On 7/15/2013 4:06 PM, Yu Chen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I am using iText to generate pdf file containing the following Thai
> characters �ת��, the second character cannot be properly displayed. The font I
they're not displaying properly here either. mojibake.
> am using is True Type font Tahoma. Is t
i'm sure whatever you decide will be for the best. though frankly, i'll miss
the
occasional "same way i convert chickens to chocolate" zingers ;-)
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On 3/3/2011 6:21 PM, Paulo Soares wrote:
> I don't know if I should consider this a bug but it probably is. I've changed
> the default replacement char from '?' to nothing. Note that you'll still need
> an
"?" was "kind of standard" for badly encoded data. a "[]" box of some kind was
another "ki
On 12/21/2010 7:09 PM, ratna kar wrote:
> 1. What you said is correct. But i dont want exacly equivalent font of Arial
> unicode MS. I need a font (in the list i specified) and it should support the
> list of languages that i mentioned.
you're asking in the wrong place. a linux list or the unicode
On 3/11/2010 10:00 PM, 1T3XT info wrote:
> Thank you for your question, but it doesn't contain any useful info,
> could you please send some other questions, so that we can answer further?
bruno you forgot this i think ;-)
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
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Bruno Lowagie wrote:
> I was thinking of working out a complete project covering all the basic
> functionality for book one.
good idea.
> because I'm not best placed to write about Cold Fusion (the last time I
> wrote Cold Fusion code was back in 1998).
if you do go that way, maybe give:
http
Bruno Lowagie wrote:
> Or rather: instead of writing a book with 900 pages, I'm thinking of
> writing 3 books of about 300 pages (of which only 2 would need to be
> available in print).
3 books sound like a good idea.
it would also be great if you could cover "best practices" for things like
c
Adam Leszinski wrote:
> From my understanding and research on the web I have found that
> Coldfusion 8 ships with an iText library to support many of the tags
> Coldfusion 8 provides for PDF generation, however this library is not
> the full iText library and therefore there is the potential th
Mike Sargent wrote:
> I'm trying to use the latest iText along side BlueDragon server, which
why? what are you trying to do? if you don't care about using cfdocument, just
replace the jar that comes w/BD.
> Not being a java programmer, I have no clue how to refactor a jar file.
you don't, you
Paulo Soares wrote:
> No, unless you are willing to dive into the xml but I don't think that's what
> you are asking.
yes, the "no" it can't be done was what i was looking for (i'll leave the xml
cliff diving for when we're really desperate ;-). the cf error message was
throwing me.
thanks.
probably a dumb question but i'm getting an error when using iText in
coldfusion
(cf) on an acrobat produced PDF form. the error i'm getting when i try to set a
field's property (cf can't tell which of the 2 overloaded methods i want) might
be misleading in that i know iText doesn't have comple
Bruno Lowagie wrote:
> This is the promised FAQ entry:
> http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/faq.php?branch=faq.xtra&node=fonts
you missed klingon & elvish--the klingons are particularly sensitive about
perceived slights especially when drunk ;-)
http://kasper-online.de/en/docs/startrek/klingon.htm
http:/
Bruno Lowagie wrote:
> alternative available for Arial Unicode, but these are some links
> I listed in the Appendix of the book:
also might find something here:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&cat_id=FontDownloads
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> I’m sure this hasn’t been asked twice over, but my company is finally
> installing iText on our Coldfusion shared server, but I have to provide
for cf7/cf8 iText is already "installed" (iText powers cfdocument, etc.) but
it's a way older version than bruno's latest &
Felipe Gaúcho wrote:
> from the old article:
>
> Unicode was a brave effort to create a single character set that
> included every reasonable writing system on the planet and some
> make-believe ones like Klingon, too. Some people are under the
> misconception that Unicode is simply a 16-bit code
Marko Nedanoski wrote:
> the farsi characters are shoen as squares. Any
> suggestions how could this be fixed (to show farsi
squares/boxes usually means the char can't be rendered using the current font.
got the right font? or can your unix box find it?
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Burns, John D wrote:
> and can sort of understand what it’s doing. Basically, I’m trying to
> take a PDF file that already exists and encrypt it with a password so
> that in order to view it you need to enter that password. I’ve done some
search the cf forums, i've answered this question there
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> was to explain how to use a wide range of fonts. However,
> I thought of arialuni.ttf as a font that was widely used.
it kind of is, just not so much on plain-jane windows installs in the US. if
you
do i18n work, even in the US, you usually have it.
