PDFio Programming Manual v1.4.0

Introduction

PDFio is a simple C library for reading and writing PDF files. The primary goals of PDFio are:

• Read and write any version of PDF file

• Provide access to pages, objects, and streams within a PDF file

• Support reading and writing of encrypted PDF files

• Extract or embed useful metadata (author, creator, page information, etc.)

• "Filter" PDF files, for example to extract a range of pages or to embed fonts that are missing from a PDF

• Provide access to objects used for each page

PDFio is not concerned with rendering or viewing a PDF file, although a PDF RIP or viewer could be written using it.

PDFio is Copyright © 2021-2024 by Michael R Sweet and is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 with an (optional) exception to allow linking against GPL2/LGPL2 software. See the files "LICENSE" and "NOTICE" for more information.

Requirements

PDFio requires the following to build the software:

• A C99 compiler such as Clang, GCC, or MS Visual C

• A POSIX-compliant make program

• A POSIX-compliant sh program

• ZLIB (https://www.zlib.net) 1.0 or higher

IDE files for Xcode (macOS/iOS) and Visual Studio (Windows) are also provided.

Installing PDFio

PDFio comes with a configure script that creates a portable makefile that will work on any POSIX-compliant system with ZLIB installed. To make it, run:

./configure
make

To test it, run:

make test

To install it, run:

sudo make install

If you want a shared library, run:

./configure --enable-shared
make
sudo make install

The default installation location is "/usr/local". Pass the --prefix option to make to install it to another location:

./configure --prefix=/some/other/directory

Other configure options can be found using the --help option:

./configure --help

Visual Studio Project

The Visual Studio solution ("pdfio.sln") is provided for Windows developers and generates both a static library and DLL.

Xcode Project

There is also an Xcode project ("pdfio.xcodeproj") you can use on macOS which generates a static library that will be installed under "/usr/local" with:

sudo xcodebuild install

Detecting PDFio

PDFio can be detected using the pkg-config command, for example:

if pkg-config --exists pdfio; then
    ...
fi

In a makefile you can add the necessary compiler and linker options with:

CFLAGS  +=      `pkg-config --cflags pdfio`
LIBS    +=      `pkg-config --libs pdfio`

On Windows, you need to link to the PDFIO1.LIB (DLL) library and include the zlib_native NuGet package dependency. You can also use the published pdfio_native NuGet package.

Header Files

PDFio provides a primary header file that is always used:

#include <pdfio.h>

PDFio also provides PDF content helper functions for producing PDF content that are defined in a separate header file:

#include <pdfio-content.h>

Understanding PDF Files

A PDF file provides data and commands for displaying pages of graphics and text, and is structured in a way that allows it to be displayed in the same way across multiple devices and platforms. The following is a PDF which shows "Hello, World!" on one page:

%PDF-1.0                        % Header starts here
%âãÏÓ
1 0 obj                         % Body starts here
<<
/Kids [2 0 R]
/Count 1
/Type /Pages
>>
endobj
2 0 obj
<<
/Rotate 0
/Parent 1 0 R
/Resources 3 0 R
/MediaBox [0 0 612 792]
/Contents [4 0 R]/Type /Page
>>
endobj
3 0 obj
<<
/Font
<<
/F0
<<
/BaseFont /Times-Italic
/Subtype /Type1
/Type /Font
>>
>>
>>
endobj
4 0 obj
<<
/Length 65
>>
stream
1. 0. 0. 1. 50. 700. cm
BT
  /F0 36. Tf
  (Hello, World!) Tj
ET
endstream
endobj
5 0 obj
<<
/Pages 1 0 R
/Type /Catalog
>>
endobj
xref                            % Cross-reference table starts here
0 6
0000000000 65535 f
0000000015 00000 n
0000000074 00000 n
0000000192 00000 n
0000000291 00000 n
0000000409 00000 n
trailer                         % Trailer starts here
<<
/Root 5 0 R
/Size 6
>>
startxref
459
%%EOF

Header

The header is the first line of a PDF file that specifies the version of the PDF format that has been used, for example %PDF-1.0.

Since PDF files almost always contain binary data, they can become corrupted if line endings are changed. For example, if the file is transferred using FTP in text mode or is edited in Notepad on Windows. To allow legacy file transfer programs to determine that the file is binary, the PDF standard recommends including some bytes with character codes higher than 127 in the header, for example:

%âãÏÓ

The percent sign indicates a comment line while the other few bytes are arbitrary character codes in excess of 127. So, the whole header in our example is:

%PDF-1.0
%âãÏÓ

Body

The file body consists of a sequence of objects, each preceded by an object number, generation number, and the obj keyword on one line, and followed by the endobj keyword on another. For example:

1 0 obj
<<
/Kids [2 0 R]
/Count 1
/Type /Pages
>>
endobj

In this example, the object number is 1 and the generation number is 0, meaning it is the first version of the object. The content for object 1 is between the initial 1 0 obj and trailing endobj lines. In this case, the content is the dictionary <</Kids [2 0 R] /Count 1 /Type /Pages>>.

Cross-Reference Table

The cross-reference table lists the byte offset of each object in the file body. This allows random access to objects, meaning they don't have to be read in order. Objects that are not used are never read, making the process efficient. Operations like counting the number of pages in a PDF document are fast, even in large files.

Each object has an object number and a generation number. Generation numbers are used when a cross-reference table entry is reused. For simplicity, we will assume generation numbers to be always zero and ignore them. The cross-reference table consists of a header line that indicates the number of entries, a free entry line for object 0, and a line for each of the objects in the file body. For example:

0 6                             % Six entries in table, starting at 0
0000000000 65535 f              % Free entry for object 0
0000000015 00000 n              % Object 1 is at byte offset 15
0000000074 00000 n              % Object 2 is at byte offset 74
0000000192 00000 n              % etc...
0000000291 00000 n
0000000409 00000 n              % Object 5 is at byte offset 409

Trailer

The first line of the trailer is just the trailer keyword. This is followed by the trailer dictionary which contains at least the /Size entry specifying the number of entries in the cross-reference table and the /Root entry which references the object for the document catalog which is the root element of the graph of objects in the body.

There follows a line with just the startxref keyword, a line with a single number specifying the byte offset of the start of the cross-reference table within the file, and then the line %%EOF which signals the end of the PDF file.

trailer                         % Trailer keyword
<<                              % The trailer dictinonary
/Root 5 0 R
/Size 6
>>
startxref                       % startxref keyword
459                             % Byte offset of cross-reference table
%%EOF                           % End-of-file marker

API Overview

PDFio exposes several types:

• pdfio_file_t: A PDF file (for reading or writing)

• pdfio_array_t: An array of values

• pdfio_dict_t: A dictionary of key/value pairs in a PDF file, object, etc.

• pdfio_obj_t: An object in a PDF file

• pdfio_stream_t: An object stream

Reading PDF Files

You open an existing PDF file using the pdfioFileOpen function:

pdfio_file_t *pdf =
    pdfioFileOpen("myinputfile.pdf", password_cb, password_data, error_cb,
                  error_data);

where the five arguments to the function are the filename ("myinputfile.pdf"), an optional password callback function (password_cb) and data pointer value (password_data), and an optional error callback function (error_cb) and data pointer value (error_data). The password callback is called for encrypted PDF files that are not using the default password, for example:

const char *
password_cb(void *data, const char *filename)
{
  (void)data;     // This callback doesn't use the data pointer
  (void)filename; // This callback doesn't use the filename

  // Return a password string for the file...
  return ("Password42");
}

The error callback is called for both errors and warnings and accepts the pdfio_file_t pointer, a message string, and the callback pointer value, for example:

bool
error_cb(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *message, void *data)
{
  (void)data; // This callback does not use the data pointer

  fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", pdfioFileGetName(pdf), message);

  // Return false to treat warnings as errors
  return (false);
}

The default error callback (NULL) does the equivalent of the above.

Each PDF file contains one or more pages. The pdfioFileGetNumPages function returns the number of pages in the file while the pdfioFileGetPage function gets the specified page in the PDF file:

pdfio_file_t *pdf;   // PDF file
size_t       i;      // Looping var
size_t       count;  // Number of pages
pdfio_obj_t  *page;  // Current page

// Iterate the pages in the PDF file
for (i = 0, count = pdfioFileGetNumPages(pdf); i < count; i ++)
{
  page = pdfioFileGetPage(pdf, i);
  // do something with page
}

Each page is represented by a "page tree" object (what pdfioFileGetPage returns) that specifies information about the page and one or more "content" objects that contain the images, fonts, text, and graphics that appear on the page. Use the pdfioPageGetNumStreams and pdfioPageOpenStream functions to access the content streams for each page, and pdfioObjGetDict to get the associated page object dictionary. For example, if you want to display the media and crop boxes for a given page:

pdfio_file_t  *pdf;             // PDF file
size_t        i;                // Looping var
size_t        count;            // Number of pages
pdfio_obj_t   *page;            // Current page
pdfio_dict_t  *dict;            // Current page dictionary
pdfio_array_t *media_box;       // MediaBox array
double        media_values[4];  // MediaBox values
pdfio_array_t *crop_box;        // CropBox array
double        crop_values[4];   // CropBox values

// Iterate the pages in the PDF file
for (i = 0, count = pdfioFileGetNumPages(pdf); i < count; i ++)
{
  page = pdfioFileGetPage(pdf, i);
  dict = pdfioObjGetDict(page);

  media_box       = pdfioDictGetArray(dict, "MediaBox");
  media_values[0] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 0);
  media_values[1] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 1);
  media_values[2] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 2);
  media_values[3] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 3);

  crop_box       = pdfioDictGetArray(dict, "CropBox");
  crop_values[0] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 0);
  crop_values[1] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 1);
  crop_values[2] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 2);
  crop_values[3] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 3);

  printf("Page %u: MediaBox=[%g %g %g %g], CropBox=[%g %g %g %g]\n",
         (unsigned)(i + 1),
         media_values[0], media_values[1], media_values[2], media_values[3],
         crop_values[0], crop_values[1], crop_values[2], crop_values[3]);
}

Page object dictionaries have several (mostly optional) key/value pairs, including:

• "Annots": An array of annotation dictionaries for the page; use pdfioDictGetArray to get the array

• "CropBox": The crop box as an array of four numbers for the left, bottom, right, and top coordinates of the target media; use pdfioDictGetArray to get a pointer to the array of numbers

• "Dur": The number of seconds the page should be displayed; use pdfioDictGetNumber to get the page duration value

• "Group": The dictionary of transparency group values for the page; use pdfioDictGetDict to get a pointer to the resources dictionary

• "LastModified": The date and time when this page was last modified; use pdfioDictGetDate to get the Unix time_t value

• "Parent": The parent page tree node object for this page; use pdfioDictGetObj to get a pointer to the object

• "MediaBox": The media box as an array of four numbers for the left, bottom, right, and top coordinates of the target media; use pdfioDictGetArray to get a pointer to the array of numbers

• "Resources": The dictionary of resources for the page; use pdfioDictGetDict to get a pointer to the resources dictionary

• "Rotate": A number indicating the number of degrees of counter-clockwise rotation to apply to the page when viewing; use pdfioDictGetNumber to get the rotation angle

• "Thumb": A thumbnail image object for the page; use pdfioDictGetObj to get a pointer to the thumbnail image object

• "Trans": The page transition dictionary; use pdfioDictGetDict to get a pointer to the dictionary

The pdfioFileClose function closes a PDF file and frees all memory that was used for it:

pdfioFileClose(pdf);

Writing PDF Files

You create a new PDF file using the pdfioFileCreate function:

pdfio_rect_t media_box = { 0.0, 0.0, 612.0, 792.0 };  // US Letter
pdfio_rect_t crop_box = { 36.0, 36.0, 576.0, 756.0 }; // w/0.5" margins

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate("myoutputfile.pdf", "2.0", &media_box, &crop_box,
                                    error_cb, error_data);

where the six arguments to the function are the filename ("myoutputfile.pdf"), PDF version ("2.0"), media box (media_box), crop box (crop_box), an optional error callback function (error_cb), and an optional pointer value for the error callback function (error_data). The units for the media and crop boxes are points (1/72nd of an inch).

Alternately you can stream a PDF file using the pdfioFileCreateOutput function:

pdfio_rect_t media_box = { 0.0, 0.0, 612.0, 792.0 };  // US Letter
pdfio_rect_t crop_box = { 36.0, 36.0, 576.0, 756.0 }; // w/0.5" margins

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreateOutput(output_cb, output_ctx, "2.0", &media_box,
                                          &crop_box, error_cb, error_data);

Once the file is created, use the pdfioFileCreateObj, pdfioFileCreatePage, and pdfioPageCopy functions to create objects and pages in the file.

Finally, the pdfioFileClose function writes the PDF cross-reference and "trailer" information, closes the file, and frees all memory that was used for it.

PDF Objects

PDF objects are identified using two numbers - the object number (1 to N) and the object generation (0 to 65535) that specifies a particular version of an object. An object's numbers are returned by the pdfioObjGetNumber and pdfioObjGetGeneration functions. You can find a numbered object using the pdfioFileFindObj function.

