Not Recommended: Creating your own self-signing certificate in Java

Not Recommended: Creating your Self-Sign Certificate Even though this option is attractive because it is free, we do not recommend it as there are more and more warnings around self-signed certificates and your users may have to click on a few warning dialogs before being allowed to access the applet. To create a self-signing certificate, follow […]

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v2013R2 jWordConvert Release

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 allows more […]

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2013-08 v2013R2 PDF Library Release

August 09 2013. This release adds OCR (optional module), digital signatures enhancements, and the new AES 256 encryption algorithm. Version number: 2013R2 (v2013R2) Java PDF Libraries: jPDFProcess, jPDFAssemble, jPDFFields, jPDFImages, jPDFPrint, jPDFSecure, jPDFText This is the full Qoppa’s PDF engine API changes from previous version: API Changes Read Press Release New Features: New Optional OCR […]

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2013-08 v2103R2 PDF Component Release

August 09 2013. This release adds OCR (optional module), digital signatures enhancements, and latest AES 256 encryption. Version number: 2013R2 (v2103R2) Java PDF Components: jPDFViewer, jPDFNotes, jPDFEditor This is the full Qoppa’s PDF engine API changes from previous version: API Change Read Press Release New Features: New Optional OCR Module [jPDFNotes, jPDFEditor] Add searchable text […]

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v2013R1 jWordConvert Release

Version v2013R1 – March 29, 2013 New Features: 3604 Support for checkboxes (FORMCHECKBOX) fields in .doc files. 3683, 3757, 2833, 2791 Table improvements: indentation first row’s color ‘\f’ (for new page) is ignored inside of tables auto text color value to be readable on background color carriage returns at the end of a table cell […]

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2013-03 v2013R1 PDF Library Release

March 26 2013. This release introduces JavaScript support and time-stamping of digital signatures. Version number: v2013R1 Java PDF Libraries: jPDFProcess, jPDFAssemble, jPDFFields, jPDFImages, jPDFPrint, jPDFSecure, jPDFText New Features: Time Stamp Server for Digital Signatures – [jPDFProcess, jPDFSecure, jPDFPrint, jPDFImages] Timestamps for PDF digital signatures are now supported. [jPDFProcess, jPDFSecure, jPDFPrint, jPDFImages] Digital signatures which use […]

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2013-03 v2013R1 PDF Component Release

March 26 2013. This release introduces a new PDF Editing Component, jPDFEditor, with Content Editing and Redaction, as well as JavaScript support and Time-Stamping of Digital Signatures. Version number: v2013R1 Java Visual Components: jPDFNotes, jPDFViewer, New jPDFEditor New Features: New PDF Editing Component jPDFEditor Qoppa’s new PDF editing component, jPDFEditor, has all the features found […]

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qPDF Toolkit Version 2

Version 2.4.4 – 7/31/2012 fixed issue rendering documents which use text clipping Version 2.4.4 – 7/19/2012 Changed localization to retrieve country code using Locale.getLanguage (previously used Locale.getCountry) Version 2.4.3 – 7/12/2012 Fix for a refresh issue that occurs when zooming on some devices Version 2.4.2  – 6/28/2012 (Changed version numbering to match the numbering of […]

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2012-09 PDF Library Release

September 10, 2012. This release adds multi-column text detection and extraction. It also allows rendering and printing of very large CCITT fax images (200 Mb and up) and PDF documents where unicode mapping is missing. Library versions: jPDFProcess v4.80, jPDFAssemble v 2.10, jPDFFields v3.10, jPDFImages v4.000, jPDFPrint v4.30, jPDFSecure v3.10, jPDFText v3.10 New Features Multi-Column […]

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2012-09 PDF Component Release

Sptember 11 2012. This release introduces multi-threaded rendering which manifests itself in a huge boost of performance, a major redo of text selection and extraction, and a new Pan & Zoom tool. Version numbers: jPDFNotes v5.00, jPDFViewer v6.50.New Features Out-Of-Thread Rendering – 2992 – [jPDFNotes, jPDFViewer] We’ve implemented a new rendering which splits each page […]

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How to convert RTF documents to PDF using jPDFWriter

Q: Can jPDFWriter be used to print RTF documents to PDF? A: Yes, you can use jPDFWriter to do this. Take a look at the loadRTF document method in the PDFDocument class. jPDFWriter does not do the actual rendering of the RTF files. The library uses standard Java classes to load and render rtf documents: […]

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Convert HTML to PDF in Java using Free jPDFWriter

Q: Do you have any sample code that takes an HTML page and outputs it as a PDF file using jPDFWriter? A: We provide a static method to load an HTML document in Qoppa’s Free Java PDF library jPDFWriter. The support for HTML is limited to the support offered by Java classes to load and […]

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2012-05 PDF Automation Server Release

