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Edit existing PDF
Hi,
I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created PDPage
via PDPageContentStream.
How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the first
one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
obias
Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
thank you very much. It's just the constructor of PDPageContentStream with
the third parameter being "true". It's for "appending content". Works like a
charm.
Thanks!
Best regards,
Tobias
2010/11/12 T. Groch <t....@gmail.com>
> Hi Adam,
>
> thanks, I will try that "getAllPage" next week and let you know if it
> works.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tobias
>
>
> 2010/11/12 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>
> I just found this article[1] which may help you.
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> http://www.smallpawn.com/blog1.php/2010/09/14/insert-text-into-a-pdf-using-java-and-pdfbox
>>
>> ----
>> Thanks,
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
>> To:
>> users@pdfbox.apache.org
>> Date:
>> 11/12/2010 03:13
>> Subject:
>> Re: Edit existing PDF
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> since there was no other option, I just splitted the three-paged-PDF file
>> and made an overlay to the first page. Afterwards, I merged the PDF again.
>> So, this is not really clean, but it works.
>> If anyone has a better idea, please let me know.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tobias
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/11/10 T. Groch <t....@gmail.com>
>>
>> > Hi Adam,
>> >
>> > thanks, the tip with try-catch-finally makes sense. My code is just one
>> of
>> > some tries without being clean ;)
>> > I hope someone else has got another idea.
>> >
>> > Originally I tried PDFBox since I wanted to overlay two PDF files. This
>> > works well (generating one with the string and overlaying it to another
>> > one).
>> > But that just works with a single paged file. I got exceptions if I try
>> to
>> > overlay two three-page-PDF files (since I don't want the string on every
>> > page).
>> >
>> > Hopefully no one will be upset if I just ask if there's another
>> framework
>> > to get a string inside an already existing PDF?!
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > Tobias
>> >
>> >
>> > 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>> >
>> >> The code you have is replacing the old content stream with the new
>> >> PDPageContentStream. So what you describe is exactly what I'd expect.
>> I
>> >> don't know how to accomplish what you're trying to do though.
>> >>
>> >> On a side note, make sure you always call PDDocument.load() in a try
>> block
>> >> and have doc.close() in the finally block. This will make sure your
>> >> documents are always closed properly.
>> >>
>> >> ----
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Adam
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From:
>> >> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
>> >> To:
>> >> users@pdfbox.apache.org
>> >> Date:
>> >> 11/10/2010 09:49
>> >> Subject:
>> >> Re: Edit existing PDF
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Adam,
>> >>
>> >> thank you for that tip. In the meantime I managed to get that List of
>> >> PDPages, too. But when I change a PDPage it will be empty (except the
>> text
>> >> I
>> >> put in it).
>> >>
>> >> Code:
>> >> PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(fileFoo);
>> >> PDDocumentCatalog cat = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
>> >> List list = cat.getAllPages();
>> >> PDPage page = (PDPage) list.get(0);
>> >> PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
>> >> PDPageContentStream cs = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
>> >> cs.beginText();
>> >> cs.setFont(font, 10);
>> >> cs.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 761);
>> >> cs.drawString("Hans Wurst");
>> >> cs.endText();
>> >> cs.close();
>> >> doc.save("c:\\foo.pdf");
>> >>
>> >> So, I have the String "Hans Wurst" on the first page, but the original
>> >> content is gone. It's just a blank page with the string.
>> >> Thanks in advance.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> Tobias
>> >>
>> >> 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>> >>
>> >> > Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
>> >> >
>> >> > PDDocument source = null;
>> >> > try {
>> >> > source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
>> >> > List<PDPage> pages =
>> source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
>> >> > } finally {
>> >> > if(source != null)
>> >> > try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so
>> I
>> >> > can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list
>> will
>> >> > chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
>> >> >
>> >> > ----
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Adam
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > From:
>> >> > "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
>> >> > To:
>> >> > users@pdfbox.apache.org
>> >> > Date:
>> >> > 11/10/2010 04:47
>> >> > Subject:
>> >> > Edit existing PDF
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
>> >> > PDPage
>> >> > via PDPageContentStream.
>> >> >
>> >> > How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
>> >> > first
>> >> > one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
>> >> > Thanks in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> > Best regards,
>> >> >
>> >> > obias
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
>> >> > - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
>> >> > - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
>> >> > www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
>> >> > Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training,
>> >> Webinars,
>> >> > Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>> >> >
>> >> > This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
>> >> Mortgage
>> >> > Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
>> information
>> >> is
>> >> > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this
>> >> email.
>> >> > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
>> any
>> >> > disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on
>> >> the
>> >> > contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that
>> the
>> >> > documents should be returned to this office immediately by email.
>> >> Receipt by
>> >> > anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any
>> >> privilege.
