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2023-12-07 16:15
Release 2.28.3 of our PDF Library adds per-separation
rendering for output preview, Factur-X, Document Parts
and more Read More
2023-12-07 16:00
Creating a bitmap image from a PDF is normally done in RGB,
but when that PDF contains overprinting or depends on CMYK
blending, you need something more. This article tells you how Read More
2023-08-02 13:30
The first update to BFO Publisher for 2023 adds some new
features Read More
2023-05-24 11:00
Release 2.28.2 of our PDF Library adds a lot of under-the-hood
changes to support the upcoming PDF/UA-2 profile Read More
2023-03-21 11:15
Our last release, only ten days ago, broke applying a timestamp
with Digital Signatures. This is a fix Read More
2023-03-13 11:15
A minor security issue has been discovered and fixed in this
release, and signatures have had a lot of improvements Read More
2023-03-13 11:00
GlobalSign have updated their digital signing service and now offer
qualified signatures. We show you how to integrate this with our PDF library Read More
2023-01-17 13:30
An article on the oddities of dates in PDF Read More
2022-12-05 12:00
A slightly overdue announcement of BFO PDF Library 2.27.2, which introduces
the "Arlington Model": a vendor-neutral validation model for PDF Read More
2022-09-06 15:30
Details on the latest release of our PDF Library, which
has many fixes and improvements for PDF/A Read More
2022-07-19 13:30
Our first completely new product in 20 years,
we're finally able to tell you about it Read More
2022-07-17 23:00
2022-03-17 18:30
Details on the latest release of our PDF Library, and the Report Generator
build with it. This is the "certified with Java 17" release Read More
2021-12-18 15:50
Everyone is asking us about Log4J. Here's a quick statement Read More
2021-11-12 18:30
Details on the latest release of our PDF Library, and the Report Generator
build with it. This is the "certified with Java 17" release Read More
2021-10-07 13:15
We've been running our PDF/A conversion tools across some large Corpora. Here's
what we've learned in the process Read More
2021-09-30 19:13
Coming two months after one of our major releases, the 2.26.1 release
has seen a large number of small changes based on testing on tens of
thousands of documents. But we think the one yo… Read More
2021-09-28 09:30
The advantages of using Webswing to run PDF Viewer via a standard web browser Read More
2021-08-04 17:00
Converting PDF to PDF/A has always been possiblel with our API, but we largely
left our customers to choose their own approach. Release 2.26 changes that - we
now have a very powerful new… Read More
2021-07-30 18:00
Our latest PDF Library release includes a lot of new functionality.
Here's a summary, other articles will follow with details Read More
2021-07-16 09:25
A quick note on signing PDFs with the Amazon CloudHSM Read More
2021-02-26 15:30
A quick summary of some of the new features in the PDF library in the
latest release Read More
2020-12-11 13:00
A quick summary of some of the new features in the PDF library in the
last six months. Again Read More
2020-06-03 16:00
A quick summary of some of the new features in the PDF library in the
last six months Read More
2019-12-04 21:45
Built on our new PDF Library release, the latest Report Generator
can easily create valid PDF/UA Documents Read More
2019-12-04 20:50
The new release of our PDF Library has completely rewritten support for the
Structure Tree, required for PDF/UA. While mainly to support the addition of
PDF/UA to the Report Generator, i… Read More
2019-09-23 07:46
An updated version of the article we wrote 8 years ago, exploring how
to create digital signatures with our API that are automatically approved by Acrobat: this time,
with an EU Identity car… Read More
2019-03-11 11:03
Release 2.23.2 adds a fix for a largely theoretical attack on PDF
digital signatures, specifically the way they are verified with our
API Read More
2018-10-17 18:30
Details on the recent 2.23 release of the PDF Library, and on where we are with Java version support Read More
2018-08-02 13:00
This one has been a while cooking, because it includes a JPEG2000 decoder and a rewritten Indic layout engine Read More
2018-03-26 12:00
GlobalSign have recently launched a digital signing service, and
in this article we show you how to integrate this with our PDF library Read More
2018-03-15 12:03
Changes include a reengineered text layout engine, updated internal Unicode model to version 10.0 and OpenType font parser to 1.8. GlobalSignDSS class added to create signatures that work wi… Read More
2017-12-14 12:00
Some details on our latest PDF Library release Read More
2017-11-08 17:00
We've turned our PDF/A verification code into a public service, which you can use to compare
our results to other testers Read More
2017-10-20 15:00
Our latest release contains updates, support for non-standard form fields and the usual minor array of bug fixes Read More
