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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Phil Browne > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Parse XML and overlay from template > > Can anyone help with the following. I am parsing an XML > document using a > tagmap using > > XmlParser.parse(document, "file:c:\\xml\\Letter2A.xml", tagmap); > > but I would like this parsed XML to overlay an existing A4 > PDF template. > I have tried adding / opening the document after the parse > and using the > following code: > > PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); > PdfImportedPage page1 = writer.getImportedPage(templateReader, 1); > cb.addTemplate(page1, .5f, 0, 0, .5f, 200, height/2); > > but I only get the parsed document, not the parsed document > and not the > background from the template. > If I try it the other way around, ie I create a new PDF from > a template and > attempt to overlay a parsed XML > file, I get the same result. Is there an easy way to merge > the template > material with a data-merged PDF? > > Thanks > > > > > For the latest data on the economy and society > consult National Statistics at http://www.statistics.gov.uk > > ********************************************************************** > Please Note: Incoming and outgoing email messages > are routinely monitored for compliance with our policy > on the use of electronic communications > ********************************************************************** > Legal Disclaimer : Any views expressed by > the sender of this message are not necessarily > those of the Office for National Statistics > ********************************************************************** > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
