iText Knowledge Base

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

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

to an existing PDF using AffineTransform? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. images itext_7 itext_7_suite

How to preserve high resolution images in PDF?

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

How to convert colored images to black and white?

and the color space is /DeviceRGB. Now you want to replace the image in the PDF, so that the result looks like

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

, and only stretch it up when the PDF is displayed, cutting up the image content into smaller patches of images,... So far, I have

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

Click How to convert an A4 size PDF to a PDF booklet? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. merge_documents

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

What is the size limit of pdf file?

the PDF. If you use iText(Sharp), you need to make sure that you create your files with a compressed cross-reference stream if you

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 create unique images with Image.getInstance()?

the method you mention, one in color space gray, three in color space RGB, four in color space CMYK: Image gray = new Image

How to add multiple images into a single PDF?

into a single PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. images image_size page_size itext_7

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 add an image to all pages of my PDF?

(PdfDocumentEvent.END_PAGE, handler); So your code will look like this: public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException { Image img

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

I want to apply the background image to all of the pages, but it is only showing up on the last page. Why is that? On Button

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 fill a rectangle with color?

with color? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. rectangle color itext_7 itext_7_suite itext_7_core

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 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

How do I change the border color of a PdfPCell?

How do I change the border color of a PdfPCell? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. tables cell_border

How to change the text color of an AcroForm field?

When I change the text color for a field it does not change. Why is that? I have a PDF with named fields I created with Adobe

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

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

, the lines are never drawn. In your case, it happens when other content is drawn. By that time, the stroke color may have changed

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

, the lines are never drawn. In your case, it happens when other content is drawn. By that time, the stroke color may have changed

Chapter 3: Generating PDF based on Media Queries

of this chapter). There are three basic things that basic PDF syntax supports: text, lines/shapes and images. In a PDF you don't say

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 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

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

, but I would also like to make this image clickable: when a user clicks on the image I would like the PDF to go to the last page

pdfHTML: support for CSS4 device-cmyk example

() https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/ function, which is a feature from the CSS Color Module Level 4. How it works To create a PDF

Support for linearGradient Color Scheme in Layout, CSS and SVG

color gradients. example itext7 itext-core pdfhtml 7_1_12_example

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

Control & Compression: Empowers users to both scale down the resolution of embedded images in PDF documents, as well as apply

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 get text and image in the same cell?

Here is a screenshot of the resulting PDF: Text and image in cell Click How to get text and image in the same cell? if you want

Chapter 3: Using ILeafElement implementations

images are stored inside a PDF as-is. It isn't necessary for iText to convert the image bytes into another image format. PNG

How to add two images in one cell?

I'm currently creating a system that generates a PDF. However, I can't put two or three images in a single cell. What should i

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

the content. Click How to create a pop-up window to display images and text? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5

How to add an image to an AcroForm field?

field as placeholder for the image, and to replace the "icon" of the button. In iText7 you can write your own CustomButton class

Release iText 7.1.6

images. [DEVSIX-2069] : AcroFormField filled with Hebrew - Wrong glyphs. [DEVSIX-2190] : Text inside text tags is not picked up

Deploying iText Suite SDK/API on Amazon Web Services

your iText License key. image2021-10-22_9-3-21.png The way you do it is by setting up an Environment Variable called

How to generate and design PDFs with iText or iTextSharp?

with all the various commands to generate texts, images, borders and everything since I have no real clue about generating PDF

Release iText 7.1.3

SVG can be regarded as "just another image format" that users can expect iText to support out-of-the-box, we decided

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

for customers) on Mar 19, 2015 If you have opaque shapes in your PDF (such as images, but also colored shapes), you need to add

Release iText Core 7.1.16

https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/convert-ms-office-to-pdf-pdfoffice has been added to the iText product portfolio. As its name su

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers | .NET

what this third chapter is about. Introducing a document renderer Suppose that we want to add text and images to a document, but we

How to give an image rounded corners?

