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PDF Security, part 2 – Sign PDF documents and validate signatures
IntroductionDigital signatures are a powerful and reliable instrument for replacing the traditional signatures, and, unlike the traditional signatures, they also can be used to check whether the...
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Converting PDF documents to PDF/A (C# sample)
IntroductionConverting existing PDF documents to PDF/A can be tricky sometimes because for storing the document in PDF/A format you have to significantly restructure the source document. It involves...
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How to create PDF document containing pages of different size
IntroductionThe vast majority of the PDF files we encounter has all pages sized equally, so they use some predefined paper size, e.g. A4, Letter, or any custom size. But what if you’d like to mix page...
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How to use Apitron Silverlight PDF viewer control
IntroductionWhile developing Silverlight business applications you often have to deal with PDF documents and present these documents to users of your app in some way. That means you have to create your...
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How to create PDF documents using MONO and Apitron PDF Kit
IntroductionTo demonstrate the cross-platform nature of Apitron PDF Kit library we decided to create a small sample showing how one can programmatically create a PDF document using MONO and our pdf...
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Recently we had the need to explore application files generated using Xamarin version of our Apitron PDF Kit product on iOS simulator device. With upgrading to XCode 6.2 the location of simulators data...
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Create PDF forms in iOS applications using Xamarin PDF library by Apitron
IntroductionIn addition to Xamarin Android application that was recently highlighted in one of our articles, we created a similar sample for iOS. It uses Apitron PDF Kit for pdf form generation and its...
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How to export document to PDF/A and its core differences from PDF
IntroductionPDF/A is a format based on PDF and designed for long-term data archiving. The profound description of this standard can be found on Wikipedia or in ISO 19005-1, ISO 19005-2, ISO 19005-3...
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How to add watermark to pdf document
What is a watermarkWatermark is usually a semitransparent drawing added on top of the page content which can be created using various ways. This type of marking your documents becomes necessary when...
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How to extract text from pdf page and create pdf to html conversion tool
IntroductionIn our first post about PDF text extraction we demonstrated how to extract raw and formatted text from PDF document using Apitron PDF Kit for .NET component. As a part of the latest...
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How to create grids and tables in PDF
1. Grid and table elements in PDFIf you were to generate reports or similar documents, containing extensive amounts of ordered data, you would probably think whether there is a default, PDF - specific...
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Scroll to the specific grid row using links in pdf
This post is an addition to our previously posted article showing how to create grids, and describes how to use PDF links for navigation between grid rows.Imaging that you have a grid with many data...
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How to create links and bookmarks in PDF
1. Links and bookmarks in PDF While these terms seem familiar, we think there still needs to be a brief intro, describing their particular properties taking into account the PDF basis. Links in PDF...
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How to add interactivity to PDF documents using Actions
IntroductionIn our latest post we’ve explored all possible ways to use links in PDF and promised to write an additional post about pdf actions. As you may recall, we used Destination objects for...
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Advanced text flow effects in PDF documents using floating elements
IntroductionFloating elements in CSS can be defined using CSS float property which can have the following values: none, left, right, initial, inherit. Such elements should be docked to one of the page...
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Ordered and unordered lists in pdf (c# sample)
IntroductionLists are well known feature of HTML and CSS, and can be defined to be either unordered, using <ul> html element or ordered using <ol> html element. List item can be defined...
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How to add or open pdf attachments - managing embedded files
IntroductionEmbedded files, so-called pdf attachments, are used to guarantee the validity of the document in case there are external references in main content referring to them. For example, you can...
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Converting html to pdf using markup parser (C# sample)
IntroductionSometimes, you have a pre-built HTML fragment and would like to convert it to PDF with minimal changes in its appearance. You could manually split it down to atomic elements like spans,...
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PDF Security, part 1 – create or open password protected PDF documents
IntroductionPDF allows you to protect the contents of your documents by setting a password. There are two types of passwords that can be set - an owner password and a user password.Whether additional...
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PDF Security, part 2 – Sign PDF documents and validate signatures
IntroductionDigital signatures are a powerful and reliable instrument for replacing the traditional signatures, and, unlike the traditional signatures, they also can be used to check whether the...
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