iText in Action: Creating and Manipulating PDF - Softcover

Book 23 of 182: In Action

Lowagie, Bruno

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9781932394795: iText in Action: Creating and Manipulating PDF
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1932394796 ISBN 13: 9781932394795
Publisher: Manning, 2006

Synopsis

Imagine a publisher who wants to "stamp" his ebooks on the fly with the name of the buyer (to discourage sharing). Such a publisher would (and we know one who does) use iText for the task. Developers looking to enhance web- and other applications with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation will find this book unique in content and readability. Based on ongoing examples that encourage learning "in action," they will finally understand PDF and learn how to build applications that produce professional, high-quality PDF documents. While the basic functionality of iText is easy to acquire, iText in Action lowers the learning curve for more advanced functionality. It explains how to use iText to create/manipulate PDF documents on-the-fly in one or more of the following situations:

  • Due to time or size, the PDF documents can't be produced manually
  • The content of the document must be calculated or based on user input.
  • The content needs to be customized or personalized.
  • The PDF content needs to be served in a web environment.
  • Documents are to be created in "batch process" mode.
    All the examples are written in Java, but they can be easily adapted to .NET by developers using one of the .NET ports: iTextSharp (C#) or iText.NET (#J). While iText is a free Java library and the examples are written from the point of view of the Java developer, nine out of ten examples can be run by .NET developers with only minimal changes.

    Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

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    About the Author

    Bruno Lowagie has been programming since he was twelve years old. He has a degree in civil architectural engineering and is the initial developer and one of the current maintainers of iText. He works at Ghent University, Belgium.

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    Publisher
    Manning
    Publication date
    2006
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    1932394796
    ISBN 13 
    9781932394795
    Binding
    Paperback
    Edition number
    1
    Number of pages
    656
    Rating
    • 3.71 out of 5 stars
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