Thanks Mark for the sample code! But I guess I will stick to the
RichText stuff, as Acrobat is the only reader used, this should be
fine.

Thanks again!

2010/2/11 Mark Storer <[email protected]>:
> 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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