Does either of you have a code snippet showing the use
of a PdfReader to use this technique to write on top
of the existing page(s)? Does this technique work
where the original PDF is multipage?
Thanks,
Matt
--- Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
At 2:29 PM -0500 5/2/02,
Okay, I think I'm starting to understand... (remember
I've never used advanced iText before).
I get my Document and PdfWriter as usual.
then:
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(my.pdf);
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getImportedPage(reader, 1);
cb.moveTo(fldX, fldY);
cb.showText(fldVal);
doc.close();
Benson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 15:49
To: Matt Benson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] PDF overlay
Okay, I think I'm starting to understand... (remember
I've never used advanced iText before).
I get my Document and PdfWriter as usual
: Friday, May 03, 2002 15:49
To: Matt Benson;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: [iText-questions] PDF overlay
Okay, I think I'm starting to understand...
(remember
I've never used advanced iText before).
I get my Document and PdfWriter as usual.
then:
PdfReader reader = new
This question is about PDF in general:
If you want to take an existing PDF which is a printed
form (not a PDF form) and overlay precisely-positioned
text, is there a way to do something like this with
ghostScript or a combination of utilities? Otherwise,
what would be the easiest approach to
This may not be the easiest way, but this is what I do... I use
PdfContentByte.setTextMatrix() to locate at a specific point on the page and
add text.
I determine the points by opening the PDF in Photoshop at 72dpi, then
multiplying the x and y location of my cursor by 72 to get points in the
