I don't know where you heard that "positioning is relative to whitespace" - that is simply NOT TRUE.
All coordinates in the PDF are relative to the origin of the MediaBox of the page. PERIOD. That said - if the page has no CropBox then everything is perfect and no problems. HOWEVER, when the page HAS a CropBox (which impacts the VISUAL DISPLAY but not the coordinates) then you need to be sure to adjust your coordinates relative to the new coordinate system. Leonard -----Original Message----- From: Lloyd [mailto:lloydgold2...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:48 PM To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [iText-questions] Acro form positioning + margins Hello, I'm writing an application that grabs the field positions in a PDF. I noticed that the positioning of these (LEFT, BOTTOM) are relative to the white spacing in a PDF. Now, from what I've read on the mailing list, there is no such things as margins. I've noticed that when loading the PDF up in a program like Photoshop, the spacing disappears, while if I load the PDF up in Adobe Reader, or I capture an image of it in GhostScript the spacing is there. My question is, is there anyway to get the spacing details? Is the "content" inside some kind of rectangle box so I can figure out the spacing? The reason I want this is I'm converting the field positions to pixels, and placing them over an image of the PDF. This image will contain the white spacing and I need these numbers to position the fields correctly. The only option I've come up with is to get the width of the PDF with the spacing, then use a program like GhostScript to generate the PDF with no margin at all, and then compare the width/height to get the spacing. I'm hoping there is an easier way. If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Acro-form-positioning-%2B-margins-tp25795037p25795037.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
