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iText in Action — Second Edition This is the forum for the second edition of the book "iText in Action".
General questions about the book Post your general questions about the book here.	5	17	1 year 25 weeks ago by gidoca
General questions about iText Please try to post your question in a specific category. Use this category only for questions you couldn't ask anywhere else.	8	26	44 weeks 5 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Part 1: Creating PDF documents from scratch Part 1 shows you how to create a document from scratch. Concepts such as iText's basic building blocks and direct content will be introduced, and important objects for adding columns and tables to a document are discussed in great detail. These first five chapters also explain how to add finishing touches to your document, using page events for headers, footers, page numbers, and watermarks.
Chapter 1: Introducing PDF and iText A summary of what will be presented in this book Compiling and executing your first example Learning the five steps in iText’s PDF creation process	3	15	1 year 40 weeks ago by Luca T.
Chapter 2: iText's basic building blocks An overview of the database used in the examples An overview of the basic building blocks: Chunk, Phrase, Paragraph, List, ListItem, Anchor, Chapter, Section, and Image	6	20	18 weeks 6 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Chapter 3: Adding content at absolute positions Low-level access to page content, aka direct content Convenience methods to write direct content Using the ColumnText object Reusing content with the PdfTemplate object	3	11	1 year 49 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Chapter 4: Organizing content in tables Constructing a PdfPTable object Exploring the properties of a PdfPCell object Adding tables to the Document object	10	25	24 weeks 3 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Chapter 5: Table, cell, and page events Cell and table events Events for Chunks, Paragraphs, Chapters, and Sections Page boundaries Adding headers, footers, and watermarks using page events	7	24	30 weeks 3 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Part 2: Manipulating existing PDF documents Part 2 deals with existing PDF files, be they documents created with iText as discussed in part 1, or PDFs created with Adobe Acrobat, Open Office, or any other PDF producer. You'll learn different ways to copy, stamp, split, and merge documents. You'll add actions and JavaScript, and you'll learn all about filling out interactive forms.
Chapter 6: Working with existing PDFs Importing pages from existing PDF documents Adding content to existing PDF documents and filling forms Copying pages from existing PDF documents>	8	26	38 weeks 6 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Chapter 7: Making documents interactive Creating actions and destinations Working with outlines and bookmarks Adding annotations and JavaScript	6	12	16 weeks 3 days ago by paulbreslaw
Chapter 8: Filling out interactive forms Creating AcroForms using iText Manipulating AcroForm fields Manipulating XFA forms Filling out Reader-enabled forms	12	39	36 weeks 8 hours ago by 655227
Part 3: Essential iText skills Parts 1 and 2 showed you how to build a standalone application that is able to create or manipulate a PDF document in black and white, using standard fonts, and so on. The four chapters in part 3 will show you how to integrate such an application into a web application, how to create images and colors, how to choose and use different fonts, and how to protect your document.
Chapter 9: Integrate iText in your web applications Using iText in servlets Making interactive forms "web ready" Converting HTML and XML to PDF	3	9	1 year 45 weeks ago by lingeng
Chapter 10: Brighten up your document with color and images Using color in PDF documents Introducing transparency Using images in PDF documents	1	2	2 years 11 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Chapter 11: Choose the right font Font files, types and classes Writing systems and advanced typography Automatic font creation and selection	6	15	22 weeks 3 hours ago by trobolson
Chapter 12: Protect your PDF Providing metadata Compressing en decompressing PDFs Encrypting documents Adding digital signatures	9	34	22 weeks 5 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Part 4: Under the hood Part 4 provides an overview of the history of PDF, and it shows you the inner workings of a PDF document. It explains the different parts of a PDF file: the header, the body, the cross-reference table, and the trailer. The body of a PDF file consists of a series of objects, and you'll learn about the different types of objects in the Carousel Object System. The three final chapters focus on stream objects. First you'll learn more about the content stream of a page. You'll learn about graphics state and text state, and about marked content. In the final chapter, you'll learn how to deal with streams that contain images, fonts, file attachments, and rich media.
Chapter 13: PDFs Inside-out The history of PDF The Carousel Object System Low-level PDF manipulation	2	6	46 weeks 4 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Chapter 14: The imaging model The PDF Imaging Model All methods in PdfContentByte Using Graphics2D to create PDF content	0	0	n/a
Chapter 15: Page content and structure Making content optional Working with marked content Parsing PDF files	5	11	1 year 8 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Chapter 16: PDF streams Image and font streams Adding and extracting file attachments Creating portable collections Integrating rich media	4	12	23 weeks 5 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
iText and iTextSharp Support This forum is for questions about the tutorials. Note that these tutorials are still under development.