2017-09-25 15:30
A mere 11 years after it was introduced, we have finally noticed an
incompatible change in the PDF417 barcode specification Read More
2017-09-25 15:20
In our latest update we've added several new features and created fixes for some unsual issues Read More
2017-04-19 10:00
Our latest 2.20 release of the PDF Library adds full support for the creation of PDF/UA compliant documents,
and hopefully this article will shed a little light on what they are Read More
2017-04-18 12:20
Our latest update includes several new features and fixes for some obscure problems Read More
2017-03-12 17:00
In the unlikely event you wish to make pages larger them 25m², here'a s quick
primer on how to do it with the latest release Read More
2017-03-02 14:20
Our latest release includes several new features, such as supporting PDF/UA standards Read More
2016-12-02 15:44
Our second image extraction article, this time using a java webapp Read More
2016-11-24 15:27
The first of two articles demonstrating how to extract bitmap images from PDFs using the BFO PDF Library API Read More
2016-11-08 11:03
Swiss based ICT Service Manager celebrates tenth anniversary deploying the BFO PDF Library Extended Read More
2016-10-19 15:18
Our latest release includes some basic bug fixes Read More
2016-08-03 08:50
A few simple examples for how to merge PDFs with the BFO PDF Library Read More
2016-07-22 16:40
How to format text with the LayoutBox class Read More
2016-07-12 13:30
At long last, our new website has been released. Same address but new content coming soon Read More
2016-06-28 23:00
2016-06-28 23:00
2016-06-24 09:38
We'd like to assure our European customers and friends that we're still
rather fond of them. So while Britain throws off the shackles of
co-operation and tolerance and marches off into the… Read More
2016-05-05 23:00
2016-02-17 18:18
One of the main new features in release 2.18.2 of our PDF Library
was support for "Long Term Validation" of signatures. The purpose
of these isn't immediately clear - read on for details.Rea… Read More
2016-01-22 00:00
2015-11-16 15:47
Swiss software house hails BFO for having the most stable support and cleanest API in the Java PDF market.
Read more Read More
2015-09-28 15:39
We detail the major new change in 2.18, the OutputProfiler classRead more Read More
2015-07-29 13:52
BFO have just released a new update to their PDF Library, the first
for a few months. Here we describe a few features that are in the new
release in a bit more detail.Read more Read More
2015-02-17 12:24
German based software developers use BFOs PDF Library, Viewer & Report Generator to satisfy customer requirements.Read more Read More
2014-11-25 14:07
The PDF Library ships with a PDF Viewer that offers the possibility to programmatically highlight words or sentences that match a filter.
You can highlight pieces of information on an embe… Read More
2014-09-05 17:07
Our major new release has been several months coming - here's why.Read more Read More
2014-07-08 15:55
How to extract text from a PDF using BFO's PDF Library API. We will show you with code examples of how it can be done.Read more Read More
2013-12-13 15:58
It's been 4 months since our last PDF API release, what does it have in store? Besides changes to the page list, there are two major new areas:
PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 support has been added… Read More
2013-12-13 12:21
You released 2.14.1 of your PDF API yesterday, and today there's a 2.15. What are you people playing at? Read on, we'll explain.Read more Read More
2013-10-24 10:05
Swedish company valuations leader creates valuation reports for clients with the BFO Report Generator and BFO Graph Library.Read more Read More
2013-10-24 10:05
Swedish company valuations leader creates valuation reports for clients with the BFO Report Generator and BFO Graph Library.Read more Read More
2013-10-10 10:56
Long term PDF/A archiving for the Austrian Notaries Chamber, thanks to cyberDOC and BFO.Read more Read More
2013-05-09 16:17
There are many situations where a PDF has to be "rasterized" - the contents of each page turned into a bitmap image - such as when a PDF is being converted to PDF/A and the page contents can… Read More
2013-04-04 15:26
ObjectiveIT develops an insurance tariff comparison solution for their insurance broker clients with the Report Generator.Read more Read More
2013-03-22 14:00
We've put out our first PDF library in 5 months, and although there are a lot of small changes there are very few headline grabbers. Perhaps the most interesting is the ability to restrict o… Read More
2013-03-22 10:18
We've put out our first PDF library in 5 months, and although there are a lot of small changes there are very few headline grabbers. Perhaps the most interesting is the ability to restrict o… Read More
2013-03-14 10:03