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

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers

. With showTextAligned(), iText does all the heavy lifting in your place. Summary In this chapter, we've found out why it's important

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 add a map with a pointer to a PDF?

with a pointer to a PDF? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. images annotations line_annotation itext_7

Release iText Core 7.2.4

cool new things in iText 7.2.4 to tell you about. There’s a nice convenience method improvement for creating tagged PDFs, plus

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

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

Why aren't images added sequentially?

the document.add() method. Why is this? I am working on a pdf report that contains topics and images (charts). The document is formatted

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 can I find the border color of a field?

Is there anyway of finding the border color of a specific field in my PDF? I could get AcroField.Item, but I don't see

How to add a background image to a cell?

that PdfPCell class does not exist in iText 7 anymore. You should use Cell instead. To add your own custom image and text you need

How to apply color to Strings in a Paragraph?

color to Strings in a Paragraph? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. colored_text fonts font_color text_color

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 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

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

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

dimensions? I have an image with large dimensions which I need to display in a PDF file. I cant scale to fit the image

How to show an image at a text field position?

I have a PDF document which has AcroForm text fields. Now I want to insert a signature image in one of the those fields. I

Release iText 7.1.7

on the page licensekey-creation is not compiling PDF concatenation issue DataMatrix barcode is generated wrongly in .NET Image

How to set up a table display?

array. Click How to set up a table display? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. tables invoices

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

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

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

How can I make an image clickable so that an attached MS word document opens? I have some PDFs here where there are some

How to draw lines on an image?

this: https://itextpdf.com/sites/default/files/gXkId.png Screen shots showing lines added to images in a PDF file As you can see, the sha

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

Chapter 5: Custom tag workers and CSS appliers

This document looks exactly like the result we had in chapter 2, but when we try clicking the IMDB link in the actual PDF, nothing happen

Release iText 7.1.1

iText 7.1.1 https://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ccom.itextpdf%7Citext7-core%7C7.1.1%7Cpom is the first scheduled

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

Can pdfHTML render Base64 images to PDF?

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

How to 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

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 7.2.0

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

pdfRender: HEIC image encoding support

Version 2.0.2 of the pdfRender iText 7 add-on now supports the encoding of HEIC images. HEIC is the common name for HEIF (High

How to remove text from a PDF?

Is it possible to remove all text occurrences contained in a specified area (red color rectangle area) of ??a pdf document? I

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

pdfOCR: How to OCR an Image to PDF?

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 generate 2D barcode as vector image?

are placed into the PDF document as raster images, hence reducing the quality of the barcode on low resolution printers. As a result

pdfHTML: Color blindness examples

="https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/resources/pdfhtml/rainbow/rainbow.html">rainbow.html</a><br/></div> color p

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

Chapter 5: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 2)

finished this chapter, we'll have covered all of the basic building blocks available in iText 7. We've saved two of the most used

Chapter 1: Hello HTML to PDF

and making PDFs "accessible" in chapter 3. Converting HTML to iText objects The convertToPdf

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

Adding images to a table

This example was written to answer questions such as: Click How to precisely position an image on top of a PdfPTable

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

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

Adding watermarks to images

=https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/cmpfiles/sandbox/images/cmp_watermarked_images4.pdf>cmp_watermarked_images4.pdf</a><b

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

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 to add an image and text to the same cell?

how to answer this question in iText 5. tables images cell bar_code itext_7 itext_7_suite itext_7_core itext_7_community faq

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 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

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

Installing iText 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

Chapter 1: Introducing fonts

as sample material when discussing images in PDF. But first things first: let's start with an example that displays the title

How to use an image as list symbol?

this: Image as a bullet Click How to use an image as list symbol? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. images

Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.2

color space. This meant that if a PDF containing images with this entry in the Image Dictionary was processed by pdfOptimizer

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

pdfHTML: Custom ResourceRetriever

resources to crash your application by providing an endless data stream which eats up all of the available memory. With the option

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

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

documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF documents. All the PDFs we dealt

How to convert an ASP or JSP page to PDF?

