ZUGFeRD (acronym for Zentraler User Guide des Forums elektronische Rechnung Deutschland) is a specification for the electronic invoice format of the same name.

The feature depends on the following features:

• Support for embedded file streams
• Support for metadata streams (XMP metadata)

Hi Telerik,

Could you add abbility to contact TSA (timestamp) server and sign PDF document with certificate (which is currently supported) and signed timestamp?

Thank you

This is the code used for merging:

        private  void MergeDifferentDocumentsPagesWithFixed()
        {
            string[] documentsToMerge =
            {
                "14301-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
                "14302-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
                "14303-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
                "14304-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
                "14305-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
                "14330-STOCK_Proforma.pdf"
            };
            RadFixedDocument doc = new RadFixedDocument();
            PdfFormatProvider provider = new PdfFormatProvider();
            foreach (string current_item in documentsToMerge)
            {
                string path = @"..\..\Samples\" + current_item;
                RadFixedDocument docToMerge;
                if (!File.Exists(path))
                {
                    continue;
                }
                using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead(path))
                {
                    docToMerge = provider.Import(stream);
                }
                doc.Merge(docToMerge);
            }


            string outputFilePath = @"..\..\mergedFixed.pdf";
            File.Delete(outputFilePath);

            using (Stream output = File.OpenWrite(outputFilePath))
            {
                provider.Export(doc, output);
            }
            Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo() { FileName = outputFilePath, UseShellExecute = true });


        }

Workaround:  

   private void MergeDifferentDocumentsPages(string resultFileName)
   {
       string[] documentsToMerge =
       {
           "14301-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
           "14302-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
           "14303-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
           "14304-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
           "14305-STOCK_Proforma.pdf",
           "14330-STOCK_Proforma.pdf"
       };

       File.Delete(resultFileName);
       using (PdfStreamWriter fileWriter = new PdfStreamWriter(File.OpenWrite(resultFileName)))
       {
           foreach (string documentName in documentsToMerge)
           {
               string path = @"..\..\Samples\" + documentName;
               using (PdfFileSource fileToMerge = new PdfFileSource(File.OpenRead(path)))
               {
                   foreach (PdfPageSource pageToMerge in fileToMerge.Pages)
                   {
                       fileWriter.WritePage(pageToMerge);
                   }
               }
           }
       }


      
       Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo() { FileName = resultFileName, UseShellExecute = true });
   }

Currently, a NullReferenceException is thrown because of the incorrect structure. 

As a workaround, the exception can be handled using the Handling Exceptions mechanism.

Update:
When importing documents with invalid structure of path construction operators an InvalidGraphicOperandsCountException is thrown which could be handled using the Handling Exceptions mechanism.

PdfFormatProvider provider = new PdfFormatProvider();
provider.ImportSettings.DocumentUnhandledException += this.ImportSettings_DocumentUnhandledException;

private void ImportSettings_DocumentUnhandledException(object sender, DocumentUnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Exception is InvalidGraphicOperandsCountException)
    {
        e.Handled = true;
    }
}

I have the following form:

From the screen shot above you can see that the line above 75 is perfectly ok i.e. it doesn't go and intersect with the lines of the 72

but when i perform the following code

According to the PDF specification:
A clipping path operator (W or W*) may appear after the last path construction operator and before the path-painting operator that terminates a path object.

Invalid:

W                          % clipping path operator
0 0 m                     % start of the path construction
596 0 l
596 842 l
0 842 l
h                            % end of the path construction
n                            % path-painting operator

0 0 m
596 0 l
596 842 l
0 842 l
h
W
n

Currently (in the invalid cases), the path construction is skipped on import.

InvalidOperationException is thrown when exporting font that is available but not used.

The stack trace is as follows:
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.Max(IEnumerable`1 source)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Model.Elements.Fonts.Cid.CidSet.CopyPropertiesFrom(IPdfExportContext context, FontBase font)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Model.Elements.Fonts.CidFontDescriptor.CalculateCidSet(IPdfExportContext context, CidFontBase font)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Model.Elements.Fonts.CidFontDescriptor.<>c__DisplayClass34.<CopyPropertiesFrom>b__30()
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Utilities.PdfObjectsExtensions.ToPrimitive[P,T](PdfProperty`1 pdfProperty, Func`2 convertToPrimitive, Func`1 getDefaultValue)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Model.Elements.Fonts.CidFontDescriptor.CopyPropertiesFrom(IPdfExportContext context, FontBase font)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Model.Elements.Fonts.CidFontObject.CopyPropertiesFromOverride(IPdfExportContext context, FontBase font)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Model.Elements.Fonts.CidFontObject.CopyPropertiesFrom(IPdfExportContext context, FontBase font)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Model.Elements.Fonts.Type0FontObject.CopyPropertiesFromOverride(IPdfExportContext context, FontBase font)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Export.PdfExporter.WriteFontsFromContext(PdfWriter writer, IPdfExportContext context)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.Export.PdfExporter.Export(IRadFixedDocumentExportContext context, Stream output)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed.FormatProviders.Pdf.PdfFormatProvider.ExportOverride(RadFixedDocument document, Stream output)
   at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Common.FormatProviders.FormatProviderBase`1.Export(T document, Stream output)

A page with a negative value rotation is exported as a blank image.

Workaround: Use only the Enum Rotation values (Rotate0, Rotate90, Rotate180, Rotate270).

Currently, when registering *.otf font file with FontsRepository.RegisterFont method an exception is thrown during the font creation. 

WORKAROUND:  The font file may be converted to TTF format (*.ttf) which is successfully registered. This conversion may be achieved with FontForge by opening the font file and then choosing File -> Generate Fonts -> TrueType -> Generate. More information on FontForge program may be found here: https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/