Getting started iText (JAVA) is distributed as a jar; iTextSharp (.NET) is distributed as a dll. Installing iText and iTextSharp is pretty straightforward.
Installing iText How to install iText for use in a standalone or in a web application.	1	2	2 years 23 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Installing iTextSharp How to install iTextSharp.	4	8	1 week 6 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Creating PDF Adding content to a new or existing PDF document with iText often involves the use of objects such as PdfPTable, ColumnText, etc... Adding "direct content" involves a sound knowledge of PDF syntax. Finally, if you're working in Java, you can also add content using java.awt.Graphics2D methods.
High level objects You can create PDF using easy to use objects such as Chunk, Phrase, Paragraph, and so on...	0	0	n/a
Tables	3	10	27 weeks 4 days ago by a1ik
Columns	0	0	n/a
Images	3	7	2 years 12 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Fonts	2	4	2 years 1 week ago by Bruno Lowagie
Low level PDF creation You can create PDF using low level functions as described in the PDF reference. You'll need this if you want to add artifacts that show up on every page (for instance page numbers).	2	13	1 year 46 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Direct content Writing to the direct content, be it the content of a page (PdfContentByte) or an XObject (PdfTemplate), is a mechanism that allows you to create PDF syntax almost manually.	2	4	2 years 15 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Page events Page events are iText specific functions that can be used when creating a document from scratch	1	2	30 weeks 5 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Graphics2D With iText (not with iTextSharp), you can create PDF content using java.awt.Graphics2D.	1	2	2 years 23 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
Forms and other interactive features An interactive PDF form can be created using two different technologies. Before you post a question, it is important to find out if you're working with AcroForm technology or XFA technology. Other interactive features involve annotations (for instance: links) and bookmarks. PDF also supports the use of JavaScript and Flash/Flex.
AcroForm technology AcroForm is the technology used by Open Office and Acrobat (not Designer) to create PDF forms	3	5	42 weeks 3 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
XFA technology The XML Forms Architecture is the technology used by Adobe LiveCycle Designer when creating forms	2	4	47 weeks 6 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Annotations Annotations come in many different forms: links, sticky notes, rich media, and so on.	0	0	n/a
Bookmarks Bookmarks are also known as "outlines". It's a collection of destinations within a PDF document	0	0	n/a
JavaScript You can add interactivity to your PDF documents using JavaScript.	0	0	n/a
Flash/Flex You can integrate Flash applications into a PDF document.	0	0	n/a
Splitting and merging PDFs iText comes with different manipulation classes: PdfStamper, PdfCopy, PdfSmartCopy, and PdfCopyFields. It's important that you choose the right class for the right task.
PdfWriter and imported pages You can create a new document using pages that are imported from other documents. Usually, this isn't the best solution	0	0	n/a
PdfStamper With PdfStamper you can add content (such as page numbers) to one and only one PDF document. You can also use PdfStamper to create a new document that only contains a selection of pages of an existing PDF.	1	3	2 years 12 weeks ago by MarkStorer
PdfCopy, PdfSmartCopy, PdfCopyFields Merging pages from different existing PDF documents should be done with one of the PdfCopy classes. Each class has its own advantages and disadvantages, so you have to choose wisely.	0	0	n/a
Advanced features With iText you can digitally sign a document, you can encrypt PDFs, you can create barcodes, and much more
Digital signatures iText can be used to digitally sign a PDF document.	3	10	36 weeks 6 days ago by Bruno Lowagie
Encryption PDF documents can be protected with a user and an owner password. Or you can use certificate encryption to protect a document.	0	0	n/a
Barcodes Different types of barcodes are supported in iText.	1	4	1 year 47 weeks ago by Bruno Lowagie
PDF packages and embedded files A PDF can contain embedded files. Embedded files can be organized into a portable collection or portfolio.	0	0	n/a
Marked content PDF content can be marked for different purposes: making content optional, improving accessibility, structuring content, and so on...	0	0	n/a
Text extraction Extracting text (and images) from a PDF can be extremely difficult, but it's not impossible.	4	8	48 weeks 1 day ago by Bruno Lowagie
Web applications iText is used in numerous web applications.	2	5	23 weeks 4 days ago by Fordtman