electionvue/vendor/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf/examples/index.md

tc-lib-pdf Examples

This index lists all runnable examples bundled with tc-lib-pdf, from foundational PDF generation to advanced features such as digital signatures, conformance modes (PDF/X and PDF/UA), HTML rendering, graphics, forms, and table-of-contents generation. Use it as a quick map to pick the closest starting point for your use case.

• E000_overview.php: General feature overview with text, graphics, HTML, SVG, images, barcodes, transparency, gradients, annotations, and bookmarks.
• E001_invoice.php: Invoice layout example with embedded Factur-X / ZUGFeRD metadata.
• E002_font_dump.php: Font inspection and glyph dump example.
• E003_rtl_languages.php: Right-To-Left (RTL) text rendering example for Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew.
• E004_page_formats.php: Page format and orientation samples.
• E005_header_footer.php: Repeating custom page header and footer example with PDF/UA Artifact tagging (Pagination/Header and Pagination/Footer).
• E006_minimal.php: Minimal "Hello, PDF" setup.
• E007_signature_basic.php: PAdES-BASELINE-B digital signature via the fluent signature() facade, with visible signature fields.
• E008_signature_timestamp.php: PAdES-BASELINE-T digital signature with an RFC 3161 TSA timestamp.
• E009_signature_ltv.php: PAdES-BASELINE-LT digital signature with LTV validation material (/DSS and /VRI).
• E010_pdfx.php: Generic PDF/X mode example for baseline print-oriented output.
• E011_pdfx1a.php: PDF/X-1a conformance example focused on classic CMYK/spot print restrictions.
• E012_pdfx3.php: PDF/X-3 conformance example for color-managed print workflows.
• E013_pdfx4.php: PDF/X-4 conformance example with modern transparency-capable print output.
• E014_pdfx5.php: PDF/X-5 conformance example for advanced PDF/X-4 family workflows.
• E015_pdfua.php: Generic PDF/UA mode example for accessible tagged PDF output.
• E016_pdfua1.php: PDF/UA-1 conformance example.
• E017_pdfua2.php: PDF/UA-2 conformance example.
• E018_html_page_span.php: HTML page-break behavior example.
• E019_page_regions.php: Multi-column page regions with content flowing across pages.
• E020_barcodes.php: Barcode catalog covering supported 1D and 2D barcode types.
• E021_font_stretch_spacing.php: Text spacing controls with font stretching and character spacing.
• E022_cell_borders.php: Cell border rendering styles and combinations.
• E023_cell_alignment.php: Cell vertical and horizontal alignment behavior.
• E024_colors.php: Color model showcase (grayscale, RGB, CMYK, spot, and Lab) applied to text and graphics.
• E025_transparency.php: Transparency and alpha blending example with overlapping objects.
• E026_text_rendering_modes.php: PDF text rendering modes (fill, stroke, clip, and combinations).
• E027_annotations.php: Annotation matrix showing currently supported annotation subtypes.
• E028_text_hyphenation.php: Hyphenation behavior in justified HTML text.
• E029_xobject_template.php: Reusable Form XObject template example with clipping and transparency.
• E030_svg.php: SVG rendering showcase using bundled SVG samples.
• E031_html_features.php: HTML and CSS feature showcase for currently implemented parsing and layout support.
• E032_html_lists.php: Supported HTML list-style and list-item CSS variations.
• E033_geometric_transformations.php: Geometric transforms including scaling, translation, rotation, skewing, mirroring, and reflection.
• E034_color_gradient_mesh.php: Linear/radial gradients and Coons patch mesh gradients.
• E035_registration_marks.php: Crop marks, registration marks, and print color registration bars (including spot colors).
• E036_graphic_methods.php: Drawing primitives showcase (lines, curves, polygons, ellipses, sectors, arrows, and rounded shapes).
• E037_image_methods.php: Image placement methods for JPEG/PNG variants, color spaces, ICC profiles, and alpha.
• E038_image_clipping.php: Image clipping with a custom path mask.
• E039_text_methods.php: Text APIs for lines, cells, links, spacing, and border positioning.
• E040_annotation_form.php: Interactive AcroForm fields (text, radio, checkbox, list/combo, buttons) and JavaScript actions.
• E041_layers_visibility.php: Optional Content Group (layer) visibility for screen-only and print-only content.
• E042_html_form.php: XHTML form-to-PDF mapping example for inputs, selects, textarea, and actions.
• E043_html_tables.php: HTML table layout showcase including colspan/rowspan, nested tables, CSS styling, and percentage widths.
• E044_toc_index.php: Bookmark outline example with generated table of contents via addTOC.
• E045_encryption_and_permissions.php: PDF encryption and permission controls with user and owner passwords.
• E046_pangrams.php: Multilingual pangram showcase covering 17 scripts: Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Devanagari, Hangul, Greek, Japanese, Russian, Armenian, Georgian, Tamil, Bengali, Amharic, Khmer, Tibetan, and Chinese.
• E047_remote_resources_security.php: Remote resource security configuration using fileOptions host/path allowlists, size limits, and cURL controls.
