Have a look at the PdfStamper javadocs. Just as a pointer: PdfReader r = new PdfReader(...); PdfStamper stp = new PdfStamper(reader, ...); PdfContentByte cb = stp.getOverContent(1); // place your text, images, etc. in cb stp.close();
> -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Queripel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 4:19 PM > To: Paulo Soares > Cc: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net; Leonard Rosenthol > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Writing To Existing PDFs > > > >Are you using PdfStamper.getOverContent()? > Nope, I'll investigate that now - if you have a few example > lines handy, that would be nice :o) > > Phil. > > "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/19/2005 11:13:47 AM: > > > Are you using PdfStamper.getOverContent()? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Phil Queripel > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 4:05 PM > > > To: Leonard Rosenthol > > > Cc: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net; Phil Queripel > > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Writing To Existing PDFs > > > > > > > > > > Then you aren't getting the coordinates correct. > > > I think my coordinates are ok, look at the example attachment > > > (sorry had to screen dump, the rest of the doc contains > > > client details), you'll see half of my name obscured (Phil > > > Queripel) by the first box, I want to fill many of these > > > types boxes across the form. > > > > > > > > > > > > > How are you determining the coordinates? Are you > > > > remembering that PDF is origined in the lower left and NOT > > > the upper left? > > > Yes I understand the lower left is the starting point. > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > Phil. > > > > > > Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/19/2005 > > > 10:40:24 AM: > > > > > > > At 10:37 AM 10/19/2005, Phil Queripel wrote: > > > > > > Meaning you can't get teh coordinates correct? > > > > >Nope, I can set the coordinates fine. > > > > > > > > OK, then if you are getting coordinates > correct - then the > > > > text will appear will you tell it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Or the text > > > > > > shows up UNDER the areas, but never on top? What > do you mean > > > > > > "everywhere except where I want it"?? > > > > >It's just that I want to put the text over existing > boxes and it > > > > >doesn't appear above the boxes, in other areas of the > doc my text > > > > >appears ie. over existing text, between lines etc. > > > > > > > > Then you aren't getting the coordinates correct. > > > > > > > > How are you determining the coordinates? Are you > > > > remembering that PDF is origined in the lower left and NOT > > > the upper left? > > > > > > > > > > > > Leonard > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------- > > > > Leonard Rosenthol > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Chief Technical Officer > > > <http://www.pdfsages.com> > > > > PDF Sages, Inc. > 215-938-7080 (voice) > > > > 215-938-0880 (fax) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