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Paulo Soares wrote:
> This is like asking how to build a "simple" rocket to Mars! I would start by
at least it's not a chocolate chicken rocket ;-)
> looking at what Acrobat does in terms of structure changes.
well if it's going to require reworking iText, i think it's beyond what i can
do
to
i'm trying to help someone who is merging some PDF docs, some of which contain
xfaForms, which i don't any experience with. i know iText doesn't have a lot of
support for these yet but can anyone offer any guidance on doing a "simple"
xfaForm copy?
thanks.
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Stephen Cowling wrote:
> There is a painful image zoom bug which cause (randomly) images to
i've read this from time to time but never experienced it using cfdocument or
iText. can you elaborate or point to some references?
> I'm about to start the process of changing all our code over to use
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> I'm not 100% happy with what I said; I should have prepared possible
> questions. Some answers I gave really sound awkward in hindsight.
you mean like "Do you see any relationship between using Adobe Flex and iText?"
kind of surprised you didn't all out of your cha
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
>
> this is completely off-topic, but I just found out that
> my oldest son (Inigo Lowagie) was nominated for a local
> movie award (a filmfestival for really young filmmakers).
pretty cool for a gang of ten-year olds :-)
Vivek M wrote:
> Would itext support 'Arial Unicode MS' ? If so, please guid eus in using
> this.
yes, we use it all the time (though via coldfusion), for instance:
msUnicode=baseFont.createFont("c:\\windows\\fonts\\ARIALUNI.ttf",
BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
NetDvlpr wrote:
> That produces: iText by lowagie.com (r1.02b;p128)
not the latest nor the greatest...that's the one that ships w/cf7. but as i
said
off-list, that's not your real issue.
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NetDvlpr wrote:
> that. Yes, i am using pagetype=custom and pagewidth=6 and pageheight=4. Any
> ideas on that one? Again thanks for your time.
also this (on cf7.02) produces the correctly sized PDF.
This is a test.So is this.
btw there used to be a case bug in the orientation option, might sti
NetDvlpr wrote:
> Well, I am using the javaloader with still no luck. I still get the same
don't see that from the code you posted.
first things first, what does this return?
pdfDocument = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.Document");
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NetDvlpr wrote:
> I have MX7 and I downloaded the newest jar file from itext site. I then
> placed that jar file in my lib/ dir. I do know that the newest itext jar
the old iText jar that cfdocument uses will always get loaded before your
versions. if you try replacing that jar with the latest iT
NetDvlpr wrote:
> This is suppose to be the latest right?
> itext-1.4.8(3)
how was that version "installed"? what ver of cf?
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Bill Ensley wrote:
> iText is built into newer versions of ColdFusion.
yes it powers cfdocument in cf7 but it's an *older* version. i think 0.9x or
1.0x
> He may not have the ability to choose his version.
actually he does if he needs too.
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NetDvlpr wrote:
> I am having the worst time finding help with itext. beginning to wonder if
> anyone knows anything. I am using itext with coldfusion. I am new to java. I
you have a funny way of asking for help. did you ask on cf-talk? in the forums?
> I know setFontAndSize exist. What am I doin
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> The source code can be downloaded here:
> http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/examples/chapterX/GisExample.java
ah well, the example uses a cellEvent that cf can't handle--well the cf
function
i added to the cell w/setCellEvent() is actually firing but i think th
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> Don't forget the CF equivalent for
> cell.setUseBorderPadding(true);
> as is demonstrated in the example.
yup already started using it after i upgraded to 1.4.6.
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Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> I loved to work with CF... 9 years ago.
oh it's even better these days. better i18n, better two-way java integration,
gateways (SMS,IM,etc.), components (kind of OO), cfdocument (powered by
iText!),
etc. nwo that adobe owns it, i expect to see a lot more PDF funct
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> Now show us some source code ;-)
it's cf. still want to see it?
> Are you using Table of PdfPTable?
pdfPtable w/the latest itext.
> and the "ILUKA" image aren't supposed to
> extend to the bottom of the page.
those are the ones i want flush w/the bottom of the t
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> On page 172-174 of the book, I explain methods like:
i guess i gotta buy the ebook ;-) it will take a month or more to ship a real
one here.
> setFixedHeight()
> setMinimumHeight()
> extendLastRow()
> but I'm not sure which one will be useful for you.
> Reading th
Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
>> ok, but i would i tell how high a table is?
>
> Sorry, that's not possible.
ok, then what's the most reliable way of forcing a a cell holding a table to
fill out to a given height? i need the last cell in a 1 column table to be at
the very bottom of the table tho
Paulo Soares wrote:
> I create my TOCs without page events, making two passes. There are many ways
> to do it.
any examples?
thanks.
