Why don't you set the text in the XML before processing it with FOP. Makes more sense here.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Burke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:21 PM > To: Paulo Soares; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Problem with reformatting text > on the same line as a form field. > > Ok, fair enough, here's what I'm trying to accomplish. > Currently, we are producing PDF files using the FOP Java > library. We would like to create PDF forms containing text > fields for applicant's full name, dates, etc. I will then > store these PDF forms in a Content Manager. I currently, > have an SDK for the Content Manager so that I can retrieve > the PDF forms using as Java application. Now I'm attempting > to update those form fields with the appropriate dynamic text > using the iText Java library. I can update the form fields > but because the fields are fixed length I have to make them > wide enough for the maximum length of that field. So in the > case of a date no problem because we can enforce the > formatting rule that dates can only be mm/dd/yyyy and pad > accordingly. But in the case of a full name a lot of names > will fall short of the maximum length leaving a large number > of trailing whitespaces. My client will not be happy with > this when they where getting perfectly formatted reports with > the FOP approach. I was trying to find way to remove the > trailing white spaces or suggest another approach. I was > hoping you or someone else might know of a way to accomplish > this because this is the only hurdle I have in order to sell > them on this approach. > > Thanks, > Russell Burke > CTG > Systems Advisor > 770-776-4000 - CTG > 601-664-4756 - BCBSMS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ________________________________ > > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 10/25/2005 6:23 PM > To: Russell Burke; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Problem with reformatting text > on the same line as a form field. > > > > The problem is not the tool. You want something that the PDF > format can't > give you. You'll probably need a different workflow to do > that but it all > depends on the project and you didn't give enough information > even for an > educated guess. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:07 PM > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Problem with reformatting text > on the same > line as a form field. > > > Re: [iText-questions] Problem with reformatting text on the > same line as a > form field.Do you think this would possible with the Adobe > SDK? If not, do > you have any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Russell Burke > CTG > Systems Advisor > 770-776-4000 - CTG > 601-664-4756 - BCBSMS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > ---- > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 10/25/2005 3:52 PM > To: Russell Burke; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Problem with reformatting text > on the same > line as a form field. > > > Reflow is not possible to do with PDFs, with or iText or > anything else. You > may (or may not) do it in other ways depending on what you are doing. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:11 PM > Subject: [iText-questions] Problem with reformatting text on > the same line > as a form field. > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to reformat a line of text where a form field > resides because > depending on the dynamic text generated there could be a > large number of > trailing spaces. In the case below, the name John Doe was > generated using a > text field. I defined the text field to be is long as our > maximum name > length but most names will not be that long. I looked in > Adobe Acrobat Pro > 7, but I can't find an attribute to set to remove the > trailing space and > move the rest of the trailing sentence one space after the > last name. 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