For some reason I had thought that RC (RichContent, added in PDF 1.5) didn't work with FreeText annotations - but ISO 32000-1, 12.5.6.2 clearly states that it works on ANY "markup annotation". My mistake, sorry about that. Glad you caught it!
As you have seen, FoxIt is NOT a fully ISO 32000-1 compliant reader. It does NOT implement the full PDF specification. I would recommend that you contact them to have them add it (and perhaps the myriad of other things they don't support!) Leonard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:49 AM To: Post all your questions about iText here Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How to underline/strikethru a FREETEXT Annotation? OK, I partially got it to work by using "RC": String styles = ""; if(a.underline && !a.strikeout) { styles = "text-decoration:underline;"; } else if(a.strikeout && !a.underline) { styles = "text-decoration:line-through;"; } else if(a.strikeout && a.underline) { styles = "text-decoration:line-through underline;"; } if (a.bold) { styles += "font-weight:bold;"; } if (a.italic) { styles += "font-style:italic;"; } freeText.put(PdfName.RC, new PdfString("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><body xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"; xmlns:xfa=\"http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/\"; xfa:APIVersion=\"Acrobat:8.2.0\" xfa:spec=\"2.0.2\"><p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"" + styles + "font-family:" + a.font.getFamilyFontName()[0][3] + "\">" + a.text + "</span></p></body>")); At least it works properly in Acrobat, but is totally ignored in i.e. Foxit PDFReader (and I guess in any other PDF Reader). So if anybody else has some more tips please tell me :) Thanks! 2010/2/11 <[email protected]>: > 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! >>> -- >>> NEU: Mit GMX DSL über 1000,- ¿ sparen! >>> http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---------------- >>> SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features >>> such as DTrace, >>> Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. 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Get Solaris 10 NOW >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, >> Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. 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Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] 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/
