Re: [iText-questions] Merging PDF/A documents to output also PDF/A

2006-11-09 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
Title: Re: [iText-questions] Merging PDF/A documents to output al At 10:38 AM +0100 11/9/06, Beck Julien wrote: I'm currently performing some evolutions on an archiving solution for a customer. It handled PDF files, but has now to handle PDF/A files.     Wonderful!  The more PDF/A support in

Re: [iText-questions] Auto Call Web Service

2006-11-09 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
At 8:55 AM +0100 11/9/06, Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Is there a way to automatically call a web service when the PDF is opened? Sure. Create a document level script that uses the Soap object. This will only work for Acrobat >=6. It will NOT work

Re: [iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
PdfReader.getAcroFields() Paulo - Original Message - From: "new2pdf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf > > Paulo, > Could you please give an example? > >

[iText-questions] Display HTML Format string

2006-11-09 Thread dreams
Hi I am working on creating an editable PDF Form using iText. The text I need to display(Title,FormField Text...) in the PDF Form is in HTML-Format. Is there any way I can render HTML Tags and write to PDF. Any help regarding the same would be higly appreciated. Thanks -- View this message in

[iText-questions] Sample code for same-named fields

2006-11-09 Thread steve poling
Paolo, Thanks for this information. > That's not a bug. Fields with the same name must be created with a > single field dictionary and several widget kids, one for each visible > instance. Create in acrobat two fields with the same name. Then, use the > Java toolbox to see the field structure, yo

Re: [iText-questions] Image transparency issues related to printing PDF

2006-11-09 Thread Jerold Sampson
I am having lots of trouble getting these posts to go through . . . they keep getting rejected by sourceforge . . . so this may be redundant. If you get it! Could you share your 2 bpp workaround? . . . Will it work for raw image data if I specify something like the following: // 2-bit

Re: [iText-questions] Image transparency issues related to printing PDF

2006-11-09 Thread Jerold Sampson
Could you share your 2 bpp workaround? . . . Will it work for raw image data if I specify something like the following: // 2-bit logic (0 black 3 white/transparent) int transparency[] = {3, 3}; pdfImage = com.lowagie.text.Image.getInstance(xSize,ySize,1,2,data,transp

[iText-questions] How to remove the field format validations from a pdf document

2006-11-09 Thread new2pdf
How can I remove the field format validations from a pdf document while concatinating multiple pdfs using pdfstamper? Since I am setting the values at runtime using iText the built-in pdf field validations are no longer required? What property should I set to make a text field to reduce the font

[iText-questions] space between lines/table rows

2006-11-09 Thread Henry Lu
In RTF, how do I specify the space between lines? The default one is too much. What I'd like to do is to reduce a little bit of space between lines and rows of tables. -Henry - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to supp

Re: [iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf

2006-11-09 Thread new2pdf
Paulo, Could you please give an example? Paulo Soares wrote: > > I think that you can do it from PdfReader and skip PdfStamper altogether. > > Paulo > > - Original Message - > From: "new2pdf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:46 PM > Subject: Re: [iTex

[iText-questions] Space between lines

2006-11-09 Thread Henry Lu
In RTF, how do I specify the space between lines? The default one is too much. What I'd like to do is to reduce a little bit of space between lines and rows of tables. -Henry - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to supp

Re: [iText-questions] How to make font properties uniform while multiple pdfs using PdfStamper

2006-11-09 Thread new2pdf
Thanks Bruno. I will try to fix it based on your advice. If you come across any example please do post it. Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote: > > new2pdf wrote: >> I am combing multiple pdfs into one using the PdfStamper. The input >> fields >> on these individual pdf documents use different fonts,

Re: [iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
I think that you can do it from PdfReader and skip PdfStamper altogether. Paulo - Original Message - From: "new2pdf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf >

Re: [iText-questions] How to make font properties uniform while multiple pdfs using PdfStamper

2006-11-09 Thread Bruno Lowagie
new2pdf wrote: > I am combing multiple pdfs into one using the PdfStamper. The input fields > on these individual pdf documents use different fonts, font size and font > color. Use one the setFieldProperty methods as described in the API docs: http://itext.ugent.be/library/api/com/lowagie/text/p

