IText
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- The correct title of this article is iText. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
| iText | |
| Developer: | Bruno Lowagie, Paulo Soares |
|---|---|
| OS: | Cross-platform |
| Use: | Java Library |
| License: | Mozilla Public License or LGPL |
| Website: | lowagie.com/iText |
iText is an Open Source library for creating and manipulating PDF, RTF, and HTML files in Java. It was written by Bruno Lowagie, Paulo Soares, and others; it is distributed under the Mozilla Public License with the LGPL as alternative license.
The same document can be exported to multiple formats, or multiple instances of the same format. Data can be written to a file or, for example, from a servlet to a web browser.
More recently, it has been extended into a general purpose PDF library, capable of filling out forms, moving pages from one PDF to another, and so on. These extensions are often mutually exclusive. One class allows you to fill in forms, while a different and incompatible class makes it possible to copy pages from one PDF to another.
iText's PDF support is, none the less, quite extensive. It supports PDF's PKI-based signatures, 40-bit and 128-bit encryption, color correction, PDF/X, color management via ICC profiles, and a host of other features.
[edit] External links
- iText home page
- iText @ SourceForge
- Tutorial: iText by Example
- iText book: iText in Action
- iText in Action support site
[edit] iText ports
iTextSharp is a C# port of iText. The port was originally written by Gerald Henson, but is now maintained by one of the main iText developers, Paulo Soares.
iText.NET is a J# port of iText, written by Kazuya Ujihara.
- iText.NET home page (English)
- iText.NET home page (Japanese)
- iText.NET @ SourceForge
pdftk is a front-end for iText, capable of splitting, merging, encrypting, decrypting, uncompressing, recompressing, and repairing PDF's. It can also be used to manipulate watermarks, metadata, and forms.
