Mapping XML data to a PDF template
Hello, I have an application that gets data from a database and merges it with merge fields in a word template via XML. I would like to merge the data to PDF templates instead of Word ones. I have...
View Articlehow to map from cid to unicode
Hello.I'm now trying to convert cid to unicode by using the toUnicode cmap.The toUnicode cmap I extracted is as follows: /CIDInit /ProcSet findresource begin12 dict beginbegincmap/CIDSystemInfo<<...
View ArticleObject reference in the xref table is in offset to the actual reference of...
Hi Im trying to parse a PDF file. The goal is to automatically mark sections of the document to make it easier for a reader to spot the important sections of the document. I read the PDF file by making...
View ArticleHow to download Adobe-UCS-0 cmap?
Guys, I have pdf, there the CID font is embedded. But I can't able to extract the glyph. The font is encoded using Identity-H and using the Adobe-UCS-0 character map to decode. The details are given...
View ArticleRight to left language
Hi,Is there any support for right to left language in PDF?After reading the PDF spec, I found not too much about right to left language support. And I guess PDF file only cares where to posit each...
View ArticlePDF/VT
Hi all, Anyone aware of good sources with (background) information about PDF/VT (not too technical, but enough to understand the general idea and concept of PDF/VT, the way it is condstructed, so you...
View ArticleDo you want to save changes message while close pdf
hi everyone... I am very new to PDF programmingbasically I wrote my program in notepad and I saved it as .pdf formatbut when I open it and try to close it..it showing me pop up like do you want to save...
View ArticleArabic letters inside pdf!
Hello All,please I have an enquiry about how pdf store arabic letters inside it because when i extracted arabic letteres from pdf file I saw different unicode for each letter not the original unicode...
View ArticleCID to Unicode Value
Hi,I've got a new question, that is how could I get the corresponding unicode value if I have only the CID value?Thanks.
View ArticleInline image object
Hi to all,i'm tring to insert an inline image object into a pdf document. I don't have particular need, I'm tring to insert in the easy-mode an image in a pdf document (inline image object). But I'm...
View ArticleFont type Identity-H not recognized
Hello guys, I have question and challenge with Font type identity-H. Actually i am tryping to convert PDF file to TIF using 3rd party tool called Ghostscript v.9. When pdf input stream comes in as a...
View ArticleHow to embed an image with transparent background
Not sure if this is the right forum, but I'd be grateful for any advice available. I am not a heavy PDF user, but 2 or 3 times a year I have to create a handbill for an amateur concert. The output...
View ArticleHow large can a PDF file be?
This question is not just strictly about the spec, it's also about what the most common readers will accept. So the file offsets are 10-digit numbers, is the maximum safe offset 2,147,483647 or...
View ArticleImporting one Pdf document into another.
I am trying to import one Pdf-document into another using a Reference XObject. I am looking at thePDF- specification, and I thought I was doing things the right way, but its not working. The...
View ArticleHow to create a pdf file from multiple images ?
Dear All, I want to create a SINGLE page pdf file from two or more page size images that are combined to make a single page pdf. Again, this question is on pdfs that are made out of several, atleast...
View ArticleWhat are the permitted compression techniques for PDF/A-1?
The PDF/A-1 standard does not specify how compression is performed. What are the permitted compression techniques for PDF/A-1? The information I have gathered (not sure if all are true) LZW should not...
View ArticleAdding XRef table to PDF w/ XRef streams?
I'm trying to fill in interactive form annotations by appending the PDF with updated versions of the annotation objects. I'm following the example in the appendix of the PDF spec for adding/modifying...
View ArticleFormal representation missing items?
The "Formal Representation of PDF 1.7" document from Acrobat X is very interesting, but it appears to be missing a few parts. What is the official status of this document? Advisory? Internal Use?...
View ArticleFinding errors in a PDF
I am generating some PDFs from scratch. One of the files opens fine in Acroba but it still clearly has a structural problem because if I check the file with the preflight in Acrobat it says thet the...
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