RE: [iText-questions] Select a area from one pdf and put in another

Paulo Soares Thu, 01 Apr 2004 05:47:41 -0800

You are doing the clipping at the wrong place. The clipping is done in the destination not the imported page. You should have something like this:

cb.saveState();

cb.rectangle(50,50,150,150);

cb.clip();

cb.newPath();

cb.addTemplate(page1, x, y);

cb.restoreState();

Best Regards,

Paulo Soares

From: David Capredoni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 2:26 PM
To: Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Select a area from one pdf and put in another

Thanks for the response. I tried clipping, but for some reason, I can place a part of the pdf from another file where ever I want in the new pdf, but only the very botton left corner.

Here is an example of what I am doing

      PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();

      int pagei = i; //for page i

      PdfImportedPage page1 = writer.getImportedPage(reader, pagei);

      PdfTemplate template = cb.createTemplate(100, 100); //size of section to add

      //want to grab a square from pdf 1 and place in exact same spot on pdf2

      page1.moveTo(50,50);

      page1.rectangle(50,50,150,150);

      page1.clip();

      page1.newPath();





      template.addTemplate(page1,0,0);

//          template.rectangle(50,50,150,150);

//          template.moveTo(50,50);

//          template.clip();

//          template.newPath();

      cb.addTemplate(template,50,50);   //where you want it to appear, absolute position

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:30 AM
To: David Capredoni; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Select a area from one pdf and put in another

You must always place the complete page but you can define a clipping area to show only some parts of the page.

Best Regards,

Paulo Soares

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Capredoni
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:02 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [iText-questions] Select a area from one pdf and put in another

Hi

Does anyone know how to select an area (rectangle in a page) from one pdf file and place it at a certain location in a new pdf file.

Thanks

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