[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear iTEXT users,
I have one PDF file which has placeholders. I want write one Java
application using iTEXT API which should generate another PDF where
placeholder should be replaced by values given dynamically.
I can't use PdfStamper as PDF is not in form AcroForm. Please see the
PDF attached.
Here in PDF all the text between <> should be replaced some values
passed to API.
Please let me know whether this possible or not?
Maybe, but I wouldn't do it that way. I have plenty of similar projects,
but I use either real placeholders (an AcroForm) or XML as data source.
Your solution will work for document formats that don't define a layout
(for instance HTML, RTF, Word Doc,...). These formats leave it to
the application to 'shape' paragraphs, tables, and so on.
With PDF, the layout is uniquely defined in the document. If you change
a word, the layout won't be adjusted. Unless you are using Tagged PDF
(which you don't).
In other words: your design isn't good because you're assuming PDF is
a document format similar to Word, RTF, HTML,... That assumption is
wrong and as a result your design is wrong.
br,
Bruno
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