-specific abstractions. It is not up to pdfHTML—nor iText for that matter—to interpret ASP, JSP, or any other syntax. It is your

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

and there is no way to return to that page. That doesn't mean your requirement is impossible. PDF has a concept known as Form XObject

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

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

a recommendation). In short: you are asking something that is explicitly forbidden by the PDF specification. Meeting your

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document | .NET

always created a new PDF document from scratch with iText. In the last couple of examples of chapter 4, we worked

Release pdfOffice 2.0.3

for the last) to PDF with old format extensions ("xls", "xla", "xlt") Improvements Add support for transparent images with solid fills

How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files?

. The structure I'm changing like this, is a name tree, and it usually isn't that linear. In your PDF, this tree can have branches, so

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document

always created a new PDF document from scratch with iText. In the last couple of examples of chapter 4, we worked

Interactive forms

into one PDF? How to tell iText which fields to flatten first? Is it safe to remove XFA? How to change the text color of an AcroForm

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

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

How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document?

in your image. The possible values for the rotation in iText7 are the following: INVERTEDPORTRAIT = new PdfNumber(180); LANDSCAPE

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

the settings of the PdfWriter, for instance to create a PDF of a version that is different from the default PDF version used by iText

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content

in iText documentation, we always refer to PDF syntax that is written to a PDF content stream. PDF defines a series of operators

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

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

Chapter 2: Defining styles with CSS

for an HTML page won't always fit a PDF page. You will have to take that into account, either when you design your HTML, or when

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

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET

in iText documentation, we always refer to PDF syntax that is written to a PDF content stream. PDF defines a series of operators

Release iText Core 8.0.0

as we promised last time, this release of the open-source iText Core https://itextpdf.com/node/226 PDF library and the add-ons

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

documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF documents. All the PDFs we dealt

Part IV - Appearances

signature field of the PDF, that field may already have an appearance which your signature then would inherit unless you change

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

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

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

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive

instructions (e.g. lineTo(), moveTo(), stroke()), iText converted everything to PDF syntax that was written to one or more

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

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive | .NET

instructions (e.g. 'LineTo()', 'MoveTo()', 'Stroke'), iText converted everything to PDF syntax that was written to one or more

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents | .NET

the PDF with the Golden Gate Bridge for one more example. Let's do the opposite of tiling: let's N-up a PDF. N-upping a PDF Figure

How to make a single letter bold within a word?

Font RED_NORMAL = new Font(BaseColor.RED); In iText 7 you could create a Text instance and set only color value. When you add

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents

+Chapter+6#iText7jump-starttutorial:Chapter6-c06e01_thegoldengatebridge_scale_shrink example shows how it's done. PdfDocument pdf

How to shrink pages in an existing PDF?

it to photos of people standing up vertically, you'll make them look fat. Click How to shrink pages in an existing PDF? if you want

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for Java

Update the following dependencies in your project's pom.xml or build.gradle file: Change the version of the iText-core modules from

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for .NET

the following dependencies in your project files and packages.config: Change the version of the iText-core from 7.0.x to 7.1.0. Change

Actions and annotations

to a PDF? How to open an MS Word attachment by clicking an image? How to create a link to a specific page number? How to set

How to change the icon of a push button field?

by xXx Your code sample simply adds an image to the content of a page. As you indicate, that's not what you want. You want

How to use Cyrillic characters in a PDF?

= PdfFontFactory.createFont(FONT, "Cp1250", true); This will embed the font as a simple font into the PDF, meaning that each character in

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

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

How to 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 draw a borderless rounded rectangle?

with the fill color and stroke the path with the stroke color. In your question, you indicate that you only want to fill the path

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

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

How to merge forms from different files into one PDF?

PdfPageFormCopier()); pdfInnerDoc.close(); } br.close(); pdfDoc.close(); } Now it's up to you to decide which scenario fits your specific

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2711046/cgnbkm Let's distinguish two situations, depending on the nature of your PDF template: You are ta

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks

+Chapter+1#iText7jump-starttutorial:Chapter1-c01e03_quickbrownfox example, the following lines remain: Image fox = new Image

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

Chapter 2: Adding content to a Canvas or a Document

, we'll be creating PDF documents by adding BlockElement and Image objects to a RootElement instance. RootElement is an abstract

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

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

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks | .NET

https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples/chapter-1#c01e01_helloworld.cs example for iText 7: var writer = new Pd

