yes, I've tried that as well but maybe I did it wrong. can you please point
me to some sample code?
I also found this other thread where they talk about something similar.
http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Images-and-shapes-appear-under-stamped-text-td2167020.html#a2167020
" Form fields are visualized using annotations (widget annotations).
Annotations are added on top of the content. That's why you can't
"cover" them "up". "
do you think that is my problem as well?
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Jaakov Jalink <jaak...@syneron.com> wrote:
> Did you try playing with the rectangle opacity??
>
>
>
> *From:* Janle Sirman [mailto:janle.sir...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 20, 2010 6:21 PM
> *To:* itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [iText-questions] accessing hidden layer?
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm using iText version 2.1.7. I want to highlight a label above a text
> field in a 1 page document -- this document is provided to me so I have no
> control on how it's created. I've tried everything that I can think of. I've
> also been reading the first version of the book and am halfway through. So
> here's my problem.
>
> PdfContentByte over = stamp.getOverContent(1);
> over.setColorFill( new Color (255, 255, 0) );
> over.rectangle (x, y, width, height );
> over.fill ();
>
> This code draws the rectangle over my label so the label is no longer
> visible. If I use, stamp.getUnderContent() instead, the rectangle gets drawn
> under my form. It's as if there's a third layer to this form but I'm not
> sure how to access it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've been trying to do this for a
> couple of days now.
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>
> Additional details: I have an empty textfield that's drawn on top of the
> label and that's how I get co-ordinates of the label that I need to
> highlight. I've tried the background option of the textfield as well, but
> that hides the label again.
>
>
>
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