Yes. The single PDF page is generated fine - the image displays etc - but
regen+flatten loses the image unfortunately. The image is base-64 encoded
in the dataset and is bound to an image field in the document using
LiveCycle Designer. I'm trying to use iText to perform the concatenation
of a series of generated pages but it looks like the images get lost
during the flatten process somehow.
Jamie.
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Jamie Badman
Deutsche Bank
Information Enterprise Services
Cross Platform Engineering
Office: +44 207 5457280
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/10/2007
10:50:05:
> You have an image in the dataset?
>
> Paulo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Jamie Badman
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:14 AM
> > To: Post all your questions about iText here
> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Concatenating Form Based V8 Documents
> >
> >
> > This works perfectly now - for the text fields - but fields
> > containing images still don't show. Nearly there though - any
> > ideas on what might be causing the images to stay hidden?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jamie.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on
> > 28/09/2007 17:56:18:
> >
> > > I suspect that the XML binding is not creating the
> > appearances. You'll
> > > have to call AcroFields.regenerateField() for each field to
> > recreate the
> > > appearances.
> > >
> > > Paulo
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > > Behalf Of Jamie Badman
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:43 PM
> > > > To: Post all your questions about iText here
> > > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Concatenating Form Based
> > V8 Documents
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers Paulo - here's what I'm trying now:
> > > >
> > > > try{
> > > > // Now flatten the PDF
> > > > flattenedDest = "flat_" + destination;
> > > > PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfDir +
> > > > "/" + destination);
> > > > PdfStamper stamper = new
> > > > PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(pdfDir + "/" +
> > > > flattenedDest));
> > > > stamper.setFormFlattening(true);
> > > > stamper.close();
> > > > } catch (Exception e){
> > > > System.out.println("Error flattening PDF");
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > But this doesn't seem to do the trick - do I need to do more
> > > > than call setFormFlattening(true) ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jamie.
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------
> > > > Jamie Badman
> > > > Deutsche Bank
> > > > Information Enterprise Services
> > > > Cross Platform Engineering
> > > >
> > > > Office: +44 207 5457280
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on
> > > > 28/09/2007 17:05:26:
> > > >
> > > > > Use PdfStamper first to flatten the docs, this will remove
> > > > the fields,
> > > > > leaving the field appearances, and will also remove the
> > > > XFA. Then, use
> > > > > PdfCopy to concatenate the PDFs.
> > > > >
> > > > > Paulo
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > > > > Behalf Of Jamie Badman
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 4:57 PM
> > > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > > Subject: [iText-questions] Concatenating Form Based
> > V8 Documents
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Wonder if someone can help...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm generating some individual PDF pages using Adobe
> > > > > > LiveCycle DS by creating template PDF files using LiveCycle
> > > > > > Designer and then binding an XML dataset to the document to
> > > > > > create a data-populated PDF.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I then want to concatenate the pages together - but when I
> > > > > > try to do this using iText, only static text shows on each
> > > > > > page, except for the final page.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I try merging the pages by hand using Acrobat and I get an
> > > > > > error that says "Adobe XML Forms Cannot be Merged". When I
> > > > > > use Acrobat to assemble the files into a PDF package,
> > > > it's all good.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So I'm guessing that iText is having the same problem - that
> > > > > > it's trying to do a basic merging of the files but in fact I
> > > > > > need it to assemble a package...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can iText do this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm currently using pdfCopyFields to merge the files.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Incidentally, when I look at the version of the resulting PDF
> > > > > > file that iText creates, it's PDF Version 1.4 (Acrobat V5).
> > > > > > The source files are PDF Version 1.7 (Acrobat V8). I tried
> > > > > > using the 'Version' parameter with pdfCopyFields, setting it
> > > > > > to '8' but it gets ignored - guess I'm doing that wrong!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is it possible to somehow 'flatten' the individual PDF files
> > > > > > so that they are no longer form-based PDF's? I really don't
> > > > > > need them to be, once they have the data inside. If I could
> > > > > > do this, I think the problem is solved.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyway, to summarize... is iText able to accomplish the
> > > > > > concatenation I'm attempting? If so, how... if not then does
> > > > > > anyone have any thoughts on what other product I might try?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for your time and patience ;-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jamie.
>
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