July 2015

Extract paths from a PDF

by Conor | July 30, 2015
Foxit Quick PDF Library does not currently support the extraction of path information. However, the GetContentStreamToString function will extract the content stream which contains all of the drawing commands. You would need to parse the content stream to extract the paths as well as processing transformations including rotation and scaling. Here is the contents of […]
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Programmatically find and replace URL links in PDF files

by Conor | July 30, 2015
Foxit Quick PDF Library has an extensive API for programmatically working with links in PDF files. In the sample code below we demonstrate how to find all URLs in a PDF and then check to see if it matches our predefined URL and if it does then we replace it. This sample just works with URLs […]
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Controlling the precision of numeric values in PDF files

by Conor | July 6, 2015
Foxit Quick PDF Library includes a function called SetPrecision which allows you to control the precision of numeric values in PDF files. In a PDF all numeric values are stored as strings. So using a smaller precision would mean a number takes up less characters in the file. If a PDF has a lot of complex […]
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Setup Android Studio and Foxit Quick PDF Library

by Conor | July 3, 2015
This tutorial demonstrates how to use Foxit Quick PDF Library to create an Android app using Android Studio. If you haven’t already downloaded the Android trial then you can do that from the trial here. Setup Android Studio project with Foxit Quick PDF Library Open Android Studio. If Quick Start window is displayed then click […]
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