Understanding PDF format...

Hi,

Is it possible to understand the way a pdf file is encoded ??, I would like to make HTML to PDF converter using VB, is this possible ??

thanks
arunb

You can find a number of resources on the internet regarding the PDF format, a good place to start would be Wikipedia. Here is an article that may be of some help.

Oh in addition Adobe comes with 3 libraries which you can reference through VB, if you go to Project > References you should see the following libraries:

• Acrobat Access 3.0 Type Library
• Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Browser Control Type Library 1.0
• Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Type Library

I am using Adobe 8 so version of the libraries will vary based on what version of Adobe you are using. Perhaps these libraries may be of some help to you.

I also found this, perhaps this will also help you.

You can download the PDF specification here http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html

I must warn you its 1,310 pages long.