> You mean that PdfCopy/SmartCopy preserve the page boundaries and > rotation (so they do worry about paper size and rotation).
Yes, excatly. > PdfWriter doesn't worry about the rotation (it doesn't look at the > rotation key in the MediaBox). As for the page size, it only looks at > the MediaBox and not at the other page boundaries (in your case: it > doesn't worry about the CropBox). I'm using itext(sharp) for like 2 days now - approx. the same day I first glanced at a pdf (internally). I believe some Pdf basics 101 is in order. > Aha, what you actually want to do, is to change the page boundaries so > that you can add extra content. Are you sure that implies scaling down > the document? Because it won't be sufficient to scale down the content, > you'll also have to scale down all the interactive features (otherwise > all the links and annotations will end up on the wrong place; actually > when using PdfWriter, all interactivity will get lost completely). Didn't know the implications but it starts to sound like a rather stupid idea. I'm thinking you are right - no need to "scale down" the page if I can just extend the boundaries. > please start by downloading chapter 6 of the book "iText in Action - > Second Edition": http://www.manning.com/lowagie2/samplechapter6.pdf Done. > But you don't want to scale down the imported page: you just want to > create some extra space for a header and a footer! Typically, you'll do > that by changing the rectangles defining the page boundaries at the > level of PdfReader. This is an example that does the opposite: > http://1t3xt.be/?104 > It 'crops' pages (makes them smaller). You need to update the example to > make pages bigger. Ok, here you lost me - if I do this, doesn't it mean the resulting page will be bigger too? Say 40x40 -> 2* (5x40) for header/footer = 50x40 I would like to have excatly the same (physical?!) size in the resulting page (A4 for instance). Never the less. I think I need some reading. Seems I'm missing quite a bit of boxes and boundaries > The MediaBox is the same, but did you check the other page boundaries? > Especially the CropBox deserves your attention. Ok. I will have a look at it. -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/itext-PdfCopy-SmartCopy-vs-PdfWriter-tp4655915p4655919.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
