PDF/A vs. Form Fields (checkboxes, radiobuttons)
I've question regarding the PDF/A specification and would appreciate some clarification.The specs says: "If an annotation dictionary contains the AP key, the appearance dictionary that it defines as...
View ArticleAutomatically scaling/sizing a PDF file
I support a web-based application that includes a query tool which allows the user to generate a PDF file from the query results. The PDF file is generated in landscape orientation and contains several...
View Articleremoving hypertext links from text
Does anyone have experience removing hypertext links from PDF docs?Using MS Word 2003, I have a doc. containing URLs and I am generating a PDF and trying to remove the hypertext link from the URL. In...
View ArticlePDF javascript submitForm/getURL POST
I'm trying to do a POST HTML request to a web server and display the results in the browser (ideally in a separate tab/window). Basically, if the adobe reader is running inside a browser, then this...
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 ArticleDownloaded file won't open when password-secured
Since moving from Acrobat 8 to 9, my passworded pdf file will not open once it is downloaded from the server. My file was created as an .xls file in openoffice, then converted to pdf. Password...
View ArticleObjStm Documentation
Hey folks, I was wondering if there was any documentation available on ObjStm objects? I've found a number of PDFs that use this object, but have been unable to find documentation on it in the PDF...
View ArticlePDF cross-reference streams
Hello, I noticed a behaviour I don't understand with some PDFs. They are hybrid-reference file where both cross-reference sections carry the same informations (there are 9 meaningful objects and the 9...
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PDF size in px in different readers
Hello! I'm generating a PDF with pictures and I want the pictures to have exactly a certain size in pixels (e.g. 200x200 px) on monitor when viewed from a PDF reader (when zoom is 100 %). But Adobe...
View ArticleCross reference stream
Hello!I'm in real trouble, and I think that the answer is very close to me, but I can't get it by myself...Here is my problem:I'm currently improving the PDF parser that I've made, adding support for...
View ArticleSecure PDF using certificate
Hi All,I'm developing a secure PDF using certificate.When I open the PDF I get acrobat security saying " A digital ID was used to encrypt this document but no digital ID is present to decrypt it.Make...
View Articlehow to insert png to pdf?
I have readed the pdf reference 1.6,i want to insert png to pdf.i konw that the png consits of alpha and RGB,31 0 obj<</BitsPerComponent 8/ColorSpace/DeviceRGB/Filter/DCTDecode/Height 154/Length...
View ArticlePlease, help with Incremental Update for Linearized document.
Hi, here is my problem.I'm working in my own annotation app. It incrementally updates pdfs. Works fine with most of the pdfs.But i've found couple of pdfs, that was being corrupted after updating. Here...
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 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...
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Formal 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 ArticleMapping 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 ArticleWhat does this TJ data mean?
Hello, I am implementing a PDF parser in Objective-C (using CoreGraphics API's) that will aid in PDF search. I know that the Tj and TJ operators are used for displaying text, and that to retrieve the...
View Articlesame dictionary for document info dictionary and Page Tree
Hi, recently i came across a pdf file which had the same dictionary for the info dictionary and the page tree.Thus this "dictionary" looked like this: 5 0 obj<</Author (author) /Count 1...
View ArticleInvalid font
Excuse me if I'm in the wrong place, but I couldn't find a more appropriate group to ask this question.I received a PDF of an advert to place in my newspaper in IDCS3. No problems there. When the PDF...
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