Re: [iText-questions] About this mailing list
On 9/10/2010 0:02, Mark Storer wrote: Bruno? Your thoughts? I can't deny that the mailing list has its use, because challenging questions in the past have helped us: - fix bugs - add new features - write examples for the book. The reason why we can answer many questions with read page X of the book is because the question has been asked before and the answer was interesting enough to be presented in the book. 0) It has been suggested to me that I should post an FAQ to the mailing list, for instance every two weeks. So it's something I'll probably do after Devoxx. 1) right now, there is already some kind of moderation. Every day, I manually remove the SPAM that is sent to the mailing list address and that is caught by the list service at SourceForge (only occasionally a SPAM message reaches the list). What really annoys me, is the fact that services such as Nabble allow people to post from their site. I really appreciate the fact that third party services archive all mail to the list (because the archives at SourceForge suck), but what I hate is the fact that developers register at Nabble and post their questions there instead of registering on the mailing list. Developers that work like this don't realize the administrative work they cause. I have to manually approve every mail that is sent to the list by people who didn't subscribe... Because of the architecture of the mailing list, there are no possibilities for a different kind of moderation. For instance: once a SPAM message gets through, there's no way to remove it. It has been sent to all subscribers and it's archived on all archive sites. 2) That's why I have been thinking of switching to a forum that can be read by every one but where only registered users can post. I've set up such a forum: http://itextpdf.com/forum/ but I'm waiting to activate it until I've made some decisions. (Some people have already tried to register, but I don't allow anyone yet). The decisions I have to make are: - should I ask a fee for registration? - is there a way to check if somebody has the book (wouldn't it be ideal if only those who own the book can post questions?) - should I allow people to register for free? In any case, I WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT ANONYMOUS PEOPLE. All hotmail, gmail, and other free accounts will be banned, except if there's a way to check the identity of the person who owns it. (But how else can this be done than by asking a fee to register?) With the book (almost) finished (it should go to print next week), I'll take a vacation first. (Those who have read the MEAP of the second edition, know that I'm attending the International Flanders Film Festival each year.) After the film festival, I'll gear up for Devoxx. I'm making the Conference Guide of this year's edition: http://code.google.com/p/devoxxguide/downloads/list In December, I'll make some decisions. I'm close to hiring a business developer, and if we make sufficient money, I'll probably also hire some developers... -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
[iText-questions] unicode symbols
I am having trouble writing proper unicode symbols. I am converting some files to pdf and some of them contains em dashes and box characters. I can write em dashes using \u2014. However, whenever I use \u2550 for a double line border, nothing appears in the pdf file. Thanks, Michael. -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
Re: [iText-questions] unicode symbols
On 9/10/2010 0:15, Michael Lai wrote: I am having trouble writing proper unicode symbols. I am converting some files to pdf and some of them contains em dashes and box characters. I can write em dashes using \u2014. However, whenever I use \u2550 for a double line border, nothing appears in the pdf file. There are 1,114,112 code points available in Unicode. What you are saying is that you expect each font to contain the description of 1,114,112 glyphs... Even if it would be reasonable to think so, it's wouldn't be possible to store all these glyphs in one font in a PDF document as the maximum number of CIDs in a CMap is 65,535. Long story short: the font you are using probably doesn't have a glyph description for \u2550. Look for a font that knows how to draw \u2550 and use that font. -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA http://www.1t3xt.com/ - http://www.1t3xt.info -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
[iText-questions] FW: About this mailing list
Quick thought You can check people have the book by asking for a word on a page as a condition of application. Obviously chosen randomly form a list of them to stop someone just posting the answer somewhere... Happens with books that have web-content to support the examples i.e. Peachpit. Maybe also a quiz that shows you have read the book and FAQ and understand what iText will NOT do as much as what it will do?? An archive part of a forum would be good as there is no way to check the answers you have already a patiently given, but as my skills have increased over the past year I am now getting into things that I never dreamed I would at the beginning, and my knowledge needs a pointer when I reach the limit of understanding... john renfrew Right Way Up Office +44 1675 475341 Fax +44 1675 475342 Mobile +44 7767 443992 -Original Message- From: Bruno Lowagie [mailto:br...@lowagie.com] Sent: 09 October 2010 08:41 To: Post all your questions about iText here Subject: Re: [iText-questions] About this mailing list On 9/10/2010 0:02, Mark Storer wrote: Bruno? Your thoughts? I can't deny that the mailing list has its use, because challenging questions in the past have helped us: - fix bugs - add new features - write examples for the book. The reason why we can answer many questions with read page X of the book is because the question has been asked before and the answer was interesting enough to be presented in the book. 0) It has been suggested to me that I should post an FAQ to the mailing list, for instance every two weeks. So it's something I'll probably do after Devoxx. 1) right now, there is already some kind of moderation. Every day, I manually remove the SPAM that is sent to the mailing list address and that is caught by the list service at SourceForge (only occasionally a SPAM message reaches the list). What really annoys me, is the fact that services such as Nabble allow people to post from their site. I really appreciate the fact that third party services archive all mail to the list (because the archives at SourceForge suck), but what I hate is the fact that developers register at Nabble and post their questions there instead of registering on the mailing list. Developers that work like this don't realize the administrative work they cause. I have to manually approve every mail that is sent to the list by people who didn't subscribe... Because of the architecture of the mailing list, there are no possibilities for a different kind of moderation. For instance: once a SPAM message gets through, there's no way to remove it. It has been sent to all subscribers and it's archived on all archive sites. 