At 01:19 PM 8/4/2006, Zhi Ren wrote:
>Maybe this is a stupid question. we know we cannot
>modify the content of an existing PDF file,

         You can - but not with iText.


>My question
>is: if I use iText to add an image or an paragraph
>into an existing PDF file, can I delete the image or
>the paragraph later with iText?

         Again, not with iText.

         iText doesn't support READ access to content ONLY WRITE.


>My thought is: because
>the image was added into a PDF file by myself, I know
>exactly where I put there and all the other infomation
>about the image,

         You do??

         You know what PDF object ID it is?  You know where it is in 
the content stream?


>so is those enough to enable me to delete the image later with iText?

         Yes, if you want to do some work...


Leonard

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