Hi Mehdi, Thanks for your reply - tried the sample on windows with the "file:/path" notation. It worked - good tip !
Brgds Erik mehdi houshmand wrote: > > Hi, > > Sorry, my bad, looks like I could learn a thing or two about file paths: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_URI_scheme > > Though curiously in the format "file:/path" FOP worked for me... hmmm... > > Mehdi > > On 2 November 2010 10:15, mehdi houshmand <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just to add to Peter's notes, the file path for Windows users is >> slightly different and should be: >> <fo:external-graphic src="file:/<INSERT FILE PATH>"/> >> >> e.g. >> <fo:external-graphic src="file:/c:/tmp/pdf-image/overlay.pdf"/> >> >> rather than for Unix users: >> <fo:external-graphic src="file:///tmp/pdf-image/overlay.pdf"/> >> >> Just in case that causes any confusion. >> >> Thanks >> >> Mehdi >> >> On 2 November 2010 10:07, Peter Hancock <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Whoops - the attachment! >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Peter Hancock <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi Erik, >>>> >>>> I am not sure if my solution is the most elegant but for ideas have a >>>> look at the files in the attached zip. >>>> in.fo is for the final document- you will have to change the path to >>>> the generated overlay.pdf. >>>> overlay.fo was used to create overlay.pdf. >>>> out.pdf is the final result. >>>> >>>> For busy readers who do not have time to look at the attacmnet the >>>> relavent fo snippet is >>>> >>>> <fo:block-container> >>>> <fo:block-container position="absolute"> >>>> <fo:block font-size="20pt"> >>>> Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter >>>> driven by >>>> XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent >>>> formatter. >>>> It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree >>>> and rend >>>> Output formats currently supported include >>>> PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML (area tree representation), Print, >>>> AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, RTF and TXT. >>>> The primary output target is PDF </fo:block> >>>> </fo:block-container> >>>> >>>> <fo:block-container position="absolute"> >>>> <fo:block> >>>> <fo:external-graphic >>>> src="file:///tmp/pdf-image/overlay.pdf"/> >>>> </fo:block> >>>> </fo:block-container> >>>> </fo:block-container> >>>> >>>> I hope this helps. >>>> >>>> pete >>>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:25 AM, erik pepermans <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I tried to combine fop-pdf-images-2.0.0 with fop-1.0 >>>>> >>>>> So far so good. How can I use the pdf document from the >>>>> fo:external-graphic >>>>> command as an overlay for subsequent blocks ? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Brgds >>>>> >>>>> Erik >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and >>>>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>>>> believed to be clean. >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/using-an-existing-pdf-as-overlay-tp30110093p30119104.html Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