2) That's why I have been thinking of switching to a forum that can be read by every one but where only registered users can post. I've set up such a forum: http://itextpdf.com/forum/ but I'm waiting to activate it until I've made some decisions. (Some people have already tried to register, but I don't allow anyone yet). The decisions I have to make are: - should I ask a fee for registration? - is there a way to check if somebody has the book (wouldn't it be ideal if only those who own the book can post questions?) - should I allow people to register for free? In any case, I WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT ANONYMOUS PEOPLE. All hotmail, gmail, and other free accounts will be banned, except if there's a way to check the identity of the person who owns it. (But how else can this be done than by asking a fee to register?) With the book (almost) finished (it should go to print next week), I'll take a vacation first. (Those who have read the MEAP of the second edition, know that I'm attending the International Flanders Film Festival each year.) After the film festival, I'll gear up for Devoxx. I'm making the Conference Guide of this year's edition: http://code.google.com/p/devoxxguide/downloads/list In December, I'll make some decisions. I'm close to hiring a business developer, and if we make sufficient money, I'll probably also hire some developers... -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards
Re: [iText-questions] FW: About this mailing list
On 9/10/2010 11:47, John Renfrew wrote: An archive part of a forum would be good as there is no way to check the answers you have already a patiently given, Correct. In theory, the archives are searchable. In practice, searching the archives is a pain. Even when I know what I'm looking for (for instance an answer I remember I have given about 2 months ago), it takes me too much time to find it in the archives, even if I know the most relevant keywords in the answer: I just get too many hits and not always the one I need. -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
Re: [iText-questions] Pushbutton - Calling a Servlet and displaying the response
Hi Leonard - The end users will mostly have only Reader. Does it really make a difference here? -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Pushbutton-Calling-a-Servlet-and-displaying-the-response-tp2966824p2969584.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
Re: [iText-questions] Pushbutton - Calling a Servlet and displaying the response
Hello Ed - thanks for your reply. We are submitting the our request from the
iText application to the servlet using the below code.
PdfFormField submit1 = button1.getField();
submit1.setAction(PdfAction.createSubmitForm(
http://localhost:8180/App/servlet/TempPDFResponseServlet;,
null,
PdfAction.SUBMIT_HTML_FORMAT));
Need help here to read the response from the servlet
The code in the TempPDFResponseServlet is something like below: Our
objective is to read the retCode from the response in the iTextApplication
and show it to the user using app.alert(Payment Conf Code);
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String cCard = request.getParameter(cardnumber) ;
//...code here to get the
int retCode =
sessionBean.processPaymentAndReturnConfirmation(cCard,,,..);
response.setContentType(text/plain);
out.println(retCode);
}
I should have posted the above in the earlier posting. Hope this clarifies
the question we have :(
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Re: [iText-questions] Pushbutton - Calling a Servlet and displaying the response
On 9/10/2010 15:45, gir...@entriver.com wrote: Hello Ed - thanks for your reply. We are submitting the our request from the iText application to the servlet using the below code. I'm very sorry, but you're talking non sense. You ARE NOT submitting your request from the iText application. You are using iText to add a submit button to a form. This form is opened either in the Adobe Reader plug-in in a browser, or in the standalone Adobe Reader application. You confirmed this in your follow-up mail to Leonard. When you invoke such a request on the server from the browser plug-in, and you return something that is of type text/plain then you will see that text in the browser, just as you would if you submitted from a plain HTML form. If you do this from the Adobe Reader standalone application, you'll get an error. This is normal, because Adobe Reader expects a PDF file, no plain text. Our objective is to read the retCode from the response in the iTextApplication and show it to the user using app.alert(Payment Conf Code); You can not submit a form and then expect the PDF to trigger a JavaScript action. You can only achieve this using some workarounds. For instance: by embedding the PDF in an HTML document and establishing communication between the JavaScript in the PDF and the JavaScript in the HTML (this won't work for users that are working on an Apple OS). Or you can establish a server/client communication if you write a Flash application for this purpose (this won't work for users with old versions of Adobe Reader). I should have posted the above in the earlier posting. Hope this clarifies the question we have :( It clarifies that you have made some assumptions that are completely wrong. PLEASE READ THE BOOK and do not post another question before you've read this thread: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.lib.itext.general/53916 -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA http://www.1t3xt.com/ - http://www.1t3xt.info -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
[iText-questions] Open source for iTextSharp
Hi, How can I obtain the open source for iTextSharp? Regards Malik Mohiuddin ZFP-IT, Riyadh, Cell +966508259203 -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
Re: [iText-questions] Bug? iTextSharp 5.0.4
Hi Roman,
I personally do not think that what you are explaining is a bug. I actually
think it is a better practice to use addCell(cell); From the code it seems
pretty obvious that default layout is intended for only addCell(String)
method and I personally do not like the defaultCell mechanism as it is hard
to track what properties are carried on the default cell. I would rather
instantiate cell explicitly and set properties on that cell alone.
