That was just a historical example... From back when we were using NeedAppearances now that you mention it (instead of iText's built-in appearance generation).
Yes, iText ignores Funny Settings in the default appearance string. That wouldn't help at all. Appologies for any confusion. --Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff.com import legalese.Disclaimer; Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null; > -----Original Message----- > From: Leonard Rosenthol [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:35 PM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] PDFReader getPageContent() > methodreturning weird escape codes > > /DA is only used when creating NEW appearances. It has no > impact on rendering. > > Combs are a good idea for certain types of things but this > didn't sound like one. > > Leonard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Storer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:44 AM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] PDFReader getPageContent() > method returning weird escape codes > > One potentially flaky option would be to mess with the > Default Appearance string (/DA). > > It won't let you do kerning, but you can set the character > and word spacing. Whether or not they'll be OBEYED is the > flaky part. > > Our form supported "comb" fields before Acrobat added a comb > flag for same. We achived this by messing with the character > and word spacing, drawing a funky backround into the page, > and limiting the field to a certain length. round Acrobat 7, > this stopped working for more than a single word. I think. > Sorry, it's been a while. This was (none too > coincidentally) around the time we started using the "comb" > flag instead, and dropped support for older versions. > > --Mark Storer > Senior Software Engineer > Cardiff.com > > import legalese.Disclaimer; > Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null; > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: 1T3XT BVBA [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:46 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] PDFReader getPageContent() method > > returning weird escape codes > > > > Op 14/02/2011 16:36, Wyatt Biker schreef: > > > So far all I understand is that I would have to get some > > information > > > from the field (using which methods?), > > > > getFieldPositions(), see page 263-264. > > > > > flatten it (which methods?), > > > > One possible way to do it, is the addParagraph method in > listing 8.17. > > This method is probably more sofisticated than you need, and it > > doesn't allow to use kerning. > > > > > then use showTextAlignedKerned() . But where do I > actually give the > > > kern values? > > > > Use the coordinates obtained with getFieldPositions as > parameters for > > showTextAlignedKerned(). > > The kerning values are retrieved automatically from the > font by iText. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------- > > The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) > Parallel Studio > > XE: > > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the > development cycle. > > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit > performance. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be > answered with a > > reference to the iText book: > > http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before > > you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) > Parallel Studio XE: > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered > with a reference to the iText book: > http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list > before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) > Parallel Studio XE: > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered > with a reference to the iText book: > http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list > before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. 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