Objects contain values (typically dictionaries) and usually an associated data stream containing images, fonts, ICC profiles, and page content. PDFio provides several accessor functions to get the value(s) associated with an object:

• pdfioObjGetArray returns an object's array value, if any

• pdfioObjGetDict returns an object's dictionary value, if any

• pdfioObjGetLength returns the length of the data stream, if any

• pdfioObjGetSubtype returns the sub-type name of the object, for example "Image" for an image object.

• pdfioObjGetType returns the type name of the object, for example "XObject" for an image object.

PDF Streams

Some PDF objects have an associated data stream, such as for pages, images, ICC color profiles, and fonts. You access the stream for an existing object using the pdfioObjOpenStream function:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileOpen(...);
pdfio_obj_t *obj = pdfioFileFindObj(pdf, number);
pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioObjOpenStream(obj, true);

The first argument is the object pointer. The second argument is a boolean value that specifies whether you want to decode (typically decompress) the stream data or return it as-is.

When reading a page stream you'll use the pdfioPageOpenStream function instead:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileOpen(...);
pdfio_obj_t *obj = pdfioFileGetPage(pdf, number);
pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioPageOpenStream(obj, 0, true);

Once you have the stream open, you can use one of several functions to read from it:

• pdfioStreamConsume reads and discards a number of bytes in the stream

• pdfioStreamGetToken reads a PDF token from the stream

• pdfioStreamPeek peeks at the next stream data without advancing or "consuming" it

• pdfioStreamRead reads a buffer of data

When you are done reading from the stream, call the pdfioStreamClose function:

pdfioStreamClose(st);

To create a stream for a new object, call the pdfioObjCreateStream function:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);
pdfio_obj_t *obj = pdfioFileCreateObj(pdf, ...);
pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioObjCreateStream(obj, PDFIO_FILTER_FLATE);

The first argument is the newly created object. The second argument is either PDFIO_FILTER_NONE to specify that any encoding is done by your program or PDFIO_FILTER_FLATE to specify that PDFio should Flate compress the stream.

To create a page content stream call the pdfioFileCreatePage function:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);
pdfio_dict_t *dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);
... set page dictionary keys and values ...
pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioFileCreatePage(pdf, dict);

Once you have created the stream, use any of the following functions to write to the stream:

• pdfioStreamPrintf writes a formatted string to the stream

• pdfioStreamPutChar writes a single character to the stream

• pdfioStreamPuts writes a C string to the stream

• pdfioStreamWrite writes a buffer of data to the stream

The PDF content helper functions provide additional functions for writing specific PDF page stream commands.

When you are done writing the stream, call pdfioStreamClose to close both the stream and the object.

PDF Content Helper Functions

PDFio includes many helper functions for embedding or writing specific kinds of content to a PDF file. These functions can be roughly grouped into five categories:

• Color Space Functions

• Font Object Functions

• Image Object Functions

• Page Stream Functions

• Page Dictionary Functions

Color Space Functions

PDF color spaces are specified using well-known names like "DeviceCMYK", "DeviceGray", and "DeviceRGB" or using arrays that define so-called calibrated color spaces. PDFio provides several functions for embedding ICC profiles and creating color space arrays:

• pdfioArrayCreateColorFromICCObj creates a color array for an ICC color profile object

• pdfioArrayCreateColorFromMatrix creates a color array using a CIE XYZ color transform matrix, a gamma value, and a CIE XYZ white point

• pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPalette creates an indexed color array from an array of sRGB values

• pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPrimaries creates a color array using CIE XYZ primaries and a gamma value

• pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard creates a color array for a standard color space

You can embed an ICC color profile using the pdfioFileCreateICCObjFromFile function:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);
pdfio_obj_t *icc = pdfioFileCreateICCObjFromFile(pdf, "filename.icc");

where the first argument is the PDF file and the second argument is the filename of the ICC color profile.

PDFio also includes predefined constants for creating a few standard color spaces:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);

// Create an AdobeRGB color array
pdfio_array_t *adobe_rgb =
    pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard(pdf, 3, PDFIO_CS_ADOBE);

// Create an Display P3 color array
pdfio_array_t *display_p3 =
    pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard(pdf, 3, PDFIO_CS_P3_D65);

// Create an sRGB color array
pdfio_array_t *srgb =
    pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard(pdf, 3, PDFIO_CS_SRGB);

Font Object Functions

PDF supports many kinds of fonts, including PostScript Type1, PDF Type3, TrueType/OpenType, and CID. PDFio provides two functions for creating font objects. The first is pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase which creates a font object for one of the base PDF fonts:

• "Courier"

• "Courier-Bold"

• "Courier-BoldItalic"

• "Courier-Italic"

• "Helvetica"

• "Helvetica-Bold"

• "Helvetica-BoldOblique"

• "Helvetica-Oblique"

• "Symbol"

• "Times-Bold"

• "Times-BoldItalic"

• "Times-Italic"

• "Times-Roman"

• "ZapfDingbats"

Except for Symbol and ZapfDingbats (which use a custom 8-bit character set), PDFio always uses the Windows CP1252 subset of Unicode for these fonts.

The second function is pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile which creates a font object from a TrueType/OpenType font file, for example:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);
pdfio_obj_t *arial =
    pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile(pdf, "OpenSans-Regular.ttf", false);

will embed an OpenSans Regular TrueType font using the Windows CP1252 subset of Unicode. Pass true for the third argument to embed it as a Unicode CID font instead, for example:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);
pdfio_obj_t *arial =
    pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile(pdf, "NotoSansJP-Regular.otf", true);

will embed the NotoSansJP Regular OpenType font with full support for Unicode.

Note: Not all fonts support Unicode, and most do not contain a full complement of Unicode characters. pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile does not perform any character subsetting, so the entire font file is embedded in the PDF file.

Image Object Functions

PDF supports images with many different color spaces and bit depths with optional transparency. PDFio provides two helper functions for creating image objects that can be referenced in page streams. The first function is pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData which creates an image object from data in memory, for example:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);
unsigned char data[1024 * 1024 * 4]; // 1024x1024 RGBA image data
pdfio_obj_t *img =
    pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData(pdf, data, /*width*/1024, /*height*/1024,
                                    /*num_colors*/3, /*color_data*/NULL,
                                    /*alpha*/true, /*interpolate*/false);

will create an object for a 1024x1024 RGBA image in memory, using the default color space for 3 colors ("DeviceRGB"). We can use one of the color space functions to use a specific color space for this image, for example:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);

// Create an AdobeRGB color array
pdfio_array_t *adobe_rgb =
    pdfioArrayCreateColorFromMatrix(pdf, 3, pdfioAdobeRGBGamma,
                                    pdfioAdobeRGBMatrix, pdfioAdobeRGBWhitePoint);

// Create a 1024x1024 RGBA image using AdobeRGB
unsigned char data[1024 * 1024 * 4]; // 1024x1024 RGBA image data
pdfio_obj_t *img =
    pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData(pdf, data, /*width*/1024, /*height*/1024,
                                    /*num_colors*/3, /*color_data*/adobe_rgb,
                                    /*alpha*/true, /*interpolate*/false);

The "interpolate" argument specifies whether the colors in the image should be smoothed/interpolated when scaling. This is most useful for photographs but should be false for screenshot and barcode images.

If you have a JPEG or PNG file, use the pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile function to copy the image into a PDF image object, for example:

pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...);
pdfio_obj_t *img =
    pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile(pdf, "myphoto.jpg", /*interpolate*/true);

Note: Currently pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile does not support 12 bit JPEG files or PNG files with an alpha channel.

Page Dictionary Functions

PDF pages each have an associated dictionary to specify the images, fonts, and color spaces used by the page. PDFio provides functions to add these resources to the dictionary:

• pdfioPageDictAddColorSpace adds a named color space to the page dictionary

• pdfioPageDictAddFont adds a named font to the page dictionary

• pdfioPageDictAddImage adds a named image to the page dictionary

Page Stream Functions

PDF page streams contain textual commands for drawing on the page. PDFio provides many functions for writing these commands with the correct format and escaping, as needed:

• pdfioContentClip clips future drawing to the current path

• pdfioContentDrawImage draws an image object

• pdfioContentFill fills the current path

• pdfioContentFillAndStroke fills and strokes the current path

• pdfioContentMatrixConcat concatenates a matrix with the current transform matrix

• pdfioContentMatrixRotate concatenates a rotation matrix with the current transform matrix

• pdfioContentMatrixScale concatenates a scaling matrix with the current transform matrix

• pdfioContentMatrixTranslate concatenates a translation matrix with the current transform matrix

• pdfioContentPathClose closes the current path

• pdfioContentPathCurve appends a Bezier curve to the current path

• pdfioContentPathCurve13 appends a Bezier curve with 2 control points to the current path

• pdfioContentPathCurve23 appends a Bezier curve with 2 control points to the current path

• pdfioContentPathLineTo appends a line to the current path

• pdfioContentPathMoveTo moves the current point in the current path

• pdfioContentPathRect appends a rectangle to the current path

• pdfioContentRestore restores a previous graphics state

• pdfioContentSave saves the current graphics state

• pdfioContentSetDashPattern sets the line dash pattern

• pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceCMYK sets the current fill color using a device CMYK color

• pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceGray sets the current fill color using a device gray color

• pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceRGB sets the current fill color using a device RGB color

• pdfioContentSetFillColorGray sets the current fill color using a calibrated gray color

• pdfioContentSetFillColorRGB sets the current fill color using a calibrated RGB color

• pdfioContentSetFillColorSpace sets the current fill color space

• pdfioContentSetFlatness sets the flatness for curves

• pdfioContentSetLineCap sets how the ends of lines are stroked

• pdfioContentSetLineJoin sets how connections between lines are stroked

• pdfioContentSetLineWidth sets the width of stroked lines

• pdfioContentSetMiterLimit sets the miter limit for stroked lines

• pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceCMYK sets the current stroke color using a device CMYK color

• pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceGray sets the current stroke color using a device gray color

• pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceRGB sets the current stroke color using a device RGB color

• pdfioContentSetStrokeColorGray sets the current stroke color using a calibrated gray color

• pdfioContentSetStrokeColorRGB sets the current stroke color using a calibrated RGB color

• pdfioContentSetStrokeColorSpace sets the current stroke color space

• pdfioContentSetTextCharacterSpacing sets the spacing between characters for text

• pdfioContentSetTextFont sets the font and size for text

• pdfioContentSetTextLeading sets the line height for text

• pdfioContentSetTextMatrix concatenates a matrix with the current text matrix

• pdfioContentSetTextRenderingMode sets the text rendering mode

• pdfioContentSetTextRise adjusts the baseline for text

• pdfioContentSetTextWordSpacing sets the spacing between words for text

• pdfioContentSetTextXScaling sets the horizontal scaling for text

• pdfioContentStroke strokes the current path

• pdfioContentTextBegin begins a block of text

• pdfioContentTextEnd ends a block of text

• pdfioContentTextMoveLine moves to the next line with an offset in a text block

• pdfioContentTextMoveTo moves within the current line in a text block

• pdfioContentTextNewLine moves to the beginning of the next line in a text block

• pdfioContentTextNewLineShow moves to the beginning of the next line in a text block and shows literal text with optional word and character spacing

• pdfioContentTextNewLineShowf moves to the beginning of the next line in a text block and shows formatted text with optional word and character spacing

• pdfioContentTextShow draws a literal string in a text block

• pdfioContentTextShowf draws a formatted string in a text block

• pdfioContentTextShowJustified draws an array of literal strings with offsets between them

Examples

Read PDF Metadata

The pdfioinfo.c example program opens a PDF file and prints the title, author, creation date, and number of pages:

#include <pdfio.h>
#include <time.h>


int                                     // O - Exit status
main(int  argc,                         // I - Number of command-line arguments
     char *argv[])                      // Command-line arguments
{
  const char    *filename;              // PDF filename
  pdfio_file_t  *pdf;                   // PDF file
  time_t        creation_date;          // Creation date
  struct tm     *creation_tm;           // Creation date/time information
  char          creation_text[256];     // Creation date/time as a string


  // Get the filename from the command-line...
  if (argc != 2)
  {
    fputs("Usage: ./pdfioinfo FILENAME.pdf\n", stderr);
    return (1);
  }

  filename = argv[1];

  // Open the PDF file with the default callbacks...
  pdf = pdfioFileOpen(filename, /*password_cb*/NULL, /*password_cbdata*/NULL,
                      /*error_cb*/NULL, /*error_cbdata*/NULL);
  if (pdf == NULL)
    return (1);

  // Get the creation date and convert to a string...
  creation_date = pdfioFileGetCreationDate(pdf);
  creation_tm   = localtime(&creation_date);
  strftime(creation_text, sizeof(creation_text), "%c", creation_tm);

  // Print file information to stdout...
  printf("%s:\n", filename);
  printf("         Title: %s\n", pdfioFileGetTitle(pdf));
  printf("        Author: %s\n", pdfioFileGetAuthor(pdf));
  printf("    Created On: %s\n", creation_text);
  printf("  Number Pages: %u\n", (unsigned)pdfioFileGetNumPages(pdf));

  // Close the PDF file...
  pdfioFileClose(pdf);

  return (0);
}

Extract Text from PDF File

The pdf2text.c example code extracts non-Unicode text from a PDF file by scanning each page for strings and text drawing commands. Since it doesn't look at the font encoding or support Unicode text, it is really only useful to extract plain ASCII text from a PDF file. And since it writes text in the order it appears in the page stream, it may not come out in the same order as appears on the page.

