Good idea-- I suggested something very similar when the project began. The direction we're headed is slightly different, though-- unfortunately the creation of the PDFs with "blank spots" will be handled by a marketing department. We can steer their content creation process a little, but they will still be using standard PDF creation tools.
I'm assuming that for text-only cases, I could have them use a large form field as the blank area, and simply insert the info into it. Graphics will require a stamp or something, though-- and the trick will be figuring out where the "blank spot" is in the document. Any ideas? --- "New, Cecil (GEAE)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like a good use of XML with XSLT. You create an XML > source version > with all possible content. Then either have a stylesheet for > each > permutation or (if that's not practical), create the XSLT on > the fly based > on user inputs. > > Then apply the stylesheet to the XML to produce the iText XML. > Then run it > thru iText to make the PDF. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Hull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Modifying specific areas of > existing PDFs. > > > I'm trying to set up a system where marketing can create PDF > promotional materials that can be "personalized" by individual > salesmen. The documents have areas where custom text or > graphics can be added, but the rest of the document should not > be changed. > > What classes should I be looking at in itext to accomplish > this? > Essentially-- read in existing PDF, locate the area that is > modifiable, and add new content to it. Additionally, if there > is no easy PDF-standard way to mark a region modifiable, can > anyone suggest a way to put some sort of "marker" into the > page > that could be found by walking through the objects after > loading > the PDF? > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us > help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
