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Problem description
Updated on: Mar 03, 2025
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Dynamically loading resources
Problem description
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Making sure the DOM is ready
Updated on: Mar 04, 2025
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1. Introduction
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1.1 pdfChip in a Nutshell
1.2 What pdfChip is Not
1.3 The History of pdfChip
1.4 Main Features
1.5 Learning pdfChip - the Tutorial
1.6 pdfChip Use Cases
1.7 License Levels
1.8 Handling Licensing through the License Server
1.9 Where to Go from Here
1.10 Overview of pdfChip versions in pdfToolbox
1.11 Overview of pdfChip versions in pdfaPilot
2. Reference Manual
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2.1 How to install and run
2.2 Concepts
2.3 pdfChip specific HTML aspects
2.4 Using pdfChip to add barcodes and matrix codes
2.5 pdfChip specific CSS aspects
2.6 pdfChip specific JavaScript
2.7 pdfChip specific SVG aspects
2.8 Limitations and warnings
2.9 pdfChip CSS Feature Compatibility
3. What is new in 1.1
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3.1 Support for DeviceN color spaces
3.2 Passing variable information to HTML template using "--import" on the command line
3.3 Additional info when placing PDF pages (# of pages, page geometry)
3.4 Creating multiple PDFs with one pdfChip command line invocation
4. Links between HTML files are preserved when converted into a single PDF
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4.1 Links between HTML files are preserved when converted into a single PDF
5. Barcodes and matrix codes in pdfChip
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5.1 List of supported barcodes and matrix codes
5.2 Extended list of parameters for the barcode object
5.3 How to define the size of barcode objects
5.4 How to define barcode objects in HTML and SVG
5.5 How to create and update barcode objects dynamically
5.6 Using gradient or image as "color" for QR code
5.7 Adjust page size for result PDF to size of placed PDF
5.8 How to create rectangular 16x48 DataMatrix Industry code
5.9 How to create ITF-14 barcode with bearer bars
6. Export InDesign files into HTML/CSS templates
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6.1 Overview and installation
6.2 How does the export filter work?
6.3 Create a simple HTML template
6.4 Create an HTML template that can be used for "mail merge" style multi-page PDF generation
6.5 Create an HTML template for invoices
6.6 Autocreate Paragraph Styles from custom styling
7. Logging and debugging techniques
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7.1 Extended logging capabilities: "--dump-static-html" command line parameter
7.2 Using "pdfChip Debug" browser plug-in for interactive debugging (1.2)
8. Dynamically loading resources
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8.1 Problem description
8.2 Dynamic barcodes
8.3 Making sure the DOM is ready
8.4 An older solution (before pdfChip 2.6)
9. Optional content + Processing steps in pdfChip
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9.1 Optional content (Layers) in pdfChip
10. Page size in pdfChip
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10.1 Set page size in pdfChip
10.2 Very large page sizes with UserUnit
11. Zoom factor in pdfChip 1.4
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11.1 Use of zoom factor for increased precision
12. pdfChip tips&tricks
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12.1 Useful code snippets for defining barcode objects, using pdfChip specific CSS, importing PDF pages, setting page size and other things
13. pdfChip Switch app
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13.1 Starting with the pdfChip app
13.2 Ways to use the app in a Switch flow
13.3 pdfChip app properties
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