Webpointz, Actually, you didn't. If the book contained ALL of the documentation, it would be huge and much more costly to purchase.
>> Some of us would not mind that. In fact a whole series of proper books, starting with iText for Dummies would be just fine. No free support, but a peg in the ground that wasnt moved every time someone had a whizzo idea about how to make things better What you perceive as a game of "clue" is simple to explain. You, who presumably are being paid for your efforts, are asking a many dedicated professionals to do YOUR work for you, for free. If all of us were to set out to do your work for you, can you imagine the amount of work that would be wasted? You are expected to do your own work and show it BEFORE asking questions about it. YOUR work involves searching all of the documentation, which you clearly have not done. I "gave" you a hint on how to find the pertinent documentation you had overlooked. YOU are the one who is expected to apply it to your own situation. >> It is MUCH easier NOT to shout than to be supportive and kind. The attitude of people like you should not be the first price one has to pay for putting shortcomings and inadequacy into the public arena. >> So. There is much assumption too that we would not be prepared to pay for software and have properly written up help. Your desire to keep software 'free' - not in the monetary sense - could be tempered with your desire to be seen as a gentle sage rather than a bludgeoning ogre with attitudes more suited to the Victorian world many of us are glad to have left behind. >> please stop shouting at people it is really 'bucket dipper' behaviour Cheers, Bill Segraves john renfrew Right Way Up Office +44 1675 475341 Fax +44 1675 475342 Mobile +44 7767 443992 -----Original Message----- From: wasegraves [mailto:wasegra...@bellsouth.net] Sent: 07 December 2009 17:46 To: Post all your questions about iText here Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How can I change contents of a text field at signing? Webpointz, Actually, you didn't. If the book contained ALL of the documentation, it would be huge and much more costly to purchase. What you perceive as a game of "clue" is simple to explain. You, who presumably are being paid for your efforts, are asking a many dedicated professionals to do YOUR work for you, for free. If all of us were to set out to do your work for you, can you imagine the amount of work that would be wasted? You are expected to do your own work and show it BEFORE asking questions about it. YOUR work involves searching all of the documentation, which you clearly have not done. I "gave" you a hint on how to find the pertinent documentation you had overlooked. YOU are the one who is expected to apply it to your own situation. Cheers, Bill Segraves ----- Original Message ---- From: webpointz <mbeveri...@webpointz.com> To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 12:11:54 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How can I change contents of a text field at signing? Actually...we purchased the documentation (your book) and we are appreciative of all of the work you did and still do, but frankly we aren't JAVA people and we are scripting tranlsations to coldfusion, then we ask a question and instead of helpful answers we get involved in a game of "clue". Its terribly frustrating at times and as i mentioned, we aren't piggybacking on "free" documentation..we purchased the book itself. I guess I will keep trying given that nobody seems to want to provide assistance other than clues. Thanks again Bruno Lowagie-3 wrote: > > webpointz wrote: >> Thank you BUT you keep saying to add as an "OnFocus" event. The problem >> is >> that there is nowhere that shows an example of this being added in the >> documentation or anywhere else. > > Did you really look everywhere? > >> Would you have an example of the code I would need to add it to the >> signature field? > > Click on the link that is on the bottom of each mail sent to the mailing > list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ > > Knowing that you need some JavaScript functionality that responds > on the onFocus event (see for instance p498 of the first edition > of "iText in Action"), you click on the keyword "JavaScript" to > find this page: > http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/index.php?page=keyword&id=535 > > Now click on the first link you see: > http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=438 > > Now download that example, and study it closely. > Especially this line: > > noAction.put(new PdfName("Fo"), > PdfAction.javaScript("setReadOnly(true);", stamper..getWriter())); > > Please don't pretend the documentation that is provided for free > is insufficient, because that's not very respectful. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-can-I-change-contents-of-a-text-field-at-signing-- tp26610705p26680477.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble..com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