The pdfioStreamGetToken function is used to read individual tokens from the page streams. Tokens starting with the open parenthesis are text strings, while PDF operators are left as-is. We use some simple logic to make sure that we include spaces between text strings and add newlines for the text operators that start a new line in a text block:

pdfio_stream_t *st;              // Page stream
bool           first = true;     // First string on line?
char           buffer[1024];     // Token buffer

// Read PDF tokens from the page stream...
while (pdfioStreamGetToken(st, buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
{
  if (buffer[0] == '(')
  {
    // Text string using an 8-bit encoding
    if (first)
      first = false;
    else if (buffer[1] != ' ')
      putchar(' ');

    fputs(buffer + 1, stdout);
  }
  else if (!strcmp(buffer, "Td") || !strcmp(buffer, "TD") || !strcmp(buffer, "T*") ||
           !strcmp(buffer, "\'") || !strcmp(buffer, "\""))
  {
    // Text operators that advance to the next line in the block
    putchar('\n');
    first = true;
  }
}

if (!first)
  putchar('\n');

Create a PDF File With Text and an Image

The image2pdf.c example code creates a PDF file containing a JPEG or PNG image file and optional caption on a single page. The create_pdf_image_file function creates the PDF file, embeds a base font and the named JPEG or PNG image file, and then creates a page with the image centered on the page with any text centered below:

#include <pdfio.h>
#include <pdfio-content.h>
#include <string.h>


bool                                    // O - True on success, false on failure
create_pdf_image_file(
    const char *pdfname,                // I - PDF filename
    const char *imagename,              // I - Image filename
    const char *caption)                // I - Caption filename
{
  pdfio_file_t   *pdf;                  // PDF file
  pdfio_obj_t    *font;                 // Caption font
  pdfio_obj_t    *image;                // Image
  pdfio_dict_t   *dict;                 // Page dictionary
  pdfio_stream_t *page;                 // Page stream
  double         width, height;         // Width and height of image
  double         swidth, sheight;       // Scaled width and height on page
  double         tx, ty;                // Position on page


  // Create the PDF file...
  pdf = pdfioFileCreate(pdfname, /*version*/NULL, /*media_box*/NULL, /*crop_box*/NULL,
                        /*error_cb*/NULL, /*error_cbdata*/NULL);
  if (!pdf)
    return (false);

  // Create a Courier base font for the caption
  font = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase(pdf, "Courier");

  if (!font)
  {
    pdfioFileClose(pdf);
    return (false);
  }

  // Create an image object from the JPEG/PNG image file...
  image = pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile(pdf, imagename, true);

  if (!image)
  {
    pdfioFileClose(pdf);
    return (false);
  }

  // Create a page dictionary with the font and image...
  dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);
  pdfioPageDictAddFont(dict, "F1", font);
  pdfioPageDictAddImage(dict, "IM1", image);

  // Create the page and its content stream...
  page = pdfioFileCreatePage(pdf, dict);

  // Position and scale the image on the page...
  width  = pdfioImageGetWidth(image);
  height = pdfioImageGetHeight(image);

  // Default media_box is "universal" 595.28x792 points (8.27x11in or 210x279mm).
  // Use margins of 36 points (0.5in or 12.7mm) with another 36 points for the
  // caption underneath...
  swidth  = 595.28 - 72.0;
  sheight = swidth * height / width;
  if (sheight > (792.0 - 36.0 - 72.0))
  {
    sheight = 792.0 - 36.0 - 72.0;
    swidth  = sheight * width / height;
  }

  tx = 0.5 * (595.28 - swidth);
  ty = 0.5 * (792 - 36 - sheight);

  pdfioContentDrawImage(page, "IM1", tx, ty + 36.0, swidth, sheight);

  // Draw the caption in black...
  pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceGray(page, 0.0);

  // Compute the starting point for the text - Courier is monospaced with a
  // nominal width of 0.6 times the text height...
  tx = 0.5 * (595.28 - 18.0 * 0.6 * strlen(caption));

  // Position and draw the caption underneath...
  pdfioContentTextBegin(page);
  pdfioContentSetTextFont(page, "F1", 18.0);
  pdfioContentTextMoveTo(page, tx, ty);
  pdfioContentTextShow(page, /*unicode*/false, caption);
  pdfioContentTextEnd(page);

  // Close the page stream and the PDF file...
  pdfioStreamClose(page);
  pdfioFileClose(pdf);

  return (true);
}

Generate a Code 128 Barcode

One-dimensional barcodes are often rendered using special fonts that map ASCII characters to sequences of bars that can be read. The examples directory contains such a font (code128.ttf) to create "Code 128" barcodes, with an accompanying bit of example code in code128.c.

The first thing you need to do is prepare the barcode string to use with the font. Each barcode begins with a start pattern followed by the characters or digits you want to encode, a weighted sum digit, and a stop pattern. The make_code128 function creates this string:

static char *                           // O - Output string
make_code128(char       *dst,           // I - Destination buffer
             const char *src,           // I - Source string
             size_t     dstsize)        // I - Size of destination buffer
{
  char          *dstptr,                // Pointer into destination buffer
                *dstend;                // End of destination buffer
  int           sum;                    // Weighted sum
  static const char *code128_chars =    // Code 128 characters
                " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?"
                "@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_"
                "`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\303"
                "\304\305\306\307\310\311\312";
  static const char code128_start_code_b = '\314';
                                        // Start code B
  static const char code128_stop = '\316';
                                        // Stop pattern


  // Start a Code B barcode...
  dstptr = dst;
  dstend = dst + dstsize - 3;

  *dstptr++ = code128_start_code_b;
  sum       = code128_start_code_b - 100;

  while (*src && dstptr < dstend)
  {
    if (*src >= ' ' && *src < 0x7f)
    {
      sum       += (dstptr - dst) * (*src - ' ');
      *dstptr++ = *src;
    }

    src ++;
  }

  // Add the weighted sum modulo 103
  *dstptr++ = code128_chars[sum % 103];

  // Add the stop pattern and return...
  *dstptr++ = code128_stop;
  *dstptr   = '\0';

  return (dst);
}

The main function does the rest of the work. The barcode font is imported using the pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile function. We pass false for the "unicode" argument since we just want the (default) ASCII encoding:

barcode_font = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile(pdf, "code128.ttf", /*unicode*/false);

Since barcodes usually have the number or text represented by the barcode printed underneath it, we also need a regular text font, for which we can choose one of the standard 14 PostScript base fonts using the pdfioFIleCreateFontObjFromBase function:

text_font = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase(pdf, "Helvetica");

Once we have these fonts we can measure the barcode and regular text labels using the pdfioContentTextMeasure function to determine how large the PDF page needs to be to hold the barcode and text:

// Compute sizes of the text...
const char *barcode = argv[1];
char barcode_temp[256];

if (!(barcode[0] & 0x80))
  barcode = make_code128(barcode_temp, barcode, sizeof(barcode_temp));

double barcode_height = 36.0;
double barcode_width =
    pdfioContentTextMeasure(barcode_font, barcode, barcode_height);

const char *text = argv[2];
double text_height = 0.0;
double text_width = 0.0;

if (text && text_font)
{
  text_height = 9.0;
  text_width  = pdfioContentTextMeasure(text_font, text, text_height);
}

// Compute the size of the PDF page...
pdfio_rect_t media_box;

media_box.x1 = 0.0;
media_box.y1 = 0.0;
media_box.x2 = (barcode_width > text_width ? barcode_width : text_width) + 18.0;
media_box.y2 = barcode_height + text_height + 18.0;

Finally, we just need to create a page of the specified size that references the two fonts:

// Start a page for the barcode...
page_dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);

pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "MediaBox", &media_box);
pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "CropBox", &media_box);

pdfioPageDictAddFont(page_dict, "B128", barcode_font);
if (text_font)
  pdfioPageDictAddFont(page_dict, "TEXT", text_font);

page_st = pdfioFileCreatePage(pdf, page_dict);

With the barcode font called "B128" and the text font called "TEXT", we can use them to draw two strings:

// Draw the page...
pdfioContentSetFillColorGray(page_st, 0.0);

pdfioContentSetTextFont(page_st, "B128", barcode_height);
pdfioContentTextBegin(page_st);
pdfioContentTextMoveTo(page_st, 0.5 * (media_box.x2 - barcode_width),
                       9.0 + text_height);
pdfioContentTextShow(page_st, /*unicode*/false, barcode);
pdfioContentTextEnd(page_st);

if (text && text_font)
{
  pdfioContentSetTextFont(page_st, "TEXT", text_height);
  pdfioContentTextBegin(page_st);
  pdfioContentTextMoveTo(page_st, 0.5 * (media_box.x2 - text_width), 9.0);
  pdfioContentTextShow(page_st, /*unicode*/false, text);
  pdfioContentTextEnd(page_st);
}

pdfioStreamClose(page_st);

Convert Markdown to PDF

Markdown is a simple plain text format that supports things like headings, links, character styles, tables, and embedded images. The md2pdf.c example code uses the mmd library to convert markdown to a PDF file that can be distributed.

Note: The md2pdf example is by far the most complex example code included with PDFio and shows how to layout text, add headers and footers, add links, embed images, format tables, and add an outline (table of contents) for navigation.

Managing Document State

The md2pdf program needs to maintain three sets of state - one for the markdown document which is represented by nodes of type mmd_t and the others for the PDF document and current PDF page which are contained in the docdata_t structure:

typedef struct docdata_s                // Document formatting data
{
  // State for the whole document
  pdfio_file_t  *pdf;                   // PDF file
  pdfio_rect_t  media_box;              // Media (page) box
  pdfio_rect_t  crop_box;               // Crop box (for margins)
  pdfio_rect_t  art_box;                // Art box (for markdown content)
  pdfio_obj_t   *fonts[DOCFONT_MAX];    // Embedded fonts
  double        font_space;             // Unit width of a space
  size_t        num_images;             // Number of embedded images
  docimage_t    images[DOCIMAGE_MAX];   // Embedded images
  const char    *title;                 // Document title
  char          *heading;               // Current document heading
  size_t        num_actions;            // Number of actions for this document
  docaction_t   actions[DOCACTION_MAX]; // Actions for this document
  size_t        num_targets;            // Number of targets for this document
  doctarget_t   targets[DOCTARGET_MAX]; // Targets for this document
  size_t        num_toc;                // Number of table-of-contents entries
  doctoc_t      toc[DOCTOC_MAX];        // Table-of-contents entries

  // State for the current page
  pdfio_stream_t *st;                   // Current page stream
  double        y;                      // Current position on page
  docfont_t     font;                   // Current font
  double        fsize;                  // Current font size
  doccolor_t    color;                  // Current color
  pdfio_array_t *annots_array;          // Annotations array (for links)
  pdfio_obj_t   *annots_obj;            // Annotations object (for links)
  size_t        num_links;              // Number of links for this page
  doclink_t     links[DOCLINK_MAX];     // Links for this page
} docdata_t;

Document State

The output is fixed to the "universal" media size (the intersection of US Letter and ISO A4) with 1/2 inch margins - the PAGE_ constants can be changed to select a different size or margins. The media_box member contains the "MediaBox" rectangle for the PDF pages, while the crop_box and art_box members contain the "CropBox" and "ArtBox" values, respectively.

Four embedded fonts are used:

• DOCFONT_REGULAR: the default font used for text,

• DOCFONT_BOLD: a boldface font used for heading and strong text,

• DOCFONT_ITALIC: an italic/oblique font used for emphasized text, and

• DOCFONT_MONOSPACE: a fixed-width font used for code.

By default the code uses the base PostScript fonts Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-Oblique, and Courier. The USE_TRUETYPE define can be used to replace these with the Roboto TrueType fonts.

Embedded JPEG and PNG images are copied into the PDF document, with the images array containing the list of the images and their objects.

The title member contains the document title, while the heading member contains the current heading text.

The actions array contains a list of action dictionaries for interior document links that need to be resolved, while the targets array keeps track of the location of the headings in the PDF document.

The toc array contains a list of headings and is used to construct the PDF outlines dictionaries/objects, which provides a table of contents for navigation in most PDF readers.

Page State

The st member provides the stream for the current page content. The color, font, fsize, and y members provide the current graphics state on the page.

The annots_array, annots_obj, num_links, and links members contain a list of hyperlinks on the current page.

