The problem here is that the appearances must also be created with borders, fonts and alignments. Setting the field is fast, creating the appearance is not.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 16:03 > To: Leonard Rosenthol > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Joining fields using acroform > > > > > I'm not flattening anything at that point. But when I tried adding the > fields one by one, i tried to comment out only the setfield. Then > I realized that it was only this method that was really wasting time in > any > greater extent. I used a hashmap containing fieldsname > and fieldvalue pairs and set those values using the acrofield setfield > method. > > > Regards, > Thomas > > > > > At 04:57 PM 4/3/2003 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I'm using I-text to merge data into a pdf file using the fdfReader. This > >works fine, but the problem i'm facing is that it's very slow. > > i've noticed the same thing, and am looking at where the problem > lies...Are you also using flattening or just filling? > > > >can be a problem in an interactive system. My question is: Is it just a > >fact that the merging process is that slow because of > >the nature of the pdf, or might there be some error I'm making, or > perhaps > >would there be room for performance enhancements > > It's not PDF - it's iText... > > > Leonard > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Leonard Rosenthol > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions