iText in action : Description based on print version record. - 'Covers iText 5'--Cover

iText in Action, Second Edition......Page 1
brief contents......Page 8
contents......Page 10
preface......Page 18
preface to the first edition......Page 20
acknowledgments......Page 22
Who should read this book?......Page 24
Creating PDF documents......Page 25
Under the hood......Page 26
Software requirements and downloads......Page 27
about the title......Page 29
about the cover illustration......Page 30
Creating PDF documents from scratch......Page 32
Introducing PDF and iText......Page 34
1.1 Things you can do with PDF......Page 35
1.2 Working with the examples in this book......Page 37
1.3 Creating a PDF document in five steps with iText......Page 39
1.3.1 Creating a new Document object......Page 40
1.3.2 Getting a PdfWriter instance......Page 43
1.3.3 Opening the Document......Page 44
1.3.4 Adding content......Page 46
1.3.5 Closing the Document......Page 48
1.4 Summary......Page 50
Using iText’s basic building blocks......Page 51
2.1 Illustrating the examples with a real-world database......Page 52
2.2 Adding Chunk, Phrase, Paragraph, and List objects......Page 53
2.2.1 The Chunk object: a String, a Font, and some attributes......Page 54
2.2.2 The Phrase object: a List of Chunks with leading......Page 56
2.2.3 Paragraph object: a Phrase with extra properties and a newline......Page 61
2.2.4 Distributing text over different lines......Page 65
2.2.5 The List object: a sequence of Paragraphs called ListItem......Page 68
2.2.6 The DrawInterface: vertical position marks, separators, and tabs......Page 72
2.3 Adding Anchor, Image, Chapter, and Section objects......Page 77
2.3.1 The Anchor object: internal and external links......Page 78
2.3.2 Chapter and Section: get bookmarks for free......Page 80
2.3.3 The Image object: adding raster format illustrations......Page 82
2.3.4 Summary......Page 87
Adding content at absolute positions......Page 88
3.1.1 Direct content layers......Page 89
3.1.2 Graphics state and text state......Page 91
3.1.3 A real-world database: three more tables......Page 93
3.2.1 Convenience method: PdfContentByte.showTextAligned()......Page 98
3.2.2 Convenience method: ColumnText.showTextAligned()......Page 101
3.3 Working with the ColumnText object......Page 105
3.3.1 Using ColumnText in text mode......Page 106
3.3.2 Using ColumnText in composite mode......Page 112
3.4.1 Image XObjects......Page 115
3.4.2 The PdfTemplate object......Page 118
3.5 Summary......Page 123
Organizing content in tables......Page 124
4.1.1 Your first PdfPTable......Page 125
4.1.2 PdfPTable properties......Page 126
4.2 Changing the properties of a cell......Page 129
4.2.1 PdfPCell in text mode......Page 130
4.2.2 PdfPCell in composite mode......Page 138
4.3.1 Repeating headers and footers......Page 143
4.3.2 Splitting tables......Page 144
4.3.3 Memory management for LargeElement implementations......Page 146
4.4.1 Working with writeSelectedRows()......Page 147
4.4.2 Wrapping tables in columns......Page 150
4.5 Summary......Page 152
Table, cell, and page events......Page 153
5.1.1 Implementing the PdfPTableEvent interface......Page 154
5.1.2 Implementing the PdfPCellEvent interface......Page 156
5.1.3 Combining table and cell events......Page 159
5.2 Events for basic building blocks......Page 164
5.2.1 Generic Chunk functionality......Page 165
5.2.3 Chapter and Section events......Page 169
5.2.4 Page order and blank pages......Page 172
5.3 Overview of the page boundaries......Page 173
5.3.1 The media box......Page 174
5.3.2 The crop box......Page 176
5.3.3 Other page boundaries......Page 178
5.4.1 Adding a header and a footer......Page 179
5.4.2 Solving the “page X of Y” problem......Page 181
5.4.3 Adding a watermark......Page 183
5.4.4 Creating a slideshow......Page 185
5.5 Summary......Page 186
Manipulating existing PDF documents......Page 188
Working with existing PDFs......Page 190
6.1.1 Retrieving information about the document and its pages......Page 191
6.1.2 Reducing the memory use of PdfReader......Page 194
6.2 Copying pages from existing PDF documents......Page 195
6.2.1 Importing pages......Page 196
6.2.2 Scaling and superimposing pages......Page 198
6.2.3 N-up copying and tiling PDF documents......Page 201
