Is there any way to create a bunch of pages then go back to the first page
and start using it?  OR is there a way to insert a page that you are
creating into a specific spot in the document that you are creating - for
example:  I create a new Document then i add a few pages to the Document,
then add content to a new page and insert it at the beginning of the
Document.  Is this possible? Thanks for the help.



Mark Storer-3 wrote:
> 
> Mark Storer <mstorer <at> cardiff.com> writes:
> 
>> Yep. 
>>
> http://itext.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/itext/trunk/src/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfAction.java?revision=2526&view=markup:
>> 
>>   457     public static PdfAction gotoLocalPage(int page, PdfDestination
>> dest,
>> PdfWriter writer) {
>>   458         PdfIndirectReference ref = writer.getPageReference(page);
>>   459         dest.addPage(ref);
>>   460         PdfAction action = new PdfAction();
>>   461         action.put(PdfName.S, PdfName.GOTO);
>>   462         action.put(PdfName.D, dest);
>>   463         return action;
>>   464     }
>> 
> 
> Nope.  My answer bothered me.  If the getPageReferece return value was
> null,
> none of your links would work.  They won't take you anywhere... but they
> were
> all taking you to the first page.
> 
> So I did a little digging.  PdfWriter.getPageReference() will create
> references
> to pages that don't exist yet.  If there are more references than actual
> pages,
> you get an exception when you close the document, but other than that it's
> perfectly safe.
> 
> --Mark Storer
>   Senior Software Engineer
>   Cardiff.com
> 
> #include <disclaimer>
> typedef std::disclaimer<Cardiff> Discard;
> 
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