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features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5
Hello folks, I am new here and am currently using ITEXT 5, however I do not
prefer to pay the licensing fees going forward.
I generate PDF's using images and tables.
I read an old post stating PDFbox does not support tables,
Is this still true?
Is there a FAQ features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5?
Regards
Mark Bolduc
-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk, Kenneth [mailto:Kkirk@ILSOS.NET]
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:43 PM
To: 'users@pdfbox.apache.org'
Subject: image Resolution
I'm sure this question has been asked before but I wasn't on the list when
it was. I have PDFs that I need to convert to images. Most are 8.5x11.
Some are 8.5 x 3.5. My problem is figuring out the resolution when I save
them as 200dpi tiff images. I made some assumptions that held true until I
encountered PDFs that deviated from the those assumptions. Although I can
assume all PDFs are 8.5 inch wide and therefore I can deduce the resolution
based of the width of the actually page I don't want to assume anything but
calculate the resolution base on what I can get from the PDF structure
itself.
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Re: features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5
Posted by Tilman Hausherr <TH...@t-online.de>.
Am 26.06.2015 um 21:49 schrieb Mark Bolduc:
> Hello folks, I am new here and am currently using ITEXT 5, however I do not
> prefer to pay the licensing fees going forward.
Yeah, I too don't understand why that guy insists on selling his work
for money to support himself and his family and have a good life :-)
> I generate PDF's using images and tables.
>
> I read an old post stating PDFbox does not support tables,
>
> Is this still true?
Yes.
However I've seen some third party add-ons for tables... google for them.
> Is there a FAQ features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5?
No. The main difference is that PDFBox has a low level approach, and
itext has a high level approach re PDF creation.
PDFBox just does what's in the specification and nothing more. Itext (as
far as I know) can do stuff like paragraphs, tables, etc.
You might also have a look at APache FOP.
Tilman
>
> Regards
> Mark Bolduc
>
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> From: Kirk, Kenneth [mailto:Kkirk@ILSOS.NET]
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:43 PM
> To: 'users@pdfbox.apache.org'
> Subject: image Resolution
>
> I'm sure this question has been asked before but I wasn't on the list when
> it was. I have PDFs that I need to convert to images. Most are 8.5x11.
> Some are 8.5 x 3.5. My problem is figuring out the resolution when I save
> them as 200dpi tiff images. I made some assumptions that held true until I
> encountered PDFs that deviated from the those assumptions. Although I can
> assume all PDFs are 8.5 inch wide and therefore I can deduce the resolution
> based of the width of the actually page I don't want to assume anything but
> calculate the resolution base on what I can get from the PDF structure
> itself.
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RE: features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5
Posted by Mark Bolduc <ma...@comcast.net>.
Thanks.
Regards
Mark Bolduc
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hewson [mailto:john@jahewson.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:13 AM
To: users@pdfbox.apache.org
Subject: Re: features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5
> On 26 Jun 2015, at 12:49, Mark Bolduc <ma...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hello folks, I am new here and am currently using ITEXT 5, however I
> do not prefer to pay the licensing fees going forward.
>
> I generate PDF's using images and tables.
>
> I read an old post stating PDFbox does not support tables,
>
> Is this still true?
Yep, though we have APIs for measuring text and drawing lines, so it
wouldn't be too hard to implement basic tables on top of that.
-- John
> Is there a FAQ features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5?
>
> Regards
> Mark Bolduc
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk, Kenneth [mailto:Kkirk@ILSOS.NET]
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:43 PM
> To: 'users@pdfbox.apache.org'
> Subject: image Resolution
>
> I'm sure this question has been asked before but I wasn't on the list
> when it was. I have PDFs that I need to convert to images. Most are
8.5x11.
> Some are 8.5 x 3.5. My problem is figuring out the resolution when I
> save them as 200dpi tiff images. I made some assumptions that held
> true until I encountered PDFs that deviated from the those
> assumptions. Although I can assume all PDFs are 8.5 inch wide and
> therefore I can deduce the resolution based of the width of the
> actually page I don't want to assume anything but calculate the
> resolution base on what I can get from the PDF structure itself.
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Re: features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5
Posted by John Hewson <jo...@jahewson.com>.
> On 26 Jun 2015, at 12:49, Mark Bolduc <ma...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hello folks, I am new here and am currently using ITEXT 5, however I do not
> prefer to pay the licensing fees going forward.
>
> I generate PDF's using images and tables.
>
> I read an old post stating PDFbox does not support tables,
>
> Is this still true?
Yep, though we have APIs for measuring text and drawing lines, so it wouldn't be too hard to implement basic tables on top of that.
-- John
> Is there a FAQ features differences between PDFBox and ITEXT 5?
>
> Regards
> Mark Bolduc
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk, Kenneth [mailto:Kkirk@ILSOS.NET]
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:43 PM
> To: 'users@pdfbox.apache.org'
> Subject: image Resolution
>
> I'm sure this question has been asked before but I wasn't on the list when
> it was. I have PDFs that I need to convert to images. Most are 8.5x11.
> Some are 8.5 x 3.5. My problem is figuring out the resolution when I save
> them as 200dpi tiff images. I made some assumptions that held true until I
> encountered PDFs that deviated from the those assumptions. Although I can
> assume all PDFs are 8.5 inch wide and therefore I can deduce the resolution
> based of the width of the actually page I don't want to assume anything but
> calculate the resolution base on what I can get from the PDF structure
> itself.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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