UPDATED ON January 20, 2022 IMPORTANT -- Version 0.2.0, which had paused since 2016 (and never published), has been superseded by a new, heavy development cycle (version 2.0) since early 2021: the new version (whose release date is still undefined) will represent a full-order-of-magnitude advancement over the existing code base, completely renovating its functionalities yet … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.2.0 — Enhanced content handling
PDF Clown 0.1.3 — Document Inspector
NOTE -- As ContentScanner class is under refactoring, the development of 0.1.3 version is temporarily frozen. 1. Document Inspector Since its earliest versions, PDF Clown has been shipped including a simple Swing-based proof of concept for viewing PDF file structures. Now that little fledgling is going to become a comprehensive tool for the visual editing … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.1.3 — Document Inspector
PDF Clown 0.1.2 released
This release enhances several base structures, providing fully automated object change tracking and object cloning (allowing, for example, to copy page annotations and Acroform fields). It adds support to video embedding, article threads, page labels and several other functionalities. This release may be downloaded from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/clown/files/PDFClown-devel/0.1.2%20Beta/
What about screencasts on PDF Clown use?
I'm considering to make screencasts on the use of the library. Topics are still under definition: what would you like to see in action? Unleash your curiosity and let me know! PS: I use open-source IDEs only, so don't expect me to tweak around with proprietary tools like MS Visual Studio... 😉
PDF Clown 0.1.2 — Multimedia and lots of good stuff
LATEST NEWS -- On February 10, 2013 PDF Clown 0.1.2 has been released! This release cycle revolves around these topics: Multimedia Text line alignment File references (file specifications, file identifiers, PDF stream object externalization) Advanced cloning Article threads 1. Multimedia For a long time I kept low priority over multimedia features (chapter 9 of PDF … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.1.2 — Multimedia and lots of good stuff
PDF Clown 0.1.1 released
NOTE -- PDF Clown 0.1.1 has been superseded by PDF Clown 0.1.2 This release adds support to optional/layered contents, text highlighting, metadata streams (XMP), Type1/CFF font files, along with primitive object model and AcroForm fields filling enhancements. Lots of minor improvements have been applied too. Last but not least: ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll dependency has been removed from … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.1.1 released
PDF Clown 0.1.1 — Text highlighting and lots of good stuff
LATEST NEWS -- On November 14, 2011 PDF Clown 0.1.1 has been released! Next release is going to introduce new exciting features (text highlighting, optional/layered contents, Type1/CFF font support, etc.) along with improvements and consolidations of existing ones (enhanced text extraction, enhanced content rendering, enhanced acroform creation and filling, etc.). This post will be kept … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.1.1 — Text highlighting and lots of good stuff
PDF Clown 0.1.0 released
LATEST NEWS -- PDF Clown 0.1.0 has been superseded by PDF Clown 0.1.1 This release introduces support to cross-reference-stream-based PDF files (as defined since PDF 1.5 spec) along with page rendering and printing: a specialized tool provides a convenient way to convert PDF pages into images (aka rasterization). Lots of minor improvements have been applied … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.1.0 released
PDF Clown 0.1.0 — XRef streams, content rasterization and lots of good stuff
NOTE -- On March 4, 2011 PDF Clown 0.1.0 has been released! Hi there! New features currently under development that will be available in the next (0.1.0) release: Cross-reference streams and object streams Version compatibility check Content rasterization Functions Page data size (a.k.a. How to split a PDF document based on maximum file size) It's … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.1.0 — XRef streams, content rasterization and lots of good stuff
PDF Clown 0.0.8:Â Q&A
LATEST NEWS -- PDF Clown 0.0.8 functionalities are part of the latest release (PDF Clown 0.1.0). As 0.0 version series is under decommissioning, you're warmly invited to adopt the current 0.1 version series. Thank you! This post collects all the relevant information about issues and questions regarding PDF Clown 0.0.8. If you have any doubt … Continue reading PDF Clown 0.0.8:Â Q&A
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