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

Page events

the color of pages? How to set a fixed background image for all my pages? How to check for an event and remove it? How to rotate a page

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 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

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 iText Core 7.2.3

plenty more that’s new in Core. We have a fix relating to XMP metadata in PDF/A documents, improved support for SVG image

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

jar (or DLL), we have split iText into several independent parts. You pay only for the parts you use, and your application only

How to avoid an exception when importing a TIFF file?

direct: createTiff(URL url, boolean recoverFromImageError, int page, boolean direct). This might also solve your issues. Image

Tables

the border color of a PdfPCell? How to add an image and text to the same cell? How to create a table with complex borders? How

pdfHTML: Using emojis in iText

PDF documents directly however, we find out that codepoints made up of more than one byte are not allowed to be directly escaped

Installing iText for Java

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

Why do PDFs change when processing them?

the second identifier identical to the first one? Moreover: it is inherent to PDF that the way objects are organized is random. Your

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

. So that answers your question on condition that you're proficient in PDF... If you want to replace the appearance, then you

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

How to extract embedded streams?

https://itextpdf.com/Products/itext-rups. With iText RUPS you can look at the internal structure of a PDF file. In your case, you need to

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 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

Installing iText 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 for .NET

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

How to protect a PDF with a username and password?

and ask them to give you their public key. When you encrypt your PDF using their public certificate, you can then encrypt

Installing iText 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

Installing iText 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

Release iText Core 7.1.17

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

= ICC_Profile.getInstance(new FileInputStream("sRGB Color Space Profile.icm")); writer.setOutputIntents("Custom

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 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

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 iText pdfCalligraph for .NET developers

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Installing iText 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

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

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

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

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

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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

Chapter 4: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 1)

in chapter 2, and we've discussed the four classes implementing the ILeafElement -Tab, Link, Text, and Image - in chapter 3

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

Installing iText 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

iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for .NET

. It’s called a Jump-Start Tutorial because it gives you a quick overview of the basic iText functionality, limited to PDF creation

iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for Java

. It's called a Jump-Start Tutorial because it gives you a quick overview of the basic iText functionality, limited to PDF creation

Blockchain for PDF Documents

You've paid a digital invoice of your supplier, and afterwards it seemed to be fake - you were a victim of invoicing fraud

How to add text as a header or footer?

There are no errors but my footer doesn't show up. I'm creating a pdf and want to add a footer. I did everything like the book

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

Release pdfCalligraph 3.0.2

PDF documents, enabling you to expand your document workflow with accurate rendering for global languages and writing systems

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

Absolute positioning of lines and shapes

vertical gradient in iTextSharp? How to add an image to an existing PDF using AffineTransform? How to fill a rectangle with color

How to define different border types for a single cell?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to get the UserUnit from a PDF file?

for your question: suppose you have an existing PDF, how do you find which user unit was used? Before we answer this, we need

How to create an uncompressed PDF file?

= new Document(pdfDoc); doc.add(new Paragraph("Hello World!")); doc.close(); In this case your PDF syntax streams won't

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

I would like to create PDFs which only embed font information, not the full font. Then when I merge these PDFs into a single

.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 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

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 find internal links in a PDF file?

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

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

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

", "is", "up"}; If you need to return a byte array, try this: return baos.toByteArray(); Click How to load a PDF from a stream

PDF and Digital Signatures

The digital signature technology, as described in ETSI's PDF Advanced Electronic Signatures (PAdES) standard and ISO's ISO

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

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

How 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

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 iText 7.1.5

Depth Transparent Image to PDF. [DEVSIX-1889] : NullPointerException on optional dictionary (PdfTextExtractor). [DEVSIX-2517

How to prevent the resizing of pages in PDF?

I create a PDF where I define absolute measurements. However, when I print this PDF, the measurements aren't correct. I want

Release pdfRender 1.0.4

allocation speed up PNG encoder by caching D3 / D4 processing if possible fully implement DecodeArray on Mask images Bugs Ensure file

Manipulating existing PDFs

alternative text for an image in Tagged PDF? How do I add XMP metadata to each page of an existing PDF? Why do I get an error saying

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

password. It will only throw an exception if a user password is in place. Use this at your own risk. Click How to read PDFs created

How to set the line width of a clipping path?

