU4N!), we now support correct line breaks with these languages. Don't forget that aside from iText 7 Cor

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

pdfHTML: Creation and/or merging of outlines for documents

When we generate a PDF file from iText that contains outlines, clicking such outlines should redirect to the corresponding contents

Release pdfOCR 1.0.1

https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfocr – 1.0.

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

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 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 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 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

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

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 to add blank pages while concatenating several PDFs using PdfSmartCopy

I'm trying to concatenate a huge number of PDF files to create a print-ready file, so that I don't have to print them one

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 create a list without indentation?

) + "_"); Now the result looks like this: Using pre- and post-symbol If you're creating Tagged PDF, it's better to use List because iText

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 crop out a part of PDF file?

I have to remove the top part of each page from a PDF. I managed to do this with CROPBOX, but the problem

Image examples

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

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 set parameters back to the default value?

I am using absolute positioning when writing text in a PDF document using iTextSharp. It only have a single BaseFont instance

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

What is the difference between getPageLabels and getPageLabelFormats?

most of the time, but occasionally this is NOT the case. I have an example. It's a 150Mb PDF file which appears to have 4670

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

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

Do we license per functionality /feature?

signatures, or any feature you would need when programmatically working with PDFs. iText 7 add-ons provide robust functions

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

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

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

.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 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

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

); PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream(Server.MapPath("~/pdf/" + fname), FileMode.Create)); doc.Open

How to add an image watermark to a PDF file?

to add an image watermark to a PDF file? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. images watermark

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

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 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 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 line spacing of text?

In my PDF the default space between the lines is slightly greater than I consider ideal. I'm creating a PDF document

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 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 make sure a check box is printed?

); writer.AddAnnotation(checkbox1); Everything looks great and is working well, until it comes to printing the PDF. When I click

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 use multiple fonts in a single cell?

I'm making a windows form for a friend who delivers packages. I want to transfer his current paper form, into a PDF

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 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

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

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

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

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

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and shapes in PDF, you use path construction operators. The following method introduces an re (rectangle) operator to construct

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

, so you'll find it in every PDF. /CropBox: the region that is visible when displayed or printed. The /CropBox is equal

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 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

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

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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

Before we start: Overview of the classes and interfaces

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Blockchain for PDF Documents

with PDFs to write applications. We all know blockchain because it's the technology used by Bitcoin in the context of cryptocurrency

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 reorder the pages of a PDF file?

. Click How to reorder the pages of a PDF file? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. reorder_pages itext_7

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

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 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 create a table in which the cells have different widths?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/5684405/mcs So you want to use iText to create a table that looks like this: Table with cells of differen

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My goal is to move text in a PDF around, which is within a certain rectangular area. All content matching the area

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

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

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

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I am using absolute positioning when writing text in a PDF document using iTextSharp. It only have a single BaseFont instance

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How can I crop the pages of an existing PDF document? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. page_size

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 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 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 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 set the OCG state of an existing PDF?

I need to turn off a specific layer (OCG object) in an exisiting PDF that was created in Autocad and that sets the default

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 introduce multiple PdfPageEventHelper instances?

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

How to update a PDF without creating a new PDF?

creating a new PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. itext_7 the_best_questions_on_stack_overflow

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?

I want to encrypt my PDF but there seems to be an error. Here is the code: PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("my.pdf

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

I am generating a PDF file from CSV using iText. I need to format the file such that the header row (which occurs

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

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/tables/SimpleTable5.java. Note that in iTe

How to draw a line every 25 words?

I create a PDF using iText. The content consists of text and I need to draw a line to delimit this text every 25 words

How to add text inside a rectangle?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31152874/how-to-add-text-in-pdfcontentbyte-rectangle-using-itextsharp by Semil Sebastian https://stac

How to introduce rounded cells with a background color?

in iText 7: protected class RoundedCellRenderer extends CellRenderer { protected float[] cmykColor; protected boolean

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

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I want to set the properties available under the Initial View tab in Adobe Acrobat for an existing PDF programmatically

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

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

is added to the PDF and rather than showing an empty page, iText throws an exception saying: there are no pages! You didn't add

Why do I get an error saying that "use of extended features is no longer available"?

