Use the under content in a page event, setBackgroundColor may not be safe depending on what you write.
Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "twinmar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Why does setBackgroundColor obscure cbu images Still having this problem - does anyone have any ideas? Thanks Paul twinmar wrote: > > I am setting the background colour of my document prior to the creation of > the document object/writer by creating a rectangle the size of the page > and then using setBackgroundColor to set the background colour. I then > add various images/objects to the cbu PDF content byte. The background > colour displays without problem - but obscures all images/objects in the > content byte. If I take the setBackgroundColor call out then everything > is fine. Why does the setBackgroundColor obscure the cbu layer? Am I > doing something wrong here? > > Thanks > Paul > > ... > // Create the Rectangle object in a certain colour and use this > // as pageSize > this.pageSize = new Rectangle(Xpoints, Ypoints); > // Set page background > pageSize.setBackgroundColor(new java.awt.Color(this.pdfRed, > this.pdfGreen, this.pdfBlue)); > // Create document object > Document document = new Document(pageSize, this.marginLeft, > this.marginRight, this.marginTop, this.marginBottom); > // Create an instance of the com.lowagie.text.Document object > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, > new FileOutputStream(this.pdfpath + this.pdfname > + ".pdf")); > ... > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Why-does-setBackgroundColor-obscure-cbu-images-tp24682518p25059988.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/