: You are using your clipping path for two different purposes. To cut out a shape when adding an Image. To draw the path

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

How do I create a separate OCR layer?

By default, pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfocr merges the recognized text into the image that just got

Does a PDF file have styles, headers and footers?

page, is just a bunch of glyphs, paths and shapes drawn on a canvas. However: if your PDF is a Tagged PDF, the PDF contains

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 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

pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files containing embedded videos

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pdfOffice + iText Core Annotations Example

frontiers for your company's document workflow, thanks to its capabilities for accurate conversion of MS Office documents to PDF

iText 7: Building Blocks

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

= 2.54 cm = 0.254 dm = 0.0254 m PDF uses yet another measurement unit. Let's consult ISO 32000: ISO 32000-2: 8.3.2.3 User space

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

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

Inspect a PDF

numbers? How can I find the border color of a field? How to get the UserUnit from a PDF file? How to read PDFs created

How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF?

and adapt it to your language of choice. Click How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF? if you want to see how to answer

Release iText 7.0.4

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

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

pdfOffice: Spreadsheet To PDF Support

are pleased to announce this has now been implemented. We have provided iText users a simple way to convert spreadsheet files to PDF

How to rotate a paragraph?

images to the PDFs was really simple, the problem comes when I try to add the text. In theory what I would need to do

Volume Counter installation guide

that the machine where you run your application needs an active Internet connection. As of version 3.0.6 of the iText License Key

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

I need to precisely position an image over a table, for example: https://itextpdf.com/sites/default/files/xVP8M.png Observe

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

, do I miss something? iTextSharp.text.Font f = PdfFontFactory.GetComic(); f.SetStyle(PdfFontStyle.BOLD); Color c = Color.DarkRed

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

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

.Color of a circle annotation vLatest

Example written in answer to the question Click How to change the color of a circle annotation? circleannotation <div data-pym

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 rotate and scale pages in an existing PDF?

that the width is greater than the height. Summarized: it's a piece of cake to rotate pages in an existing PDF, so is scaling the pages u

Color of a circle annotation

Example written in answer to the question Click How to change the color of a circle annotation? circleannotation <div data-pym

Chapter 6: Using fonts in pdfHTML

Up until now, we haven't spent much attention to the fonts that were used when we converted HTML to PDF. We know

Watermark examples

to watermark PDFs using text or images? transparentwatermark <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext' data-java-url

Before we start: installing iText 7 | .NET

want to use iText 7 with your proprietary code, you need to obtain a commercial license key for iText 7 (see the legal section

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 7.1.2

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

Table events

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

Chapter 6: Creating actions, destinations, and bookmarks

created in chapter 4 when we rendered the entries in our CSV file to a PDF with a numbered list. Figure 6.1: using setAction

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 do I use pdfRender in a .NET environment?

to specify the location of your pdfRender license file. The following is a list of the image file types which a PDF can be rendered

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1454121/eduardo I will break up the question in two parts and I'll skip the part about the actual

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

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

How to 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

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

on the behavior of the PDF viewer. This has already caused a lot of confusion. If the "Highlight fields" setting of your viewer

How to introduce a rowspan?

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

How to 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

Use cases

Invoices The ZUGFeRD https://www.ferd-net.de/standards/zugferd.html invoicing standard uses a combination of PDF/A-3

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 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

Release pdfHTML 3.0.1

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Release iText 7.1.9

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

Installing iText 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 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 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 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

Installing iText pdfOffice for Java developers

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Release pdfSweep 2.0.6

: in .NET pdfSweep could cause an exception when dealing with images using an indexed color space, where it would try to fill

Why is content missing in my table?

