PDF spec

["Howard, Karl" <KH...@davisadv.com>]

Hey guys,
For generating PDFs i'm looking at using either FOP or writing out the PDF
using the PDF spec. In looking at the PDF spec, i've gone through the
reference .pdf that adobe provides and am looking through other
documentation on their site. But I'm trying to figure some stuff out that
isn't explained as well as i'd hoped.

Does anyone know of any books or sites that detail this well that they could
recommend?

Thanks,
Karl

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Re: PDF spec

[Ben Galbraith <bg...@amirsys.com>]

Karl,

Why not use iText?  It's an LPGL'd (GPL'd? I forget) library that models 
the PDF spec in Java.  Save yourself some time.

Ben

Howard, Karl wrote:

> Hey guys,
> For generating PDFs i'm looking at using either FOP or writing out the PDF
> using the PDF spec. In looking at the PDF spec, i've gone through the
> reference .pdf that adobe provides and am looking through other
> documentation on their site. But I'm trying to figure some stuff out that
> isn't explained as well as i'd hoped.
> 
> Does anyone know of any books or sites that detail this well that they could
> recommend?
> 
> Thanks,
> Karl
> 
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RE: PDF spec

[Victor Mote <vi...@outfitr.com>]

Howard, Karl wrote:

> For generating PDFs i'm looking at using either FOP or writing out the PDF
> using the PDF spec. In looking at the PDF spec, i've gone through the
> reference .pdf that adobe provides and am looking through other
> documentation on their site. But I'm trying to figure some stuff out that
> isn't explained as well as i'd hoped.
>
> Does anyone know of any books or sites that detail this well that
> they could
> recommend?

No, but here is an idea that might help some: Download the FOP source code
and learn from the PDF renderer. With the Adobe doc (theory) in one hand and
the FOP source code (practice) in another, you can probably make good
progress, and with the Apache license, you can even use FOP's work as the
basis for your own (see the license for details, linked from the FOP home
page). Of course, ideally we'd like to see you help us improve it along the
way too :-)

Victor Mote


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