That is really, really confusing.  To me.

d.


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From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Without scaling pixels==points. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Woosley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:52 PM
> To: Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Image units of measurement
> 
> Paulo and Bruno:
> 
> Then why does scaledWidth() and scaledHeight() return the 
> number of PIXELS before the scaleToFit(w,h) method is called?
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:01 AM
> To: David Woosley; iText Questions (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Image units of measurement
> 
> 
> width() and height() are the number of image pixels and can't be
> changed. All the other dimensions are points and will change if you
> apply scaling. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> > Behalf Of David Woosley
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:43 PM
> > To: iText Questions (E-mail)
> > Subject: [iText-questions] Image units of measurement
> > 
> > What are the units of measurement inside the 
> > com.lowagie.text.Image class?
> >  
> > For example, the scaleToFit(w,h) method accepts two float 
> > arguments.  It it expecting pixels, points or what?  The 
> > DvdCover example makes me think this method is accepting 
> > points, not pixels.
> >  
> > The Java docs for the Image class do not specify the units of 
> > measurement.  Testing the class has taught me that some 
> > methods -- like width() and height() -- always return pixels. 
> >  When the scaleToFit(w,h) method is called, is the image 
> > actually rescaled at that moment?  The width() and height() 
> > remain the same after calling scaleToFit(w,h), although 
> > scaledWidth() and scaledHeight() do change to .... what?  
> > Points, pixels?
> >  
> > The documentation is not clear on this.  Thanks.
> >  
> > David Woosley
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> >  
> > 
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