Hi Steve 2011/10/14 Steve Hannah <[email protected]>
> > > > > > It works but I have the same problem than PDFBox. I must manage x and y > > position (increment x and y when I add some text). > > > > It appears that PDFDocumentGraphics2D is just a Graphics2D context. Then > presumably you could pass it to the paint() method of any AWT or Swing > component to have that component paint itself to the PDF. E.g. Just use a > JTextPane or a JTable, then pas the PDFDocumentGraphics2D object to their > paint() methods > Ok thank's for this information. > > > > > I have started to manage that with PDFBox and it works great (increment x > > when text is added, increment y when text is too long for the line, etc). > > > > I don't see the advantage to use PDFDocumentGraphics2D instread of using > > PDFBox PDPageContentStream. > > I'm afraid with FOP because: > > > > * PDFDocumentGraphics2D is not documented. It seems that nobody (google > > tell me that) has used PDFDocumentGraphics2D to create PDF from scratch. > > > One google search found some API docs. > > http://www.jarvana.com/jarvana/view/org/apache/xmlgraphics/fop/1.0/fop-1.0-javadoc.jar!/org/apache/fop/svg/PDFDocumentGraphics2D.html > > Possibly old, but that's what 10 seconds of research found. > When I said documented, I meant that I have no found documentation in the FOP WebSite or other blog which explains how to use this class. I have not found sample which use this class. Your link is the Javadoc that I have already read because I have the sources of FOP in my Eclipse Workspace. Regards Angelo > > Best regards > > Steve >
