Paulo Soares-3 wrote > > Let's take the Line annotation. The annotation parameters describe the > line. You'll have to create a PdfTemplate with the actual graphic > representation of the line using moveTo(), lineTo() and others. >
I have limited experience with appearances in PDF. Initially I thought that the AP key was the only thing needed to make an annotation display in this instance. I've since been reading and am getting an idea that the AP key mentioned is just a pointer to a different section in the pdf referred to as an appearance which is a graphical representation of the original annotation. This is used in place of the annotation when a reader cannot render annotations from the basic vector info provided. Is this correct? If so, I am wondering whether I will be able to employ this solution as I'm still a little confused whether I can build this graphical representation from the original vector information or whether I need to manually create a pdf with AP included which I need to read from? (manual intervention would make attempts to script this process pointless). Considering another way forward, is iText capable of completely flattening the annotation so that it all becomes a rendered part of the main layer? I assume I would lose any separate annotation data but this is acceptable if it will create a document that displays as intended on the Ubuntu viewers. -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/createInk-not-displaying-in-PDF-on-Ubuntu-Linux-tp4292565p4299563.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. 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