>> >> > Please do not include your social security number, account number, or
>> >> any
>> >> > other personal or financial information in the content of the email.
>> >> Should
>> >> > you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
>> >> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
>> >> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
>> >> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit
>> >> www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars,
>> Lender
>> >> Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>> >> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
>> >> Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
>> >> information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity
>> named
>> >> on this email. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
>> >> notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any
>> action in
>> >> reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly
>> prohibited,
>> >> and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by
>> >> email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a
>> waiver
>> >> of any privilege. Please do not include your social security number,
>> account
>> >> number, or any other personal or financial information in the content
>> of the
>> >> email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
>> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
>> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
>> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit
>> www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars, Lender
>> Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
>> Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
>> information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named
>> on this email. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
>> notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in
>> reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly prohibited,
>> and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by
>> email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver
>> of any privilege. Please do not include your social security number, account
>> number, or any other personal or financial information in the content of the
>> email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>>
>
>
Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
thanks, I will try that "getAllPage" next week and let you know if it works.
Best regards,
Tobias
2010/11/12 <Ad...@swmc.com>
> I just found this article[1] which may help you.
>
> [1]
>
> http://www.smallpawn.com/blog1.php/2010/09/14/insert-text-into-a-pdf-using-java-and-pdfbox
>
> ----
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
> To:
> users@pdfbox.apache.org
> Date:
> 11/12/2010 03:13
> Subject:
> Re: Edit existing PDF
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> since there was no other option, I just splitted the three-paged-PDF file
> and made an overlay to the first page. Afterwards, I merged the PDF again.
> So, this is not really clean, but it works.
> If anyone has a better idea, please let me know.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tobias
>
>
>
> 2010/11/10 T. Groch <t....@gmail.com>
>
> > Hi Adam,
> >
> > thanks, the tip with try-catch-finally makes sense. My code is just one
> of
> > some tries without being clean ;)
> > I hope someone else has got another idea.
> >
> > Originally I tried PDFBox since I wanted to overlay two PDF files. This
> > works well (generating one with the string and overlaying it to another
> > one).
> > But that just works with a single paged file. I got exceptions if I try
> to
> > overlay two three-page-PDF files (since I don't want the string on every
> > page).
> >
> > Hopefully no one will be upset if I just ask if there's another
> framework
> > to get a string inside an already existing PDF?!
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Tobias
> >
> >
> > 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
> >
> >> The code you have is replacing the old content stream with the new
> >> PDPageContentStream. So what you describe is exactly what I'd expect.
> I
> >> don't know how to accomplish what you're trying to do though.
> >>
> >> On a side note, make sure you always call PDDocument.load() in a try
> block
> >> and have doc.close() in the finally block. This will make sure your
> >> documents are always closed properly.
> >>
> >> ----
> >> Thanks,
> >> Adam
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From:
> >> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
> >> To:
> >> users@pdfbox.apache.org
> >> Date:
> >> 11/10/2010 09:49
> >> Subject:
> >> Re: Edit existing PDF
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Adam,
> >>
> >> thank you for that tip. In the meantime I managed to get that List of
> >> PDPages, too. But when I change a PDPage it will be empty (except the
> text
> >> I
> >> put in it).
> >>
> >> Code:
> >> PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(fileFoo);
> >> PDDocumentCatalog cat = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
> >> List list = cat.getAllPages();
> >> PDPage page = (PDPage) list.get(0);
> >> PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
> >> PDPageContentStream cs = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
> >> cs.beginText();
> >> cs.setFont(font, 10);
> >> cs.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 761);
> >> cs.drawString("Hans Wurst");
> >> cs.endText();
> >> cs.close();
> >> doc.save("c:\\foo.pdf");
> >>
> >> So, I have the String "Hans Wurst" on the first page, but the original
> >> content is gone. It's just a blank page with the string.
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Tobias
> >>
> >> 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
> >>
> >> > Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
> >> >
> >> > PDDocument source = null;
> >> > try {
> >> > source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
> >> > List<PDPage> pages =
> source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
> >> > } finally {
> >> > if(source != null)
> >> > try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so
> I
> >> > can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list
> will
> >> > chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
> >> >
> >> > ----
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Adam
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From:
> >> > "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
> >> > To:
> >> > users@pdfbox.apache.org
> >> > Date:
> >> > 11/10/2010 04:47
> >> > Subject:
> >> > Edit existing PDF
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
> >> > PDPage
> >> > via PDPageContentStream.
> >> >
> >> > How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
> >> > first
> >> > one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> > Best regards,
> >> >
> >> > obias
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
> >> > - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
> >> > - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
> >> > www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
> >> > Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training,
> >> Webinars,
> >> > Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
> >> >
> >> > This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
> >> Mortgage
> >> > Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
> information
> >> is
> >> > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this
> >> email.