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

Digital Signatures Hub

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Scaling large HTML content to render onto smaller PDF page sizes

There are often instances where you need to convert HTML content that is larger then the default page size of your PDF

Before we start: Overview of the classes and interfaces

tagged PDF; iText will just render the content to the document using the appropriate IRenderer implementation. Figure 0.4 shows

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

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

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

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

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 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

Release pdfRender 1.0.3

supported image format - WebP. This is a modern format employing both lossy and lossless compression, and typically produces

How do I load a license key?

this line of code before any other iText API call. Not loading the key at start up might result in the producer line having

How to move an AcroForm field?

to be moved up or down, based on the height of the tables I insert. With that, how can I change the position of an Acrofield? Posted

Image masks

This example was written in response to the question Click How to make an image a qualified mask candidate in itext

Multiple images

This example was written in response to the question Click How to add multiple images into a single PDF? multipleimages <div

Volume Counter FAQs

will contact you. What if my Internet connection fails? Don't worry, your code or program will not be affected if iText cannot

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

.Multiple images vLatest

This example was written in response to the question Click How to add multiple images into a single PDF? multipleimages <div

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

() method to set the fill color for the canvas. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq

How to add a shading pattern to a custom shape?

() method to set the fill color for the canvas. Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. faq

How to align a label versus its content?

can always tweak the above options. It's up to you to decide which option fits best in your case. Click How to align a label

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

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 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 display indian rupee symbol?

, nothing will show up on your page. Please take a look at the RupeeSymbol

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

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

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1285273/it-ppl If I understand your question correctly, you need to create something like this: Example I

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

Option to disable AGPL-usage warning messages

output. You are using iText under the AGPL. If this is your intention, you have published your own source code as AGPL software

How to flatten a XFA PDF Form using pdfXFA

())); pdfdoc.close(); Where src, dest and xml are String paths to your documents. A dynamic XFA form usually consists of a single page PDF

How to flatten a XFA PDF Form using iTextSharp?

src, dest and xml are String paths to your documents. A dynamic XFA form usually consists of a single page PDF (the one

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

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 (Java

Forms module changes

annotation children according to the specification. This means that we force radio buttons to be pure widgets in order to match the PDF

What does PDF 2.0 stand for?

system. Learn more about how to create and edit PDF 2.0 documents with iText 7

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

Can someone please explain to me what kind of differences there are between files and the reason why the PDF format has

XFDF examples

The following examples show how to use the XFDF functionality in iText 7 to create and fill forms: createxfdf <div data-pym

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

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 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

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

Questions about PDF in general

Not LTV-enabled mean? How to protect a PDF with a username and password? How to hide the Adobe floating toolbar when showing a PDF

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 move the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF?

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

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

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

How to change the properties of an annotation?

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

How to check if a font is bold?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2082616/user2082616 You are making the assumption that the font inside your PDF file knows

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 iText and Blockchain?

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

Evaluating JS with pdfHTML

by setting up our browser driver. The driver version you need here might differ depending on your Selenium version. // It is also

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

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

Part III - PKCS#11

file. The exact contents of such a configuration file depend on your PKCS#11 driver and device or service. The general form is like

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

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

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 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 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 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 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

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

iText

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

How to rotate a single line of text?

to be able to rotate the text using it's central point and not (0,0). Since Image rotates using the centre I assumed this would work

pdfCalligraph: New types of GSOP lookup

an input text written in Myanmar script and write it into a PDF using iText: The resulting text matches the expected result shown

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

Release pdfRender 2.0.1

a number of bug fixes. In particular, Unicode text rendering has been improved in this release, and an issue with inline image

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 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 create hierarchical bookmarks?

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

How 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

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

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

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 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 pdfOffice 1.0.0

https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/convert-ms-office-to-pdf-pdfoffice, the newest addition to the iText 7 Suite https://itextpdf.co

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

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

Release pdfSweep 3.0.2

redact content from PDFs. For this release, we've improved the logging for unsupported images. When pdfSweep encounters an image

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

Legally, your usage falls under the terms of the AGPL license if you haven’t purchased a commercial license but you’ve been

How to define the width of a cell?

define the margins explicitly). Hence the available width is 523 user units. In iText 7 you define your table like this: Table

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

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

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

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

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

How to create a link to launch an external program?

a security hazard (which you point out in your comment: the user really has to trust the PDF). In iText 7 you'd create a launch

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

General questions about iText

? How to create an uncompressed PDF file? How to create a list without indentation? Which PDF filters are used to encode data

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 introduce rounded cells with a background color?

