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2014-06 v2104R1 PDF Library Release
June 17 2014. This release allows rendering and printing of very large JPEG images, plus many form fields, and document security improvements. Version number: 2014R1 (v2104R1) Java PDF Libraries: Java PDF Libraries: jPDFProcess, jPDFAssemble, jPDFFields, jPDFImages, jPDFPrint, jPDFSecure, jPDFText This is the full Qoppa’s PDF engine API changes from previous version: API Change Handle very large […]
2014-06 v2014R1 PDF Component Release
June 17 2014. This release adds rendering improvements with faster display of the first page, thanks to on-demand loading of annotations, and support for infinite size JPEG images. It also adds undo functionality and many annotations and document security improvements. Version number: 2014R1 (v2104R1) Java PDF Components: jPDFViewer, jPDFNotes, jPDFEditor This is the full Qoppa’s […]
How to change the DPI / Resolution of the PDF page view in Qoppa’s PDF component
Q: When opening a PDF document in Qoppa’s PDF component, jPDFViewer, it seems that the 100% magnification is not exactly the same as the 100% view in Adobe Reader. A: This is a preference that can be set in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader under Edit > Preferences > Page Display. By default, jPDFViewer, jPDFNotes […]
Debug options, error log and stack traces
Qoppa’s PDF libraries and components will throw exceptions as expected and developers can decide to redirect the exceptions to their users, log them or handle them as needed. To debug a specific issue, developers can use the following system properties / vm options Debug Flag -Dqoppa.debug=true in order to output exception logs and additional information […]
How to set the license in Qoppa’s library products
Q: After purchasing a Server License for a Qoppa’s PDF library, how do I set the key so the library runs in full production and does not add the “Qoppa Software” watermark to the saved documents? A: Once you purchase, we will ask you to send us server information so we can a generate a license […]
How to enable JavaScript in Qoppa Android PDF Toolkit
JavaScript is supported in Qoppa’s Android PDF toolkit, qPDF Toolkit. How is JavaScript used in PDF documents? Mostly, JavaScript is used in interactive PDF forms in field actions to calculate the value of fields, validate field data to prevent invalid entry and format special fields such as dates, ssn, postal codes, phone numbers, etc… JavaScript […]
Transfer License to New Server
When migrating to a different server, please complete and submit the form below. Once complete, we will process your request and send you the new license key via email. 1. Fill License Transfer Form Company name:* Email address:* Confirm Email:* Current Server Info Enter the server information for the currently active license. To find your […]
Running Qoppa’s PDF library on ESB Servers
Our Java PDF libraries and components integrate easily and seamlessly into most ESB servers, including Mule ESB, Red Hat Fuse, Oracle ESB and others. You can create sophisticated PDF functions in ESB workflows with minimal coding. Please visit the following links on our website to learn more: Process PDFs on ESB Servers using Qoppa’s Java […]
Eclipse Tutorial to Integrate Qoppa’s Java PDF Library
Getting started in eclipse with jPDFProcess sample 1) Download and Install jPDFProcess sample from qoppa.com: https://www.qoppa.com/pdfprocess/demo/download/ 2) Create a new Java Project in eclipse named “jPDFProcessSamples.” 3) Right click the “jPDFProcessSamples” project and create a new folder named “lib.” 4) Copy and paste or drag and drop the jPDFProcess.jar from the installation where jPDFProcess Sample was […]
Running Qoppa PDF library in Amazon AWS EC2 requires setting a stable hostname
Q: Can Qoppa PDF libraries run in Amazon AWS Compute Cloud EC2? A: Yes, we have many customers running PDF processes on Amazon AWS cloud using our Java developer libraries to create, print, extract images, merge, digitally sign or manipulate PDF documents in the cloud. Our license mechanism however does require a stable host name […]
2014-05 PDF Automation Server Release
Download PDF Automation Server v2014R2 Version 2014R2 – May 9 2014 New Convert to PDF/A job. Conversion problem reports can be output to the error folder.
2014-04 PDF Automation Server Release
Download PDF Automation Server v2014R1 Version 2014R1 – April 2 2014 New OCR Job. To add additional languages, users must copy language files into the /QoppaPAS/lib/tess/tessdata folder. Ability to receive email from secure POP3 and IMAP servers (using SSL). There is now a checkbox to enable SSL/TLS for sending and receiving mail. Edit Split Job to […]
Code Sample: Create your first PDF document “Hello Word” in Java
Java Program to creates a simple PDF document with the text “Hello World” on it using Qoppa’s Free Java PDF library jPDFWriter. /** * Qoppa Software – Source Code Sample */ package jPDFWriterSamples; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.print.PageFormat; import com.qoppa.pdfWriter.PDFDocument; import com.qoppa.pdfWriter.PDFGraphics; import com.qoppa.pdfWriter.PDFPage; public class HelloWorld { public static void main (String [] […]
jPDFAssemble java API
Q: Where can I find jPDFAssemble javadoc API? A: You can find the API specification for the latest version of our library jPDFAssemble on our website at this link. jPDFAssemble is a java library to merge, split and assemble PDF documents in Java.
