Good hunting: http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/PDF32000_2008. pdf
"com.itextpdf.text.pdf.parser.PdfContentStreamProcessor" would be a good place to start, but there's still a Large amount of work ahead of you. --Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff.com import legalese.Disclaimer; Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null; > -----Original Message----- > From: Leonard Rosenthol [mailto:lrose...@adobe.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:11 AM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Editing PDF using iText. > Creating new APIs > > And if you REALLY insist on doing it - you will need to start > by reading ISO 32000 (the PDF standard) and all associated > material to get a DEEP DEEP understanding of PDF. And after > those couple of weeks of study, you can begin to think about > how complex the problem is and how much work is involved... > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1T3XT BVBA [mailto:i...@1t3xt.info] > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 11:54 PM > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Editing PDF using iText. > Creating new APIs > > Op 26/04/2011 8:25, Naresh Chaurasia schreef: > > I had been given a task of doing text replacement in pdf files > > Stop right there. PDF is not a format for editing. > Ask the original source that was used to create the PDF, > change that source, create a new PDF. > > If the PDF is a tagged PDF, you could convert the PDF to XML, > change the XML and then create a new PDF from that XML as is > done in the second edition of the book (chapter 15, the Moby > Dick example), but this is a dead end too: the XML doesn't > know anything about the style of the content. > > If what you're asking for were possible, there would already > be a product for it. Do you know of any Adobe product that > can do this? If not, don't bother to start coding. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The > most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered > with a reference to the iText book: > http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list > before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The > most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered > with a reference to the iText book: > http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list > before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