[iText-questions] space between lines

2006-11-09 Thread Henry Lu
In RTF, how do I specify the space between lines? The default one is too much. What I'd like to do is to reduce a little bit of space between lines and rows of tables. -Henry - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to supp

[iText-questions] How to make font properties uniform while multiple pdfs using PdfStamper

2006-11-09 Thread new2pdf
I am combing multiple pdfs into one using the PdfStamper. The input fields on these individual pdf documents use different fonts, font size and font color. Also the check boxes have different appearence state (cross, tick mark etc). I would like to make all these fields to have the same font wit

Re: [iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf

2006-11-09 Thread new2pdf
You are a life saver! Thanks Bruno. Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote: > > new2pdf wrote: >> I am combining 2 pdf files into one using >> PdfCopyFields.addDocument(pdfReader) and populate this new pdf from the >> user input values. My problem is that some of fields on the individual >> pdf document

Re: [iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf

2006-11-09 Thread Bruno Lowagie
new2pdf wrote: > I am combining 2 pdf files into one using > PdfCopyFields.addDocument(pdfReader) and populate this new pdf from the > user input values. My problem is that some of fields on the individual > pdf documents has similar names. So when ever I am setting the values it > is being dis

Re: [iText-questions] Image transparency issues related to printing PDF

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
Bilevel images with color key masking don't work in Acrobat. I have a workaround in gif images to use 2 bpp instead of 1 bpp if transparency is present. Either you raise the bpp or you include a full image mask. You can create a black image 1x1 pixel and use your real image as image mask. Paulo

Re: [iText-questions] Image transparency issues related to printing PDF

2006-11-09 Thread Jerold Sampson
That addresses the PostScript issue . . . Level 2 does not and can not work! I can live with that since very few of the huddled masses actually use PostScript. However, regarding non-PostScript print drivers, which are in the vast majority, the question still remains. . . . Why does transparenc

[iText-questions] How to either rename pdf fields or add page numbers in existing pdf

2006-11-09 Thread new2pdf
I am combining 2 pdf files into one using PdfCopyFields.addDocument(pdfReader) and populate this new pdf from the user input values. My problem is that some of fields on the individual pdf documents has similar names. So when ever I am setting the values it is being displayed on both the pages. Is

Re: [iText-questions] same-named fields, more information

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of steve poling > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:11 PM > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [iText-questions] same-named fields, more information > > Hi all, > > I'm sorry I

[iText-questions] same-named fields, more information

2006-11-09 Thread steve poling
Hi all, I'm sorry I didn't include this information in my original post on this subject, but I only learned this recently. I have been poking around a bit with the PDF file I generated with duplicated field names. To recap, I generate a form with a TextField named "dp" on page 1 and page 2 of

[iText-questions] annotation

2006-11-09 Thread Peyman Pouryekta
hi, I used iText to create a PDF with annotations. That annotations are moveable. How can i fix them in iText? best regards - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly

Re: [iText-questions] Image transparency issues related to printing PDF

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
This problem has nothing to do with iText. Only PostScript Level 3 supports transparency (and all the other printer drivers not postscript based). You already have the solution, print to a PostScript Level 3 printer, and the workaround, print as image. Paulo > -Original Message- > From: [

Re: [iText-questions] Image transparency issues related to printing PDF

2006-11-09 Thread Jerold Sampson
I tried setting the PDF version but it has no effect on this problem. Thanks. Jerold Sampson porcupine wrote: > Have you tried setting the PdfVersion? eg (java): > > writer.setPdfVersion(PdfWriter.VERSION_1_3); > > set this before you do document.open(); > > > > Jerold Sampson wrote: > >> I am

Re: [iText-questions] Don't forget this question, please

2006-11-09 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote: >but then I saw there was no method to change the >character spacing of a Chunk. It would probably not >be that difficult to provide such a method. I have looked at the code. I thought I could do something similar as is done with setHorizontalScaling() Thi

