How to Programming with Itext

Thanks to all the help from @mkl and @Bruno, I finally got a workable solution. Anybody interested who can give a more elegant approach is welcome - there is certainly room. Two classes were in play in all the snippets given in the original question. Below is partial code that...

c# pdf How to set textfield label with iText

c#,pdf,itext

The label of a field in PDF is not contained in some dedicated label object, it is mere page content. Thus, it has to be added as regular content. I merely have Java development tools at my hand right now, so the following sample is in Java for iText. (Usually...

How to create and add table to predefined pdf template using Itext?

itext,rectangles,dimensions

You use PdfStamper for that. The code goes like this: PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); PdfContentByte canvas = stamper.getOverContent(1); PdfPTable table = ...; //add data to table table.writeSelectedRows(... , canvas); stamper.close(); reader.close(); ...

Pdf file not loading properly created by the servlet

java,jsp,servlets,pdf,itext

You create a PDF on your local disk and you set some headers that are sent to the browser. You do not send any bytes to the browser, hence you should not expect to see anything in your browser. This is consistent with the behavior you describe. In another answer,...

Itext rectangle from milimeters

I just ran your SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example), and printed the resulting PDF from Adobe Reader. I measured the red rectangle both on-screen using the Adobe Reader measuring tool and on-paper. The result on screen: matches your parameters createRectangle(writer, 30.75f, 11, 148.5f, 210, Color.RED); ------------------------------------^^^^^^--^^^ exactly, and...

Save JavaFX ScrollPane content to PDF file

itext,javafx-8

I have first scaled the image and then created document with scaled PageSize. This fixed the issue com.itextpdf.text.Image image =com.itextpdf.text.Image.getInstance("../temp.jpg"); image.scalePercent(1); Document doc = new Document(new com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle(image.getScaledWidth(), image.getScaledHeight())); doc.open(); doc.add(image); ...

How to compress PDF without resizing image?

you have copy/pasted an example from my book, but it seems that you have not read the book, nor have you really tried the example. You say "I don't want to reduce the dimension, but change DPI." Well... that's exactly what the example in my book is doing! In the...

iText, FileNotFoundException when adding image to pdf

android,image,pdf,itext

try this, hope this will help you Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.toplogos) BitmapDrawable bitDw = ((BitmapDrawable) d); Bitmap bmp = bitDw.getBitmap(); ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, stream); Image image = Image.getInstance(stream.toByteArray()); document.add(image); ...

How to write bulleted list in pdf using itext jar but item should not in next line

import com.lowagie.text.*; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter import javax.swing.text.Document public static void main(String[] args){ String[] ITEMS = ["Insurance system", "Agent", "Agency", "Agent Enrollment", "Agent Settings", "Appointment", "Continuing Education", "Hierarchy", "Recruiting", "Contract", "Message", "Correspondence", "Licensing", "Party"]; com.lowagie.text.Document document = new com.lowagie.text.Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document,new FileOutputStream("List1.pdf")); Font zapfdingbats = new Font(); Font font = new...

How to convert textarea input to pdf using itext and make it downloadable

java,jsp,servlets,pdf,itext

Ok. So I am able to do this successfully using exactly your code but making these two changes. Put method="get" in the <form> tag in the jsp Change doPost to doGet in the servlet and it should work as it has worked for me too. Do tell me if it...

iText is not rendering image in Grails web application

grails,pdf,itext

This issue was resolved by changing the initial call by using the following code: imgStream = grailsAttributes.getApplicationContext().getResource("Logo.jpg").getInputStream() Instead of the initial way imgStream = servletContext.classLoader.getResourceAsStream("/assets/Logo.jpg") Thanks, Tom...

List items in table cell are not formatted

java,table,itext

You are adding a List to a PdfPTable in text mode. That can never work. You should add the List in composite mode. The difference between text mode and composite mode is explained in the answer to the following questions: C# iTextSharp multi fonts in a single cell iText: maintain...

