APDFL: File Management

The Relaxed Syntax flag with Adobe PDF Library 15 and 18 allows a developer to intentionally bypass invalid formatting when opening and working with input documents and PDF files. Setting this flag to “true” allows an application to correct... Read More

The Adobe PDF Library cannot read PostScript input files, including Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). So you will need to convert EPS documents to PDF before you want to apply them to your application. If you want to convert a single EPS file into a PDF... Read More

Adobe PDF Library honors any document security found in an input PDF document. If the document is password-protected, the application will need to provide the correct Owner or User password required to open it. If the document is opened with the... Read More

A Forms Data Format (FDF) file is a text file used by Adobe Acrobat to hold values exported from PDF forms documents. The Adobe PDF Library views an FDF file as a COS document. As such, it can be opened by the Adobe PDF Library, and can be used with... Read More

Using the Adobe PDF Library, you can access the XML structure behind an XFA form field. XFA, or XML Forms Architecture, is a set of proprietary XML specifications for use with web forms. XFA forms are saved within a PDF document. If you want to merge... Read More