Creating Pages

The new_page function is used to start a new page. Aside from creating the new page object and stream, it adds a standard header and footer to the page. It starts by closing the current page if it is open:

// Close the current page...
if (dd->st)
{
  pdfioStreamClose(dd->st);
  add_links(dd);
}

The new page needs a dictionary containing any link annotations, the media and art boxes, the four fonts, and any images:

// Prep the new page...
page_dict = pdfioDictCreate(dd->pdf);

dd->annots_array = pdfioArrayCreate(dd->pdf);
dd->annots_obj   = pdfioFileCreateArrayObj(dd->pdf, dd->annots_array);
pdfioDictSetObj(page_dict, "Annots", dd->annots_obj);

pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "MediaBox", &dd->media_box);
pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "ArtBox", &dd->art_box);

for (fontface = DOCFONT_REGULAR; fontface < DOCFONT_MAX; fontface ++)
  pdfioPageDictAddFont(page_dict, docfont_names[fontface], dd->fonts[fontface]);

for (i = 0; i < dd->num_images; i ++)
  pdfioPageDictAddImage(page_dict, pdfioStringCreatef(dd->pdf, "I%u", (unsigned)i),
                        dd->images[i].obj);

Once the page dictionary is initialized, we create a new page and initialize the current graphics state:

dd->st    = pdfioFileCreatePage(dd->pdf, page_dict);
dd->color = DOCCOLOR_BLACK;
dd->font  = DOCFONT_MAX;
dd->fsize = 0.0;
dd->y     = dd->art_box.y2;

The header consists of a dark gray separating line and the document title. We don't show the header on the first page:

// Add header/footer text
set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_GRAY);
set_font(dd, DOCFONT_REGULAR, SIZE_HEADFOOT);

if (pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) > 1 && dd->title)
{
  // Show title in header...
  width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[DOCFONT_REGULAR], dd->title,
                                  SIZE_HEADFOOT);

  pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st);
  pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st,
                         dd->crop_box.x1 + 0.5 * (dd->crop_box.x2 -
                             dd->crop_box.x1 - width),
                         dd->crop_box.y2 - SIZE_HEADFOOT);
  pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, dd->title);
  pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st);

  pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1,
                         dd->crop_box.y2 - 2 * SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT +
                             SIZE_HEADFOOT);
  pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2,
                         dd->crop_box.y2 - 2 * SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT +
                             SIZE_HEADFOOT);
  pdfioContentStroke(dd->st);
}

The footer contains the same dark gray separating line with the current heading and page number on opposite sides. The page number is always positioned on the outer edge for a two-sided print - right justified on odd numbered pages and left justified on even numbered pages:

// Show page number and current heading...
pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1,
                       dd->crop_box.y1 + SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT);
pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2,
                       dd->crop_box.y1 + SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT);
pdfioContentStroke(dd->st);

pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st);
snprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), "%u", (unsigned)pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf));
if (pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) & 1)
{
  // Page number on right...
  width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[DOCFONT_REGULAR], temp, SIZE_HEADFOOT);
  pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2 - width, dd->crop_box.y1);
}
else
{
  // Page number on left...
  pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1, dd->crop_box.y1);
}

pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, temp);
pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st);

if (dd->heading)
{
  pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st);

  if (pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) & 1)
  {
    // Current heading on left...
    pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1, dd->crop_box.y1);
  }
  else
  {
    width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[DOCFONT_REGULAR], dd->heading,
                                    SIZE_HEADFOOT);
    pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2 - width, dd->crop_box.y1);
  }

  pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, dd->heading);
  pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st);
}

Formatting the Markdown Document

Four functions handle the formatting of the markdown document:

• format_block formats a single paragraph, heading, or table cell,

• format_code: formats a block of code,

• format_doc: formats the document as a whole, and

• format_table: formats a table.

Formatted content is organized into arrays of linefrag_t and tablerow_t structures for a line of content or row of table cells, respectively.

High-Level Formatting

The format_doc function iterates over the block nodes in the markdown document. We map a "thematic break" (horizontal rule) to a page break, which is implemented by moving the current vertical position to the bottom of the page:

case MMD_TYPE_THEMATIC_BREAK :
    // Force a page break
    dd->y = dd->art_box.y1;
    break;

A block quote is indented and uses the italic font by default:

case MMD_TYPE_BLOCK_QUOTE :
    format_doc(dd, current, DOCFONT_ITALIC, left + BQ_PADDING, right - BQ_PADDING);
    break;

Lists have a leading blank line and are indented:

case MMD_TYPE_ORDERED_LIST :
case MMD_TYPE_UNORDERED_LIST :
    if (dd->st)
      dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT;

    format_doc(dd, current, deffont, left + LIST_PADDING, right);
    break;

List items do not have a leading blank line and make use of leader text that is shown in front of the list text. The leader text is either the current item number or a bullet, which then is directly formatted using the format_block function:

case MMD_TYPE_LIST_ITEM :
    if (doctype == MMD_TYPE_ORDERED_LIST)
    {
      snprintf(leader, sizeof(leader), "%d. ", i);
      format_block(dd, current, deffont, SIZE_BODY, left, right, leader);
    }
    else
    {
      format_block(dd, current, deffont, SIZE_BODY, left, right, /*leader*/"• ");
    }
    break;

Paragraphs have a leading blank line and are likewise directly formatted:

case MMD_TYPE_PARAGRAPH :
    // Add a blank line before the paragraph...
    dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT;

    // Format the paragraph...
    format_block(dd, current, deffont, SIZE_BODY, left, right, /*leader*/NULL);
    break;

Tables have a leading blank line and are formatted using the format_table function:

case MMD_TYPE_TABLE :
    // Add a blank line before the paragraph...
    dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT;

    // Format the table...
    format_table(dd, current, left, right);
    break;

Code blocks have a leading blank line, are indented slightly (to account for the padded background), and are formatted using the format_code function:

case MMD_TYPE_CODE_BLOCK :
    // Add a blank line before the code block...
    dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT;

    // Format the code block...
    format_code(dd, current, left + CODE_PADDING, right - CODE_PADDING);
    break;

Headings get some extra processing. First, the current heading is remembered in the docdata_t structure so it can be used in the page footer:

case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1 :
case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_2 :
case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_3 :
case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_4 :
case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_5 :
case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_6 :
    // Update the current heading
    free(dd->heading);
    dd->heading = mmdCopyAllText(current);

Then we add a blank line and format the heading with the boldface font at a larger size using the format_block function:

    // Add a blank line before the heading...
    dd->y -= heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1] * LINE_HEIGHT;

    // Format the heading...
    format_block(dd, current, DOCFONT_BOLD,
                 heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1], left, right,
                 /*leader*/NULL);

Once the heading is formatted, we record it in the toc array as a PDF outline item object/dictionary:

    // Add the heading to the table-of-contents...
    if (dd->num_toc < DOCTOC_MAX)
    {
      doctoc_t *t = dd->toc + dd->num_toc;
                                  // New TOC
      pdfio_array_t *dest;  // Destination array

      t->level = curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1;
      t->dict  = pdfioDictCreate(dd->pdf);
      t->obj   = pdfioFileCreateObj(dd->pdf, t->dict);
      dest     = pdfioArrayCreate(dd->pdf);

      pdfioArrayAppendObj(dest,
          pdfioFileGetPage(dd->pdf, pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) - 1));
      pdfioArrayAppendName(dest, "XYZ");
      pdfioArrayAppendNumber(dest, PAGE_LEFT);
      pdfioArrayAppendNumber(dest,
          dd->y + heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1] * LINE_HEIGHT);
      pdfioArrayAppendNumber(dest, 0.0);

      pdfioDictSetArray(t->dict, "Dest", dest);
      pdfioDictSetString(t->dict, "Title", pdfioStringCreate(dd->pdf, dd->heading));

      dd->num_toc ++;
    }

Finally, we also save the heading's target name and its location in the targets array to allow interior links to work:

    // Add the heading to the list of link targets...
    if (dd->num_targets < DOCTARGET_MAX)
    {
      doctarget_t *t = dd->targets + dd->num_targets;
                                  // New target

      make_target_name(t->name, dd->heading, sizeof(t->name));
      t->page = pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) - 1;
      t->y    = dd->y + heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1] * LINE_HEIGHT;

      dd->num_targets ++;
    }
    break;

Formatting Paragraphs, Headings, List Items, and Table Cells

Paragraphs, headings, list items, and table cells all use the same basic formatting algorithm. Text, checkboxes, and images are collected until the nodes in the current block are used up or the content reaches the right margin.

In order to keep adjacent blocks of text together, the formatting algorithm makes sure that at least 3 lines of text can fit before the bottom edge of the page:

if (mmdGetNextSibling(block))
  need_bottom = 3.0 * SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT;
else
  need_bottom = 0.0;

Leader text (used for list items) is right justified to the left margin and becomes the first fragment on the line when present.

if (leader)
{
  // Add leader text on first line...
  frags[0].type     = MMD_TYPE_NORMAL_TEXT;
  frags[0].width    = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[deffont], leader, fsize);
  frags[0].height   = fsize;
  frags[0].x        = left - frags[0].width;
  frags[0].imagenum = 0;
  frags[0].text     = leader;
  frags[0].url      = NULL;
  frags[0].ws       = false;
  frags[0].font     = deffont;
  frags[0].color    = DOCCOLOR_BLACK;

  num_frags  = 1;
  lineheight = fsize * LINE_HEIGHT;
}
else
{
  // No leader text...
  num_frags  = 0;
  lineheight = 0.0;
}

frag = frags + num_frags;

If the current content fragment won't fit, we call render_line to draw what we have, adjusting the left margin as needed for table cells:

  // See if this node will fit on the current line...
  if ((num_frags > 0 && (x + width + wswidth) >= right) || num_frags == LINEFRAG_MAX)
  {
    // No, render this line and start over...
    if (blocktype == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_HEADER_CELL ||
        blocktype == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_BODY_CELL_CENTER)
      margin_left = 0.5 * (right - x);
    else if (blocktype == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_BODY_CELL_RIGHT)
      margin_left = right - x;
    else
      margin_left = 0.0;

    render_line(dd, margin_left, need_bottom, lineheight, num_frags, frags);

    num_frags   = 0;
    frag        = frags;
    x           = left;
    lineheight  = 0.0;
    need_bottom = 0.0;

Block quotes (blocks use a default font of italic) have an orange bar to the left of the block:

    if (deffont == DOCFONT_ITALIC)
    {
      // Add an orange bar to the left of block quotes...
      set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_ORANGE);
      pdfioContentSave(dd->st);
      pdfioContentSetLineWidth(dd->st, 3.0);
      pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, left - 6.0, dd->y - (LINE_HEIGHT - 1.0) * fsize);
      pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, left - 6.0, dd->y + fsize);
      pdfioContentStroke(dd->st);
      pdfioContentRestore(dd->st);
    }

Finally, we add the current content fragment to the array:

  // Add the current node to the fragment list
  if (num_frags == 0)
  {
    // No leading whitespace at the start of the line
    ws      = false;
    wswidth = 0.0;
  }

  frag->type       = type;
  frag->x          = x;
  frag->width      = width + wswidth;
  frag->height     = text ? fsize : height;
  frag->imagenum   = imagenum;
  frag->text       = text;
  frag->url        = url;
  frag->ws         = ws;
  frag->font       = font;
  frag->color      = color;

  num_frags ++;
  frag ++;
  x += width + wswidth;
  if (height > lineheight)
    lineheight = height;

Formatting Code Blocks

Code blocks consist of one or more lines of plain monospaced text. We draw a light gray background behind each line with a small bit of padding at the top and bottom:

// Draw the top padding...
set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_LTGRAY);
pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, left - CODE_PADDING, dd->y + SIZE_CODEBLOCK,
                     right - left + 2.0 * CODE_PADDING, CODE_PADDING);
pdfioContentFillAndStroke(dd->st, false);

// Start a code text block...
set_font(dd, DOCFONT_MONOSPACE, SIZE_CODEBLOCK);
pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st);
pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, left, dd->y);

for (code = mmdGetFirstChild(block); code; code = mmdGetNextSibling(code))
{
  set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_LTGRAY);
  pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, left - CODE_PADDING,
                       dd->y - (LINE_HEIGHT - 1.0) * SIZE_CODEBLOCK,
                       right - left + 2.0 * CODE_PADDING, lineheight);
  pdfioContentFillAndStroke(dd->st, false);

  set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_RED);
  pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, mmdGetText(code));
  dd->y -= lineheight;

  if (dd->y < dd->art_box.y1)
  {
    // End the current text block...
    pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st);

    // Start a new page...
    new_page(dd);
    set_font(dd, DOCFONT_MONOSPACE, SIZE_CODEBLOCK);

    dd->y -= lineheight;

    pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st);
    pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, left, dd->y);
  }
}

// End the current text block...
pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st);
dd->y += lineheight;

// Draw the bottom padding...
set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_LTGRAY);
pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, left - CODE_PADDING,
                     dd->y - CODE_PADDING - (LINE_HEIGHT - 1.0) * SIZE_CODEBLOCK,
                     right - left + 2.0 * CODE_PADDING, CODE_PADDING);
pdfioContentFillAndStroke(dd->st, false);

Formatting Tables

Tables are the most difficult to format. We start by scanning the entire table and measuring every cell with the measure_cell function:

for (num_cols = 0, num_rows = 0, rowptr = rows, current = mmdGetFirstChild(table);
     current && num_rows < TABLEROW_MAX;
     current = next)
{
  next = mmd_walk_next(table, current);
  type = mmdGetType(current);

  if (type == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_ROW)
  {
    // Parse row...
    for (col = 0, current = mmdGetFirstChild(current);
         current && num_cols < TABLECOL_MAX;
         current = mmdGetNextSibling(current), col ++)
    {
      rowptr->cells[col] = current;

      measure_cell(dd, current, cols + col);

      if (col >= num_cols)
        num_cols = col + 1;
    }

    rowptr ++;
    num_rows ++;
  }
}

The measure_cell function also updates the minimum and maximum width needed for each column. To this we add the cell padding to compute the total table width:

// Figure out the width of each column...
for (col = 0, table_width = 0.0; col < num_cols; col ++)
{
  cols[col].max_width += 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING;

  table_width += cols[col].max_width;
  cols[col].width = cols[col].max_width;
}

If the calculated width is more than the available width, we need to adjust the width of the columns. The algorithm used here breaks the available width into N equal-width columns - any columns wider than this will be scaled proportionately. This works out as two steps - one to calculate the the base width of "narrow" columns and a second to distribute the remaining width amongst the wider columns:

format_width = right - left - 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING * num_cols;

if (table_width > format_width)
{
  // Content too wide, try scaling the widths...
  double      avg_width,              // Average column width
              base_width,             // Base width
              remaining_width,        // Remaining width
              scale_width;            // Width for scaling
  size_t      num_remaining_cols = 0; // Number of remaining columns

  // First mark any columns that are narrower than the average width...
  avg_width = format_width / num_cols;

  for (col = 0, base_width = 0.0, remaining_width = 0.0; col < num_cols; col ++)
  {
    if (cols[col].width > avg_width)
    {
      remaining_width += cols[col].width;
      num_remaining_cols ++;
    }
    else
    {
      base_width += cols[col].width;
    }
  }

  // Then proportionately distribute the remaining width to the other columns...
  format_width -= base_width;

  for (col = 0, table_width = 0.0; col < num_cols; col ++)
  {
    if (cols[col].width > avg_width)
      cols[col].width = cols[col].width * format_width / remaining_width;

    table_width += cols[col].width;
  }
}

Now that we have the widths of the columns, we can calculate the left and right margins of each column for formatting the cell text:

// Calculate the margins of each column in preparation for formatting
for (col = 0, x = left + TABLE_PADDING; col < num_cols; col ++)
{
  cols[col].left  = x;
  cols[col].right = x + cols[col].width;

  x += cols[col].width + 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING;
}

Then we re-measure the cells using the final column widths to determine the height of each cell and row:

// Calculate the height of each row and cell in preparation for formatting
for (row = 0, rowptr = rows; row < num_rows; row ++, rowptr ++)
{
  for (col = 0; col < num_cols; col ++)
  {
    height = measure_cell(dd, rowptr->cells[col], cols + col) + 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING;
    if (height > rowptr->height)
      rowptr->height = height;
  }
}

Finally, we render each row in the table:

// Render each table row...
for (row = 0, rowptr = rows; row < num_rows; row ++, rowptr ++)
  render_row(dd, num_cols, cols, rowptr);

Rendering the Markdown Document

The formatted content in arrays of linefrag_t and tablerow_t structures are passed to the render_line and render_row functions respectively to produce content in the PDF document.

Rendering a Line in a Paragraph, Heading, or Table Cell

The render_line function adds content from the linefrag_t array to a PDF page. It starts by determining whether a new page is needed:

if (!dd->st)
{
  new_page(dd);
  margin_top = 0.0;
}

dd->y -= margin_top + lineheight;
if ((dd->y - need_bottom) < dd->art_box.y1)
{
  new_page(dd);

  dd->y -= lineheight;
}

We then loops through the fragments for the current line, drawing checkboxes, images, and text as needed. When a hyperlink is present, we add the link to the links array in the docdata_t structure, mapping "@" and "@@" to an internal link corresponding to the linked text:

if (frag->url && dd->num_links < DOCLINK_MAX)
{
  doclink_t *l = dd->links + dd->num_links;
                                  // Pointer to this link record

  if (!strcmp(frag->url, "@"))
  {
    // Use mapped text as link target...
    char  targetlink[129];        // Targeted link

    targetlink[0] = '#';
    make_target_name(targetlink + 1, frag->text, s�zeof(targetlink) - 1);

    l->url = pdfioStringCreate(dd->pdf, targetlink);
  }
  else if (!strcmp(frag->url, "@@"))
  {
    // Use literal text as anchor...
    l->url = pdfioStringCreatef(dd->pdf, "#%s", frag->text);
  }
  else
  {
    // Use URL as-is...
    l->url = frag->url;
  }

  l->box.x1 = frag->x;
  l->box.y1 = dd->y;
  l->box.x2 = frag->x + frag->width;
  l->box.y2 = dd->y + frag->height;

  dd->num_links ++;
}

These are later written as annotations in the add_links function.

Rendering a Table Row

The render_row function takes a row of cells and the corresponding column definitions. It starts by drawing the border boxes around body cells:

if (mmdGetType(row->cells[0]) == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_HEADER_CELL)
{
  // Header row, no border...
  deffont = DOCFONT_BOLD;
}
else
{
  // Regular body row, add borders...
  deffont = DOCFONT_REGULAR;

  set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_GRAY);
  pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, cols[0].left - TABLE_PADDING, dd->y - row->height,
                       cols[num_cols - 1].right - cols[0].left +
                           2.0 * TABLE_PADDING, row->height);
  for (col = 1; col < num_cols; col ++)
  {
    pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, cols[col].left - TABLE_PADDING, dd->y);
    pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, cols[col].left - TABLE_PADDING, dd->y - row->height);
  }
  pdfioContentStroke(dd->st);
}

Then it formats each cell using the format_block function described previously. The page y value is reset before formatting each cell:

row_y = dd->y;

for (col = 0; col < num_cols; col ++)
{
  dd->y = row_y;

  format_block(dd, row->cells[col], deffont, SIZE_TABLE, cols[col].left,
               cols[col].right, /*leader*/NULL);
}

dd->y = row_y - row->height;

Functions

pdfioArrayAppendArray

Add an array value to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendArray(pdfio_array_t *a, pdfio_array_t *value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendBinary

Add a binary string value to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendBinary(pdfio_array_t *a, const unsigned char *value, size_t valuelen);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value
valuelen	Length of value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendBoolean

Add a boolean value to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendBoolean(pdfio_array_t *a, bool value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendDate

Add a date value to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendDate(pdfio_array_t *a, time_t value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendDict

Add a dictionary to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendDict(pdfio_array_t *a, pdfio_dict_t *value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendName

Add a name to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendName(pdfio_array_t *a, const char *value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendNumber

Add a number to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendNumber(pdfio_array_t *a, double value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendObj

Add an indirect object reference to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendObj(pdfio_array_t *a, pdfio_obj_t *value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayAppendString

Add a string to an array.

bool pdfioArrayAppendString(pdfio_array_t *a, const char *value);

Parameters

a	Array
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioArrayCopy

Copy an array.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayCopy(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_array_t *a);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
a	Original array

Return Value

New array or NULL on error

pdfioArrayCreate

Create an empty array.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayCreate(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

New array or NULL on error

pdfioArrayCreateColorFromICCObj

Create an ICC-based color space array.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayCreateColorFromICCObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_obj_t *icc_object);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
icc_object	ICC profile object

Return Value

Color array

pdfioArrayCreateColorFromMatrix

Create a calibrated color space array using a CIE XYZ transform matrix.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayCreateColorFromMatrix(pdfio_file_t *pdf, size_t num_colors, double gamma, const double matrix[3][3], const double white_point[3]);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
num_colors	Number of colors (1 or 3)
gamma	Gamma value
matrix[3][3]	XYZ transform
white_point[3]	White point

Return Value

Color space array

pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPalette

Create an indexed color space array.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPalette(pdfio_file_t *pdf, size_t num_colors, const unsigned char *colors);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
num_colors	Number of colors
colors	RGB values for colors

Return Value

Color array

pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPrimaries

Create a calibrated color sapce array using CIE xy primary chromacities.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPrimaries(pdfio_file_t *pdf, size_t num_colors, double gamma, double wx, double wy, double rx, double ry, double gx, double gy, double bx, double by);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
num_colors	Number of colors (1 or 3)
gamma	Gama value
wx	White point X chromacity
wy	White point Y chromacity
rx	Red X chromacity
ry	Red Y chromacity
gx	Green X chromacity
gy	Green Y chromacity
bx	Blue X chromacity
by	Blue Y chromacity

Return Value

Color space array

pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard

Create a color array for a standard color space.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard(pdfio_file_t *pdf, size_t num_colors, pdfio_cs_t cs);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
num_colors	Number of colors (1 or 3)
cs	Color space enumeration

Return Value

Color array

Discussion

This function creates a color array for a standard PDFIO_CS_ enumerated color space. The "num_colors" argument must be 1 for grayscale and 3 for RGB color.

pdfioArrayGetArray

Get an array value from an array.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioArrayGetArray(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetBinary

Get a binary string value from an array.

unsigned char *pdfioArrayGetBinary(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n, size_t *length);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index
length	Length of string

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetBoolean

Get a boolean value from an array.

bool pdfioArrayGetBoolean(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetDate

Get a date value from an array.

time_t pdfioArrayGetDate(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetDict

Get a dictionary value from an array.

pdfio_dict_t *pdfioArrayGetDict(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetName

Get a name value from an array.

const char *pdfioArrayGetName(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetNumber

Get a number from an array.

double pdfioArrayGetNumber(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetObj

Get an indirect object reference from an array.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioArrayGetObj(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetSize

Get the length of an array.

size_t pdfioArrayGetSize(pdfio_array_t *a);

Parameters

a	Array

Return Value

Length of array

pdfioArrayGetString

Get a string value from an array.

const char *pdfioArrayGetString(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value

pdfioArrayGetType

Get a value type from an array.

pdfio_valtype_t pdfioArrayGetType(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

Value type

pdfioArrayRemove

Remove an array entry.

bool pdfioArrayRemove(pdfio_array_t *a, size_t n);

Parameters

a	Array
n	Index

Return Value

true on success, false otherwise

pdfioContentClip

Clip output to the current path.

bool pdfioContentClip(pdfio_stream_t *st, bool even_odd);

Parameters

st	Stream
even_odd	Even/odd fill vs. non-zero winding rule

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentDrawImage

Draw an image object.

bool pdfioContentDrawImage(pdfio_stream_t *st, const char *name, double x, double y, double width, double height);

Parameters

st	Stream
name	Image name
x	X offset of image
y	Y offset of image
width	Width of image
height	Height of image

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

Discussion

The object name must be part of the page dictionary resources, typically using the pdfioPageDictAddImage function.

pdfioContentFill

Fill the current path.

bool pdfioContentFill(pdfio_stream_t *st, bool even_odd);

Parameters

st	Stream
even_odd	Even/odd fill vs. non-zero winding rule

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentFillAndStroke

Fill and stroke the current path.

bool pdfioContentFillAndStroke(pdfio_stream_t *st, bool even_odd);

Parameters

st	Stream
even_odd	Even/odd fill vs. non-zero winding

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentMatrixConcat

Concatenate a matrix to the current graphics state.

bool pdfioContentMatrixConcat(pdfio_stream_t *st, pdfio_matrix_t m);

Parameters

st	Stream
m	Transform matrix

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentMatrixRotate

Rotate the current transform matrix.

bool pdfioContentMatrixRotate(pdfio_stream_t *st, double degrees);

Parameters

st	Stream
degrees	Rotation angle in degrees counter-clockwise

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentMatrixScale

Scale the current transform matrix.

bool pdfioContentMatrixScale(pdfio_stream_t *st, double sx, double sy);

Parameters

st	Stream
sx	X scale
sy	Y scale

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentMatrixTranslate

Translate the current transform matrix.

bool pdfioContentMatrixTranslate(pdfio_stream_t *st, double tx, double ty);

Parameters

st	Stream
tx	X offset
ty	Y offset

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathClose

Close the current path.

bool pdfioContentPathClose(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathCurve

Add a Bezier curve with two control points.

bool pdfioContentPathCurve(pdfio_stream_t *st, double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2, double x3, double y3);

Parameters

st	Stream
x1	X position 1
y1	Y position 1
x2	X position 2
y2	Y position 2
x3	X position 3
y3	Y position 3

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathCurve13

Add a Bezier curve with an initial control point.

bool pdfioContentPathCurve13(pdfio_stream_t *st, double x1, double y1, double x3, double y3);

Parameters

st	Stream
x1	X position 1
y1	Y position 1
x3	X position 3
y3	Y position 3

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathCurve23

Add a Bezier curve with a trailing control point.

bool pdfioContentPathCurve23(pdfio_stream_t *st, double x2, double y2, double x3, double y3);

Parameters

st	Stream
x2	X position 2
y2	Y position 2
x3	X position 3
y3	Y position 3

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathEnd

Clear the current path.

bool pdfioContentPathEnd(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathLineTo

Add a straight line to the current path.

bool pdfioContentPathLineTo(pdfio_stream_t *st, double x, double y);

Parameters

st	Stream
x	X position
y	Y position

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathMoveTo

Start a new subpath.

bool pdfioContentPathMoveTo(pdfio_stream_t *st, double x, double y);

Parameters

st	Stream
x	X position
y	Y position

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentPathRect

Add a rectangle to the current path.

bool pdfioContentPathRect(pdfio_stream_t *st, double x, double y, double width, double height);

Parameters

st	Stream
x	X offset
y	Y offset
width	Width
height	Height

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentRestore

Restore a previous graphics state.

bool pdfioContentRestore(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSave

Save the current graphics state.

bool pdfioContentSave(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetDashPattern

Set the stroke pattern.

bool pdfioContentSetDashPattern(pdfio_stream_t *st, double phase, double on, double off);