Arabic characters from html content to pdf using iText

html,pdf,text,itext,arabic

Please take a look at the ParseHtml7 and ParseHtml8 examples. They take HTML input with Arabic characters and they create a PDF with the same Arabic text: Before we look at the code, allow me to explain that it's not a good idea to use non-ASCII characters in source code....

iTextSharp rotated PDF page reverts orientation when file is rasterized at print house

pdf,printing,itextsharp,itext

First let me assure you that changing the rotation in the page dictionary is the correct procedure to achieve what you want. As far as I can see your code, there's nothing wrong with it. You are doing the right thing. Unfortunately, you are faced with a third party product...

how to return binary stream from iText pdf converter

c#,pdf,itext

Sure, just save it to a MemoryStream instead: using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) { // Odd to have a constructor but not use the newly-created object. // Smacks of the constructor doing too much. var ignored = new PdfStamper(reader, ms); return ms.ToArray(); } ...

Skip an extra line after particular row

c#,.net,itextsharp,itext

If you want to add some extra space between two rows, why don't you add an extra (empty) row with a fixed height? I took your code snippet that adds two rows to a table, and I added an extra cell with colspan 3 between those two rows. I defined...

Itext, table width changes when splitted in new page

Well, I finally solved it. Thanks to @BrunoLowagie and @Fahim Parkar. Will make a quick explanation of all my modifications according to all suggestions: First of all and according @Bruno comments, first I deleted unused method PdfPTable::setKeepTogether(boolean);. Second, and according to this question, posted by @Fahim (thanks!). We can force...

NoNewLineParagraph cannot be cast to Element

java,html,parsing,itext,xmlworker

Problem solved. It was caused by my itextpdf and xmlworker being slightly different versions. This and MANY other problems were solved by getting the exact same versions (5.5.5 in my case) of both dependencies. After 2 days of banging my head to the wall rigorously I cannot stress this enough:...

iText doesn't set checkbox field

pdf,checkbox,itext

Why does status turns out to be null when you do: String states[] = form.getAppearanceStates( "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].FederalClassification[0].c1_1"); You are providing the answer in your own question: because there is no field with name "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].FederalClassification[0].c1_1" in your form. What is states when you use the following line: String states[] = form.getAppearanceStates( "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].FederalClassification[0].c1_1[1]");...

What is the smarter solution to retrieve the number of pages of this created PDF file?

java,pdf,pdf-generation,itext

When you have finished creating a PDF, you can create a PdfReader instance and ask that reader object for the total number of pages. That is true. However: it seems that you are not creating a PDF from scratch. Instead you are using PdfCopy to concatenate many different documents. Allow...

Align content in PDF using itext in java

java,swing,pdf,itext

Take a look at the answer to the following question: How to position a PDFGraphis2D object in iText? As you can see, it is common not to draw objects such as the chart or the table straight to the direct content. Instead, you should create a PdfTemplate to draw to....

iTextPDF hyperlink not linking to the right place

java,itext,itextpdf

I see that you create your destination like this: new PdfDestination(PdfDestination.FIT,-1,-1,0) This is a strange way to create a destination so that the page is displayed to fit the viewer window. Please take a look at The ABC of PDF with iText. The book isn't finished yet, but it's free...

Large table in table cell invoke page break

java,jasper-reports,itext

Please take a look at the NestedTables2 example. In this example, we tell iText that it's OK to split cells as soon as a row doesn't fit on a page: This is not the default: by default, iText will try to keep a row intact by forwarding it to the...

How to flatten pdf with Itext in c#?

c#,itext

Just in case someone has a similiar problem. I could solve it by changing the InputStream for the PdfStamper from MemoryStream to FileStream. With this change it worked for me. public static void RemoveAcroFields(String filename) { if (filename != null && File.Exists(filename)) { byte[] pdfFile = File.ReadAllBytes(filename); PdfReader reader =...

