That's a matter of image scaling. There are examples in the tutorial and
the book. You are also advised to use PdfPTable instead of Table.
Paulo
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Paulo Carvalho
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:01 AM
> To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [iText-questions] Barcode image size
>
> Hello
>
> I am using IText to generate a PDF file with some text and an
> image with a datamatrix barcode.
>
> My code is the one (i am only testing the capabilties of
> IText for now)
>
> BarcodeDatamatrix bcdm = new BarcodeDatamatrix();
> bcdm.setOptions(BarcodeDatamatrix.DM_AUTO);
> bcdm.setHeight(0);
> bcdm.setWidth(0);
> bcdm.generate(sValue);
> com.lowagie.text.Image imgorderBarCode = bcdm.createImage( );
>
> // Create a temporary PDF file
> com.lowagie.text.Document document = new
> com.lowagie.text.Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
> PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new
> FileOutputStream("c:/temp/tmp.pdf"));
> document.open();
> document.addSubject("This is the document subject.");
> document.addTitle("This is the document title.");
> document.addAuthor("Paulo is the author");
>
> // Title of the document
> Table tbl = new Table(1);
> tbl.setBorderWidth(0);
> tbl.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
> tbl.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
> tbl.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
> tbl.setPadding(5);
> tbl.setSpacing(5);
> tbl.addCell("Document title");
> tbl.addCell("");
> tbl.setAutoFillEmptyCells(true);
> document.add(tbl);
>
> // Image of the barcode
> PdfPTable bcTable = new PdfPTable(1);
> bcTable.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
> bcTable.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> bcTable.addCell(imgorderBarCode);
> document.add(bcTable);
>
> // Text of the document
> PdfPTable pdfTable2 = new PdfPTable(2);
> pdfTable2.getDefaultCell().setPadding(0f);
> pdfTable2.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
> pdfTable2.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> pdfTable2.setWidthPercentage(100f);
> pdfTable2.addCell("");
> pdfTable2.addCell("");
> pdfTable2.addCell("NOM: ");
> pdfTable2.addCell("Carvalho");
> pdfTable2.addCell("PRENOM: ");
> pdfTable2.addCell("Paulo");
> pdfTable2.addCell("MATRICULE:");
> pdfTable2.addCell("19771004123");
> document.add(pdfTable2);
>
>
> Everything works fine except the barcode showed in the
> document has a huge size occupying almost all the page.
> I tried to set the size using:
> bcdm.setHeight(50);
> bcdm.setWidth(50);
>
> , but when i do that, the barcode does not appear in the
> document. The barcode only appears in the document (but with
> a huge size) when i set the height and width of the
> BarcodeDatamatrix object to 0.
>
> Can you help me with the solution to have a document with a
> barcode with a nice size?
>
> Thanks
>
> regards.
>
>
> --
> Paulo Carvalho
> 1 rue du Chateau
> 57710 Aumetz
> France
> greatesttravels.blogspot.com
> www.sunofportugal.com
>
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