Parameters

st	Stream
phase	Phase (offset within pattern)
on	On length
off	Off length

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

Discussion

This function sets the stroke pattern when drawing lines. If "on" and "off" are 0, a solid line is drawn.

pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceCMYK

Set device CMYK fill color.

bool pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceCMYK(pdfio_stream_t *st, double c, double m, double y, double k);

Parameters

st	Stream
c	Cyan value (0.0 to 1.0)
m	Magenta value (0.0 to 1.0)
y	Yellow value (0.0 to 1.0)
k	Black value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceGray

Set the device gray fill color.

bool pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceGray(pdfio_stream_t *st, double g);

Parameters

st	Stream
g	Gray value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceRGB

Set the device RGB fill color.

bool pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceRGB(pdfio_stream_t *st, double r, double g, double b);

Parameters

st	Stream
r	Red value (0.0 to 1.0)
g	Green value (0.0 to 1.0)
b	Blue value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetFillColorGray

Set the calibrated gray fill color.

bool pdfioContentSetFillColorGray(pdfio_stream_t *st, double g);

Parameters

st	Stream
g	Gray value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetFillColorRGB

Set the calibrated RGB fill color.

bool pdfioContentSetFillColorRGB(pdfio_stream_t *st, double r, double g, double b);

Parameters

st	Stream
r	Red value (0.0 to 1.0)
g	Green value (0.0 to 1.0)
b	Blue value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetFillColorSpace

Set the fill colorspace.

bool pdfioContentSetFillColorSpace(pdfio_stream_t *st, const char *name);

Parameters

st	Stream
name	Color space name

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetFlatness

Set the flatness tolerance.

bool pdfioContentSetFlatness(pdfio_stream_t *st, double flatness);

Parameters

st	Stream
flatness	Flatness value (0.0 to 100.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetLineCap

Set the line ends style.

bool pdfioContentSetLineCap(pdfio_stream_t *st, pdfio_linecap_t lc);

Parameters

st	Stream
lc	Line cap value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetLineJoin

Set the line joining style.

bool pdfioContentSetLineJoin(pdfio_stream_t *st, pdfio_linejoin_t lj);

Parameters

st	Stream
lj	Line join value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetLineWidth

Set the line width.

bool pdfioContentSetLineWidth(pdfio_stream_t *st, double width);

Parameters

st	Stream
width	Line width value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetMiterLimit

Set the miter limit.

bool pdfioContentSetMiterLimit(pdfio_stream_t *st, double limit);

Parameters

st	Stream
limit	Miter limit value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceCMYK

Set the device CMYK stroke color.

bool pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceCMYK(pdfio_stream_t *st, double c, double m, double y, double k);

Parameters

st	Stream
c	Cyan value (0.0 to 1.0)
m	Magenta value (0.0 to 1.0)
y	Yellow value (0.0 to 1.0)
k	Black value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceGray

Set the device gray stroke color.

bool pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceGray(pdfio_stream_t *st, double g);

Parameters

st	Stream
g	Gray value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceRGB

Set the device RGB stroke color.

bool pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceRGB(pdfio_stream_t *st, double r, double g, double b);

Parameters

st	Stream
r	Red value (0.0 to 1.0)
g	Green value (0.0 to 1.0)
b	Blue value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetStrokeColorGray

Set the calibrated gray stroke color.

bool pdfioContentSetStrokeColorGray(pdfio_stream_t *st, double g);

Parameters

st	Stream
g	Gray value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetStrokeColorRGB

Set the calibrated RGB stroke color.

bool pdfioContentSetStrokeColorRGB(pdfio_stream_t *st, double r, double g, double b);

Parameters

st	Stream
r	Red value (0.0 to 1.0)
g	Green value (0.0 to 1.0)
b	Blue value (0.0 to 1.0)

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetStrokeColorSpace

Set the stroke color space.

bool pdfioContentSetStrokeColorSpace(pdfio_stream_t *st, const char *name);

Parameters

st	Stream
name	Color space name

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextCharacterSpacing

Set the spacing between characters.

bool pdfioContentSetTextCharacterSpacing(pdfio_stream_t *st, double spacing);

Parameters

st	Stream
spacing	Character spacing

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextFont

Set the text font and size.

bool pdfioContentSetTextFont(pdfio_stream_t *st, const char *name, double size);

Parameters

st	Stream
name	Font name
size	Font size

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextLeading

Set text leading (line height) value.

bool pdfioContentSetTextLeading(pdfio_stream_t *st, double leading);

Parameters

st	Stream
leading	Leading (line height) value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextMatrix

Set the text transform matrix.

bool pdfioContentSetTextMatrix(pdfio_stream_t *st, pdfio_matrix_t m);

Parameters

st	Stream
m	Transform matrix

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextRenderingMode

Set the text rendering mode.

bool pdfioContentSetTextRenderingMode(pdfio_stream_t *st, pdfio_textrendering_t mode);

Parameters

st	Stream
mode	Text rendering mode

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextRise

Set the text baseline offset.

bool pdfioContentSetTextRise(pdfio_stream_t *st, double rise);

Parameters

st	Stream
rise	Y offset

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextWordSpacing

Set the inter-word spacing.

bool pdfioContentSetTextWordSpacing(pdfio_stream_t *st, double spacing);

Parameters

st	Stream
spacing	Spacing between words

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentSetTextXScaling

Set the horizontal scaling value.

bool pdfioContentSetTextXScaling(pdfio_stream_t *st, double percent);

Parameters

st	Stream
percent	Horizontal scaling in percent

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentStroke

Stroke the current path.

bool pdfioContentStroke(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentTextBegin

Begin a text block.

bool pdfioContentTextBegin(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentTextEnd

End a text block.

bool pdfioContentTextEnd(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentTextMeasure

Measure a text string and return its width.

double pdfioContentTextMeasure(pdfio_obj_t *font, const char *s, double size);

Parameters

font	Font object created by pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile
s	UTF-8 string
size	Font size/height

Return Value

Width

Discussion

This function measures the given text string "s" and returns its width based on "size". The text string must always use the UTF-8 (Unicode) encoding but any control characters (such as newlines) are ignored.

pdfioContentTextMoveLine

Move to the next line and offset.

bool pdfioContentTextMoveLine(pdfio_stream_t *st, double tx, double ty);

Parameters

st	Stream
tx	X offset
ty	Y offset

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentTextMoveTo

Offset within the current line.

bool pdfioContentTextMoveTo(pdfio_stream_t *st, double tx, double ty);

Parameters

st	Stream
tx	X offset
ty	Y offset

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentTextNewLine

Move to the next line.

bool pdfioContentTextNewLine(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioContentTextNewLineShow

Move to the next line and show text.

bool pdfioContentTextNewLineShow(pdfio_stream_t *st, double ws, double cs, bool unicode, const char *s);

Parameters

st	Stream
ws	Word spacing or 0.0 for none
cs	Character spacing or 0.0 for none
unicode	Unicode text?
s	String to show

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

Discussion

This function moves to the next line and then shows some text with optional word and character spacing in a PDF content stream. The "unicode" argument specifies that the current font maps to full Unicode. The "s" argument specifies a UTF-8 encoded string.

pdfioContentTextNewLineShowf

Show formatted text.

bool pdfioContentTextNewLineShowf(pdfio_stream_t *st, double ws, double cs, bool unicode, const char *format, ...);

Parameters

st	Stream
ws	Word spacing or 0.0 for none
cs	Character spacing or 0.0 for none
unicode	Unicode text?
format	printf-style format string
...	Additional arguments as needed

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

Discussion

This function moves to the next line and shows some formatted text with optional word and character spacing in a PDF content stream. The "unicode" argument specifies that the current font maps to full Unicode. The "format" argument specifies a UTF-8 encoded printf-style format string.

pdfioContentTextShow

Show text.

bool pdfioContentTextShow(pdfio_stream_t *st, bool unicode, const char *s);

Parameters

st	Stream
unicode	Unicode text?
s	String to show

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

Discussion

This function shows some text in a PDF content stream. The "unicode" argument specifies that the current font maps to full Unicode. The "s" argument specifies a UTF-8 encoded string.

pdfioContentTextShowJustified

Show justified text.

bool pdfioContentTextShowJustified(pdfio_stream_t *st, bool unicode, size_t num_fragments, const double *offsets, const char *const *fragments);

Parameters

st	Stream
unicode	Unicode text?
num_fragments	Number of text fragments
offsets	Text offsets before fragments
fragments	Text fragments

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

Discussion

This function shows some text in a PDF content stream. The "unicode" argument specifies that the current font maps to full Unicode. The "fragments" argument specifies an array of UTF-8 encoded strings.

pdfioContentTextShowf

bool pdfioContentTextShowf(pdfio_stream_t *st, bool unicode, const char *format, ...);

Parameters

st	Stream
unicode	Unicode text?
format	printf-style format string
...	Additional arguments as needed

Return Value

Show formatted text.

This function shows some formatted text in a PDF content stream. The "unicode" argument specifies that the current font maps to full Unicode. The "format" argument specifies a UTF-8 encoded printf-style format string.

pdfioDictClear

Remove a key/value pair from a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictClear(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

true if cleared, false otherwise

pdfioDictCopy

Copy a dictionary to a PDF file.

pdfio_dict_t *pdfioDictCopy(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_dict_t *dict);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
dict	Original dictionary

Return Value

New dictionary

pdfioDictCreate

Create a dictionary to hold key/value pairs.

pdfio_dict_t *pdfioDictCreate(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

New dictionary

pdfioDictGetArray

Get a key array value from a dictionary.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioDictGetArray(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetBinary

Get a key binary string value from a dictionary.

unsigned char *pdfioDictGetBinary(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, size_t *length);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
length	Length of value

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetBoolean

Get a key boolean value from a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictGetBoolean(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetDate

Get a date value from a dictionary.

time_t pdfioDictGetDate(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetDict

Get a key dictionary value from a dictionary.

pdfio_dict_t *pdfioDictGetDict(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetKey

Get the key for the specified pair.

const char *pdfioDictGetKey(pdfio_dict_t *dict, size_t n);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
n	Pair index (0-based)

Return Value

Key for specified pair

pdfioDictGetName

Get a key name value from a dictionary.

const char *pdfioDictGetName(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetNumPairs

Get the number of key/value pairs in a dictionary.

size_t pdfioDictGetNumPairs(pdfio_dict_t *dict);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary

Return Value

Number of pairs

pdfioDictGetNumber

Get a key number value from a dictionary.

double pdfioDictGetNumber(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetObj

Get a key indirect object value from a dictionary.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioDictGetObj(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetRect

Get a key rectangle value from a dictionary.

pdfio_rect_t *pdfioDictGetRect(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, pdfio_rect_t *rect);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
rect	Rectangle

Return Value

Rectangle

pdfioDictGetString

Get a key string value from a dictionary.

const char *pdfioDictGetString(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value

pdfioDictGetType

Get a key value type from a dictionary.

pdfio_valtype_t pdfioDictGetType(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

Value type

pdfioDictIterateKeys

Iterate the keys in a dictionary.

void pdfioDictIterateKeys(pdfio_dict_t *dict, pdfio_dict_cb_t cb, void *cb_data);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
cb	Callback function
cb_data	Callback data

Discussion

This function iterates the keys in a dictionary, calling the supplied function "cb":

bool
my_dict_cb(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, void *cb_data)
{
... "key" contains the dictionary key ...
... return true to continue or false to stop ...
}

The iteration continues as long as the callback returns true or all keys have been iterated.

pdfioDictSetArray

Set a key array in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetArray(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, pdfio_array_t *value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetBinary

Set a key binary string in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetBinary(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, const unsigned char *value, size_t valuelen);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value
valuelen	Length of value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetBoolean

Set a key boolean in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetBoolean(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, bool value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetDate

Set a date value in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetDate(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, time_t value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetDict

Set a key dictionary in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetDict(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, pdfio_dict_t *value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetName

Set a key name in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetName(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, const char *value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetNull

Set a key null in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetNull(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetNumber

Set a key number in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetNumber(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, double value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetObj

Set a key indirect object reference in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetObj(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, pdfio_obj_t *value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetRect

Set a key rectangle in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetRect(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, pdfio_rect_t *value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetString

Set a key literal string in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetString(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, const char *value);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
value	Value

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioDictSetStringf

Set a key formatted string in a dictionary.

bool pdfioDictSetStringf(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, const char *format, ...);

Parameters

dict	Dictionary
key	Key
format	printf-style format string
...	Additional arguments as needed

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioFileClose

Close a PDF file and free all memory used for it.

bool pdfioFileClose(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

true on success and false on failure

pdfioFileCreate

Create a PDF file.

pdfio_file_t *pdfioFileCreate(const char *filename, const char *version, pdfio_rect_t *media_box, pdfio_rect_t *crop_box, pdfio_error_cb_t error_cb, void *error_cbdata);

Parameters

filename	Filename
version	PDF version number or NULL for default (2.0)
media_box	Default MediaBox for pages
crop_box	Default CropBox for pages
error_cb	Error callback or NULL for default
error_cbdata	Error callback data, if any

Return Value

PDF file or NULL on error

Discussion

This function creates a new PDF file. The "filename" argument specifies the name of the PDF file to create.

The "version" argument specifies the PDF version number for the file or NULL for the default ("2.0").