6.3.1 Adding content at absolute positions......Page 204
6.3.2 Creating a PDF in multiple passes......Page 206
6.3.3 Adding company stationery to an existing document......Page 207
6.3.4 Inserting pages into an existing document......Page 209
6.3.5 Filling out a PDF form......Page 210
6.4 Copying pages with PdfCopy......Page 217
6.4.1 Concatenating and splitting PDF documents......Page 218
6.4.2 PdfCopy versus PdfSmartCopy......Page 220
6.4.3 Concatenating forms......Page 222
6.5 Summary......Page 223
Making documents interactive......Page 225
7.1.1 Document-navigation actions......Page 226
7.1.2 Explicit destinations......Page 230
7.1.3 JavaScript in PDF documents......Page 233
7.1.4 More actions......Page 236
7.2.1 Creating bookmarks for a new document......Page 239
7.2.2 Retrieving bookmarks from an existing document......Page 241
7.2.3 Adding bookmarks to an existing document......Page 243
7.2.4 Concatenating documents with bookmarks......Page 244
7.2.5 Open parameters......Page 245
7.3.1 Text annotations......Page 246
7.3.2 Link annotations......Page 251
7.3.3 File attachments......Page 253
7.3.4 Stamp, line, and rectangle annotations......Page 255
7.4.1 Triggering JavaScript from a button......Page 257
7.4.2 Showing and hiding an annotation......Page 258
7.4.3 A popup triggered by a button that doesn’t need to be pushed......Page 260
7.4.4 Additional actions......Page 262
7.4.5 A PDF calculator......Page 263
7.5 Summary......Page 265
Filling out interactive forms......Page 267
8.1 Introducing AcroForms......Page 268
8.2.1 Radio fields and radio buttons......Page 269
8.2.2 Check boxes......Page 271
8.2.3 Pushbuttons......Page 272
8.3.1 Creating text fields......Page 275
8.3.2 Filling out text fields......Page 278
8.3.3 Text fields and fonts......Page 280
8.4 Selecting options with choice fields......Page 283
8.4.1 Creating lists and combo boxes......Page 284
8.5 Refining the form-filling process......Page 286
8.5.1 Choosing field names......Page 287
8.5.2 Optimizing the filling process......Page 288
8.5.3 Partial form flattening......Page 289
8.5.4 Customized form flattening......Page 291
8.6 Introducing the XML Forms Architecture (XFA)......Page 295
8.6.1 Static XFA forms......Page 296
8.6.2 Dynamic XFA forms......Page 301
8.7 Preserving the usage rights of Reader-enabled forms......Page 306
8.7.1 Reader-enabling a form using Adobe Acrobat......Page 307
8.7.2 Filling out Reader-enabled forms using iText......Page 308
8.8 Summary......Page 309
Essential iText skills......Page 312
Integrating iText in your web applications......Page 314
9.1.1 The five steps of PDF creation in a web application......Page 315
9.1.2 Troubleshooting web applications......Page 317
9.1.3 Generating a PDF from a JSP page......Page 322
9.2.1 Adding a submit button to an existing form......Page 324
9.2.2 Filling out a form on the server side......Page 329
9.2.3 FDF and XFDF in web applications......Page 330
9.3 JavaScript communication between HTML and PDF......Page 335
9.4 Creating basic building blocks from HTML and XML......Page 338
9.4.1 Parsing HTML......Page 339
9.4.2 Parsing XML......Page 343
9.5 Summary......Page 346
Brightening your document with color and images......Page 348
10.1.1 Device colors......Page 349
10.1.2 Spot colors......Page 351
10.1.3 Painting patterns......Page 352
10.1.4 Transparency......Page 356
10.2 Overview of supported image types......Page 360
10.2.1 JPEG, JPEG2000, GIF, PNG, BMP, WMF, TIFF, and JBIG2......Page 361
10.2.2 Creating a raw image......Page 363
10.2.3 CCITT compressed images......Page 364
10.2.4 Creating barcodes......Page 365
10.2.6 Compressing images......Page 369
10.2.7 Images consisting of multiple pages or frames......Page 371
10.3.1 Images and transparency......Page 372
10.3.2 Masking images......Page 375
10.3.3 Clipping images......Page 376
10.4 Summary......Page 379
11.1 Getting fonts from a file......Page 380
11.1.1 Font files and their extensions......Page 381
11.1.2 Type 1 fonts......Page 383
11.1.3 TrueType and OpenType fonts......Page 384
11.2 Examining font types from a PDF perspective......Page 385
11.2.1 Simple fonts......Page 386
11.2.2 Composite fonts......Page 388
11.3.1 Overview of the Font classes......Page 390
11.3.2 Type 3 fonts......Page 392
