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Does iText 7 create PDFs that are Section 508 compliant?

Tue - 07/16/2019

An article discussing using iText 7 to create PDF/UA documents that comply with Section 508 of the United States Rehabilitation Act.

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Avoiding the PDF Digital Signature Vulnerabilities with iText

Tue - 07/16/2019

Some details about digital signatures and document verification in iText.

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Digital Signatures in a Universal Application (UWP) with iText - reblog

Tue - 11/27/2018

Recently we found Paul Madary's blog post about digital signatures in a Univeral Application (UWP) with iText 7, and we wanted to share it.

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pdfHTML - release eBook & open-source version

Mon - 08/28/2017

We have released a 125-page tutorial about pdfHTML: "iText 7: converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML." With this tutorial, we answered the #1 question of the developers who responded to our survey: the request for more documentation.

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Release of new PDF standard: PDF 2.0

Mon - 07/31/2017

The new PDF standard ISO 32000-2:2017 (PDF 2.0) has been published online!

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How to completely remove a file from a Git repository

Mon - 07/03/2017

Have you already committed an SSH private key, a password file or a config file with sensitive data to your repository before?

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DZone's Guide to Java 2017 is live!

Wed - 06/28/2017

If you believe the number of articles online, you might be inclined to believe that Java is dying, but we all know better.

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How do I make sure my software complies with AGPL: How can I use iText for free?

Thu - 05/18/2017

The AGPL license says, when you convey AGPL software (either verbatim copies or modified versions), that you need to include the program's source code. But what's a good way of doing that?

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pdfHTML: configuration options

Mon - 04/10/2017

iText 7's new add-on pdfHTML is a tool that aims to greatly simplify HTML to PDF conversion in Java or .NET.

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pdf2Data: extract information from invoices and templates

Mon - 04/03/2017

Pdf2Data is a tool that allows for structured data to be extracted from similarly structured text documents.

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pdfHTML: An Introduction

Tue - 03/14/2017

pdfHTML is an iText 7 add-on that will replace our previous XML Worker, from iText 5.

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How pdfHtml maps HTML tags onto iText objects

Tue - 03/07/2017

This blog post will give you an overview of how pdfHTML maps the HTML model onto the iText model, and how you can influence this process.

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An introduction to pdfXFA

Thu - 03/02/2017

pdfXfa is the successor to XFA Worker. It allows you to process and finalize dynamic forms by automating form filling and later flattening for easy use and security.

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Are PDF Signatures shattered?

Wed - 03/01/2017

Last week there was a huge buzz surrounding SHA-1. The hashing algorithm has been deemed unsafe for many years, but is still used in outdated software for digital signatures.

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Which platform do you prefer: Java or .NET?

Sun - 02/19/2017

Last week, we created a poll on Twitter, asking you which platform you prefer:

The Java platform,
The .NET platform, or
Another platform

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Using code found on StackOverflow: yay or nay?

Thu - 11/10/2016

Eurostaff, a recruitment specialist, recently conducted an interview with iText founder and CSO Bruno Lowagie.

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Debugging your PDFs as you make them - for free

Wed - 11/02/2016

While you’re making PDF files and an error occurs, tracing where the problem is can be hard. That’s why we have developed the pdfDebug add-on for iText 7.

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iText founder talks open source, PDF and IP at OpenSourceForU

Mon - 08/22/2016

In a long interview with OpenSourceForU, India's prime press portal on all matters open source, the magazine sat down with iText founder and strategist Bruno Lowagie.

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iText PDF Renderer Framework

Wed - 08/03/2016

A look at the new rendering engine used in iText 7

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iText 7 and iText 5: roadmaps, differences, updates

Tue - 06/21/2016

As you have probably noticed by now, we have recently released iText 7, a new major version of our flagship library, which is not backwards compatible to iText 5.

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