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youhaodiyi
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Which PDF library is better?
Oct 8, 2008 7:05 AM

I am looking for a free, non-Commercial PDF library. It should be created, view, print PDF document.

mlk
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Re: Which PDF library is better?
Oct 8, 2008 7:25 AM (reply 1 of 4) (In reply to original post )

I'm not sure any single PDF library does all of them.

As to which is better, each have their own advantages, the "best" would depend on your needs. In my last project I used iText to manipulate existing documents (because I have used it before and so know the API) and FOP to create some PDFs (as I use it to create RTF documents so know its API).

UbenSandin
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Registered: 6/16/09

Re: Which PDF library is better?
Jun 16, 2009 7:23 AM (reply 2 of 4) (In reply to #1 )

Does anyone can provide code sample to open a pdf file, change the field value and save it again?

yawmark
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Re: Which PDF library is better?
Jun 16, 2009 7:44 AM (reply 3 of 4) (In reply to #2 )

UbenSandin wrote:
Does anyone can provide code sample to open a pdf file, change the field value and save it again?

The iText tutorial has examples: http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/.

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rataplan
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Re: Which PDF library is better?
Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM (reply 4 of 4) (In reply to original post )

JPedal seems to be a good thing (LGPL license). You may also consider other free software projects: PDFBox, PDF Clown, PDF Renderer...

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