The "media_box" and "crop_box" arguments specify the default MediaBox and CropBox for pages in the PDF file - if NULL then a default "Universal" size of 8.27x11in (the intersection of US Letter and ISO A4) is used.

The "error_cb" and "error_cbdata" arguments specify an error handler callback and its data pointer - if NULL the default error handler is used that writes error messages to stderr.

pdfioFileCreateArrayObj

Create a new object in a PDF file containing an array.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateArrayObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_array_t *array);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
array	Object array

Return Value

New object

Discussion

This function creates a new object with an array value in a PDF file. You must call pdfioObjClose to write the object to the file.

pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase

Create one of the base 14 PDF fonts.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *name);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
name	Font name

Return Value

Font object

Discussion

This function creates one of the base 14 PDF fonts. The "name" parameter specifies the font nane:

• "Courier"
• "Courier-Bold"
• "Courier-BoldItalic"
• "Courier-Italic"
• "Helvetica"
• "Helvetica-Bold"
• "Helvetica-BoldOblique"
• "Helvetica-Oblique"
• "Symbol"
• "Times-Bold"
• "Times-BoldItalic"
• "Times-Italic"
• "Times-Roman"
• "ZapfDingbats"

Aside from "Symbol" and "Zapf-Dingbats", Base fonts use the Windows CP1252 (ISO-8859-1 with additional characters such as the Euro symbol) subset of Unicode.

pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile

Add a font object to a PDF file.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *filename, bool unicode);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
filename	Filename
unicode	Force Unicode

Return Value

Font object

Discussion

This function embeds a TrueType/OpenType font into a PDF file. The "unicode" parameter controls whether the font is encoded for two-byte characters (potentially full Unicode, but more typically a subset) or to only support the Windows CP1252 (ISO-8859-1 with additional characters such as the Euro symbol) subset of Unicode.

pdfioFileCreateICCObjFromFile

Add an ICC profile object to a PDF file.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateICCObjFromFile(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *filename, size_t num_colors);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
filename	Filename
num_colors	Number of color components (1, 3, or 4)

Return Value

Object

pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData

Add image object(s) to a PDF file from memory.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const unsigned char *data, size_t width, size_t height, size_t num_colors, pdfio_array_t *color_data, bool alpha, bool interpolate);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
data	Pointer to image data
width	Width of image
height	Height of image
num_colors	Number of colors
color_data	Colorspace data or NULL for default
alpha	true if data contains an alpha channel
interpolate	Interpolate image data?

Return Value

Object

Discussion

This function creates image object(s) in a PDF file from a data buffer in memory. The "data" parameter points to the image data as 8-bit color values. The "width" and "height" parameters specify the image dimensions. The "num_colors" parameter specifies the number of color components (1 for grayscale, 3 for RGB, and 4 for CMYK) and the "alpha" parameter specifies whether each color tuple is followed by an alpha value. The "color_data" parameter specifies an optional color space array for the image - if NULL, the image is encoded in the corresponding device color space. The "interpolate" parameter specifies whether to interpolate when scaling the image on the page.

Note: When creating an image object with alpha, a second image object is created to hold the "soft mask" data for the primary image.

pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile

Add an image object to a PDF file from a file.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *filename, bool interpolate);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
filename	Filename
interpolate	Interpolate image data?

Return Value

Object

Discussion

This function creates an image object in a PDF file from a JPEG or PNG file. The "filename" parameter specifies the name of the JPEG or PNG file, while the "interpolate" parameter specifies whether to interpolate when scaling the image on the page.

Note: Currently PNG support is limited to grayscale, RGB, or indexed files without interlacing or alpha. Transparency (masking) based on color/index is supported.

pdfioFileCreateNameObj

Create a new object in a PDF file containing a name.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateNameObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *name);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
name	Name value

Return Value

New object

Discussion

This function creates a new object with a name value in a PDF file. You must call pdfioObjClose to write the object to the file.

pdfioFileCreateNumberObj

Create a new object in a PDF file containing a number.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateNumberObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, double number);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
number	Number value

Return Value

New object

Discussion

This function creates a new object with a number value in a PDF file. You must call pdfioObjClose to write the object to the file.

pdfioFileCreateObj

Create a new object in a PDF file.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_dict_t *dict);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
dict	Object dictionary

Return Value

New object

pdfioFileCreateOutput

Create a PDF file through an output callback.

pdfio_file_t *pdfioFileCreateOutput(pdfio_output_cb_t output_cb, void *output_cbdata, const char *version, pdfio_rect_t *media_box, pdfio_rect_t *crop_box, pdfio_error_cb_t error_cb, void *error_cbdata);

Parameters

output_cb	Output callback function
output_cbdata	Output callback data
version	PDF version number or NULL for default (2.0)
media_box	Default MediaBox for pages
crop_box	Default CropBox for pages
error_cb	Error callback or NULL for default
error_cbdata	Error callback data, if any

Return Value

PDF file or NULL on error

Discussion

This function creates a new PDF file that is streamed though an output callback. The "output_cb" and "output_cbdata" arguments specify the output callback and its data pointer which is called whenever data needs to be written:

ssize_t
output_cb(void *output_cbdata, const void *buffer, size_t bytes)
{
  // Write buffer to output and return the number of bytes written
}

The "version" argument specifies the PDF version number for the file or NULL for the default ("2.0").

The "media_box" and "crop_box" arguments specify the default MediaBox and CropBox for pages in the PDF file - if NULL then a default "Universal" size of 8.27x11in (the intersection of US Letter and ISO A4) is used.

The "error_cb" and "error_cbdata" arguments specify an error handler callback and its data pointer - if NULL the default error handler is used that writes error messages to stderr.

Note: Files created using this API are slightly larger than those created using the pdfioFileCreate function since stream lengths are stored as indirect object references.

pdfioFileCreatePage

Create a page in a PDF file.

pdfio_stream_t *pdfioFileCreatePage(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_dict_t *dict);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
dict	Page dictionary

Return Value

Contents stream

pdfioFileCreateStringObj

Create a new object in a PDF file containing a string.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileCreateStringObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *string);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
string	String

Return Value

New object

Discussion

This function creates a new object with a string value in a PDF file. You must call pdfioObjClose to write the object to the file.

pdfioFileCreateTemporary

pdfio_file_t *pdfioFileCreateTemporary(char *buffer, size_t bufsize, const char *version, pdfio_rect_t *media_box, pdfio_rect_t *crop_box, pdfio_error_cb_t error_cb, void *error_cbdata);

Parameters

buffer	Filename buffer
bufsize	Size of filename buffer
version	PDF version number or NULL for default (2.0)
media_box	Default MediaBox for pages
crop_box	Default CropBox for pages
error_cb	Error callback or NULL for default
error_cbdata	Error callback data, if any

Return Value

Create a temporary PDF file.

This function creates a PDF file with a unique filename in the current temporary directory. The temporary file is stored in the string "buffer" an will have a ".pdf" extension. Otherwise, this function works the same as the pdfioFileCreate function.

pdfioFileFindObj

Find an object using its object number.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileFindObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, size_t number);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
number	Object number (1 to N)

Return Value

Object or NULL if not found

Discussion

This differs from pdfioFileGetObj which takes an index into the list of objects while this function takes the object number.

pdfioFileGetAuthor

Get the author for a PDF file.

const char *pdfioFileGetAuthor(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Author or NULL for none

 PDFio 1.3 pdfioFileGetCatalog

Get the document catalog dictionary.

pdfio_dict_t *pdfioFileGetCatalog(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Catalog dictionary

pdfioFileGetCreationDate

Get the creation date for a PDF file.

time_t pdfioFileGetCreationDate(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Creation date or 0 for none

pdfioFileGetCreator

Get the creator string for a PDF file.

const char *pdfioFileGetCreator(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Creator string or NULL for none

pdfioFileGetID

Get the PDF file's ID strings.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioFileGetID(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Array with binary strings

pdfioFileGetKeywords

Get the keywords for a PDF file.

const char *pdfioFileGetKeywords(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Keywords string or NULL for none

pdfioFileGetName

Get a PDF's filename.

const char *pdfioFileGetName(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Filename

pdfioFileGetNumObjs

Get the number of objects in a PDF file.

size_t pdfioFileGetNumObjs(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Number of objects

pdfioFileGetNumPages

Get the number of pages in a PDF file.

size_t pdfioFileGetNumPages(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Number of pages

pdfioFileGetObj

Get an object from a PDF file.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileGetObj(pdfio_file_t *pdf, size_t n);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
n	Object index (starting at 0)

Return Value

Object

pdfioFileGetPage

Get a page object from a PDF file.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioFileGetPage(pdfio_file_t *pdf, size_t n);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
n	Page index (starting at 0)

Return Value

Object

pdfioFileGetPermissions

Get the access permissions of a PDF file.

pdfio_permission_t pdfioFileGetPermissions(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_encryption_t *encryption);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
encryption	Type of encryption used or NULL to ignore

Return Value

Permission bits

Discussion

This function returns the access permissions of a PDF file and (optionally) the type of encryption that has been used.

pdfioFileGetProducer

Get the producer string for a PDF file.

const char *pdfioFileGetProducer(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Producer string or NULL for none

pdfioFileGetSubject

Get the subject for a PDF file.

const char *pdfioFileGetSubject(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Subject or NULL for none

pdfioFileGetTitle

Get the title for a PDF file.

const char *pdfioFileGetTitle(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Title or NULL for none

pdfioFileGetVersion

Get the PDF version number for a PDF file.

const char *pdfioFileGetVersion(pdfio_file_t *pdf);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file

Return Value

Version number or NULL

pdfioFileOpen

Open a PDF file for reading.

pdfio_file_t *pdfioFileOpen(const char *filename, pdfio_password_cb_t password_cb, void *password_cbdata, pdfio_error_cb_t error_cb, void *error_cbdata);

Parameters

filename	Filename
password_cb	Password callback or NULL for none
password_cbdata	Password callback data, if any
error_cb	Error callback or NULL for default
error_cbdata	Error callback data, if any

Return Value

PDF file

Discussion

This function opens an existing PDF file. The "filename" argument specifies the name of the PDF file to create.

The "password_cb" and "password_cbdata" arguments specify a password callback and its data pointer for PDF files that use one of the standard Adobe "security" handlers. The callback returns a password string or NULL to cancel the open. If NULL is specified for the callback function and the PDF file requires a password, the open will always fail.

The "error_cb" and "error_cbdata" arguments specify an error handler callback and its data pointer - if NULL the default error handler is used that writes error messages to stderr.

pdfioFileSetAuthor

Set the author for a PDF file.

void pdfioFileSetAuthor(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *value);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
value	Value

pdfioFileSetCreationDate

Set the creation date for a PDF file.

void pdfioFileSetCreationDate(pdfio_file_t *pdf, time_t value);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
value	Value

pdfioFileSetCreator

Set the creator string for a PDF file.

void pdfioFileSetCreator(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *value);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
value	Value

pdfioFileSetKeywords

Set the keywords string for a PDF file.

void pdfioFileSetKeywords(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *value);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
value	Value

pdfioFileSetPermissions

Set the PDF permissions, encryption mode, and passwords.

bool pdfioFileSetPermissions(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_permission_t permissions, pdfio_encryption_t encryption, const char *owner_password, const char *user_password);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
permissions	Use permissions
encryption	Type of encryption to use
owner_password	Owner password, if any
user_password	User password, if any

Return Value

true on success, false otherwise

Discussion

This function sets the PDF usage permissions, encryption mode, and passwords.

Note: This function must be called before creating or copying any objects. Due to fundamental limitations in the PDF format, PDF encryption offers little protection from disclosure. Permissions are not enforced in any meaningful way.

pdfioFileSetSubject

Set the subject for a PDF file.

void pdfioFileSetSubject(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *value);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
value	Value

pdfioFileSetTitle

Set the title for a PDF file.

void pdfioFileSetTitle(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *value);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
value	Value

pdfioImageGetBytesPerLine

Get the number of bytes to read for each line.

size_t pdfioImageGetBytesPerLine(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Image object

Return Value

Number of bytes per line

pdfioImageGetHeight

Get the height of an image object.

double pdfioImageGetHeight(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Image object

Return Value

Height in lines

pdfioImageGetWidth

Get the width of an image object.

double pdfioImageGetWidth(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Image object

Return Value

Width in columns

pdfioObjClose

Close an object, writing any data as needed to the PDF file.

bool pdfioObjClose(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioObjCopy

Copy an object to another PDF file.

pdfio_obj_t *pdfioObjCopy(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_obj_t *srcobj);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
srcobj	Object to copy

Return Value

New object or NULL on error

pdfioObjCreateStream

Create an object (data) stream for writing.

pdfio_stream_t *pdfioObjCreateStream(pdfio_obj_t *obj, pdfio_filter_t filter);

Parameters

obj	Object
filter	Type of compression to apply

Return Value

Stream or NULL on error

pdfioObjGetArray

Get the array associated with an object.

pdfio_array_t *pdfioObjGetArray(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Array or NULL on error

pdfioObjGetDict

Get the dictionary associated with an object.

pdfio_dict_t *pdfioObjGetDict(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Dictionary or NULL on error

pdfioObjGetGeneration

Get the object's generation number.

unsigned short pdfioObjGetGeneration(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Generation number (0 to 65535)

pdfioObjGetLength

Get the length of the object's (data) stream.

size_t pdfioObjGetLength(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Length in bytes or 0 for none

pdfioObjGetName

Get the name value associated with an object.

const char *pdfioObjGetName(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Dictionary or NULL on error

pdfioObjGetNumber

Get the object's number.

size_t pdfioObjGetNumber(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Object number (1 to 9999999999)

pdfioObjGetSubtype

Get an object's subtype.

const char *pdfioObjGetSubtype(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Object subtype name or NULL for none

Discussion

This function returns an object's PDF subtype name, if any. Common subtype names include:

• "CIDFontType0": A CID Type0 font
• "CIDFontType2": A CID TrueType font
• "Image": An image or image mask
• "Form": A fillable form
• "OpenType": An OpenType font
• "Type0": A composite font
• "Type1": A PostScript Type1 font
• "Type3": A PDF Type3 font
• "TrueType": A TrueType font

pdfioObjGetType

Get an object's type.

const char *pdfioObjGetType(pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

obj	Object

Return Value

Object type name or NULL for none

Discussion

This function returns an object's PDF type name, if any. Common type names include:

• "CMap": A character map for composite fonts
• "Font": An embedded font (pdfioObjGetSubtype will tell you the font format)
• "FontDescriptor": A font descriptor
• "Page": A (visible) page
• "Pages": A page tree node
• "Template": An invisible template page
• "XObject": An image, image mask, or form (pdfioObjGetSubtype will tell you which)

pdfioObjOpenStream

Open an object's (data) stream for reading.

pdfio_stream_t *pdfioObjOpenStream(pdfio_obj_t *obj, bool decode);

Parameters

obj	Object
decode	Decode/decompress data?