Version 3.20 – May 3 2012 New Support for converting Word documents with a .docx extension (MS Word 2007 and above) to PDF. Improvement Improved Word to PDF conversion: support for document meta data (title, keywords, subject and title), paragraph shading, fields such as date, numpages, different heards and footers on different pages, additional image […]

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2012-03 PDF Component Release

March 13 2012. This release contains many API and user interface improvements and adds a new watermark interface, support for Submit and Reset buttons in interactive forms and the ability to invert colors. Version numbers: jPDFNotes v4.70, jPDFViewer v6.20. New Features: Watermark Interface 107, 364: New convenience setWatermark method that will set that watermark on […]

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2012-03 PDF Library Release

March 13 2012. This release contains many API improvements to make it easier for developers to integrate Qoppa’s PDF libraries into their applications and adds the ability to create linearized documents for fast viewing over the web. Library versions: jPDFProcess v4.70, jPDFAssemble v2.00, jPDFFields v3.00, jPDFImages v3.70, jPDFPrint v4.20, jPDFSecure v3.00, jPDFText v3.00. Press Release: […]

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v2.1 jWordConvert Release

Version v2.1 – March 6, 2012 New Features: Support for additional image types Support for border widths in tables Support for lines, rectangle and elliptical shapes Support for fully justified list paragraphs Support for enSpace character Paragraph borders Justified text in table cells Fixes: Fixes with tab handling Better positioning of images Fix to lists […]

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v2.0 jWordConvert Release

Version v2.0 – Oct 21, 2011 New Features: Support for Word 2007-10 (.docx) documents Convert and merge multiple documents Fixes: Better handling of missing fonts Better handling of table cells and alignment      

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2011-07 PDF Component Release

July 28 2011. This release adds a new loop tool, customizable context menu and access to panels (signatures, thumbnails, comments), shortcuts to open and create links and improvements with form fields editing. Version numbers: jPDFNotes v4.60, jPDFViewer v6.10. New Features: Loupe tool – 1767 – A new loop tool allows to see small details on […]

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v1.2 jWordConvert Release

Version v1.2 – June 15, 2011 New Features: Paragraph shading – before only handled shading on tables More Fields Handled – DATE, NUMPAGES, FILENAME fields Support for Having Different Header/Footers on Different Pages Improvements: More Accurate Vertical Spacing: Support for Auto Spacing and Multiline Spacing options.  Also improved handling of text ascent, leading and descent […]

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2011-03 PDF Automation Server Release

Version 3.10 – Internal Release Version 3.00 – March 22, 2011 New MS Word document processing: print Word documents (.doc format), convert Word documents to PDFs, convert Word to images. Preflight enhancements. Internal enhancements.      

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2011-02 PDF Component Release

February 28 2011. This release adds support for annotations groups to allow selecting, moving or processing multiple annotations at once, and a new “image tool” to easily add an image as a stamp on top of a PDF document. Version numbers: jPDFNotes v4.50, jPDFViewer 6.00. New Features: Annotation groups. Group multiple annotations on a page […]

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2010-10 PDF Component Release

October 5 2010. This release adds new unicode support (for non-latin characters), a new callout annotation to draw attention to specific areas on a page, and a new calibration tool for measurement annotations. Version numbers: jPDFNotes v4.30, jPDFViewer v5.30. New Features Unicode support. jPDFNotes now allows editing unicode text in annotations content. This will be […]

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Code Sample: Create a PDF from a Text File

This sample program reads a text file and converts it to a PDF document. using Qoppa’s free Java PDF library jPDFWriter. This sample uses the PDFPrinterJob object to “print” the text to the PDF file. /** * Qoppa Software – Source Code Sample */ package jPDFWriterSamples;   import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.print.PageFormat; import java.awt.print.Printable; import java.awt.print.PrinterJob; […]

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2010-06 PDF Component Release

June 24 2010. This release adds customization for digital signature appearance, new caret annotations (for reviewers to indicate that text needs to be replaced or inserted) and new Italian version. Version numbers: jPDFNotes v4.21, jPDFViewer 5.21. New Features Digital signatures appearances. Allows to add text, images or logos.See com.qoppa.pdf.SignatureAppearance. Caret annotations. 2 new caret annotation […]

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2010-04 PDF Automation Server Release

Version 2.20 – April 19, 2010 New Qoppa’s brand new PDF reader and parser engine which allows for: better handling of PDF documents that are formatted incorrectly. better handling of bigger documents due to the revamp of memory management. New (Windows, Mac) Support for CJK fonts (Chinese, Japanese and Korean fonts). PAS can now render […]

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2010-03 PDF Component Release

March 24 2010. This release adds support for CJK fonts, a redesigned annotation popup dialog (includes author names and date) and the ability to add and manage trusted certificates for digital signatures. Version numbers: jPDFNotes v4.20, jPDFViewer v5.20. New Features Support for CJK fonts (Windows, Mac). jPDFNotes can now render PDF documents which use CJK character […]

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