Obtaining the hash/digest from a PCKS7 signed PDF file with iText

java,pdf,itext,pkcs7

First of all, there is not necessarily the hash/digest message from the signature, in case of PKCS#7 / CMS signatures usually multiple hashes are involved, cf. this answer to Message digest of pdf in digital signature. Considering that you need the digest to fulfill some legal restrictions, though, I assume...

Register font from byte array in iText

c#,fonts,itextsharp,itext

Yes, you can create a Font from a byte[], but in that case, you can't use the FontFactory. Instead you need to create a BaseFont instance using the createFont method, see http://api.itextpdf.com/itext/com/itextpdf/text/pdf/BaseFont.html for the different options. Once you have a BaseFont instance, you can easily create a Font object: Suppose...

Signing PDF - memory consumption

itext,itextpdf

While signing a PDF, iText uses relevant amounts of memory reading the whole unsigned PDF into memory unless using a PdfReader in partial mode; creating the signed file in memory unless using a PdfStamper configured to use a temporary file; and reading whole individual PDF objects (e.g. streams containing embedded...

Itextpdf stop transform pdf correctly

java,pdf,jboss,itext,itextpdf

The cause In comments it turned out that the OP creates his web application in maven, that the template.pdf file is supplied as a maven resource, and that filtering (i.e. text variable replacements) of the resources is activated. Unfortunately, though, filtering resources implies that the resource files are treated as...

How to draw a rectangle around multiline text

java,pdf,itext,draw

It sounds as if you are missing only a single piece of the puzzle to meet your requirement. That piece is called getYLine(). Please take a look at the DrawRectangleAroundText example. This example draws the same paragraph twice. The first time, it adds a rectangle that probably looks like the...

NoClassDefFoundError: com/itextpdf/text/DocumentException when exporting jasper to pdf

You need to upgrade your iText-2.1.7.jar file to latest version as earlier the package that was used by jar is com.lowagie... See the change list here which says it has changed the package name....

Displaying a database in PDF using iText in Android Studio

android,database,sqlite,pdf,itext

There are two problems in your code: You open the document before attaching a PdfWriter to it. Thus, the PdfWriter is not informed about the document being opened. You don't close the document in the end. Thus, the PDF output remains unfinished. The iText in Action example HelloWorld shows the...

PDF generated by iText -> text missing after saving PDF to local drive

java,pdf,pdf-generation,itext

You aren't adding the text correctly. The PDF you are creating contains a serious syntax error. Some PDF viewers will ignore this syntax error and show the text anyway (which may be why you can print the PDF from a browser); others will not show anything because you are showing...

Viewing PDF with Java [duplicate]

java,itext,autofill,form-fields,formfield

You can take a look at the following Stack Overflow question and answers: Java PDF Viewer. You could give both ICEpdf and Pdf-renderer a try for viewing PDF files. Here you can find more PDF libraries that have other functionality that might be useful for your project: What is the...

Remove page reference from annotation

Fact 1: The PdfFormField class extends the PdfAnnotation class, because most of the times, it is possible to merge a field dictionary with an annotation dictionary. In your case, you have a PdfFormField that is used as a hierarchical element and although that element is also an instance of PdfAnnotation,...

Extracting an embedded object from a pdf

java,pdf,itext,pdfbox

I have written a brute force method to extract all streams in a PDF and store them as a file without an extension: public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/image.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/parse/stream%s"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { File file = new File(DEST);...

Error in PDF Export

java,itext,right-to-left,hebrew,xmlworker

Problem solved- I was not able to update the jar because of dependencies of existing architecture. But the real problem was with rowspan. The rowspan was different for active/inactive parts. After changing that logic the problem was solved....

