IText - Features

Features

Developers will use iText to:

  • Serve PDF to a browser
  • Generate dynamic documents from XML file or databases
  • Use PDF's many interactive features
  • Add bookmarks, page numbers, watermarks, barcodes, etc.
  • Split, concatenate and manipulate PDF pages
  • Automate filling out PDF forms
  • Add digital signatures to a PDF file

Typically, iText is used in projects that have one of the following requirements:

  • The content isn't available in advance: it's calculated based on user input or real-time database information.
  • The PDF files can't be produced manually due to the massive volume of content: a large number of pages or documents.
  • Documents need to be created in unattended mode, in a batch process.
  • The content needs to be customized or personalized; for instance, the name of the end user has to be stamped on a number of pages.

Often you'll encounter these requirements in web applications, where content needs to be served dynamically to a browser. Normally you'd serve this information in the form of HTML, but for some documents, PDF is preferred over HTML for better printing quality, for identical representation on a variety of platforms, for security reasons, or to reduce the file size.

iText provides support for most advanced PDF features such as PKI-based signatures, 40-bit and 128-bit encryption, color correction, PDF/X, color management via ICC profiles and barcodes.

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