Hello dear subscribers of the itext mailing list :-),
At first: my knowledge with frameworks like iText which you can use for
pdf creation isn't the best. I'm still learning and for a moment can't
get any further. Saying this, I am sorry if this question seems too easy
for someone, I just couldn't find any answer so far.
I am using iText because I need a framework with which I can create
pdf-files in java and (important!) place text at certain x and y
coordinates. This text also needs a background color since I'm doing
analysis on them. After a lot of research I experienced that I can
realize this with iText.
Here is a small example of what I am doing (I read the rules :-) ). You
can simply copy it as long as you have the iText jar added to your build
path.
|import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class PDFTesting {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Document document= new Document();
try {
PdfWriter writer= PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
new FileOutputStream("output.pdf"));
document.open();
PdfContentByte cb= writer.getDirectContent();
int x= 100;
int y= 500;
String text= "Hello";
// now we can place content elements on the page
BaseFont bf= BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA,
BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
cb.saveState();
cb.beginText();
cb.moveText(x, y);
cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 12);
cb.showText(text);
cb.endText();
cb.restoreState();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
document.close();
}
}
I have added possibilities to add my text from my datasources to this method
and it's really working great. The result looks very promising to me and so is
only one task for me left at the moment:
I need to add specfic background colors to my text (not font color!) that I'm
moving and placing in the method shown above.
My research didn't provide me any beginner-friendly information about this task
so I would be really happy if you could help me solve this. I also read
something during my research that it could be possible to (somehow) create a
rectangle and write the text above it.
If possible: can you modify my example in a way that adds a background color to
the added example-text (so at the same coordinates)?
If you need further information or have additional suggestions for me please
feel free to contact me as well.
Thanks for every answer and thought you're sharing with me. Hopefully this
isn't too much beginner style for you guys :-)
Best Regards
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