I'm no xml specialist but probably the best approach would be for you to create new tags and alter the xml parser.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 17:44 Subject: Re: [iText-questions] jfreecharts look bad in itext? > The basic challenge is that I am using the xml library. The servlet > that > creates the chart is "stateless" all parameters it needs to create a > chart > are passed to it. I also need to output the same document into html, so > I > don't want a "pdf only" solution. > > So maybe I can create some xml that will represent both an "html" way of > getting an image, and an "pdf way" to get an image. State to the > servlet > is passed via the url parameters. But I need to pass state to the image > creator for the pdf document. > > Here is what I think i will do for xml pdf > > <image url="http://xxx"; class="ImagImplementor"> > <parm name="attribute1" value="1"/> > <parm name="attribute2" value="2"/> > </image> > > url would still be provided so that html writer would still work. > class would be a java class would be draw the chart into the pdf > document. > We would do a Class.forName to instantiate it. > the parms would have to be passed to the MyChartImplementor to pass > state > to the chart creating machine. Image would instantiate > MyChartImplementor with the state via a list of attributes.. > > I would have to implementor a new constructor for itext.Image object > that > would take these parameters, and use the image class to get it's image. > > Any comments? > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Paulo Soares wrote: > > > You are including the charts as image and as such the charts will only > look > > as good as the image resolution. There's a document in the JFreeChart > site > > where it's explained how to include a chart using > > PdfContentByte.createGraphics(). You can also use now the new > > PdfContentByte.createGraphicsShapes() to have the fonts drawn as > shapes. > > > > Best Regards, > > Paulo Soares > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Phillip Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 13:17 > > Subject: [iText-questions] jfreecharts look bad in itext? > > > > > > > I have some reasonable looking charts coming from jfreechart: > > > > http://ldi.rhoderunner.com/hra/servlet/chart?val=x&categories=November+1 > > > > 999&chartValues=32&categories=November+1999&chartValues=32&showLegend=fa > > > lse&title=Weight&series=Weight > > > > > > > http://ldi.rhoderunner.com/hra/servlet/chart?val=x&title=Health+Score&sh > > > > owLegend=true&series=November+1999&chartValues=5&chartValues=40&chartVal > > > > ues=1&chartValues=1&chartValues=57&chartValues=25&chartValues=30&series= > > > > November+1999&chartValues=5&chartValues=40&chartValues=1&chartValues=1&c > > > > hartValues=57&chartValues=25&chartValues=30&categories=Cancer&categories > > > > =Heart+Disease&categories=Emphysema&categories=Cirrhosis&categories=Arth > > > ritis&categories=Overall&categories=Self-assessed+Health > > > > > > When I put them into pdf (via <image url="xx"/>) , they seem to > lose > > > their > > > sharpness. They seem fuzzy or something. > > > Here is an example: > > > > > > http://ldi.rhoderunner.com/logs/pdf/test.pdf There are several > charts > > > in > > > this document, all illustrate the problem. > > > > > > I am not looking for anyone to solve my problem for me, just looking > for > > > > > > some general directions to improve the appearance of my charts. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > > > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > > > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > iText-questions mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
