In the line:
TextField tf = new TextField(writer, new Rectangle(68,785, 340,800),
"Who");
how did you get to those coordinates? Maybe changing them will put the
field elsewhere...
Paulo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Prasad Potla
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [iText-questions] placing textfield problem
>
>
> I have been having trouble in placing the text field where I
> want. The text field is always coming in the top location.
> How would i specify the co ordinates on the document. Please
> let me know.
>
> I am developing everything using table, cell ..etc
>
> here is my code
> Thanks
> Prasad
>
>
> //package com.pdf.helper;
>
> import java.awt.Color;
> import java.io.FileOutputStream;
> import java.io.IOException;
>
> import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
> import com.lowagie.text.Document;
> import com.lowagie.text.DocumentExcept
> ion;
> import com.lowagie.text.Element;
> import com.lowagie.text.Font;
> import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
> import com.lowagie.text.HeaderFooter ;
> import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
> import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
> import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
> import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;
> import com.lowagie.text.SimpleCell;
> import com.lowagie.text.SimpleTable ;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.GrayColor;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAction;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAnnotation;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAppearance;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfBorderDictionary;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfFormField ;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.TextField;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.events.FieldPositioningEvents;
>
> public class GeneratePDF3 {
>
> Document document = null;
> PdfWriter writer=null;
>
> final Font font
> =FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA ,Font.DEFAULTSIZE,
> Font.UNDERLINE);
> final Font fonts0 = new Font(Font.COURIER, 8, Font.NORMAL);
> final Font fonts1 = new Font(Font.COURIER, 9, Font.NORMAL);
> final Font fonts1b = new Font(Font.COURIER , 9, Font.BOLD);
> final Font fonts2 = new Font(Font.COURIER, 7, Font.NORMAL);
> final Font fonts3 = new Font(Font.COURIER, 6, Font.NORMAL);
> final Font fonts2b = new Font(Font.COURIER, 6, Font.BOLD);
>
>
>
>
>
> public void createPdf() {
> // step 1: creation of a document-object
> document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
> try {
> // step 2:
> writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
> new FileOutputStream("c:\\temp\\b.pdf"));
> // step 3: we open the document
> HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(new
> Phrase(" header ",fonts2),false);
> header.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> header.setBorder(0);
> document.setHeader(header);
>
> HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(new
> Phrase(" footer ",fonts2),false);
> footer.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> footer.setBorder(0);
> document.setFooter(footer);
>
> document.open();
> document.newPage();
>
>
> PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
> PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
> cell.setColspan(3);
> cell.addElement(new Paragraph(" one \n",fonts2));
> cell.addElement(new Paragraph(" two \n", fonts2));
> cell.addElement(new Paragraph(" three \n",fonts1b));
> table.addCell(cell);
>
> cell = new PdfPCell();
>
> cell.addElement(new Paragraph("DATE\n",fonts2));
> table.addCell(cell);
>
> document.add(table);
>
> table=new PdfPTable(1);
> cell = new PdfPCell();
> cell.addElement(new Paragraph("
> IDENTIFICATION\n",fonts1b));
>
> table.addCell(cell);
> document.add(table);
>
>
> // step 4:
> BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA,
> BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
> PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent ();
> cb.beginText();
> cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 10);
> cb.moveText(36f, 788);
> cb.showText("Hello");
> cb.endText();
>
>
> TextField tf = new TextField(writer, new
> Rectangle(68,785, 340,800), "Who");
> tf.setBorderWidth(1);
> tf.setBorderColor(Color.gray);
> tf.setFontSize(12);
> tf.setFont(bf);
> tf.setMaxCharacterLength(65);
> writer.addAnnotation (tf.getTextField());
>
> } catch (DocumentException de) {
> System.err.println(de.getMessage());
> } catch (IOException ioe) {
> System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
> }
>
> // step 5: we close the document
> document.close();
> writer.close();
> }
>
> }
>
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