• E048_page_boxes_prepress.php: Prepress page-box guide showing Media/Crop/Bleed/Trim/Art boundaries with visual overlays.
• E049_output_targets_integration.php: Multi-target output example covering render, download, save-to-file, and MIME attachment workflows.
• E050_shipping_label_barcodes.php: Production-style shipping label layout using 1D and 2D barcodes with quiet-zone spacing.
• E051_viewer_preferences_navigation.php: Viewer preferences, display mode, named destinations, internal link annotations, and bookmarks.
• E052_custom_fonts_fallback.php: Custom font selection strategy with Unicode fallback across Latin, DejaVu Sans, and Unifont.
• E053_spot_overprint_proof.php: Spot color tint ramps and overprint simulation using tc-lib-color and tc-lib-pdf-graph.
• E054_page_groups_numbering.php: Mixed Roman/Arabic page numbering with multi-level bookmarks and auto-generated TOC.
• E055_page_reorder_booklet.php: Page reordering via Page::move() with a booklet imposition summary and saddle-stitch spread grid.
• E056_encryption_cert_recipients.php: Certificate-based (public-key) PDF encryption with per-recipient permission matrices using tc-lib-pdf-encrypt.
• E057_multisignature_incremental.php: Multi-signature approval workflow with a primary certifier signature and reserved empty approval fields.
• E058_embedded_files_portfolio.php: PDF as a document container embedding CSV, XML, and JSON attachments with annotation links.
• E059_document_javascript.php: Document-level JavaScript using appendRawJavaScript and addRawJavaScriptObj for open-action, print, and close event triggers.
• E060_custom_xmp_metadata.php: Custom XMP namespace injection (IPTC rights, XMP-MM version history, application metadata) via setCustomXMP.
• E061_user_rights_reader_extensions.php: Adobe Reader extension rights (UR3 signature) via setUserRights to enable form-filling, commenting, and saving in free Reader.
• E062_bidi_mixed_rtl_ltr.php: Mixed bidirectional typography with mid-document setRTL switching and inline Hebrew/Latin runs on the same page.
• E063_manual_tag_tree.php: Manual PDF/UA structure-element tagging with beginStructElem/endStructElem plus Artifact-tagged decorative layout separators.
• E064_custom_hyphenation_dictionary.php: External TeX hyphenation pattern loading via loadTexHyphenPatterns and setTexHyphenPatterns with a side-by-side Dutch column comparison.
• E065_import_single_page.php: Import one source page as a Form XObject and place it scaled on a destination page.
• E066_import_document_append.php: Append all pages from an imported source document and preserve destination flow.
• E067_import_page_region_nup.php: Advanced 2x2 N-up composition from imported pages with clipping and centered placement per region.
• E068_font_subset.php: Font subsetting example showing reduced embedding to only used glyphs.
• E069_html_line_height.php: HTML line-height behavior showcase across percentages, absolute units, relative units, and unitless values.
• E070_default_page_content_import.php: Use defaultPageContent() to place an imported source page as common content on every new page.
• E071_gettextcell_bbox_metrics.php: Multiline getTextCell block with visible border and printed bbox/textbbox/cellbbox metrics for visual verification.
• E072_import_new_font.php: Import a custom TTF/OTF font with tc-lib-pdf-font conversion tooling and use it in tc-lib-pdf.
• E073_css_supported_categories.php: Consolidated CSS category showcase covering cascade, selectors, box model, typography, float/clear/position, tables, and paged media.
• E074_text_cell_fit_modes.php: Visual inspection grid for getTextCell() fit modes (T, S, F) including disabled precondition cases.
• E075_external_signature_injection.php: External/remote signing walkthrough using signature placeholder setup, ByteRange digest export, and injected CMS/PKCS#7 signature bytes.
• E076_absolute_position.php: Absolute coordinate positioning within a given page.
• E077_html_table_header_px_unit.php: HTML table pagination with px document units, verifying replayed header rows keep the same column geometry on continuation pages.
• E078_htmlcell_page_margins.php: Single page with 100mm top and bottom margins, placing getHTMLCell text blocks in the top border, central content area, and bottom border.
• E079_font_stretch_spacing_matrix.php: Font stretching (Tz) and character spacing (Tc) matrix across L/C/R/J alignment for both the direct text API and the HTML/CSS font-stretch/letter-spacing engine.
• E080_no_write_regions.php: No-write page regions: text flows around rectangular, trapezoidal, and circular obstacles via setNoWriteRegions(), which approximates each obstacle with a stack of rectangular write regions. Each scenario is rendered twice — with addTextCell() and with addHTMLCell() — producing the same shape-hugging flow and overflowing onto a fresh full-width page.
• E081_signature_pades_lta.php: PAdES-BASELINE-LTA archive-timestamped signature: a B-LT signature upgraded via signature()->upgradeToLta(), adding a /Type /DocTimeStamp archive timestamp over the whole document in a further incremental revision.