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Create PDF Documents via Java

Native and high performance PDF (Portable Document Format) creation programmatically using Java library.

 

Aspose.Diagram for Java Aspose.Diagram for Java

Overview

Generating PDF file dynamically within running application is easy. In order to create PDF documents from scratch without requiring MS Office, we’ll use

Aspose.Diagram for Java

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use Diagram API for Java platform. You can download its latest version directly from

Maven

and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

Repository


<repository>
<id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
<name>Aspose Java API</name>
<url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-diagram</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-diagram API</version>
<classifier>jdk16</classifier>
</dependency>

How to Create PDF via Java

It is easy for the developers to create, load, modify and convert PDF (Portable Document Format) within running different reporting applications for data processing in just a few lines of code.

  1. Include the namespace in your class file
  2. Create Diagram class instance.
  3. Access the first page of the diagram.
  4. Add text in the page.
  5. Use save method to save the diagram as PDF file.

System Requirements

Aspose.Diagram for Java supports on all major platforms and Operating Systems. Please make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  • Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with Java Runtime Environment for JSP/JSF Application and Desktop Applications.
  • Get latest version of Aspose.Diagram for Java directly from Maven .
 

Following source code shows how to create a PDF file using C#.


// Create Diagram class instance.
Diagram diagram = new Diagram();

// Access the first page of the diagram.
Page page = diagram.getPages().get(0);

// Add Text shape.
Shape shape = page.addText(1, 1, 1, 1, "Test text", "Calibri", "#a5a5a5", 0.25);

// Save the Diagram as .pdf file.
diagram.save("out.pdf",SaveFileFormat.PDF);
 
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PDF What is PDF File Format?

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a type of document created by Adobe back in 1990s. The purpose of this file format was to introduce a standard for representation of documents and other reference material in a format that is independent of application software, hardware as well as Operating System. The PDF file format has full capability to contain information like text, images, hyperlinks, form-fields, rich media, digital signatures, attachments, metadata, Geospatial features and 3D objects in it that can become as part of source document.

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Other Supported Visio Generation

You can also create other Microsoft Visio formats including few listed below.

VDX (Visio drawing XML File)
VSSX (Visio stencil File)
VSTX (Visio template File)
VSDM (Visio macro-enabled drawing File)
VSSM (Visio macro-enabled stencil File)
VSTM (Visio macro-enabled template File)
VSDX (Visio drawing File)