> >> > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
> any
> >> > disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on
> >> the
> >> > contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that
> the
> >> > documents should be returned to this office immediately by email.
> >> Receipt by
> >> > anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any
> >> privilege.
> >> > Please do not include your social security number, account number, or
> >> any
> >> > other personal or financial information in the content of the email.
> >> Should
> >> > you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
> >> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
> >> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
> >> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit
> >> www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars,
> Lender
> >> Alerts and Submitting Conditions
> >> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
> >> Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
> >> information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity
> named
> >> on this email. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
> >> notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any
> action in
> >> reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly
> prohibited,
> >> and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by
> >> email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a
> waiver
> >> of any privilege. Please do not include your social security number,
> account
> >> number, or any other personal or financial information in the content
> of the
> >> email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit
> www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars, Lender
> Alerts and Submitting Conditions
> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West Mortgage
> Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is
> intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this email.
> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
> disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the
> contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the
> documents should be returned to this office immediately by email. Receipt by
> anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any privilege.
> Please do not include your social security number, account number, or any
> other personal or financial information in the content of the email. Should
> you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>
Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by Ad...@swmc.com.
I just found this article[1] which may help you.
[1]
http://www.smallpawn.com/blog1.php/2010/09/14/insert-text-into-a-pdf-using-java-and-pdfbox
----
Thanks,
Adam
From:
"T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
To:
users@pdfbox.apache.org
Date:
11/12/2010 03:13
Subject:
Re: Edit existing PDF
Hi,
since there was no other option, I just splitted the three-paged-PDF file
and made an overlay to the first page. Afterwards, I merged the PDF again.
So, this is not really clean, but it works.
If anyone has a better idea, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Tobias
2010/11/10 T. Groch <t....@gmail.com>
> Hi Adam,
>
> thanks, the tip with try-catch-finally makes sense. My code is just one
of
> some tries without being clean ;)
> I hope someone else has got another idea.
>
> Originally I tried PDFBox since I wanted to overlay two PDF files. This
> works well (generating one with the string and overlaying it to another
> one).
> But that just works with a single paged file. I got exceptions if I try
to
> overlay two three-page-PDF files (since I don't want the string on every
> page).
>
> Hopefully no one will be upset if I just ask if there's another
framework
> to get a string inside an already existing PDF?!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tobias
>
>
> 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>
>> The code you have is replacing the old content stream with the new
>> PDPageContentStream. So what you describe is exactly what I'd expect.
I
>> don't know how to accomplish what you're trying to do though.
>>
>> On a side note, make sure you always call PDDocument.load() in a try
block
>> and have doc.close() in the finally block. This will make sure your
>> documents are always closed properly.
>>
>> ----
>> Thanks,
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
>> To:
>> users@pdfbox.apache.org
>> Date:
>> 11/10/2010 09:49
>> Subject:
>> Re: Edit existing PDF
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>> thank you for that tip. In the meantime I managed to get that List of
>> PDPages, too. But when I change a PDPage it will be empty (except the
text
>> I
>> put in it).
>>
>> Code:
>> PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(fileFoo);
>> PDDocumentCatalog cat = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
>> List list = cat.getAllPages();
>> PDPage page = (PDPage) list.get(0);
>> PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
>> PDPageContentStream cs = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
>> cs.beginText();
>> cs.setFont(font, 10);
>> cs.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 761);
>> cs.drawString("Hans Wurst");
>> cs.endText();
>> cs.close();
>> doc.save("c:\\foo.pdf");
>>
>> So, I have the String "Hans Wurst" on the first page, but the original
>> content is gone. It's just a blank page with the string.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tobias
>>
>> 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>>
>> > Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
>> >
>> > PDDocument source = null;
>> > try {
>> > source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
>> > List<PDPage> pages =
source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
>> > } finally {
>> > if(source != null)
>> > try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
>> > }
>> >
>> > I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so
I
>> > can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list
will
>> > chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
>> >
>> > ----
>> > Thanks,
>> > Adam
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From:
>> > "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
>> > To:
>> > users@pdfbox.apache.org
>> > Date:
>> > 11/10/2010 04:47
>> > Subject:
>> > Edit existing PDF
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
>> > PDPage
>> > via PDPageContentStream.
>> >
>> > How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
>> > first
>> > one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > obias
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
>> > - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
>> > - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
>> > www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
>> > Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training,
>> Webinars,
>> > Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>> >
>> > This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
>> Mortgage
>> > Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
information
>> is
>> > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this
>> email.
>> > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
any
>> > disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on
>> the
>> > contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that
the
>> > documents should be returned to this office immediately by email.
>> Receipt by
>> > anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any
>> privilege.
>> > Please do not include your social security number, account number, or
>> any
>> > other personal or financial information in the content of the email.
