Sure, it would go something like this (writing in the email off the cuff):
static int buttonCounter = 0;
public void addTemplateAsIcon( PdfStamper stamper, PdfTemplate template,
Rectangle rect, int pageNum ) {
PushbuttonField push = new PushbuttonField( stamper.getWriter(), rect,
"blah" + (buttonCounter++) );
push.setTemplate( template );
push.setLayout( PushbuttonField.LAYOUT_ICON_ONLY ); // no caption, just the
template
push.setOptions( BaseField.READ_ONLY ); // it's just there to look pretty,
not to actually be clicked
// you might want to mess with the scaling/adjustment settings a bit
push.setScaleIcon( PushbuttonField.SCALE_ICON_NEVER ); // don't scale the
template to fit the button bounds
push.setScaleIconHorizontalAdjustment( 0.5f ); // horizontal centered
push.setScaleIconVerticalAdjustment( 0.5f ) // vertical centered
stamper.addAnnotation( push.getField(), pageNum );
}
You'll have to fill in the template yourself. You could use HTMLWorker to fill
a page to a document in memory, and import it (inefficient but easy), or write
your own text layout code. I believe a ColumnText object can write directly to
a PdfContentByte (or one of its descendents, like oh... say... PdfTemplate).
That's a happy medium leaning heavily towards the "efficient" end of the
spectrum. Building and parsing a PDF just to import a page is a bit much in my
mind (not that I haven't done it, and with HTMLWorker to boot).
--Mark Storer
Senior Software Engineer
Cardiff.com
#include <disclaimer>
typedef std::Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard;
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:56 AM
> To: Post all your questions about iText here
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How to underline/strikethru a
> FREETEXTAnnotation?
>
>
> Thanks Mark,
>
> could you maybe share some code with me please? I am rather
> new to iText...
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> 2010/2/11 Mark Storer <[email protected]>:
> > If you really want arbitrary text/font/color/etc in an
> annotation, you can build a PushbuttonField, use the
> Icon-Only style, and set that button's Icon to any ol
> PdfTemplate you like.
> >
> > I use that trick a lot when building forms whose appearance
> doesn't fit into normal AcroForms. I draw their background
> into an icon-only button, then draw the data-entry portion on
> top (with transparent borders/background). This also lets me
> show-hide the entire "field", rather than just parts...
> without monkeying about with Optional Content Groups.
> >
> > --Mark Storer
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Cardiff.com
> >
> > #include <disclaimer>
> > typedef std::Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard;
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Leonard Rosenthol [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:03 PM
> >> To: 'Post all your questions about iText here'
> >> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How to underline/strikethru
> a FREETEXT
> >> Annotation?
> >>
> >>
> >> No, it is not possible with PDF in general (has nothing to do
> >> with iText).
> >>
> >> You should consider using regular content (aka a Stamp) instead.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:21 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: [iText-questions] How to underline/strikethru a
> >> FREETEXT Annotation?
> >>
> >> I wonder if it is possible with iText to underline/strikethru
> >> a FREETEXT PdfAnnotation.
> >>
> >> My current code:
> >>
> >> PdfContentByte pcb = new PdfContentByte(writer);
> >> BaseFont font = FontFactory.getFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, 20,
> >> Font.STRIKETHRU).getCalculatedBaseFont(false);
> >> pcb.setFontAndSize(font, 20);
> >> pcb.setColorFill(BaseColor.RED);
> >>
> >> PdfAnnotation freeText = PdfAnnotation.createFreeText(writer,
> >> new Rectangle(startX, startY, endX, endY),
> >> "My text to underline",
> >> pcb);
> >>
> >> writer.addAnnotation(freeText);
> >>
> >> Changing the style of the Font that I get from FontFactory
> >> only works with BOLD and ITALIC - but not for UNDERLINE or
> STRIKETHRU.
> >>
> >> Could anybody please help me out there? How can I add an
> >> underline for a FREETEXT Annotation (yes, it has to be an
> Annotation).
> >>
> >> Thank you very much!
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