Alignment issue with multiline text form fields in iTextSharp

c#,itextsharp,itext

Please take a look at the MultiLineField that was written to test your allegation. In this example, we create a form with the simplest possible multi-line text field: Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 720, 144, 806); TextField tf = new TextField(writer, rect, "text"); tf.setOptions(TextField.MULTILINE); writer.addAnnotation(tf.getTextField()); Then we fill and flatten...

iText -PDF reading issue on heading levels ( h1 - h6 )

html,pdf,itext,screen-readers,xmlworker

Please take a look at the ParseHeaders example. It takes the headers.html page with headers from <h1> to <h2> and converts it to headers.pdf: In your question, you claim that everything is working perfectly except heading levels (h1-h6), but you don't explain what isn't working. Please elaborate. As shown in...

Can't set RTL direction for Hebrew letters while converting from .xhtml to .pdf by using iText library

Please take a look at the ParseHtml10 example. In this example, we have take the file hebrew.html: <html> <head> <title>Hebrew text</title> </head> <body style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial"> <div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Noto Sans Hebrew">שלום עולם</div> </body> </html> And we convert it to PDF using this code: public void createPdf(String file) throws IOException, DocumentException...

Save itext pdf as blob without physical existence.

The other answer to this question is almost correct, but not quite. You can use any OutputStream when you create a PdfWriter. If you want to create a file entirely in memory, you can use a ByteArrayOutputStream like this: ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document,...

Textfield data is getting too small, when we enter more data into the textbox

itext,digital-signature,digest

I think you should use textarea instead of textfield as you want multiple lines. And then you need to put textArea to ScrollPane to get scrollbar. JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(10, 30); ScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea); ...

How to align a label versus its content?

itextsharp,itext

There are many different ways to achieve what you want: Take a look at the following screen shot: This PDF was created using the IndentationOptions example. In the first option, we use a List with the label ("A list of stuff: ") as the list symbol: List list = new...

Converting images to PDF with iTextSharp preserve clipping path

c#,itextsharp,itext,jpeg,clipping

iText copies the bytes of a JPG straight into the PDF. Not a single byte is changed. If you say that your JPGs have clipping paths (I've never heard of such a thing) and you don't see that feature in the PDF, you are being confronted with a limitation inherent...

Compiling example program supplied by itext

java,xml,pdf,itext,xfa

You have to add the xmlworker.jar to your directory flatterner. This file contains the class com.itextpdf.tool.xml.html.CssAppliersAware.

Sign PDF using an external service and iText

After much debugging, we finally found the problem. For some mysterious reason, the method that generates the hash of the document, was executed twice, invalidating the first hash (which we use to send to the service). After a refactoring work of the code, the original code worked correctly. Very thanks...

How to convert pdf into text file using itext liberary

Which example are you using? If it is the the one from page 575 you will read the following: "What you have here is a poor man’s text extractor. It works well for this example, but it won’t work with most PDF files that can be found in the wild....

Divide page in 2 parts so we can fill each with different source

java,pdf,pdf-generation,itext,itextpdf

If I understand your question correctly, you need to create something like this: In this screen shot, you see the first part of the first book of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War. Gallia omnia est divisa in partes tres, and so is each page in this document: the upper...

How to add overlay text with link annotations to existing pdf?

You are using ColumnText.showAligned() which is sufficient to add a line of text without any special features, but if you want the anchor to work, you need to use ColumnText differently. This is shown in the AddLinkAnnotation2 example: public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader...

Hierarchical Bookmark Generation in PDF using iText library

pdf,pdf-generation,html-parsing,html-lists,itext

In PDF terminology, bookmarks are referred to as outlines. Please take a look at the CreateOutline example from my book to find out how to create an outline tree as shown in this PDF: outline_tree.pdf We start with the root of the tree: PdfOutline root = writer.getRootOutline(); Then we add...