CJK fonts and non-latin character sets support in Qoppa’s Java PDF library products
Qoppa Software’s PDF technology offers the following support for CJK fonts (CJK = Chinese, Japanese, Korean). Supported for CJK fonts and Non-Latin Character Sets: Rendering existing appearance stream / text content within PDF documents. Rendering existing text annotations such as free text, typewriter or rubber stamps annotations (as long as the appearance stream is defined […]
Caching applets on client computers
Q: When running one of Qoppa’s PDF library or component within an applet, can the java applet be configured to be cached on the client’s PC to improve loading time? A: The applet does cache on the client computer, this is controlled by Java and the Java control panel. After launching the first time, the […]
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Android Development in Eclipse: Java Heap Out Of Memory Error
Q: I am evaluating your product for an android application, but I am unabe to compile. Every time, it is throwing a java heap out of memory exception. A: We have found that, for any Android development, it is necessary to increase Eclipse’s VM size. Change your eclipse.ini file to include the following arguments: -XX:MaxPermSize=1024M […]
Using Windows network resources (files, printer)
By default, PDF Automation Server installs the Windows service to run under the Local System account. If within a project you need to monitor network folders or print to a network printer, you will need to change the user under which the service runs. The default Local System Account. does not have permission to access […]
Network printer not showing in the printers list
Q: We’ve defined a Print job in PDF Automation Server but the printers list doesn’t show our network printer. A: On Windows, if you are trying to connect to a network printer and the printer doesn’t show as an option in the printers list, change QoppaPAS service to log on as a user account instead […]
How to query PAS log with a SQL client
Here is a way to access it outside the log for PDF Automation Server using a SQL client that supports JDBC. We use a small, embeddable, file-based, java database called Derby, or also called JavaDB, for the PAS log. One caveat is that only 1 client can connect to the database at a time. The root log […]
Error trying to start PASServer java.net.MalformedURLException: invalid authority
Q: In the server_error.log, I am getting the following error, any idea what is the problem? Fatal error trying to start PASServer… exiting java.net.MalformedURLException: invalid authority: //PRODSERVER_SD06:1099/PASServer at java.rmi.Naming.intParseURL(Unknown Source) at java.rmi.Naming.parseURL(Unknown Source) at java.rmi.Naming.rebind(Unknown Source) at com.qoppa.pas.pub.PDFAutomationServer.v(Unknown Source) at com.qoppa.pas.pub.PDFAutomationServer.main(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at […]
Check that the server has correctly started
To make sure that the server started correctly, navigate to your installation directory, and verify that there is a server_output.log with the following: PDF Automation Server – Version 3.00 Registry created on port 1099… PASServer started… Also, you can verify that there is no server_error.log. The QoppaPAS server can also be started, stopped and perform […]
jOfficeConvert Java API
Q: Where can I find jOfficeConvert Javadoc API? A: You can find the API specification for the latest version of our library jWordConvert on our website at this link. jOfficeConvert is a java library to create PDF documents from Microsoft Word documents and Excel worksheets.
Can jOfficeConvert convert Word documents in .docx format to PDF?
Q: Does jOfficeConvert support converting .docx documents to PDF? A: Yes, jOfficeConvert, Qoppa’s java library to convert Word documents to PDF supports the latest Microsoft Word 2007-2010 format (Word files with a .docx extension) in addition to supporting Word 97-2003 (Word files with a .doc extension). Note: jOfficeConvert was previously named jWordConvert.
Code Sample: Java servlet to convert a Word file to PDF on the fly
A Java servlet that reads a Word documents and serves a PDF document to the browser, on the fly using Qoppa’s java library jOfficeConvert (previously jWordConvert).
Code Sample: Convert Word document to PDF in java
This java program will convert a Word document to a PDF document using Qoppa’s library jOfficeConvert. // Load the document WordDocument wdoc = new WordDocument ("input.doc"); // Save the document as a PDF file wdoc.saveAsPDF("output.pdf");// Load the document WordDocument wdoc = new WordDocument ("input.doc"); // Save the document as a PDF file wdoc.saveAsPDF("output.pdf");
jWordConvert Version History
Version v2013R2 – August 16 2013 In this version, we improved a lot our Java Word to PDF conversion library internally. We no longer have 2 different sets of rendering code for the 2 distinct formats: Word 97-2003 (.doc) Word 2007-10 (.docx) We implemented a common document object model for the 2 PDF converters. This […]
Code Sample: Print Word Document in Java
This Java program prints a Word document to a named printer using Qoppa’s library jOfficeConvert (previously jWordConvert).
