Thanks for all the references. I will look at the them first thing tomorrow.
Thanks also for the tip on OO to create pdf forms. I found some more info
here:
http://danilop.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/how-to-create-pdf-forms-with-openoffice/
Thanks again, I really hope I can generate all the documents with
JFreeCharts and iText, that would be the easiest way for me and less risky.
Fred
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 17:11, 1T3XT info <i...@1t3xt.info> wrote:
> Fred Janon wrote:
>> The charts have fixed dimensions, but probably different size (in
>> bytes)
>
> Sorry, I wasn't clear.
> When I talked about size, I meant dimensions, not byte size.
> The idea is to put a placeholder in the PDF. I usually work
> with a button of which I replace the icon and then flatten
> the document.
>
> See for instance:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/results/classroom/filmfestival/movies22.pdf
> is the template used to create:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/results/classroom/filmfestival/movies22.pdf
> or its "flattened" version:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/results/classroom/filmfestival/movies23_2.pdf
>
> Source code available here:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=332
>
>> since the legend will change a bit from one chart to another. I
>> can fix the max length of the strings to replace, meaning I can put a
>> dummy string in the template of the max length, then I can pad the
>> strings when replacing them if necessary.
>
> Working with a dummy string isn't done in PDF.
> You'd better work with text fields for Strings.
> See the example mentioned above.
>
>> Would that work? How can I find the location of the strings to replace
>> in the template? Do I need a template that's a pdf form?
>
> Yes, you need a template that is a PDF form.
> You can create such a template with Open Office.
>
> This form was made by
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/resources/classroom/filmfestival/datasheet.pdf
> It's filled using this code:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=330
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