Thanks Tilman. -----Original Message----- From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 5:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PDBorderStyleDictionary.setWidth (was RE: QUADDING constants)
I'm gonna have a look this weekend... the other problem (Q) has been solved in a recent issue. Tilman Am 07.09.2017 um 16:16 schrieb Gary Grosso: > Very sorry, I see that was confusing as heck. I must have overstayed my > caffeine. > > I'm calling setQ with 0, 1, or 2 for now. End of subject. > > > New subject: PDBorderStyleDictionary.setWidth() > > It seems this produces output like http://aapro.net/PDF/BorderWeightTest.pdf > but I need it to produce output like > http://aapro.net/PDF/BorderWeightTestAcrobat.pdf in order for Acrobat/Reader > to display different border thicknesses. > > I'm doing the following which makes Adobe products happy: > > private static void setBorderWeight(PDBorderStyleDictionary borderStyle, > String string) { > int wt; > try { > wt = Integer.parseInt(string); > } catch (NumberFormatException exc) { > wt = 1; > } > COSDictionary dict = borderStyle.getCOSObject(); > dict.setInt("W", wt); > //borderStyle.setWidth(wt); > } > > Hopefully I'm making sense this time. > > > Thanks, > Gary > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 2:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: QUADDING constants > > ??? > > Is this about width or about Q ? > > Tilman > > Am 06.09.2017 um 22:42 schrieb Gary Grosso: >> I can call PDBorderStyleDictionary.setWidth with 0, 1, or 2, for now, but it >> looks to me like setWidth() sets the COSObject to a float, e.g., 0.0, 1.0, >> etc., which Acrobat XI and Reader DC ignore. It should be set to an integer. >> >> See http://aapro.net/PDF/BorderWeightTestAcrobat.pdf vs >> aapro.net/PDF/BorderWeightTest.pdf. >> >> The BorderWeightTestAcrobat.pdf was created by opening BorderWeightTest.pdf >> in Acrobat, setting the borders, and saving. >> >> It's a little awkward, since setWidth should really take an int argument, >> not a float to begin with. The PDF spec, to my reading, is looking for an >> integer number of points. So truly fixing it would break any applications >> trying to pass in a float. OTOH, I don't see how any such applications could >> be working, even though they'd compile. I suppose non-Adobe PDF renderers >> might work with float data. >> >> Gary >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: QUADDING constants >> >> Am 06.09.2017 um 17:11 schrieb Gary Grosso: >>> Thanks Tilman, I thought they were public but not visible, which was >>> disturbing my fragile sense of competency. >> I first thought you were using Netbeans (which requires to press CTRL SPACE >> twice to see the statics sometimes) but then I saw the missing public. I'll >> create an issue later tonight or tomorrow (unless you do) to put it back in. >> I don't see a reason why this was removed. >> >> Tilman >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 11:03 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: QUADDING constants >>> >>> Am 06.09.2017 um 16:54 schrieb Gary Grosso: >>>> Sigh. This must be something about Java I need to understand better. I get >>>> "The field PDVariableText.QUADDING_LEFT is not visible". >>> You're right... these are not public. That explains why google found it >>> only for an older version. >>> >>> Tilman >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 2:13 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: QUADDING constants >>>> >>>> Am 06.09.2017 um 02:42 schrieb Gary Grosso: >>>>> PDVariableText.setQ (and various other methods) suggest seeing the >>>>> "QUADDING constants". >>>>> >>>>> Can someone please post a link? Or tell me what class to look at? I've >>>>> searched, googled, etc., for close to a half hour. I suspect this is >>>>> something that everyone "just knows" but I have to admit ignorance. >>>> It's also mentioned in the PDF 32000 specification: >>>> >>>> A code specifying the form of quadding (justification) that shall be used >>>> in displaying the annotation's text: >>>> 0 Left-justified >>>> 1 Centered >>>> 2 Right-justified >>>> Default value: 0 (left-justified). >>>> >>>> And then I enter "PDVariableText quadding" (without quotes) in google I >>>> find the constants that Andreas mentioned, although for an older version. >>>> If you don't get these, check if some plugin manipulated your browser's >>>> search results. >>>> >>>> Tilman >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> - >>>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> - >>>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
