There's no support for page templates although what you're doing is exactly the same.
Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "muleiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Creates an FDF and merges it with a PDF several times > > Thank you very much Bruno, the BatchFormFill example you gave me is > exactly > what i wanted to do. I don't know why i was fighting against fdf files, > maybe because i've read your FDFExample and what i wanted to do was almost > the same but several times. > BTW, is possible with iText to work with pdf Page Templates?. I explain > myself: > A pdf (called A) with several pages can have Page Templates on each page. > And each page will have its own fields to be filled. If i want to create a > new pdf (called B) like this: the first 3 pages of B are like the first > page > of A (but each one filled with different data), the 2 next pages of B are > like the fourth page of A, etc. > Is there any way to call the Page Templates of A to fill the fields on > that > page? > > > > Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote: >> >> muleiro wrote: >>> Hi, i'm quite new on iText so please be patient with me. >>> I know how to create a fdf, fill it with the data and finally create a >>> pdf. >>> That's really cool for my application requirements. But what i really >>> wanted >>> to do is, once I've filled the fdf and created the pdf, begin again to >>> fill >>> the fdf and create another page in the final pdf with the same structure >>> but >>> with different data. I don't know if it's clear. >> >> No, it isn't. >> >>> The basics is repeat several times the same fdf structure but each time >>> with >>> different data (filled from my Java code) and as a result obtain a >>> unique >>> pdf file. >> >> I don't understand why you would create an FDF file first, >> and then use this FDF to create a PDF file. >> Do you need the FDF file for some reason unknown to us? >> Or do you discard the FDF file after the PDF file is filled? >> Why not fill the PDF form right away? >> Have a look at the BatchFormFill example on this page: >> http://itext.ugent.be/articles/eid-pdf/index.php?page=1#template >> br, >> Bruno >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >> easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache >> Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Creates-an-FDF-and-merges-it-with-a-PDF-several-times-tf2506271.html#a6994250 > Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
