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Changes for version 2.031 - 2017-01-26

  • Fix use of cache files when reading streams: temp files will now be used any time a stream is larger than 16MB (by default). Formerly, due to a bug, they would only be created when a 4kB chunk of a stream increased to 16kB or more after being decompressed.
  • Numbers, booleans, and null values can now be read from object streams.
  • Update to [RT #113290]: Objects inside a large object stream are now read without loading the entire object stream into memory.
  • DEPRECATION: The low-level new_api methods have been deprecated in favor of calling new directly. If your code uses new_api($api2, ...), replace it with new($api2->{'pdf'}, ...).
  • [RT #118352] Don't crash when adding an annotation to a page that has an existing annotations array stored as an indirect object (reported by Johan Vromans).
  • [RT #118717] Die with an informative error if a file can't be opened during open() or saveas() (reported by Johan Vromans).

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/File.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/UniWrap.pm
in lib/PDF/API2/Win32.pm