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Comparing the iText 5 Chunk and iText 8 Text Classes

Wed - 10/11/2023

Though it was superseded in 2016 by iText 7, iText 5 is still an extremely popular PDF library. While its ease of use and features are still competitive, this article looks at its high-level text and content capabilities to compare them against the revised API in iText 7 and 8. You'll learn why iText 8 is a far superior option, especially for new implementations.

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Announcing the Release of iText Suite Version 8.0.1

Fri - 08/04/2023

Hot on the heels of release 8.0, here's iText Suite version 8.0.1 with algorithm agnostic digital signing and validation, multi-column layout, extended CSS flex property support, and an optimization for form field regeneration handling.

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RSASSA-PSS support added to iText 8

Fri - 06/23/2023

Our second guest blog from Matthias Valvekens looks at RSASSA-PSS - a parameterized signature scheme now supported in the open-source iText Core library. Matthias is the current chair of the PDF Association's Digital Signatures Working Group, and we are proud to present his expert analysis of the RSA cryptosystem, and how PSS differs from the "legacy" PKCS #1 v1.5 padding scheme.

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iText 8 now supports the latest ISO PDF extensions for digital signing

Wed - 06/21/2023

The ability to apply and validate secure PDF digital signatures has long been a particular strength of the open-source iText Core library. We’ve kept pace with advances such as support for PAdES and PDF 2.0, and so we’re proud to present a guest blog detailing iText 8’s support for the latest ISO extension standards for digital signing.

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How to solve “Unknown encryption type R = 6” errors

Fri - 06/02/2023

If you’ve ever encountered this error when opening or validating a PDF with iText 5 and earlier versions, then this article is for you! We’ll explore what this error message means, the reasons why you might encounter it, and the ways you can resolve it.

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Get excited, iText 8 is here!

Wed - 05/17/2023

Spring is here, and so is a new quarterly release of the iText PDF SDK. For this release of the open-source iText Core PDF library and the add-ons in the iText Suite, we’re proud to announce the release of iText Core version 8.0.0 – aka iText 8.

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Announcing the release of iText Suite 7.2.5

Mon - 01/16/2023

In this latest release, Core will open documents faster and be more resilient to malformed PDFs. We’ve also widened its support of CCITT-compressed TIFFs, and improved the paragraph text wrapping. There’s also support for the CSS vertical-align property in pdfHTML, and improvements and bugfixes across the rest of the Suite. 

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New release of iText 7.1.x: iText 7 Suite 7.1.18

Fri - 12/16/2022

Following our mainline release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4 at the end of October, this is a maintenance release for our 7.1.x users. Included are some CVE fixes and backports from 7.2.x, and updated versions of pdfSweep and pdfXFA.

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Introducing iText pdf2Data 4.0: Template management and much more!

Tue - 12/06/2022

New for this release is the pdf2Data Manager, which makes it even easier for users to extract and reuse the data in PDF documents. Read on to learn more about our enhancements to the user experience, template management, and collaborative workflows.

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iText DITO 2.5 is now available

Tue - 11/22/2022

iText DITO 2.5, the latest version of our collaborative PDF creation solution has just been released. New in this release we have look and feel customizations for white labeling, and better control of workspaces and template promotion paths. Plus, new calculations to manipulate data directly in templates, and a whole lot more.

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Announcing the release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4

Tue - 10/25/2022

This latest release of our PDF SDK features a nice change for tagged PDF creation, and a couple of PDF/A improvements for color spaces and signing. Plus, pdfHTML now supports CSS4 CMYK colors, you can use multiple threads for pdfOffice conversions, and much more!

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iText pdf2Data 3.1.1 is now available!

Mon - 07/25/2022

This new release features a host of nice changes and additions with JSON output support, improved table detection, and more besides. Let’s dive in to see what’s new for our intuitive data extraction solution.

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iText DITO 2.4 is out

Thu - 07/14/2022

iText DITO 2.4, the latest version of our collaborative PDF creation solution has just been released. Read on for details on what's new in this version.

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