We've been getting a few emails asking about the new "pdf.js" viewer in Firefox, and why some of our documents don't render correctly in that viewer. Read on to find out why.Read more Read More
2013-02-15 11:05
This challenge was too good to resist. We've neglected to make our cards PDF/A compliant, which you are welcome to interpret as a commentary on the impermanence of romantic love, or perhap… Read More
2013-02-15 11:05
2013-01-03 14:14
The "P" in PDF stands for "Portable", and PDF is now an ISO Specification. So you could be forgiven for being surprised when you learn about XFA. We're asked about it a lot so what follows… Read More
2012-11-29 12:51
This article shows how you can create a custom viewer feature that duplicates the functionality of Acrobat's "Print with Comments Summary" feature.Read more Read More
2012-10-25 15:12
Yesterday we released our first PDF Library for a few months, version 2.12, so it's a good to give a bit of a summary of the changesRead more Read More
2012-07-30 14:35
Client adopts BFO's customizable Java PDF Viewer for their project.Read more Read More
2012-07-16 13:17
We've recently released version 2.11.25 - here's a quick summary of some of the features Read More
2012-07-16 13:15
Acrobat added dynamically updated barcode fields in Acrobat 7, but they haven't been documented until now, in the upcoming PDF 2.0 specification. This article shows you how to use them to ma… Read More
2012-07-16 13:15
A new feature in 2.11.25 of the PDF Library is the ability to capture handwritten signatures from an iPad, iPhone or Android tablet. Useful? Maybe not, but it is kinda neat as you can see in… Read More
2012-06-18 15:06
We've covered them before, but Applets - a technology launched in 1996 with Java 1.0 - just keep changing. What follows is the definitive, step-by-step guide to compiling our viewer as an Ap… Read More
2012-06-10 23:41
Benevity, a micro-donation platform, implements BFOs Java Report Generator to create PDF receipts and invoices on the fly Read More
2012-06-05 09:39
Usually on this blog we cover details of things you can do with our PDF API, so it's a bit of a departure to cover something we can't. Read on to learn about Reader Extensions and the limita… Read More
2012-05-24 12:00
UK University Integrates BFO's Java PDF Library Read More
2012-04-24 17:13
How to use the new OpenType layout features in the PDF Library and Report Generator Read More
2012-02-15 18:36
Printing PDFs is easy with the Java PDF API. In this article we go through the Java Print API at a high level, then guide you through the details in case things go wrong Read More
2012-01-20 00:37
Create PDF/A-1b documents using BFOs Report Generator Read More
2012-01-16 15:34
When working with Java APIs that use native code you can hit an OutOfMemory in the PermGen space due to weaknesses in Java's garbage collectors. Here's an ugly little hack that might help Read More
2011-11-16 04:06
How to extract text from a PDF in Java? Using our API of course! Read More
2011-11-08 19:10
In the second part of our "extending the viewer" series, we show you how to go all the way - we create a new "Custom Stamp" feature, then show you how to compile it, bundle it with the Jar t… Read More
2011-10-27 14:53
The Report Generator has got a few new tricks in release 1.1.51. Graph Library integration, Flash, PDF sets and Xinclude - read on for a summary and some examples Read More
2011-09-29 05:36
PDF/A is the ISO standard for the digital preservation and long term archiving of electronic documents. The ability to search documents, include digitial signatures and reduced file size is… Read More
2011-08-25 11:59
PDF documents can contain JavaScript, which opens up all sorts of possibilities - not all of which are gaping security holes. Here's an article showing how to use it in PDF - both how to emb… Read More
2011-08-10 13:35
QNT Systemy Informatyczne is a leading manufacturer of software for government organizations in Poland. We develop software for accounting, payroll, human resources and many other fields Read More
2011-04-01 14:47
The article we didn't want to write Read More
2011-04-01 13:47
Not all digital signatures are created equal. Our PDF Library has been able to digitally sign documents for years, but digitally signing a file with a key that's trusted by Acrobat is a litt… Read More
2011-03-31 02:50
The recent PDF Library 2.11.15 has a few highlights, including better support for digital signing from hardware, generation of "Aztec Code" barcodes, basic support for Flash file embedding i… Read More
2011-03-08 12:01
A quick tip completely unrelated to PDF or Graphs: How to create a new self-signed X.509 Certificate with Java Read More
2011-02-23 13:00
iDEA: intelligent Digital-Emotion Analyser. A search engine that extracts events from search results, producing a timeline of the main events associated with whatever that was searched; othe… Read More
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