Hmm... I think that's a bug... Though I'm not sure it's one that anyone is really going to go out their way to fix. Ahh well, it's not a bug, it's a feature. ;)
On 3 November 2010 00:47, Erik Pepermans <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
