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 is customizable)
• Add a watermark to the pages (text, fontsize and text color are customizable)
• Image compression with setting the quality and the scaling of the image
• Auto fill 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

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 nine 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 1.3.0
• Fontbox 2.0.30
• PDFBox 2.0.30

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