The question is pertinent. If you need something like you have in html you must start with html or xml, do all the template replacements and produce the pdf from there. You may use XmlParser or HTMLWorker.
Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Diego Guidi > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [iText-questions] [Newbie] editing existing PDF > > Hy to all :) > I'm totally new to iText and i need to know if a design choice is > available for resolve my issue... > i need to dinamically generate a PDF from a data source, but in my > program i need to define some general layouts for my PDFs, as example > a simle only-text layout, a layout with a title and a logo, and so > on... > In a simil-task, but using html instead of pdf, i have created some > html templates that defines a general layout and contains a > placeholder: i dinamically work to replace the placeholder with a > html-generated fragment to create a final html. > I need to create the same work, but using PDF: i think to create some > general PDF layouts and insert in this layouts a keyword as > placeholder, and then add dinamically my content to the new PDFs from > the selected layout... > It's a practicable way? And exists some examples of editing > PDFs with iText? > I know that this question is similar to "How deep is blue?".... i need > only some links to use as "starting way" or a suggest for an > alternative trick... > Sorry in any case :) > > -- > Diego Guidi > http://lacorrente.blogspot.com è il mio blog personale... > http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/GisSharpBlog è il mio blog tecnico... > http://nts.sourceforge.net è la mia NetTopologySuite... Aviso Legal: Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao destinatário. Pode conter informação confidencial ou legalmente protegida. A incorrecta transmissão desta mensagem não significa a perca de confidencialidade. Se esta mensagem for recebida por engano, por favor envie-a de volta para o remetente e apague-a do seu sistema de imediato. É proibido a qualquer pessoa que não o destinatário de usar, revelar ou distribuir qualquer parte desta mensagem. Disclaimer: This message is destined exclusively to the intended receiver. It may contain confidential or legally protected information. The incorrect transmission of this message does not mean the loss of its confidentiality. If this message is received by mistake, please send it back to the sender and delete it from your system immediately. It is forbidden to any person who is not the intended receiver to use, distribute or copy any part of this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