What do I do when I get an error message about reader extensions. I am stamping text on an existing PDF document using

Why is my cell event not triggered?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/208687/richard In iText 7 we create Cells like this: Table table = new Table(2); Cell leftCell = new

Why is the page size of a PDF always the same, no matter if it's landscape or portrait?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2683146/jean-fran%C3%A7ois-savard There are two convenience methods in iText 7, named getPageSize

Table events

to a PdfPCell? How to set background image in PdfPCell in iText? How to introduce rounded cells with a background color? Why is my

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

How to enable LTV for a timestamp signature?

iText to sign PDF documents. I need these documents to be timestamped and LTV-enabled. I followed the instructions and used

How to add text to an image?

I use iText to generate a PDF document. Suppose that the height of a page measures 500pt (1 user unit = 1 point), and that I

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); 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 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 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 add an inner table surrounded by text?

lines never show up in the PDF * +++++++++++++++++ * * Hello World * ********************* Here is my code example: final

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 create a link to a specific page number?

should take to 6th page. I know how to target any text of any PDF page using code: Anchor click = new Anchor("Click to go

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

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

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

https://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.lib.itext.general/60287 (Adobe's PDF architect) on the iText mailing list, where he says: "th

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

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 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

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

. Click What are the extra characters in the font name of my PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. fonts

How to nest tables without extending the inner table?

table to the bottom? I am using iTextSharp in a .NET project to generate a PDF file. I have a PdfPTable with two cells in one row

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 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 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 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 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 resize an Image to fit it into a PdfPCell?

? If it's possible, where do have I to do this? Right after I load the image or when I put the image into my PDF table cell? When

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

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

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

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

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Why are our barcode pages coming out completely black? I am generating 2D barcodes using iText API, but these barcodes

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 create a table based on a two-dimensional array?

); Note that we use Table and Cell classes, because PdfPTable and PdfPCell don't exist in iText 7. The result will look like

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

, but all columns for those rows. Then print the next page-full of rows, and again all columns for those rows. As I understand it, iText

How to merge documents correctly?

to have it fit to page? I would like to add a link to an existing pdf that jumps to a coordinate on another page. I have

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

Why isn't the Rupee symbol showing?

am using iText for creating PDF. I have read the answer to the question "How to display indian rupee symbol

Release pdf2Data 2.1.8

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Filling out a form in multiple passes

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I'm trying to fill out a PDF form using the AcroFields class. I'm able to add text data perfectly, but I'm having issues

How to create a PDF with a Cartesian grid?

left corner on a PDF of page size "Letter"? (max X = 8.5 Inches; max Y = 11 Inches) Posted on StackOverflow on Jun 10, 2014

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

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

the number attribute (<input type="number">) in previous releases, an empty rectangle would be rendered in the resulting PDF

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

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/tables/SimpleTable5.java. Note that in iTe

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

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

) and then stamp the table onto the existing PDF. I have two parts to my java project. I need to populate the fields of a PDF I

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

I am using java and iText to create a pdf. Is it possible to add a map with a pointer on it so the user will know where

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

iText anywhere and although the extension of the files we create or list is .pdf, it has nothing to do with PDF or PDF

How to create a complex PDF document?

and convenient way of doing that? I have tried XSL to PDF conversion HTML to PDF conversion using itext. the crude Java way

How to allow page extraction when setting password security?

Is it possible to create a PDF with password security enabled that also allows extraction of pages? I haven't found any

Is it possible to attach multiple layout events to a PdfPCell?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/4587348/robert Take into account that in iText 7 we use Table and Cell classes instead of PdfPTable and P

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 set the line width of a clipping path?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32821326 by Piotr M https://stackoverflow.com/users/4350808/piotr-m Take a note that in iText 7 we us

Why does my header overlap with my content?

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

Why is my content overlapping with my footer?

I want the content that overlaps to automatically move to the next page. I am using iTextSharp to generate PDF documents

How to merge forms from different files into one PDF?

requirement. Click How to merge forms from different files into one PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5

How to watermark PDFs using text or images?

. Click How to watermark PDFs using text or images? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. watermark

Why do PDFs change when processing them?

PDF file in which objects are being reordered. IText 7 offers a StampingProperties class and you can simply use it in append

Is a support license agreement mandatory?

. If you are licensing iText through an annual subscription, support and maintenance is already included as part

Questions about PDF in general

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

I would like to add a link to an existing pdf that jumps to a coordinate on another page. I am able to add a rectangle using

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

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

I have a PDF, and I want to get the width and height of each page using iTextSharp. This is what I have so far: string source

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

I want to put a check mark using Zapfdingbats on a specific location in my PDF document. What I achieved so far is this: I can

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

this: Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. tables cell itext_7 itext_7_suite

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

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

Is there some other way around this issue, that can allow reading of the pdf despite this problem? I have some code that reads

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