The last itext-paulo supports setting the matrix through an AffineTransform. It simplifies the work for the rotates around a point. It's also handy to calculate the inverse transform and set the matrix as it was before without saving states.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Glauche [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 8:24 > To: Bruno > Cc: Jaideep Chadha; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Transformation matrix > > Bruno wrote: > > > Quoting Jaideep Chadha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>What do the six values in the transformation matrix represent? > > It's all explained in the tutorial: > > http://www.lowagie.com/iText/tutorial/ch10.html#templates > > Btw, if someone else has the same problem as me, to rotate an object on > the upper left corner instead the usual lower left corner, this might > help: > > double a2 = angle*DEG_2_RAD; // convert into radians > float xa = (float)Math.sin(a2)*height; > float ya = height-(float)Math.cos(a2)*height; > > Transfermatrix would be: > ((float)Math.cos(a2), (float)Math.sin(a2),(float)-Math.sin(a2), > (float)Math.cos(a2) ,x + xa, y + ya) > > regards, > Michael > > > -- > Michael Glauche, Dipl. Inform. Connection GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.connection-net.de/ > pgp key: http://www.connection-net.de/~mglauche/mglauche.asc > > "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in > the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." -- Calvin & Hobbes > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU > Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. > Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! > INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
