[iText-questions] Help Required for POC on generating PDF using IText API

2005-05-19 Thread j_k_kishore
Hi All,    I am working on a POC which should read a template and generate a PDF by filling the form fields on the template.   Questions: 1. As of now i have .xdp files as templates, but when i try to read it using PdfStamper , its throwing an error :  PDF header signature not found.    I'd like to

[iText-questions] How to save PDF after changes?

2005-05-19 Thread Faisal Maqsood
Hello folks, Please help, it is urgent. I've a problem while saving PDF after some changes. I've made a sample, where I'm using following method to save. // void savePDF() throws Exception { System.out.println("Saving PDF..."); Document obj_doc = new Docume

Re: [iText-questions] Insert an image into a PDF template - PdfContentByte null pointer

2005-05-19 Thread Paulo Soares
Use PdfStamper.getOverContent(). - Original Message - From: "Sloey, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:35 PM Subject: [iText-questions] Insert an image into a PDF template - PdfContentByte null pointer I have a PDF template containing a background image and s

Re: [iText-questions] RowSpan

2005-05-19 Thread Janne Berg
This is a way to do it : import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.PageSize; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; /* * TableWithRowspan.j

[iText-questions] IE 5.5 problems (while IE 6 works fine)!!

2005-05-19 Thread Isabelle Ulfsdotter
Hello, I created a Servlet that publishes a PDF document. I took all the necessary precautions suggested by Bruno Lowagie and Paulo Soares when dealing with IE, including mapping the Servlet to “/myservlet/mypdf.pdf” and first outputting to a buffer to get the final size before returning t

[iText-questions] Insert an image into a PDF template - PdfContentByte null pointer

2005-05-19 Thread Sloey, James
I have a PDF template containing a background image and some fields that I fill with text. I also need to insert a gif image of the persons signature on the page. I read an archived reply from Paulo and tried to use PdfContentByte. If I comment out the image statement the text gets fille

[iText-questions] Re: Document Location

2005-05-19 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Nico wrote: Thank You. * Please keep on the mailing-list * Another quick question, is there a way i can underline text using PdfContentByte? or BaseFont? In that case I would suggest that you use the High-level objects (such as Chunk, Paragraph,...) in combination with ColumnText (an object that

RE: [iText-questions] Page Size

2005-05-19 Thread Youssef Eldakar
What I was trying to say by "document resolution" was resolution of the default user space, where 1 unit = 72 pixels. Scaling was the solution to my problem: document.setPageSize(new Rectangle( im.plainWidth() * 72 / im.getDpiX(), ...)); im.scalePercent( 100 * 72 / im.getDpiX()); Youssef Eld

RE: [iText-questions] Page Size

2005-05-19 Thread Youssef Eldakar
Right, wxh = 1240x1752. At an image resolution of 300 dpi, it should translate to about 4.15x5.85.in. I guess the problem is that the document resolution is set to 72 not 300 dpi. How do I set the document resolution? If I convert this image to PDF using FineReader, I get correct dimensions. Y

Re: [iText-questions] Page Size

2005-05-19 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Youssef Eldakar wrote: Right, wxh = 1240x1752. That is the image size at the moment you constructed the rectangle; you did this BEFORE you tried to change the DPI. At an image resolution of 300 dpi, it should translate to about 4.15x5.85.in. I guess the problem is that the document resolution is

[iText-questions] Re: Document Location

2005-05-19 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Nico wrote: Basically i have a Chunk that i need to position at x coordinate - 20 x coordinate - 750 Cause when i use the document.add() it places the chunk at the top of the document. Please help. Look for showTextAligned in the tutorial: http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/directcontent/text/

[iText-questions] Document Location

2005-05-19 Thread Nico
I mean if add an element to the document using document.add(Element element) i do not know the positioning of this, so i need to find out how can i specify where in the document i want to add an Element.

Re: [iText-questions] Page Size

2005-05-19 Thread bruno
Youssef Eldakar wrote: Image im = Image.getInstance(...); document.setPageSize(new Rectangle( im.plainWidth(), im.plainHeight())); document.newPage(); im.setAbsolutePosition(0, 0); im.setDpi(300, 300); contentByte.addImage(im); Opening the output PDF, it displays a page dimensions of "17.22 x 24.33

Re: [iText-questions] (no subject)

2005-05-19 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
At 02:41 PM 5/18/2005, David Thielen wrote: With the pdf in that zip file (built with iText 1.2), when read with Acrobat 7 I get a "Token Type Not Recognized" pop-up error message. It reads with no problem under Acrobat 6. I'm at a conference this week, but will try to take a look tonight.

[iText-questions] Document Location

2005-05-19 Thread Nico
Basically i have a Chunk that i need to position at x coordinate - 20 x coordinate - 750 Cause when i use the document.add() it places the chunk at the top of the document. Please help.

Re: [iText-questions] Document Location

2005-05-19 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Nico wrote: Hi guys i have been using iText for a while but i cant seem so see how to set the Document location. Basically i would like to know is there a way i can set the document location? The Document location? Please explain what you mean by Document location. http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tu

Re: [iText-questions] adding page number at the end of each page using Header Footer

2005-05-19 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Kurakula, Suneetha (HCF) wrote: Hi , I am trying to add page number at the end of each page using You are mixing two different approaches. Or you use the HeaderFooter object WITHOUT PageEvents. Just set the footer BEFORE document.open() Or you use onEndPage and add the pagenumber at an absolute

[iText-questions] Page Size

2005-05-19 Thread Youssef Eldakar
Image im = Image.getInstance(...); document.setPageSize(new Rectangle( im.plainWidth(), im.plainHeight())); document.newPage(); im.setAbsolutePosition(0, 0); im.setDpi(300, 300); contentByte.addImage(im); Opening the output PDF, it displays a page dimensions of "17.22 x 24.33 in" while it is sup

Re: [iText-questions] underline and background

2005-05-19 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Paulo Soares wrote: That bug is already fixed in the CVS. I think it's fixed in iText1.3.1 br, Bruno --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Spac

[iText-questions] Document Location

2005-05-19 Thread Nico
Hi guys i have been using iText for a while but i cant seem so see how to set the Document location. Basically i would like to know is there a way i can set the document location? Regards, Nico

[iText-questions] Merging PDFs in Memory in Servlet Environment

2005-05-19 Thread Haldi, Silvio
Hi I've a problem when merging multiple PDFs in-memory to one single document (I calle it CompoundDocument). I use the iText library. I extracted some code out of the commandline tool "concat_pdf" and adjusted the logic to read the documents from bytearraystreams instead of reading files (please se