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

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 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

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

I have PDF file in Arabic that has text with font Type3 when I extract text using PDFBox some characters are empty

Release pdfOptimizer 1.0.1

of your PDFs using compression and proprietary optimization strategies to achieve best-in-class performance. This second release

Release pdfHTML 4.0.1

of q/Q Operators inside BT/ET text block/object eBooks iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

What is the connection between LTV and document timestamps?

level) is required. Thus, getting back to your questions, Or more precisely, how do I make pdf LTV enabled without using

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

Clearer exception messages when Outline Dictionaries break PDF specification rules

In the past iText threw generic exceptions when a PDF's Outline Dictionary violated the PDF specification

Creating a simple PDF/UA document

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

Background images

These images were written in response to questions such as: Click How to change a background Image into a watermark

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

.Background images vLatest

These images were written in response to questions such as: Click How to change a background Image into a watermark

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

Release pdfHTML 3.0.4

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

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

https://stackoverflow.com/users/378386/aggsol When we discussed fonts in chapter 6, we mentioned that Symbol and ZapfDingbats don't play

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

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

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 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

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

I am serving a PDF to a browser via a Servlet. I need to disable the "save" and "print" option in the Adobe Reader menu bar

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

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

How to calculate/set font line distance?

The difference between two lines is the leading. You can pick your own leading, but it is custom to use 1.5 times the font size

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 to fit a String inside a rectangle?

some strings, images and tables into my pdf file (there have to be several pages) but when I try to use ColumnText (I use

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 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 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-

How to protect an already existing PDF with a password?

an already existing PDF with a password? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. password_encryption itext_7

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

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 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 to create a list without indentation?

the label and the content of a list item by default in iText 7. Your question is: how can we remove this indentation. So at first I

How to get the rendered dimensions of text?

with this. You can find more info about positioning in my answer to your other question: How to tell iText how to clip text to fit

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 pdfCalligraph 4.0.0

typography support when creating PDF documents, enabling you to expand your document workflow with accurate rendering for global

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

iText Core: Support Type3 fonts reading for stamping mode

, a character A can be mapped into a colored image representing a character A. However, in more complex cases these mappings can

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

, a character A can be mapped into a colored image representing a character A. However, in more complex cases these mappings can

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

Why do I get a BouncyCastle NoClassDefFoundError?

the bcprov and the bcpkix jars version 1.49 from Bouncycastle https://bouncycastle.org/java.html. Please check your POM file. In iText

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 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

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

, pdfOutFile); System.out.println("Your PDF File was successfully created!"); } Resources You can find the input .docx file

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

I'm trying to extract and print English text out of a PDF on the console. Extraction is done through iText's PdfTextExtractor

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

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

of an existing PDF document. This works fine if the pages aren't rotated, but I don't succeed in rotating pages correctly

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

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

Appendix

that the method works because the image isn't transparent. For instance: it doesn't make sense to set a background color for an opaque im

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 use the full size of a page?

I managed to set the size of the PDF document I'm creating to the size I need (~3cm x ~7cm), but the content inside the page

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

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

in iText 5). Then you should create a PdfPatternCanvas using your tile: PdfPattern.Tiling tilingPattern = new PdfPattern.Tiling

Raw images

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to create unique images with Image.getInstance()? rawimages <div

Release pdfRender 1.0.6

up to 2021.08 Bugs Getting blank pages when certain pdfs are converted to jpegs release pdfrender 7_1_17_suite_release

Release pdfRender 2.0.0

Mechanism and removing deprecated methods from API, just as with the rest of the iText 7 Suite. As for pdfRender itself though

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

to your pdf. HeadertFooterHandler handler = new HeadertFooterHandler(); pdfDoc.addEventHandler(PdfDocumentEvent.START_PAGE

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

will be null. If no maximum length was defined, there is no limit, so you will have to measure if the text fits. Based on your code snipp

Tiling images

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to show an image with large dimensions across multiple pages

Replacing images

This example was written in response to the question Click How to convert colored images to black and white? replaceimage <div

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 can I crop the pages of an existing PDF document?

