hi Paulo,
thanks for the reply.. i have attached the source pdf (blank_order.pdf) - k If your font is a barcode and is embedded there's no reason it shouldn't work. Please post the PDF. Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: keesha [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 2:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [iText-questions] On Barcodes and > stamp.setFormFlattening(false) and BaseFont > > Hi List, > > We have a program called PDFFileCreator.java that generates > dynamic PDF > files. > > The way we're doing it right now is we design a source PDF (let's call > it blank_order.pdf) using adobe acrobat 5. > Upon running the PDFFileCreator.java it would then connect to the > database, retrieves the values and displays those values in our PDF > using our source PDF ( > http://www.nabble.com/file/p23561458/blank_order.pdf blank_order.pdf ) > which would give us > the filled up > pdf (let's call it filled_order.pdf). We view our > filled_order.pdf using > Acrobat 5 or Adobe Reader 9. Eveything works well until we had a > requirement to display the barcodes. > > > here's a snippet of our current codes: > > > > > //======================================================= > > BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.COURIER , BaseFont.CP1252, > BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); > PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("blank_order.pdf"); > PdfStamper stamp = new PdfStamper(reader, new > FileOutputStream("filled_order.pdf")); > AcroFields form1 = stamp.getAcroFields(); > > > //we loop through a resultset and this is what happens on > each columns > form1.setFieldProperty ("NAME", "textfont", bf, null); > form1.regenerateField("NAME"); > form1.setField("NAME", "Uncle Sam"); > > > form1.setFieldProperty ("BARCODE", "textfont", bf, null);//is there > Basefont in itext for barcodes? > form1.regenerateField("BARCODE"); > form1.setField("BARCODE", "29b5"); > //end > > stamp.setFormFlattening(false); > stamp.close(); > > //======================================================= > > > > i have read in this forum to set this: > > stamp.setFormFlattening(false); > > > But is that the only thing i have to do? because i tried the above but > what gets displayed is still the "29b5" and not the barcode > equivalent. > Also, i'm curious if there's a Basefont for barcodes? I'm guessing the > reason why the form1.setField("BARCODE", "29b5"); is displaying as > "29b5" is because the Basefont is set to courier and not to a > barcode-specific font. I don't know, I'm really just guessing. > > > Now, I also have tried this: > > > Rectangle pagesize = new Rectangle(612, 792); > pagesize.setBackgroundColor(new Color(0x64, 0x95, 0xed)); > Document document = new Document(pagesize); > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new > FileOutputStream("BarcodePDF.pdf")); > > document.open(); > > PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); > BarcodeEAN codeEAN = new BarcodeEAN(); > codeEAN.setCode("0000020099002"); > Paragraph p = new Paragraph(); > p.add(new Chunk(codeEAN.createImageWithBarcode(cb, > null, null), > 0, -5)); > codeEAN.setGuardBars(true); > p.setLeading(codeEAN.getBarcodeSize().height()); > > document.add(p); > document.close(); > > > This works excellent but im just wondering if there's a way i could > write the "p" in the filled_order.pdf along with all my other database > values instead of creating a new document and calling the > document.add(p); > > > > Thanks in advance for enlightening me. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/On-Barcodes-and-stamp.setFormFlattening%28false%29-and-BaseFont-tp23559841p23561458.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
