Paulo, I tried what you suggested and in that way the generated code is more similar to the one I see when I use Word. But it is still different (the extremes are a bit different and It is a problem for the barcode reader device). I uploaded the ttf at http://uploading.com/files/d435c82m/PF.ttf/ Try to print only the character Š, it appears as 3 vertical bars in the generated pdf but in fact it should be 4 bars (if you see it in word or in Character Map tool of Windows once you have installed the font you can see this character has 4 bars).
Thanks for your help and prompt response. Regards, Claudia. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Paulo Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > You may have success using WINANSI encoding and > BaseFont.setDirectTextToByte(true). It looks like your font has a flag that > makes it symbolic but then uses chars outside 00-ff as a symbolic font > should do. As I don't have the font, this is my best guess. > > Paulo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claudia Murialdo" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:17 PM > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Barcode128 PDF start and stop characters > don´t appear > > > > Paulo, with reference to your response: "Maybe those characters don't > > exist in the font or are invisible" > > I checked it and those characters do exist, I checked it using Character > > Map of Windows, for instance the character Š in font BarCode 128 has a > > valid symbol (which are 4 vertical bars and it is the character Latin > > Capital Letter S With Caron U+0160 ). > > > > While debugging itext source code I see the text is encoded using this > > line: > > PdfEncodings.ConvertToBytes(text, "symboltt"); which goes to > > SymbolTTConversion.CharToByte and in that function characters like Š are > > removed: > > > > for (int k = 0; k < len; ++k) { > > char c = ch[k]; > > if ((c & 0xff00) == 0 || (c & 0xff00) == 0xf000) //it > > doesn't happen for Š so it is ignored > > b[ptr++] = (byte)c; > > } > > > > Why this character is ignored in that code?. It is a valid character for > > Code128 font. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Claudia. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Claudia Murialdo > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have another example of a valid text for Barcode 128: > > "‰A)'=_Xwè!-Wè>èè1F0èBÀ~UŠ" > > It corresponds to the string 33090729635687000113550030000017381600349594 > > converted to Barcode 128. > > It has checksum and start and stop characters. It is ok in word when I > use > > Barcode 128 font. But it is incomplete (the start and stop characters > > don't appear) in the generated PDF. > > This is my source code: > > > > > > Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(780, 525); > > Document document = new Document(pageSize); > > > > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, > > File.OpenWrite("Test.pdf")); > > document.Open(); > > > > PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent; > > BaseFont bf = > > BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\bcode128.ttf", > BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, > > BaseFont.EMBEDDED); > > > > cb.SetFontAndSize(bf, 50); > > cb.BeginText(); > > cb.ShowTextAligned(Element.ALIGN_CENTER, > > "‰A)'=_Xwè!-Wè>èè1F0èBÀ~UŠ", 200, 400, 0f); > > cb.EndText(); > > document.Close(); > > > > What do you think that could be the problem?. > > Regards, > > Claudia. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Claudia Murialdo > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Paulo, I did another test with a string of characters which has a > > checksum, and it seems to be ok. If I write those characters in Word with > > the "PF Barcode 128" font I see the barcode is ok (see > > CompleteBarcode.rtf) . > > But the same string (which is in text.txt) appears incomplete in the PDF > > generated using itext (IncompleteBarcode.pdf). The start and stop > > characters are not visible. I'm not sure what else to try. > > What else do you think could be the problem?. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Claudia Murialdo > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Ok. Thank you. I'm going to check that. > > Regards, > > Claudia. > > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Paulo Soares > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Maybe those characters don't exist in the font or are invisible. If > that's > > a > > code128 font you'll also need to calculate the checksum and put another > > character or characters, it's quite complex. I don't see how this is an > > iText related problem. > > > > Paulo > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Claudia Murialdo" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > >> > > To: > > <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:54 PM > > Subject: [iText-questions] Barcode128 PDF start and stop characters don´t > > appear > > > > > >> Hello, > >> I'm using itext to generate a PDF document with a BarCode128. The > problem > >> is that the start and stop characters (characters 135 and 138) are not > >> printed. It works fine if I do it using iTextSharp.text.pdf.Barcode128 > >> instead of PdfContentByte using the true type font. > >> This is the code: > >> > >> public static void Main(String[] args) > >> { > >> Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(780, 525); > >> Document document = new Document(pageSize); > >> > >> PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, > >> File.OpenWrite("Test.pdf")); > >> document.Open(); > >> > >> PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent; > >> BaseFont bf = > >> BaseFont.CreateFont(@"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\Bcode128.ttf", > >> BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); > >> cb.SetFontAndSize(bf, 50); > >> cb.BeginText(); > >> cb.ShowTextAligned(Element.ALIGN_CENTER, "‡BARCODE7Š", 200, 350, > >> 0f); //Character ‡ and Š don't appear in the generated PDF document > >> > >> cb.EndText(); > >> > >> document.Close(); > >> } > >> > >> I tried with the unicode numbers (I tried with this string: > >> "\u01c2BARCODE7\u0160") but it is the same. > >> Also, bf.CharExists('‡') returns false, and the same for > >> bf.CharExists('Š'). I guess it is related with the problem. > >> > >> How can I get those start and stop characters printed using > >> PdfContentByte?. > >> Thanks in advance. > >> Claudia. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php > Check the site with examples before you ask questions: > http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ > You can also search the keywords list: > http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ >
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