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 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

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

pdfOffice + pdfSweep Redaction Example

frontiers for your company's document workflow, thanks to its capabilities for accurate conversion of MS Office documents to PDF

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

pdfRender: BufferedImage as output format

The pdfRender add-on enables you to easily display (render) any PDF as an image. Before version 1.0.2 of the library you were

How to create a TOC when merging documents?

example. You'll see that your code to merge PDFs is correct, but in my example, I added one extra feature: Text text = new Text

Image on rotated page

Example that shows how to position an image on a rotated page. imageonrotatedpage <div data-pym-src

.Tiling images vLatest

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to show an image with large dimensions across multiple pages

.Replacing images vLatest

This example was written in response to the question Click How to convert colored images to black and white? replaceimage <div

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

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

Release pdfOffice 2.0.1

below. As for the rest of the changes, expect a few bug fixes and a reduction in size for the resulting PDF documents. Release

Images that use different filters

Read more about these examples in the Q&A entry Click How to add JPEG images that are multi-stage filtered (DCTDecode

Is it safe to remove XFA?

Are there any issues that can come up of removing the XFA format from a PDF form? If I don't drop XFA, I can see the fields

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

Where are your .NET examples?

While our library is the same in the Java and .NET version you can take a look at the .NET Jump-Start Tutorial

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

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 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

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

How to set initial view properties?

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

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

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 to define multiple actions for a PushbuttonField?

How do I keep a page redirect or how do I set it in code? In a PDF, I can set up a button to: Submit the FDF data to my

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

Can someone help me with writing the code to use a system font? I'm using Itextsharp to convert text files to PDF documents

Large Image examples

These examples were written in the context of the Help, I only see blank pages in my PDF

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

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

ublications.highlevel/itext/highlevel

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

Release pdf2Data 2.1.10

to extract text by its color. This version of pdf2Data also brings a number of parsing logic improvements that give a significantly

How to read bookmark titles?

that bookmarks are stored in a tree structure with branches and leaves (in the PDF specification, it's called the outline tree). Your

Where can I download the license key library?

https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Repositories. Then you can add the following dependency to your dependencies to install the latest vers

PDF Portfolios

This example demonstrates the use of the PDF Portfolio feature (sometimes called Portable Collections). A PDF Portfolio can

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

Why do I get a message saying 1.not.found.as.a.resource?

those metrics, you can't create a proper PDF. This explains what happens. Your question doesn't contain sufficient information

Digital signatures - chapter 2

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

Adding a background to a table

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

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

mock-up data. It is assumed that this is data you have. Now when you want to render this data in a table, you do this: Table

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

mock-up data. It is assumed that this is data you have. Now when you want to render this data in a table, you do this: Table

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

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

How to create a pushbuttonfield with double byte character text?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/acroforms/CreateJapaneseButton.java exampl

pdfHTML: Support for the CSS object-fit Property

and design of image and video objects in PDF's. Often used in company logos as well as articles, the object-fit property

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

Fail-safe processing of Outlines without Parent link

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

Release pdfOCR 1.0.2

it on with: tesseract4OcrEngineProperties.setUseTxtToImproveHocrParsing(true); Possibility for configuration of image preprocessing

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

Document image-2023-1-11_21-33-20.png iText 7.2.5 image-2023-1-11_21-34-51.png iText 7.2.4 and prior image-2023-1-11_21-37-50.png

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

. E.g., by default, it may work on Tomcat, but it may not work on WebLogic. Your stack trace confirms that you're using WebLogic

Can I convert an HTML form to a PDF?

There is limited support for converting HTML forms to a PDF document. If you have an HTML file with text fields that you want

Part II - Proprietary APIs and Custom Providers

iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

Drawing extra content on an image

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

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 format a field as a percentage?

to the assumption that your form contains JavaScript that formats fields when a human user enters a value. When you fill out a form using

How to create a clickable polygon or path?

snippet you already provided in your question, just adapted for iText 7. Now let's introduce some QuadPoints: PdfArray

How to use a dotted line as a cell border?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1913695/user1913695 I've made an example that solves your problem: DottedLineCell

.Drawing extra content on an image vLatest

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

Content parsing, extraction and redaction of text

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

Adding backgrounds using page events

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

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