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are page events the only way to create a TOC? i'm trying to create TOC
using coldfusion but i can't see anyway around the need to
extend/override the page events (which seem impossible in cf).
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bruno wrote:
> Sorry, my publisher is always saying:
> if all the information is available online,
> who will buy the book?
i will.
btw got a price yet? will you do an ebook edition as well?
i also noticed that they don't seem to have any titles on i18n, what a shame ;-)
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Eliasen Jan wrote:
> BUT... Your book, will it cover iText, iTextSharp or both? Can you reveal
> anything?
more importantly ;-) maybe bruno can tell us some more about the cover.
soldier?
cavalry? napoleonic? why?
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bruno wrote:
I see that's exactly your line of business ;-) After finishing the report,
well we actually do more i18n work these days.
I never worked in a GIS environment again. I wonder: how well
does iText integrate with ESRI tools? Wouldn't it be great to have
iText(Sharp) built in into on
bruno wrote:
Note that I also received your mail about the CF problem.
it was handled on the cf forums.
I don't understand it. Is javacast some CF specific method?
yeah, it turns a loosely-typed cf var into something typed that java likes.
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Neil Robertson-Ravo wrote:
pdfFile=expandPath(vcPDFfile);
newFile=expandPath(vcNewPDFFile);
fos=createObject("java","java.io.FileOutputStream").init(newFile);
reader =
createObject("java","com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader").init(pdfFile);
pdfStamper =
createObject("java","com.lowagie.text.pdf.Pdf
Bruno Lowagie wrote:
You probably have a different iText.jar on your test / production machine.
if your production box is cf7, then it's using an older version of itext
(itext powers cfdocument) & it will be in the classpath ahead of your
newer jar. you could either try a "remote classpath" (
Paulo Soares wrote:
Document.getVersion()
thanks, trying to solve a minor jar mystery w/coldfusion from home.
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is there any way to programmtically determine which version of iText an
app is using?
thanks.
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Chris Miller wrote:
Here's a couple variations i've tried that don't work in cfscript...
form = PRAcroForm.getAcroForm(newreader);
PdfCopy.copyAcroForm(newreader);
another variation:
form = readerForm.getAcroForm();
writer.copyAcroForm(readerForm);
i would imagine form is a res
Gareth Edwards wrote:
Listeners are not supported? Has anyone here had any experience with
itext and Coldfusion?
i have. what exactly are you trying to do?
btw if you don't need a lot of control of the PDF & you can wait,
blackstone's almost out the door.
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Paulo Soares wrote:
> Document.getVersion()
duh ;-) thanks.
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dumb question, how can i programmatically determine which version of
iText our coldfusion apps are using?
thanks.
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> But you're right, it's not easy to make the connection.
> Yesterday I read this through slashdot:
> http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_4/levesque/index.html
> I must admit most of the issues apply for iText :(
well the GUI issue is moot for iText (as far as i'm concerned using it from
coldfusi
> Look for the iTextXML.jar,
> http://itext.sourceforge.net/downloads/
ha! never made the connection. many thanks. is that in the docs anyplace
that i missed?
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i suppose i'm doing something wrong but i can't seem to find
com.lowagie.text.html.HtmlParser class in any (either bruno's or paulo's) of
the iText jars. nor any of the source code stashes. it is in the examples,
API, etc.
any ideas?
thanks.
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i have a mildly complex jpg image (5-6 solid filled polygons, a 425x425 map
image), around 15kb. when i ue iText to insert this type of image into a
PDF, iText goes nuts & never stops writing the PDf file. i've killed the
process at 700mb++ & still growing PDF file. much larger jpeg files (though
l
i have no problem with thai, etc. text in iText, at least not with unicode
encoded thai, etc. text. my only small peeve is the 'special case' handling
for BIDI stuff (makes you have to know/figure out its BIDI text, then handle
it instead of just whomping the text right into the doc). what encoding
great, yes i think i grasp whats going on in that. i just wish i didn't have
to handle these as special cases. in any case, many thanks.
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To: "Paul Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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> I'm getting some undesired results with a page border and header/footers
> The border is showing around the entire page AND the header/footer.I
> just want the border around the whole page and nothing else.
not that i know nothing from nothing but maybe something like this instead:
// add b
i've been using iText via coldfusion with unicode text (mainly thai) without
much trouble for while now. i've been testing with other languages to make
my components more i18n & seem to have hit a snag with arabic (and i guess
with any other BIDI language). it doesn't show up in the right direction
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