> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jay Chiu > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Question about background image > > I need add background images to certain areas in pdf files. Can > someone please tell me what approach I may use for the following > two cases? > > (1) Adding a small image to a bigger area > Support the image original size is 300x300, scale of 1/3 is > required to get better resolution, and the area size is 200. > Thus 4 images need to be laid out in this area. It seems I can > not use watermark in this case.
Use a page event to place the images or whatever you want. > > (2) Add a big image to a smaller area > Support the image final size is 200x200 and the area isze is > 100x100. Then we only want to display the top left section of > the image in the area. I can not find image chopping function in > Itext API. Use a clip area in PdfContentByte. Ex: cb.saveState(); cb.rectangle(x, y, w, h); //the clipping dimensions cb.clip(); cb.newPath() cb.addImage(...); cb.restoreState(); Best Regards, Paulo Soares ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
