Re: Embedding PDF base into a FO document (at least for PDF output)

2010-06-01 Thread Martin Edge
Perfect! Will give it a red hot go - thanks Jeremias --- Martin Edge Intellimail International Pty Ltd --- On 02/06/2010, at 4:04 AM, Jeremias Maerki wrote: Martin, that should work. Put the external-graphic in a block-container with absolute-position="fixed" (to

Re: Embedding PDF base into a FO document (at least for PDF output)

2010-06-01 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Martin, that should work. Put the external-graphic in a block-container with absolute-position="fixed" (top & left set to 0cm) and put that in the region-before. HTH On 01.06.2010 16:58:29 Martin Edge wrote: > Hey Guys, > > > > Trying to figure out the best way to manage embedding a PDF (allb

Re: Embedding PDF base into a FO document (at least for PDF output)

2010-06-01 Thread TvT
Hi, > My goal is to be able to use (for > instance) - a base pdf with a sheet pre-prepared with text and graphics, and > overprint an address on the document, is that something within the > capability of the library? Or is there another way to achieve this goal ? We have done something similar wi

RE: Embedding PDF base into a FO document (at least for PDF output)

2010-06-01 Thread Eric Douglas
FOP writes PDFs. For reading PDFs you might want to try pdfbox. pdfbox can use a PDF file or a FileInputStream for input and can output a PDF file or direct to a printer. I had some issues getting FOP to send output directly to a printer with it's direct print mime type, so I managed to get it

Embedding PDF base into a FO document (at least for PDF output)

2010-06-01 Thread Martin Edge
Hey Guys, Trying to figure out the best way to manage embedding a PDF (allbeit source via an A4 flyer sheet, or a PDF of most standard sizes, full of a mixture of vector and raster graphics) in the output from FOP - I see there is a plugin that exists called 'PDF Image Support Plug-In for