Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark founded the company and has worked with Java and PDF since 1997. The original creator of the core code, he is also a NetBeans enthusiast who enjoys speaking at conferences and reading. He holds an Athletics Blue and an MA in Mediaeval History from St. Andrews University.

   



196 Stories by Mark Stephens

HTML and SVG Explained (Along with Use Cases)

In his article I will explain what is HTML and SVG, how they’re related and which might be suited for your use case. What...
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Try your hand at Minecraft Gaming (and Java coding) in San Francisco

JavaOne is less than a month away so I will be highlighting some of the interesting events going on at JavaOne or in San...
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How to convert Microsoft Office documents to PDF, HTML5 or SVG

As this is a question we get asked a lot at IDRsolutions, I decided to write a blog article on the topic, which may...
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What are Indexed Colorspaces?

What are Indexed Colorspaces? Indexed Colorspaces store a list of the colors used and reference that list to get the color of each pixel,...
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Running JavaFX on a server

JavaFX on the server??? JavaFX is heavily promoted as a desktop technology to replace Swing. So it might seem slightly strange to suggest running...
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What are Blend Modes in PDF files?

The PDF File Format includes some very sophisticated features. One of the most interesting ones is the Blend Mode (introduced in PDF version 1.4)....
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