On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > > > Hello, > > > > Yes, but the examples I see are very basic and the API's are quite > > extensive. In short PDFBox can do a lot, but I have no way of finding > > something quickly what I am looking for. I guess I have no option but to > go > > through the API's and the basic examples to do what I want. My tasks are > : > > > > 1) getting the data from the database(I have methods for that), format it > > in correct way and put it in PDF: > > 2) As the information in database can be small or big, I have to adjust > > that in PDF. > > Is that a forms filling application or do you have to output dynamic text > blocks? > Its a note taking application. And the output is the PDF should have all the notes as they look on the canvas, and in landscape mode. > > > 3) The information in database has to be put on top of certain images in > > the pdf. > > So the PDF is preexisting or are the images added as part of your > application? > PDF doesn't exist, I have to create it, images I have saved in the system. I have a background image which needs to be loaded to give a shadow. > > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> There is no "PDFBox in action" book, if that is what you mean. > >> > >> Most people learn by seeing examples. > >> > >> If there's a specific PDF element that you would like as example, just > ask. > >> > >> However creating PDFs has only very basic support in PDFBox, i.e. you > have > >> to do everything youself, there's no higher API, e.g. for paragraphs or > >> tables (there's a user who created a class for tables). > >> > >> A totally different approach would be Apache FOP. > >> > >> Tilman > >> > >> > >> Am 06.11.2014 um 17:23 schrieb Kernel freak: > >> > >> Hello, > >>> > >>> I want to use Apache PDFBox to create some advanced pdf's in Java. I > >>> couldn't find any good documentation for PDFBox. Only a few examples > and > >>> directly the API docs. > >>> Does anyone knows any good book or good documentation like other apache > >>> products have. Kindly let me know. I don't want tutorials, there are > many > >>> on net and they are very basic, and going through the entire source > code > >>> takes a lot of time. Thank you. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Kernel > >>> > >>> > >> > >
