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+# Getting Started with PDFium |
+ |
+This guide walks through some examples of using the PDFium library. For an |
+example of using PDFium see the [Chromium PDF Plugin][chrome-plugin]. |
+ |
+## Prerequisites |
+ |
+You will need the PDFium library on your computer. You can see the |
+[README](/README.md) for instructions on getting and installing PDFium. |
+ |
+*** note |
+You must compile PDFium without V8 or XFA support for the examples here to work. |
Tom Sepez
2016/03/28 20:28:18
nit: without both V8 and XFA support
dsinclair
2016/03/29 01:05:19
Done.
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+See the [V8 Getting Started][pdfium-v8] guide for how to initialize PDFium when |
+V8 is compiled into the binary. |
+ |
+V8 can be compiled out by providing `pdf_enable_v8=0 pdf_enable_xfa=0` to |
Tom Sepez
2016/03/28 20:28:18
nit: move this up to line 13
GYP_DEFINES="pdf_ena
dsinclair
2016/03/29 01:05:18
Done.
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+`build/gyp_pdfium`. |
+*** |
+ |
+## PDFium Headers |
+ |
+PDFium has been broken over several headers. You only need to include the |
Tom Sepez
2016/03/28 20:28:18
PDFium's API has been broken up over
dsinclair
2016/03/29 01:05:18
Done.
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+headers for functionality you need in your application. The full set of |
Tom Sepez
2016/03/28 20:28:18
functionality you use in your application.
dsinclair
2016/03/29 01:05:18
Done.
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+headers can be found in the [public/ folder of the repository][pdfium-public]. |
+ |
+In all cases you'll need to include `fpdfview.h` as it defines the needed |
+methods for initialization and destruction of the library. |
+ |
+## Initializing PDFium |
+ |
+The first step to using PDFium is to initialize the library. As well, you'll |
Tom Sepez
2016/03/28 20:28:18
Having done so, you'll then need to
dsinclair
2016/03/29 01:05:19
Done.
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+need to destroy the library when you're finished. When initializing the |
+library you provide the `FPDF_LIBRARY_CONFIG` parameters to |
+`FPDF_InitLibraryWithConfig`. |
+ |
+```c |
+#include <fpdfview.h> |
+ |
+int main() { |
+ FPDF_LIBRARY_CONFIG config; |
+ config.version = 2; |
+ config.m_pUserFontPaths = NULL; |
+ config.m_pIsolate = NULL; |
+ config.m_v8EmbedderSlot = 0; |
+ |
+ FPDF_InitLibraryWithConfig(&config); |
+ |
+ FPDF_DestroyLibrary(); |
+ return 0; |
+} |
+``` |
+ |
+Currently the `config.version` must be set to `2`. `m_pUserFontPaths` can be |
+used to override the font paths searched by PDFium. If you wish to use your |
+own font paths pass a `NULL` terminated list of `const char*` paths to use. |
+ |
+`m_pIsolate` and `m_v8EmbedderSlot` are both used to configure the V8 |
+javascript engine. In the first case, you can provide an isolate through |
+`m_pIsolate` for PDFium to use to store per-isolate data. Passing `NULL` will |
+case PDFium to allocate a new isolate. `m_v8EmbedderSlot` is the embedder data |
+slot to use in the v8::Isolate to store PDFium data. The value must be between |
+0 and v8::Internals::kNumIsolateDataSlots. Typically, 0 is a good choice. |
+ |
+For more information on using Javascript see the [V8 Getting Started][pdfium-v8] |
+guide. |
+ |
+*** aside |
+PDFium is built as a set of static libraries. You'll need to specify them all on |
+the link line in order to compile. My build line was: |
+ |
+``` |
+PDF_LIBS="-lpdfium -lfpdfapi -lfxge -lfpdfdoc -lfxcrt -lfx_agg \ |
Tom Sepez
2016/03/28 20:28:18
we really should consolidate our build down into f
dsinclair
2016/03/29 01:05:19
I think we could just do pdfium and pdfium_xfa as
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+-lfxcodec -lfx_lpng -lfx_libopenjpeg -lfx_lcms2 -lfx_freetype -ljpeg \ |
+-lfx_zlib -lfdrm -lpdfwindow -lbigint -lformfiller -ljavascript \ |
+-lfxedit" |
+PDF_DIR=<path/to/pdfium> |
+ |
+clang -I $PDF_DIR/public -o init init.c -L $PDF_DIR/out/Debug -lstdc++ -framework AppKit $PDF_LIBS |
+``` |
+ |
+The `-framework AppKit` as needed as I'm building on a Mac. Internally PDFium |
+uses C++, which is why `-lstdc++` is required on the link line. |
+*** |
+ |
+ |
+[chrome-plugin]: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/pdf/ |
+[pdfium-public]: https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/+/master/public/ |
+[pdfium-v8]: /docs/v8-getting-started.md |