The problem might be how indesign uses the coordinates.
Does indesign assume 0,0 to be the upper left corner of your form? If so you
have to subtract the page height from the Y coordinate.
2011/5/19 karthik B <karthik87_...@yahoo.co.in>
> Hi,
> I am not using any form field. I just have the coordinates given by the
> indesign system. I need to place a text in the specified coordinate into the
> PDF.
>
> For example:
> I get an input from indesign as
> X 211.89 pt
> Y 158.031 pt
> W 85.039 pt
> H 85.039 pt
> Page Width 595.276 pt
> Page Height 841.89 pt
>
> With this input i need to place the text in the right area in the PDF.
>
> I use the following code to place
>
> pdfContentByte.BeginText()
> pdfContentByte.SetFontAndSize(bf, 9)
> pdfContentByte.SetTextMatrix(x, y)
> pdfContentByte.ShowText("Sample text")
> pdfContentByte.Stroke()
> pdfContentByte.EndText()
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Karthik B
>
>
> --- On Thu, 19/5/11, 1T3XT BVBA <i...@1t3xt.info> wrote:
>
> > From: 1T3XT BVBA <i...@1t3xt.info>
> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Place text in speacified x y coordinate
> > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Date: Thursday, 19 May, 2011, 3:05 PM
> > Op 19/05/2011 11:22, karthik B
> > schreef:
> > > While exporting i store the coordinates of the certain
> > placeholder for which i need to modify the value in the
> > PDF.
> > How? Are you using a form field?
> > Are you taking into account stuff like the MediaBox,
> > CropBox,...?
> > What about the baseline?
> >
> > iText uses the functionality to place text at exact
> > coordinates in many
> > different applications without any problem.
> > My guess is that you are making the wrong assumptions about
> > the Y
> > coordinate you've been exporting.
> > In its current form, your question is invalid and it won't
> > receive any
> > useful answer unless you provide more info.
> >
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