Re: [iText-questions] rowspan in PdfPCell

2006-11-09 Thread Bruno Lowagie (iText)
calvin wrote: > hi, > > please see the attachment for my table with certain rowspans. Thanks for the small standalone example. This is a great help to reproduce the problem. As you know class Table isn't supported anymore, but the problem puzzled me: apparently it occurs when a cell with rowspan

Re: [iText-questions] API status of low-level PDF text rendering classes

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
The wrapper may be a good idea. I propose that you (Damien Drix) make the source changes and wrapping that suit you and we'll discuss more after that. Paulo > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bruno Lowagie (iText) > Sent: Thursday,

Re: [iText-questions] Write protect PDF files

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Sheik Ghouse, Farid > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:52 AM > To: 'itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net' > Cc: Sabari > Subject: [iText-questions] Write protect PDF files > > > Hi, > > I

Re: [iText-questions] API status of low-level PDF text rendering classes

2006-11-09 Thread Bruno Lowagie (iText)
Damien Drix wrote: > Maybe a simple wrapper around those > classes, which would just chop Phrases into line fragments of the > requested widths, and allow for drawing those fragments to the writer, > would be less error-prone ? I could probably write and contribute it if > you think it's a goo

[iText-questions] Write protect PDF files

2006-11-09 Thread Sheik Ghouse, Farid
Title: Write protect PDF files Hi, I encrypted a PDF document using the iText classes ( PdfEncryptor), but was able to open it using Sonic PDF and then save it with the bookmarks from Sonic PDF. How can I completely protect the files using PDF ? Hope to hear from you as early as possibl

[iText-questions] Merging PDF/A documents to output also PDF/A

2006-11-09 Thread Beck Julien
Title: Message Hello everybody,   I'm currently performing some evolutions on an archiving solution for a customer. It handled PDF files, but has now to handle PDF/A files. Sometimes, files have to be merged together. I'm currently trying to merge several PDF files into one unique file. The

Re: [iText-questions] API status of low-level PDF text rendering classes

2006-11-09 Thread Damien Drix
Bruno Lowagie (iText) a écrit : > Damien Drix wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> In my application, I needed greater control over the rendering of text >> than the standard high-level iText API allows. For example, I had to >> support several line spacing modes, text wrapping around an arbitrary >> sha

Re: [iText-questions] iText and JDK1.3?

2006-11-09 Thread Bruno Lowagie (iText)
Tim van der Leeuw wrote: > I looked at the FAQ on the lowagie.com > website, not on the ugent website, and it seems that these things are > not covered in the FAQ on lowagie.com Now I see the problem: I had a line on the lowagie.com FAQ saying: this is

Re: [iText-questions] iText and JDK1.3?

2006-11-09 Thread Tim van der Leeuw
Hi Paulo,On 11/9/06, Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See http://itext.ugent.be/library/question.php?id=19.PauloThanks a lot - I did look at the FAQ, however, didn't see the specific JDK1.3 hints there. However, I looked at the FAQ on the lowagie.com website, not on the ugent website, and i

Re: [iText-questions] iText and JDK1.3?

2006-11-09 Thread Paulo Soares
See http://itext.ugent.be/library/question.php?id=19. Paulo - Original Message - From: "Tim van der Leeuw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: [iText-questions] iText and JDK1.3? > Hi, > > According to documentation, JDK1.3 is still supported by

[iText-questions] iText and JDK1.3?

2006-11-09 Thread Tim van der Leeuw
Hi,According to documentation, JDK1.3 is still supported by iText. However, I'm having trouble getting it to compile with JDK1.3.I tried searching the mailing list archives, and it turns up some references to troubles that might exist with classes in the package com.lowagie.tools and that this pac

Re: [iText-questions] Don't forget this question, please

2006-11-09 Thread Bruno Lowagie (iText)
Feng Dihai wrote: > Somebody has followed up my question wrongly. > Please don't forget my question. - pre-defined PageSize: should be fixed in CVS by now. - enhancement for Asian font support: Paulo promised to think about it (looking for a more generic approach) - character spacing: you are m