From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed 10/26/2005 9:44 AM
To: Russell Burke; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Problem with reformatting text on the same line as a form field.
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
>
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>
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> 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]
>
>
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> 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. Is
> there a way to
do this with iText?
>
> This is a sample of what I mean: John
Doe , is the name of the
>
applicant.
>
> Thanks,
> Russell Burke
> CTG
>
Systems Advisor
> 770-776-4000 - CTG
> 601-664-4756 - BCBSMS
>
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