RM1X wrote:
Is it possible to load up existing PDF pages, that would perhaps contain some graphical content, and "stamp" it onto every page of the documents we create with iText? The desired effect is to have our dynamic text appear atop a predefined PDF that we've created using a professional design program.
This is called superimposing. It's explained in the book PDF Hacks by Sid Steward and in my own book. Maybe you have been using the wrong keywords to Google because what you are asking is pretty standard. I use it in 50% of the iText applications I write. Most of the companies I work for have standard paper with letterheads. I read a PDF with the letter head in a PdfImportedPage object. I wrap such an object in an Image object. I create a page event class that adds this image on every onEndPage (under the existing content!). I make sure the event is declared to the writer. And done! Note that I often add the image to an OCG layer, so that the letterhead is shown when opened in Adobe Reader, but never shown when printed on paper (because in some cases companies want to print the letter on preprinted paper). I hope you'll find some examples using some of the keywords mentioned here. Or you could read the book and look for the part about 'superimposing'. best regards, Bruno
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