Ordered and Unordered List is not rendered during the PDF Generation

I've tried this: <html> <body style="font-family: Arial;"> <p>I personally thank you for your continued commitment and I look forward to continue our journey to make one of the best the world.</p> <p>Bullets:</p> <ol> <li>One</li> <li>Two</li> <li>Three</li> </ol> </body> </html> And it works correctly. I've tried this: <html> <body style="font-family: Arial;">...

2D barcode generation issue in Java

java,itext,barcode

Please take a look at the BarcodePlacement example. In this example, we create three PDF417 barcodes: PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); Image img = createBarcode(cb, "This is a 2D barcode", 1, 1); document.add(new Paragraph( String.format("This barcode measures %s by %s user units", img.getScaledWidth(), img.getScaledHeight()))); document.add(img); img = createBarcode(cb, "This is NOT...

Adding text to each page of PDF with itext instead of just the first page

c#,itext

in your first snippet, you hardcode the page number: stamper.GetUnderContent(1); In your second snippet, you loop over the pages: for (var i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++) { } Now combine these two snippets: for (var i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++) { PdfContentByte pbunder = stamper.GetUnderContent(i); //...

Center a table horizontally with iText's XMLWorker

itext,xmlworker

As explained in the comment section, this isn't supported yet in XML Worker. We'll add it to the next release. If you can't wait until the next release, please apply this patch: diff --git a/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/tool/xml/html/table/Table.java b/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/tool/xml/html/table/Table.java index 541818bfc9..e262b4a406 100644 --- a/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/tool/xml/html/table/Table.java +++ b/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/tool/xml/html/table/Table.java @@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ public class Table...

Itext std deviation symbol σ not printing

itext,symbol

The σ-symbol doesn't exist in Helvetica, so you need to use the Symbol font. This is demonstrated in the StandardDeviation. See standard_deviation.pdf: This is how it's done: public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); document.add(new Paragraph("The standard deviation symbol doesn't...

Multiple signatures with Itext - issue with existing signature blocks

the second signature invalidates the first one even though the signing is done in append mode, and only the last signature has the PdfSignatureAppearance.CERTIFIED_NO_CHANGES_ALLOWED certification level. As already conjectured in an initial comment, this actually turned out to be the problem: Only the first signature of a document may...

How to change the spacing between words and characters?

java,pdf,itext,digital-signature,invalidate

Please take a look at the SpaceCharRatioExample to find out how to create a PDF that looks like space_char_ratio.pdf: When you justify a paragraph, iText will add extra space between the words and between the characters. By default, iText will add 2.5 times more space between words than between characters....

iText Stamping - Java [duplicate]

I made it happen' :) Here is the code used to add custom text to document using iText without invalidating digital signatures. //Read the source PDF PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(inputstream); //Create PdfStamp object stamp = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(file), '\0', true); //Create the proper annotation PdfAnnotation annot = PdfAnnotation.createFreeText(stamp.getWriter(),...

itext: Change font size of XMLWorker-parsed element

java,html,fonts,itext,xmlworker

I found at least one way to do it by getting the chunks out of each element and setting the font for that chunk. ie: Font f = new Font(); f.setSize(8); for (Element e : XMLWorkerHelper.parseToElementList(sisalto, null)) { for (Chunk c : e.getChunks()) { c.setFont(f); } cell.addElement(e); } table.addCell(cell); }...

Unable to process large PDF file

java,itext,heap-memory,ioexception

i am wring answer to my own question so it can be helpful to other. i have solved problem Using below code (using Document.plainRandomAccess=true;): PdfReader pdfReader = null; try{ Document.plainRandomAccess=true; pdfReader = new PdfReader(new RandomAccessFileOrArray("D://bigfile.pdf"),null); }catch(Exception e){ System.out.println("Error"); e.printStackTrace(); } ...

How to add border to paragraph in itext pdf library in java?

Please take a look at the BorderForParagraph example. It shows how to add a border for a paragraph like this: There is no method that allows you to create a border for a Paragraph, but you can create a PdfPageEvent implementation that allows you to draw a rectangle based on...

