So I don't need to split out the form fields into their own document, I can just stamp copies of the original form and be fine?
-----Original Message----- From: 1T3XT info [mailto:i...@1t3xt.info] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:44 PM To: Post all your questions about iText here Subject: Re: [iText-questions] stacks of identical forms Giles, Bear wrote: > I'm thinking of using using PdfSmartCopy to concatenate a number of > generated documents. Each document would have a PdfImportedPage of the > same de-formed document as the underlayer and the populated form fields > as the regular layer. OK. > I guess the question is whether I can add the underlayer, populate the > form and then stamp it, or if I need to stamp the form before adding the > underlayer, or if there's an entirely different approach that's even > better. I want to avoid having 10 copies of the de-formed document if I > can avoid it. I'd go for the option: Stamp the forms one by one, creating a PDF in memory for a brief period. Use PdfSmartCopy to concatenate them all. Normally PdfSmartCopy should detect that the form is identical and it should reuse the "template". See http://1t3xt.be/?X084 for an example. -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA http://www.1t3xt.com/ - http://www.1t3xt.info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net 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 iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net 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/
