It won't work. Compile a modified PdfOutline and put it first in the classpath. I tought a bit about this and the process can be automatic: if only PdfDocEncoding chars are found then there's no need to go to full Unicode.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: Jianhua Jin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 18:37 > To: Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Character Encoding in PdfOutline Entry > Titl e > > Paulo, > > If I don't want to mess with the iText.jar, do you > think the following would work: > > define a class with the extact signature > 'com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStringExt extends package > com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfString', so that I can call > constructor PdfStringExt(String value, String > encoding) and create PdfOutline with the PdfString > Object. > > Will the encoding be kept as I define in the > PdfStringExt constructor in the after PdfOutline is > closed? > > > Thank you very much. > > > --- Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some pdf processors are really brain-dead. In the > > next version you'll have > > the option to zap all the Unicode from the outlines > > before closing. If you > > are time-pressed go to PdfOutline and replace all > > PdfObject.TEXT_UNICODE for > > PdfObject.ENCODING. > > > > Best Reagrds, > > Paulo Soares > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jianhua Jin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 16:27 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [iText-questions] Character Encoding in > > PdfOutline Entry > > > Title > > > > > > The following are two Outline Entries Objects. > > Note > > > the difference in character encoding in the title. > > > Some stupid pdf processer can not read the title > > from > > > the iText object. It is possible to instruct iText > > to > > > encode the title String the same way as the Adobe > > > Writer does? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > An Outline Entry Object from Adobe PDF Writer: > > > > > > 1485 0 obj > > > << > > > /Title (5\tInvestigational Plan) > > > /Parent 1447 0 R > > > /First 1487 0 R > > > /Last 1488 0 R > > > /Prev 1489 0 R > > > /Next 1481 0 R > > > /A 1490 0 R > > > /Count -3 > > > >> > > > endobj > > > > > > An Outline Entry Object from iText: (<null> > > indicates > > > the null character 0): > > > > > > > > > 550 0 obj > > > << > > > /Count -24 > > > /Prev 549 0 R > > > /Dest [ 1 0 R /Fit ] > > > /Parent 547 0 R > > > /Last 551 0 R > > > /Title (��<null>L<null>I<null>S<null>T) > > > /First 552 0 R > > > /Next 553 0 R > > > >> > > > endobj > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > > now. > > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > > > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld > > = Something 2 See! > > > http://www.vasoftware.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > iText-questions mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = > > Something 2 See! > > http://www.vasoftware.com > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