Just my 2 cents.
Nurettin
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Roman Kern roman.k...@uni-duesseldorf.dewrote:
Hi there... its great that you, guys, make this Library.
So about the Bug and Maybe its a Feature. I guess, i can be easily
corrected. Well, I tried to make a Nested Table. For this, I using
DefaultCell to to save the Layout, how the Cell should looks like. If I
tried to Add A Cell through Nested.AddCell(new PdfPCell(...)), the
default Layout got lost. All Values was setted back to Zero or Null. So
I've tried to find out what was wrong.
Usually AddCell(Content) use DefaultCell.Content, but
AddCell(iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell) dont use the DefaultCell as
Container. Its creating new Cell while Runtime from the PdfPCell class.
I guess, DefaultCell do not Support a Container Cell itself, so it
cannot be used like DefaultCell.Cell = item; //(as PdfPCell)
Is it a Feature or kinda BUG?
Code
public void AddCell(PdfPCell cell) {
rowCompleted = false;
PdfPCell ncell = new PdfPCell(cell);
int colspan = ncell.Colspan;
colspan = Math.Max(colspan, 1);
colspan = Math.Min(colspan, currentRow.Length - currentRowIdx);
ncell.Colspan = colspan;
/**
* Adds a nested table.
* @param table the table to be added to the cell
*/
public void AddCell(PdfPTable table) {
defaultCell.Table = table;
AddCell(defaultCell);
defaultCell.Table = null;
}
if its a bug... it can be corrected really easy. Just extract the
DefaultCell values and put this to ncell in the code above!
Thanks
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Re: [iText-questions] Pushbutton - Calling a Servlet and displaying the response
Yup, because some things are available only in acrobat another reader. Also, the choice of form technology is also relevant since XFA has extra features over Acroforms in this area. Leonard On Oct 9, 2010, at 9:51 AM, gir...@entriver.com gir...@entriver.com wrote: Hi Leonard - The end users will mostly have only Reader. Does it really make a difference here? -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Pushbutton-Calling-a-Servlet-and-displaying-the-response-tp2966824p2969584.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
Re: [iText-questions] Pushbutton - Calling a Servlet and displaying the response
This won't work since you won't get the result to a submit back.
Leonard
On Oct 9, 2010, at 9:51 AM, gir...@entriver.com gir...@entriver.com wrote:
Hello Ed - thanks for your reply. We are submitting the our request from the
iText application to the servlet using the below code.
PdfFormField submit1 = button1.getField();
submit1.setAction(PdfAction.createSubmitForm(
http://localhost:8180/App/servlet/TempPDFResponseServlet;,
null,
PdfAction.SUBMIT_HTML_FORMAT));
Need help here to read the response from the servlet
The code in the TempPDFResponseServlet is something like below: Our
objective is to read the retCode from the response in the iTextApplication
and show it to the user using app.alert(Payment Conf Code);
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String cCard = request.getParameter(cardnumber) ;
//...code here to get the
int retCode =
sessionBean.processPaymentAndReturnConfirmation(cCard,,,..);
response.setContentType(text/plain);
out.println(retCode);
}
I should have posted the above in the earlier posting. Hope this clarifies
the question we have :(
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Re: [iText-questions] Table width unit clarification
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:12 PM, 1T3XT info i...@1t3xt.info wrote: INTERNALLY, the method changes the member value of the width percentage, but if you look at the method from the OUTSIDE then it is indeed confusing because the method is a setter-method, but there's no percentage in the parameters (the percentage is calculated based on the points that are passed implicitly with the array and the rectangle). Thanks for the confirmation. Care to fix that any day by adding better name and annotating current as @Deprecated? :-) -- Kind regards, BM Things, that are stupid at the beginning, rarely ends up wisely. -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