Itext PdfSmartCopy getting Null pointer Exception

java,exception,servlets,itext,pdf-reader

We had a similar question in our closed issue tracker. In that ticket, it appeared that the Document needed to be opened right after the PdfCopy instance is created. In your case, we see a similar problem: you use a Document object to create a PDF from scratch, and you...

I have a pdf from which I have to extract data and show but I am getting this exception, I'm not being able to figure out what is this Exception is?

Finally, the problem is solved, I just added this one line of code in the beginning, before specifying the path - <% String relativePath = getServletContext().getRealPath("/"); String Source = relativePath +"Resource/text.pdf"; ... ... %> ...

Can I use the BaseColor class in old iText versions?

java,pdf,itext,acrofields

Just use: //import java.awt.Color; fields.setFieldProperty("text_2", "bordercolor", Color.BLUE, null); fields.setFieldProperty("text_2", "bordercolor", Color.RED, null); fields.setFieldProperty("text_2", "bordercolor", Color.GREEN, null); If you need a custom color, define it like this: Color custom = new Color(228,102,0); fields.setFieldProperty("text_2", "bordercolor", custom, null); ...

How to add watermark to TIFF image using itext 2.1.7 in java

java,itext,watermark

Many things are wrong with your code. For instance: you say that the watermark doesn't appear in your final PDF, but if you looked closer, you'd see that a watermark is indeed added, but it is covered by an opaque image (the TIFF you added in a previous go). Look...

IText: How to add an inner table surrounded by text to a table

You are using text mode (to be used when you only have text) in a situation where you should use composite mode (because you are adding a table to a cell). Please take a look at the NestedTableProblem example: // table 2 final PdfPTable table2 = new PdfPTable(1); table2.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT); table2.getDefaultCell().setBorderColor(BaseColor.RED);...

How can I write all the pages in the text document

android,pdf,android-studio,itext

Try moving the instantiation and closing of the PrintWriter outside of the main for loop: try { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("D:\\hl_sv\\L09MF.pdf"); int pagenumber = reader.getNumberOfPages(); PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter("D:\\hl_sv\\L09MF.txt"); for (int i = 1; i <= pagenumber; i++) { System.out.println("==================PAGE NUMBER " + i + "==================="); String line...

Sign concatenated PDF in append mode with CERTIFIED_NO_CHANGES_ALLOWED

itext,itextpdf

Certifying the sample 2g.pdf using the OP's code and verifying the result with other tools than Adobe Reader one obtains the information that the certification signature is valid. Something like this (i.e. Adobe Reader complaining about a perfectly valid signature) usually happens with documents which cause Adobe Reader to manipulate...

IText AcroField Character size

java,itext,acrobat,acrofields

There are lots of alternatives for your request: 1.) Do you know that fields offer autosizing of fonts? If you set the fontsize to 0 the font will be automatically sized to fit a field. 2.) Do you know that text form fields can contain multiple lines? (multiline textfield Ff...

error while creating PDF

I faced a similar problem yesterday. Just add this to your build.gradle file and clean/invalidate your project =) android { .... dexOptions { jumboMode = true } } ...

iTextPdf-How to add a FormField to Section without Position?

Check this example for displaying checkboxes or radiobuttons without specifying positions. You need to use PdfPTable. http://itextpdf.com/sandbox/acroforms/CreateRadioInTable . There is one issue for displaying radiobuttons on multiple pages which I have posted here Issue with iText RadioCheckField when displayed on multiple pages and still waiting for answers

How to extract text by a selected area from a PDF file using iText?

java,swing,pdf,awt,itext

After many attempts, i confermed with no doubt that the "GlassPane" is not the right solution for my app or any app like this. because: it can't be above a specific area or a component. it's usable only with the root pane.. The best way to read a PDF file...