11.3.3 CJK fonts......Page 394
11.3.4 Writing from right to left......Page 397
11.3.5 Advanced typography......Page 400
11.4 Automating font creation and selection......Page 404
11.4.1 Getting a Font from the FontFactory......Page 405
11.4.2 Automatic font selection......Page 408
11.5 Summary......Page 410
Protecting your PDF......Page 411
12.1.1 The info dictionary......Page 412
12.1.2 The Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)......Page 414
12.2.1 Compression levels......Page 416
12.2.2 Compressing and decompressing existing files......Page 417
12.3.1 Creating a password-encrypted PDF......Page 418
12.3.2 Public-key encryption......Page 421
12.4.1 Creating an unsigned signature field......Page 426
12.4.2 Signing a PDF......Page 427
12.4.3 Adding multiple signatures......Page 430
12.4.4 Verifying the signatures in a document......Page 433
12.4.5 Creating the digest and signing externally......Page 434
12.4.6 CRLs, OCSP, and timestamping......Page 436
12.4.7 PDF Advanced Electronic Signatures (PAdES) profiles......Page 440
12.5 Summary......Page 441
Under the hood......Page 442
PDFs inside-out......Page 444
13.1.2 The history of PDF......Page 445
13.1.3 PDF as an ISO standard......Page 449
13.1.4 PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/UA, and other types of PDF......Page 450
13.2.1 Basic PDF objects......Page 455
13.2.2 The PDF file structure......Page 457
13.2.3 Climbing up the object tree......Page 463
13.3 Exploring the root of a PDF file......Page 465
13.3.1 Page layout, page mode, and viewer preferences......Page 466
13.3.2 Pages and page labels......Page 472
13.3.3 Outlines, destinations, and names......Page 477
13.3.4 AcroForms revisited......Page 478
13.4 Summary......Page 482
The imaging model......Page 483
14.1 Examining the content stream......Page 484
14.2.1 Constructing paths......Page 485
14.2.2 Painting and clipping paths......Page 487
14.2.3 Convenience methods to draw shapes......Page 490
14.3 Overview of the graphics state methods......Page 491
14.3.1 Line characteristics......Page 492
14.3.2 Colors......Page 495
14.3.3 Changing the coordinate system......Page 497
14.3.4 Affine transformations using Java......Page 501
14.4.1 Text state operators......Page 502
14.4.2 Text-positioning and text-showing operators......Page 503
14.4.3 Convenience methods for text......Page 507
14.5 Using java.awt.Graphics2D......Page 508
14.5.1 Drawing content to PdfGraphics2D......Page 509
14.5.2 Drawing text to PdfGraphics2D......Page 514
14.6 Summary......Page 523
15.1 Making content visible or invisible......Page 524
15.1.1 Optional content groups......Page 525
15.1.2 Adding structure to layers......Page 526
15.1.3 Optional content membership......Page 531
15.1.4 Changing the state of a layer with an action......Page 532
15.1.5 Optional content in XObjects and annotations......Page 534
15.2.1 Object data......Page 537
15.2.2 Section 508 and accessibility......Page 539
15.2.3 Adding structure......Page 542
15.3.1 Examining the content stream with PRTokeniser......Page 545
15.3.2 Processing content streams with PdfContentStreamProcessor......Page 548
15.3.3 Extracting text with PdfReaderContentParser and PdfTextExtractor......Page 550
15.3.4 Finding text margins......Page 554
15.3.5 Extracting images......Page 555
15.4 Summary......Page 556
16.1 Finding and replacing image and font streams......Page 557
16.1.1 Adding a special ID to an Image......Page 558
16.1.2 Resizing an image in an existing document......Page 559
16.1.3 Listing the fonts used......Page 560
16.1.4 Replacing a font......Page 562
16.2.1 File attachment annotations......Page 564
16.2.2 Document-level attachments......Page 566
16.2.3 Go to embedded file action......Page 567
16.2.4 PDF packages, portable collections, or portfolios......Page 569
16.3.1 Movie annotations......Page 576
16.3.2 3D annotations......Page 577
16.3.3 Embedding Flash into a PDF......Page 579
16.3.4 Establishing communication between Flex and PDF......Page 586
16.4 Summary......Page 589
A.1.2 Presentations (PDF documents)......Page 594
A.5 Other publications......Page 595
B.1.2 iText in Action links......Page 596
B.3.2 Fonts......Page 597
B.4.2 Movie links......Page 598
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Back cover......Page 617