Return Value

Stream or NULL on error

pdfioPageCopy

Copy a page to a PDF file.

bool pdfioPageCopy(pdfio_file_t *pdf, pdfio_obj_t *srcpage);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
srcpage	Source page

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioPageDictAddColorSpace

Add a color space to the page dictionary.

bool pdfioPageDictAddColorSpace(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *name, pdfio_array_t *data);

Parameters

dict	Page dictionary
name	Color space name
data	Color space array

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

Discussion

This function adds a named color space to the page dictionary.

The names "DefaultCMYK", "DefaultGray", and "DefaultRGB" specify the default device color space used for the page.

The "data" array contains a calibrated, indexed, or ICC-based color space array that was created using the pdfioArrayCreateCalibratedColorFromMatrix, pdfioArrayCreateCalibratedColorFromPrimaries, pdfioArrayCreateICCBasedColor, or pdfioArrayCreateIndexedColor functions.

pdfioPageDictAddFont

Add a font object to the page dictionary.

bool pdfioPageDictAddFont(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *name, pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

dict	Page dictionary
name	Font name; must not contain spaces
obj	Font object

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioPageDictAddImage

Add an image object to the page dictionary.

bool pdfioPageDictAddImage(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *name, pdfio_obj_t *obj);

Parameters

dict	Page dictionary
name	Image name
obj	Image object

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioPageGetNumStreams

Get the number of content streams for a page object.

size_t pdfioPageGetNumStreams(pdfio_obj_t *page);

Parameters

page	Page object

Return Value

Number of streams

pdfioPageOpenStream

Open a content stream for a page.

pdfio_stream_t *pdfioPageOpenStream(pdfio_obj_t *page, size_t n, bool decode);

Parameters

page	Page object
n	Stream index (0-based)
decode	true to decode/decompress stream

Return Value

Stream

pdfioStreamClose

Close a (data) stream in a PDF file.

bool pdfioStreamClose(pdfio_stream_t *st);

Parameters

st	Stream

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioStreamConsume

Consume bytes from the stream.

bool pdfioStreamConsume(pdfio_stream_t *st, size_t bytes);

Parameters

st	Stream
bytes	Number of bytes to consume

Return Value

true on success, false on EOF

pdfioStreamGetToken

Read a single PDF token from a stream.

bool pdfioStreamGetToken(pdfio_stream_t *st, char *buffer, size_t bufsize);

Parameters

st	Stream
buffer	String buffer
bufsize	Size of string buffer

Return Value

true on success, false on EOF

Discussion

This function reads a single PDF token from a stream. Operator tokens, boolean values, and numbers are returned as-is in the provided string buffer. String values start with the opening parenthesis ('(') but have all escaping resolved and the terminating parenthesis removed. Hexadecimal string values start with the opening angle bracket ('<') and have all whitespace and the terminating angle bracket removed.

pdfioStreamPeek

Peek at data in a stream.

ssize_t pdfioStreamPeek(pdfio_stream_t *st, void *buffer, size_t bytes);

Parameters

st	Stream
buffer	Buffer
bytes	Size of buffer

Return Value

Bytes returned or -1 on error

pdfioStreamPrintf

Write a formatted string to a stream.

bool pdfioStreamPrintf(pdfio_stream_t *st, const char *format, ...);

Parameters

st	Stream
format	printf-style format string
...	Additional arguments as needed

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioStreamPutChar

Write a single character to a stream.

bool pdfioStreamPutChar(pdfio_stream_t *st, int ch);

Parameters

st	Stream
ch	Character

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioStreamPuts

Write a literal string to a stream.

bool pdfioStreamPuts(pdfio_stream_t *st, const char *s);

Parameters

st	Stream
s	Literal string

Return Value

true on success, false on failure

pdfioStreamRead

Read data from a stream.

ssize_t pdfioStreamRead(pdfio_stream_t *st, void *buffer, size_t bytes);

Parameters

st	Stream
buffer	Buffer
bytes	Bytes to read

Return Value

Number of bytes read or -1 on error

Discussion

This function reads data from a stream. When reading decoded image data from a stream, you must read whole scanlines. The pdfioImageGetBytesPerLine function can be used to determine the proper read length.

pdfioStreamWrite

Write data to a stream.

bool pdfioStreamWrite(pdfio_stream_t *st, const void *buffer, size_t bytes);

Parameters

st	Stream
buffer	Data to write
bytes	Number of bytes to write

Return Value

true on success or false on failure

pdfioStringCreate

Create a durable literal string.

char *pdfioStringCreate(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *s);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
s	Nul-terminated string

Return Value

Durable string pointer or NULL on error

Discussion

This function creates a literal string associated with the PDF file "pdf". The "s" string points to a nul-terminated C string.

NULL is returned on error, otherwise a char * that is valid until pdfioFileClose is called.

pdfioStringCreatef

Create a durable formatted string.

char *pdfioStringCreatef(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *format, ...);

Parameters

pdf	PDF file
format	printf-style format string
...	Additional args as needed

Return Value

Durable string pointer or NULL on error

Discussion

This function creates a formatted string associated with the PDF file "pdf". The "format" string contains printf-style format characters.

NULL is returned on error, otherwise a char * that is valid until pdfioFileClose is called.

Data Types

pdfio_array_t

Array of PDF values

typedef struct _pdfio_array_s pdfio_array_t;

pdfio_cs_t

Standard color spaces

typedef enum pdfio_cs_e pdfio_cs_t;

pdfio_dict_cb_t

Dictionary iterator callback

typedef bool (*pdfio_dict_cb_t)(pdfio_dict_t *dict, const char *key, void *cb_data);

pdfio_dict_t

Key/value dictionary

typedef struct _pdfio_dict_s pdfio_dict_t;

pdfio_encryption_t

PDF encryption modes

typedef enum pdfio_encryption_e pdfio_encryption_t;

pdfio_error_cb_t

Error callback

typedef bool (*pdfio_error_cb_t)(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *message, void *data);

pdfio_file_t

PDF file

typedef struct _pdfio_file_s pdfio_file_t;

pdfio_filter_t

Compression/decompression filters for streams

typedef enum pdfio_filter_e pdfio_filter_t;

pdfio_linecap_t

Line capping modes

typedef enum pdfio_linecap_e pdfio_linecap_t;

pdfio_linejoin_t

Line joining modes

typedef enum pdfio_linejoin_e pdfio_linejoin_t;

pdfio_matrix_t[3][2]

Transform matrix

typedef double pdfio_matrix_t[3][2];

pdfio_obj_t

Numbered object in PDF file

typedef struct _pdfio_obj_s pdfio_obj_t;

pdfio_output_cb_t

Output callback for pdfioFileCreateOutput

typedef ssize_t (*pdfio_output_cb_t)(void *ctx const void *data size_t datalen);

pdfio_password_cb_t

Password callback for pdfioFileOpen

typedef const char *(*pdfio_password_cb_t)(void *data const char *filename);

pdfio_permission_t

PDF permission bitfield

typedef int pdfio_permission_t;

pdfio_rect_t

PDF rectangle

typedef struct pdfio_rect_s pdfio_rect_t;

pdfio_stream_t

Object data stream in PDF file

typedef struct _pdfio_stream_s pdfio_stream_t;

pdfio_textrendering_t

Text rendering modes

typedef enum pdfio_textrendering_e pdfio_textrendering_t;

pdfio_valtype_t

PDF value types

typedef enum pdfio_valtype_e pdfio_valtype_t;

Structures

pdfio_rect_s

PDF rectangle

struct pdfio_rect_s {
    double x1;
    double x2;
    double y1;
    double y2;
};

Members

x1	Lower-left X coordinate
x2	Upper-right X coordinate
y1	Lower-left Y coordinate
y2	Upper-right Y coordinate

Constants

pdfio_cs_e

Standard color spaces

Constants

PDFIO_CS_ADOBE	AdobeRGB 1998
PDFIO_CS_P3_D65	Display P3
PDFIO_CS_SRGB	sRGB

pdfio_encryption_e

PDF encryption modes

Constants

PDFIO_ENCRYPTION_AES_128	128-bit AES encryption (PDF 1.6)
PDFIO_ENCRYPTION_NONE	No encryption
PDFIO_ENCRYPTION_RC4_128	128-bit RC4 encryption (PDF 1.4)
PDFIO_ENCRYPTION_RC4_40	40-bit RC4 encryption (PDF 1.3)

pdfio_filter_e

Compression/decompression filters for streams

Constants

PDFIO_FILTER_ASCII85	ASCII85Decode filter (reading only)
PDFIO_FILTER_ASCIIHEX	ASCIIHexDecode filter (reading only)
PDFIO_FILTER_CCITTFAX	CCITTFaxDecode filter
PDFIO_FILTER_CRYPT	Encryption filter
PDFIO_FILTER_DCT	DCTDecode (JPEG) filter
PDFIO_FILTER_FLATE	FlateDecode filter
PDFIO_FILTER_JBIG2	JBIG2Decode filter
PDFIO_FILTER_JPX	JPXDecode filter (reading only)
PDFIO_FILTER_LZW	LZWDecode filter (reading only)
PDFIO_FILTER_NONE	No filter
PDFIO_FILTER_RUNLENGTH	RunLengthDecode filter (reading only)

pdfio_linecap_e

Line capping modes

Constants

PDFIO_LINECAP_BUTT	Butt ends
PDFIO_LINECAP_ROUND	Round ends
PDFIO_LINECAP_SQUARE	Square ends

pdfio_linejoin_e

Line joining modes

Constants

PDFIO_LINEJOIN_BEVEL	Bevel joint
PDFIO_LINEJOIN_MITER	Miter joint
PDFIO_LINEJOIN_ROUND	Round joint

pdfio_permission_e

PDF permission bits

Constants

PDFIO_PERMISSION_ANNOTATE	PDF allows annotation
PDFIO_PERMISSION_ASSEMBLE	PDF allows assembly (insert, delete, or rotate pages, add document outlines and thumbnails)
PDFIO_PERMISSION_COPY	PDF allows copying
PDFIO_PERMISSION_FORMS	PDF allows filling in forms
PDFIO_PERMISSION_MODIFY	PDF allows modification
PDFIO_PERMISSION_NONE	No permissions
PDFIO_PERMISSION_PRINT	PDF allows printing
PDFIO_PERMISSION_PRINT_HIGH	PDF allows high quality printing
PDFIO_PERMISSION_READING	PDF allows screen reading/accessibility (deprecated in PDF 2.0)
~0	All permissions

pdfio_textrendering_e

Text rendering modes

Constants

PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_FILL	Fill text
PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_FILL_AND_STROKE	Fill then stroke text
PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_FILL_AND_STROKE_PATH	Fill then stroke text and add to path
PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_FILL_PATH	Fill text and add to path
PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_INVISIBLE	Don't fill or stroke (invisible)
PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_STROKE	Stroke text
PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_STROKE_PATH	Stroke text and add to path
PDFIO_TEXTRENDERING_TEXT_PATH	Add text to path (invisible)

pdfio_valtype_e

PDF value types

Constants

PDFIO_VALTYPE_ARRAY	Array
PDFIO_VALTYPE_BINARY	Binary data
PDFIO_VALTYPE_BOOLEAN	Boolean
PDFIO_VALTYPE_DATE	Date/time
PDFIO_VALTYPE_DICT	Dictionary
PDFIO_VALTYPE_INDIRECT	Indirect object (N G obj)
PDFIO_VALTYPE_NAME	Name
PDFIO_VALTYPE_NONE	No value, not set
PDFIO_VALTYPE_NULL	Null object
PDFIO_VALTYPE_NUMBER	Number (integer or real)
PDFIO_VALTYPE_STRING	String