Thanks Bruno.. Much appreciated... I'll go get the book... Glen Hamel Lead Programmer / Technician Auric Networks Canada, Inc. 570 Orwell Street, Unit 1 Mississauga, Ontario L5A 3V7
Phone 905.361.7621 Fax 905.274.3912 http://www.auricnet.ca From: Bruno Lowagie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Post all your questions about iText here <[email protected]> Date: 05/08/2008 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] New JAR Versions and The Book.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > With the new version about to be released and a version having been > released not that long ago, how up to date is the Book if I wanted to > get myself a copy. The book will always remain the best introduction to iText for new iText users. The new functionality is either highly specialized (and not really suited for a book revision), or it builds upon the concepts that are explained in the book: for instance: OCG is explained in detail for document creation; not for document manipulation. The new release will support OCG in PdfStamper too, but all the methods to create and use the different OCG layers will be exactly as described in the book. (There were no significant changes to the PdfLayer class, I only added a package protected method that is for internal use only.) > Should I wait for the book to be re-released to match a newer JAR version? I'm slowly beginning to think about a revision because I've written a completely new set of examples I'm using when I teach iText (I've given a one-day course once, another one-day course is ordered, but not yet scheduled). It could happen that this new set of examples leads to a second book (I don't know; writing a book is a huge effort) but if that happens, it won't be a revision (I hate revisions, so boring). It will be a completely different book, approaching iText from a different angle (more classroom style) and I'll refer to the first book that will still be valuable as a reference. For instance: I use chapter 10 many times as a reference for when I need some graphics operator, but I think it would be overkill to cover all those operators in such detail as I have done in "iText in Action" if I ever write a second book. ("iText in Action" is 650+ pages and that was an absolute maximum for the publisher. The next book should be at most 500 pages.) br, Bruno ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Do you like iText? Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Or leave a tip: https://tipit.to/itexttipjar
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