Thanks for the answer. I'm bringing the plots from R and your answer prompted me to look at some more options there. Found what I was looking for 😊
Also thanks for the PS .. will check Steve ________________________________ From: Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 10:05:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Setting background transparency for imported PDFormXObject You can't set only a part of it transparent. You can only have some transparency effect on the whole thing. Maybe there is some blending that would remove white, then this would remove the white everywhere, or maybe have other effects. Have a look here: http://www.pdfvt.com/PDFVT_TransparencyGuide.html It would be easier to remove the white background in the xobject form you want to invoke, especially if this is a one-time job. However this may be tricky, a "background" can be many things. Tilman PS: use the PDPageContentStream with 5 parameters (read the javadoc why), unless you know in advance what kind of PDFs you append to. Am 26.11.2017 um 19:19 schrieb Steve Jerman: > Hi, > > > I am creating an application that creates a report using a template page for > each and then positions graphics on each page. > > > To allow me to use vector based graphics, they are each imported as PDFs: > > > try (PDPageContentStream contents = new PDPageContentStream(doc, currentPage, > AppendMode.APPEND, true); > > PDDocument imageDoc = PDDocument.load(pdfGraph);) { > > > LayerUtility layerUtility = new LayerUtility(doc); > > PDFormXObject form = layerUtility.importPageAsForm(imageDoc, 0); > > contents.saveGraphicsState(); > > Matrix matrix = Matrix.getTranslateInstance(rect.getLowerLeftX(), > rect.getLowerLeftY()); > > contents.transform(matrix); > > contents.drawForm(form); > > contents.restoreGraphicsState(); > > > } > > Now, this seems to work fine. However, these is one issue ... I would like to > have the background of the imported graphic be transparent. At present it > comes in with a white background. > > > Is there anyway to set a transparent background? > > > Thanks for any help > > Steve > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
