PDFUtils
Overview
Handy Java actions when working with PDF files in Mendix!
When to use it?
- When you want more control over the settings
- The PDF files will stay in the Mendix environment
- When the build-in components are not sufficient for your PDF's
What does it contain?
- Adding page numbering at the footer of the document (text, fontsize and font is customizable)
- Add a watermark to the pages (text, fontsize, font and text color are customizable)
- Image compression with setting the quality and the scaling of the image
- Auto fill acro form fields within a document
- Merge a list of PDF's into one document (not limited to an amount of documents)
- Create password protected files with other security settings for example allow printing or allow modification to the document
- Retrieve the content from the file as a string with the correct charset
- Modify the current metadata for example the author or the creation date
- Remove the entire metadata from the document
- Split a PDF document in seperated PDF documents
- Create PNG images from the content of your PDF document
- Add annotations to your PDF document
- Add JavaScript action button's with custom styling to your PDF document
For who
- Application managers (change the settings within the application if necessary)
- Business Engineers
Pricing
It is free and it will stay free forever! :)
Support or suggestions
If you have any issues or suggestions, please reach out to me at c.denbreejen[at]rotterdam.nl
Documentation
Description
This module contains ten java actions with some handy features such as password protecting documents which are currently not (partialy) available in Mendix. These Java actions are build with a lot of configuration options in mind such as setting the text or fontsize of the text.
Typical usage scenario
Described in the overview tab.
Features and limitations
Described in the overview tab.
Dependencies
- Commons Logging 1.3.5
- Fontbox 2.0.35
- PDFBox 2.0.35
Installation
- Install the module from the Mendix marketplace
- Review the release notes for new/updated depedencies
- Remove the old dependencies when no longer necessary from the "Userlib" folder
Releases
- One of the most requested features is now available: you can now select a PDFBox font yourself when using the page-numbering or watermark Java actions.
- You may choose not to exclude the first page when using the page-numbering action.
- The userlib dependencies have been updated. You may safely remove PDFBox 2.0.32, FontBox 2.0.32, and commons-logging 1.3.4.
- The module has been updated to the latest Mendix 9 LTS.