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+## "Hello World" overview
+
+This example is a minimalistic application of the pdf.js project. The file `helloworld.pdf` is from the GNUpdf project (see [Introduction to PDF at GNUpdf](http://gnupdf.org/Introduction_to_PDF), and contains a simple and human-readable PDF.
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+## Getting started
+
+Point your browser to `index.html`. Voila. Take a peek at `hello.js` to see how to make basic calls to `pdf.js`.
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+## Additional resources
+
++ [GNUpdf - Introduction to PDF](http://gnupdf.org/Introduction_to_PDF)
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+//
+// See README for overview
+//
+
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+//
+// Ajax GET request for binary files
+// (like jQuery's $.get(), but supports the binary type ArrayBuffer)
+//
+var binaryGet = function(url, callback){
+ var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+ xhr.open('GET', url);
+ xhr.mozResponseType = xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
+ xhr.expected = (document.URL.indexOf('file:') === 0) ? 0 : 200;
+ xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+ if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === xhr.expected) {
+ var data = (xhr.mozResponseArrayBuffer || xhr.mozResponse ||
+ xhr.responseArrayBuffer || xhr.response);
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+ callback(data);
+ }
+ };
+ xhr.send(null);
+}
+
+//
+// This is where the fun happens
+//
+binaryGet('helloworld.pdf', function(data){
+ //
+ // Instantiate PDFDoc with PDF data
+ //
+ var pdf = new PDFDoc(new Stream(data));
+ var page = pdf.getPage(1);
+ var scale = 1.5;
+
+ //
+ // Prepare canvas using PDF page dimensions
+ //
+ var canvas = document.getElementById('the-canvas');
+ var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
+ canvas.height = page.height * scale;
+ canvas.width = page.width * scale;
+
+ //
+ // Render PDF page into canvas context
+ //
+ page.startRendering(context);
+});
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+%PDF-1.7
+
+1 0 obj % entry point
+<<
+ /Type /Catalog
+ /Pages 2 0 R
+>>
+endobj
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+2 0 obj
+<<
+ /Type /Pages
+ /MediaBox [ 0 0 200 200 ]
+ /Count 1
+ /Kids [ 3 0 R ]
+>>
+endobj
+
+3 0 obj
+<<
+ /Type /Page
+ /Parent 2 0 R
+ /Resources <<
+ /Font <<
+ /F1 4 0 R
+ >>
+ >>
+ /Contents 5 0 R
+>>
+endobj
+
+4 0 obj
+<<
+ /Type /Font
+ /Subtype /Type1
+ /BaseFont /Times-Roman
+>>
+endobj
+
+5 0 obj % page content
+<<
+ /Length 44
+>>
+stream
+BT
+70 50 TD
+/F1 12 Tf
+(Hello, world!) Tj
+ET
+endstream
+endobj
+
+xref
+0 6
+0000000000 65535 f
+0000000010 00000 n
+0000000079 00000 n
+0000000173 00000 n
+0000000301 00000 n
+0000000380 00000 n
+trailer
+<<
+ /Size 6
+ /Root 1 0 R
+>>
+startxref
+492
+%%EOF
\ No newline at end of file
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