Why is the ViewBag data empty?

c#,asp.net-mvc,html5,itext

Here is the answer: http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2012/May/30/Rendering-ASPNET-MVC-Views-to-String. I replace ControllerExtensions with this source. And it works. If someone can tell me, why the ViewBag via the ControllerExtensions class disappeared. Nice to hear.

com.itextpdf.text.exceptions.InvalidPdfException: Rebuild failed: Error reading string at file pointer

java,pdf,pdf-generation,itext,bytearrayoutputstream

It is actually a Invalid PDF. When I open the PDF in text editor I noticed that header has CreatorDate with out close bracket. I just added the close bracket with valid date like this CreatorDate (05 November 2014 17:50:24) then It works. I asked client to correct on their...

Where is the Origin (x,y) of a PDF page?

java,pdf,text,itext

The dimensions of a page (aka the page boundaries) are defined in a page dictionary: /MediaBox: the boundaries of the physical medium (the page). This value is mandatory, so you'll find it in every PDF. /CropBox: the region that is visible when displayed or printed. The /CropBox is equal to...

How to put the ByteArrayInputStream content into a PDF using iText?

In a comment to your previous question How to convert a String object representing a PDF into a ByteArrayInputStream that will be used in iText?, you say I have to concatenate all the PDF to create a single PDF. This is crucial information that you are omitting in your new...

iText Android - Adding text to existing PDF

java,android,itext

There is a process in iText known as 'flattening', which takes the form fields, and replaces them with the text that the fields contain. I haven't used iText in a few years (and not at all on Android), but if you search the manual or online examples for 'flattening', you...

Itext get special letters from pdf

The sample document actually contains one big image, a scanned page, and invisible text information on top of the scanned printed letters. Most likely this text information is the result of some OCR process. Unfortunately already this text information is missing the accents in question. E.g. the text for the...

pushbuttonfield with double byte character

Please take a look at the CreateJapaneseButton example. It creates a PDF with a button that looks like this: Your code snippet is very short, but you probably have all the code you need, except the line that sets the font: public static final String JAPANESE = "\u3042\u304d\u3089"; public static...

Merge documents to create TOC in iText (Java)

java,pdf-generation,itext,toc

You have detected a bug that was introduced in iText 5.5.6. This has already been fixed in our repository: Thank you for reporting this bug. You can find the fix on github: https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/commit/eac1a4318e6c31b054e0726ad44d0da5b8a720c2...

Making editable cells of a table readonly having Scroll Bar with itext

java,table,pdf-generation,itext

I have tried your example, and I have discovered that the behavior you experience is caused by a bug in Adobe Acrobat / Reader. The bug occurs when the borders of the widget annotations of different text fields overlap. Once I made sure that there was no overlap between the...

IText merge documents with acrofields

java,adobe,itext

Depending on what you want exactly, different scenarios are possible, but in any case: you are doing it wrong. You should use either PdfCopy or PdfSmartCopy to merge documents. The different scenarios are explained in the following video tutorial. You can find most of the examples in the iText sandbox....

itext: How set miminum height for splitted PdfPCell

I found one not very good solution for this problem, I've added one column to the table, which width it too small and it isn't visible for users, in this column I've add table with two rows, for first row I set minimum height which I need, here the code...

Regular expression to extract paragraph from the page below

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This avoids splitting on "(999)" embedded in the text. It is based on the assumption that a line end precedes the parenthesized number that indicates the start of a paragraph. Also note that the sample text produces an empty "paragraph" from no text preceding the first parenthesized number - therefore...

XMLWorker: cell's vertical-align not working

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You forgot to define the vertical alignment of the right cell. I have adapted your HTML (table4_css.html): <table> <tr> <td> <table border="1"> <tr><td>Blah</td></tr> <tr><td>Blah</td></tr> <tr><td>Blah</td></tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table border="1"> <tr><td>Blah</td></tr> <tr><td>Blah</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> You...

How to reorder the pages of a PDF file?