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Go ahead and send me a copy of the PDF (you may have done that already - sorry, I don't have it on file) and a .java file that recreates the problem (if you have multiple .java files, please zip them with folder names in place). I'll see if I can squeeze time to take a look.
- K
----------------------- Original Message -----------------------
From: "Neil Aggarwal" <[email protected]>
To: "'Post all your questions about iText here'" <[email protected]>
Cc:
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:36:19 -0600
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Got the same x and y locations fordifferentpieces of text
Kevin:
Any change you will have time to investigate this soon? Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. Visit http://www.spammilter.com for details. > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Aggarwal [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:19 PM > To: 'Post all your questions about iText here' > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Got the same x and y locations > fordifferentpieces of text > > Kevin: > > I understand you are busy, we all are. If you do not have > time right now, > I understand. > & gt; I printed the CTM in each case. It gave me the same for both: > 1.0 0.0 0.0 > 0.0 1.0 0.0 > 0.0 0.0 1.0 > It must be something else. > > I am attaching the content stream output for page 2 > in case you get time to look at it. > > Thanks, > Neil > > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com > Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. > Visit http://www.spammilter.com <http://www.spammilter.com/> > for details. > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Kevin Day [m ailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:51 PM > To: IText Questions > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Got the same x and y > locations for > differentpieces of text > > > I don't have time to actually test this right > now (sorry - > big deadline going on). > > But you might want to check the current transformation > matrix in the > graphics state: > > PdfContentStreamProcessor.gs().ctm > > > > see if this is different from one piece of text to the next. > > &nbs p; > > The text matrix is actually applied to the CTM to > determine actual > on-screen location. For the simple parser, we aren't doing > this additional > transformation because it isn't necessary for the really simple stuff. > > > > But if there are adjustments being made to the CTM between text > operations, you could see the behavior you are seeing. > > > > > > If the CTM is indeed changing, then the fix is pretty > easy: just > take the text matrices and multiply them by the CTM, then use > the resulting > CTM for your spatial analysis: > > > > Matrix paperSpaceTextMatri x = textMatrix.multiply(ctm); > > > > > > Unlike the text matrix, the CTM can (and often does) involve > rotational components. In your specific file, I doubt that > is the case - > just keep it in mind... The implication here is that you > want to multiply > out to paper space *after* you've done all of the text > processing that you > possibly can (determining where spaces occur, etc...). > Otherwise you have > to do some pretty funky handling to determine rotated inter-character > spacing and line breaks. > > > > hope that helps - if the CTM isn't changing, let me > know and I'll > try to take a look at the file and see what's up. What would > help is if you &g t; sent me the actual content stream of the second page. > PdfContentReaderTool > will get that for you (along with a ton of other stuff). > > > > - K > > > > > ----------------------- Original Message > ----------------------- > > From: "Neil Aggarwal" <[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> > To: "'Post all your questions about iText here'" > <itex [email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:06:35 -0600 > Subject: [iText-questions] Got the same x and y locations for > different pieces of text > > Kevin: > > This is strange. I am trying to process this > file through my text parser: > http://www.dallascad.org/forms/2008rate.pdf > <http://www.dallascad.org/f orms/2008rate.pdf> > > I am getting the same x and y coordinates for > these two pieces of text on page 2 (They are in the notes on the > bottom of the page): > > Taxes for this entity are collected by the Dallas > County Tax Office. > If the optional homestead exemption is offered, it must > be a minimum > of > $5,000. > > Both of them have x=101.16 and y=198.00116 for > coordinates. If they > have > the > same coordinates, shouldn't they overlap? > > Looking at the page rendered in Adobe reader, the two > pieces of text > do > not overlap each other. The look like they should have > different y > values. > > Did I goof something up? > > I am attaching a piece of test code that illustrates what I am > seeing. > > Any input would be helpful. > > Th anks, > Neil > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com > <http://www.JAMMConsulting.com> > Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. > Visit http://www.spammilter.com <http://www.spammilter.com> for > details. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=""> > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=""> > > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:itext-questi...@lists > .sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions> > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php > <http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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