Op 19/09/2013 16:46, Jones Tim schreef: > Please could we have functionality to set the tagging of the document > at the very basic level of setting user properties and creating the > default root structure of the document and NOT to create the > "<Document>" tag and it's other tags.
Adding the <Document> tag to the document is really important. It's being added not only as a root to the structure tree, but to the page content of every page as well. Without having <Document> as a root element you can't have a proper PDF/UA document. That's why we have decided to add the <Document> tag as root element by default. It's not trivial to localize the method which adds this tag: - part of the job is done on opening the document, - part is done on opening and closing pages, - the rest is done on closing document. As you can see: it's not as simple as one would think. Unfortunately, it's not possible now to tell iText to "skip writing the root element". You could use a workaround in some cases. For instance, you could redefine the document role. Let's say you could call Document.setRole(PdfName.DIV), then the <Document> tag would be replaced with <Div> tag in both structure tree and page content For the next release, we can add an option which allows to skip writing certain tags. Currently it's possible to call Document.setRole(null). It means that <Document> tag will not be written. But in this case all internal tags will not be written as well. I think we can extend this functionality a bit so that a certain tag is not written, but all internal tags are written. Also I have a question what do you want to achieve with redefining <Document> tag? What extra functionality do you need? Maybe we can advise you something or push this functionality into next release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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
