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Changes for version 2.026 - 2016-02-24

  • [RT #48683] Add support for PDFs with cross-reference streams and object streams (patch by Don Huettl of Grant Street Group).
  • [RT #107333] Accept an empty string as a valid Name, per PDF spec 1.7 section 7.3.5 (patch by Mark Balitsky).
  • [RT #98551] Rename aliases 2A, 4A, 2B, and 4B to 2A0, 4A0, 2B0, and 4B0. The old names will continue to work, but are now undocumented (patch by Phil Perry).
  • Add -mils and -color as options for barcodes. Reset linedash so that barcodes are always solid lines (patch by Erelen).
  • [RT #98549] Rename meterlimit to miterlimit (patch by Phil Perry).
  • [RT #98534] Rename hspace to hscale (patch by Phil Perry).
  • Fixed an infinite loop when RunLengthDecode is used for output.
  • [RT #65582] Fix embedding of OpenType fonts (fix by Simon Cozens).
  • [RT #67767] Allow an empty page to be imported into a PDF using importPageIntoForm (reported by Antti Lankila).
  • [RT #66341] Various fixes for ASCII85Decode and LZWDecode.

Modules

Facilitates the creation and modification of PDF files
Add annotations to a PDF
Corresponds to a PDF array. Inherits from PDF::Objind
A special form of PDF::String which holds the strings true or false
PDF Dictionaries and Streams. Inherits from PDF::Objind
Holds the trailers and cross-reference tables for a PDF file
Abstract superclass for PDF stream filters
Inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String and stores PDF names (things beginning with /)
PDF Null type object. This is a subclass of PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Objind and cannot be subclassed.
Numbers in PDF. Inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String
PDF indirect object reference. Also acts as an abstract superclass for all elements in a PDF file.
Represents a PDF page, inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Pages
a PDF pages hierarchical element. Inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict
PDF String type objects and superclass for simple objects that are basically stringlike (Number, Name, etc.)
Utility functions for PDF library
Methods for adding graphics and text to a PDF
lite pdf creation
Add named destination shortcuts to a PDF
Manage PDF outlines (aka bookmarks)
Methods to interact with individual pages
Base class for PDF resources
Base class for font resources
Base class for CID fonts
Base class for CJK fonts
Base class for PDF color spaces
Support for color space separations
Graphics state dictionary support
Module for using bitmapped Fonts.
Module for using the 14 PDF built-in Fonts.
Module for using synthetic Fonts.
Unicode Font Support
Base class for external objects
Base class for external form objects
Base class for one-dimensional barcodes
Code 128 and EAN-128 barcode support
Base class for external raster image objects
utility package for often use methods across the package.

Provides

in lib/PDF/API2/Win32.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/ASCII85Decode.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/ASCIIHexDecode.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/FlateDecode.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/LZWDecode.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/RunLengthDecode.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Literal.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Content/Text.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Matrix.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Outlines.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/CIDFont/TrueType/FontFile.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/DeviceN.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed/Hue.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed/WebColor.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Colors.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/bankgothic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courier.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courierbold.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courierboldoblique.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courieroblique.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgia.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiabold.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiabolditalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiaitalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helvetica.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticabold.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticaboldoblique.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticaoblique.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/symbol.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesbold.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesbolditalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesitalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesroman.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchet.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetbold.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetbolditalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetitalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdana.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanabold.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanabolditalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanaitalic.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/webdings.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/wingdings.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/zapfdingbats.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/Postscript.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Glyphs.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/PaperSizes.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Pattern.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Shading.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/codabar.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/code3of9.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/ean13.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/int2of5.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/Hybrid.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/GD.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/GIF.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/JPEG.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/PNG.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/PNM.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/TIFF.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/UniWrap.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Win32.pm