Caron van Schalkwyk wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for using the .pdf
template approach rather than the xhmtl parser approach?
The XHTML parser method is very frustrating because it's very difficult
to control the layout.
If you use an AcroForm, you can have complete control.
You can have a graphical designer design your form (NOT using XFA
technology)
and fill in the form with iText. If the design changes, you don't have
to change your code.
If your data is straightforward, you can create (X)FDF files and merge them.
If your data is rather complex, you need to retrieve the coordinates of
the fields
and write the data at their positions for instance using ColumnText or
PdfContentByte.
For some very rudimental examples, see:
http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/forms/
http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/forms/fill/
http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/forms/create/
br,
Bruno
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