>> Should
>> > you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>>
>>
>>
>> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
>> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
>> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
>> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit
>> www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars,
Lender
>> Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
>> Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
>> information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity
named
>> on this email. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
>> notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any
action in
>> reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly
prohibited,
>> and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by
>> email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a
waiver
>> of any privilege. Please do not include your social security number,
account
>> number, or any other personal or financial information in the content
of the
>> email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>>
>
>
- FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
- Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
- Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars, Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
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Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>.
Hi,
since there was no other option, I just splitted the three-paged-PDF file
and made an overlay to the first page. Afterwards, I merged the PDF again.
So, this is not really clean, but it works.
If anyone has a better idea, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Tobias
2010/11/10 T. Groch <t....@gmail.com>
> Hi Adam,
>
> thanks, the tip with try-catch-finally makes sense. My code is just one of
> some tries without being clean ;)
> I hope someone else has got another idea.
>
> Originally I tried PDFBox since I wanted to overlay two PDF files. This
> works well (generating one with the string and overlaying it to another
> one).
> But that just works with a single paged file. I got exceptions if I try to
> overlay two three-page-PDF files (since I don't want the string on every
> page).
>
> Hopefully no one will be upset if I just ask if there's another framework
> to get a string inside an already existing PDF?!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tobias
>
>
> 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>
>> The code you have is replacing the old content stream with the new
>> PDPageContentStream. So what you describe is exactly what I'd expect. I
>> don't know how to accomplish what you're trying to do though.
>>
>> On a side note, make sure you always call PDDocument.load() in a try block
>> and have doc.close() in the finally block. This will make sure your
>> documents are always closed properly.
>>
>> ----
>> Thanks,
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
>> To:
>> users@pdfbox.apache.org
>> Date:
>> 11/10/2010 09:49
>> Subject:
>> Re: Edit existing PDF
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>> thank you for that tip. In the meantime I managed to get that List of
>> PDPages, too. But when I change a PDPage it will be empty (except the text
>> I
>> put in it).
>>
>> Code:
>> PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(fileFoo);
>> PDDocumentCatalog cat = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
>> List list = cat.getAllPages();
>> PDPage page = (PDPage) list.get(0);
>> PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
>> PDPageContentStream cs = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
>> cs.beginText();
>> cs.setFont(font, 10);
>> cs.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 761);
>> cs.drawString("Hans Wurst");
>> cs.endText();
>> cs.close();
>> doc.save("c:\\foo.pdf");
>>
>> So, I have the String "Hans Wurst" on the first page, but the original
>> content is gone. It's just a blank page with the string.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tobias
>>
>> 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>>
>> > Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
>> >
>> > PDDocument source = null;
>> > try {
>> > source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
>> > List<PDPage> pages = source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
>> > } finally {
>> > if(source != null)
>> > try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
>> > }
>> >
>> > I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so I
>> > can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list will
>> > chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
>> >
>> > ----
>> > Thanks,
>> > Adam
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From:
>> > "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
>> > To:
>> > users@pdfbox.apache.org
>> > Date:
>> > 11/10/2010 04:47
>> > Subject:
>> > Edit existing PDF
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
>> > PDPage
>> > via PDPageContentStream.
>> >
>> > How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
>> > first
>> > one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > obias
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
>> > - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
>> > - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
>> > www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
>> > Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training,
>> Webinars,
>> > Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>> >
>> > This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
>> Mortgage
>> > Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information
>> is
>> > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this
>> email.
>> > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
>> > disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on
>> the
>> > contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the
>> > documents should be returned to this office immediately by email.
>> Receipt by
>> > anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any
>> privilege.
>> > Please do not include your social security number, account number, or
>> any
>> > other personal or financial information in the content of the email.
>> Should
>> > you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>>
>>
>>
>> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
>> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
>> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
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>> www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars, Lender
>> Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
>> Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The
>> information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named
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>> notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in
>> reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly prohibited,
>> and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by
>> email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver
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>> number, or any other personal or financial information in the content of the
>> email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>>
>
>
Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
thanks, the tip with try-catch-finally makes sense. My code is just one of
some tries without being clean ;)
I hope someone else has got another idea.
Originally I tried PDFBox since I wanted to overlay two PDF files. This
works well (generating one with the string and overlaying it to another
one).
But that just works with a single paged file. I got exceptions if I try to
overlay two three-page-PDF files (since I don't want the string on every
page).
Hopefully no one will be upset if I just ask if there's another framework to
get a string inside an already existing PDF?!
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Tobias
2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
> The code you have is replacing the old content stream with the new
> PDPageContentStream. So what you describe is exactly what I'd expect. I
> don't know how to accomplish what you're trying to do though.
>
> On a side note, make sure you always call PDDocument.load() in a try block
> and have doc.close() in the finally block. This will make sure your
> documents are always closed properly.
>
> ----
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>
>
> From:
> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
> To:
> users@pdfbox.apache.org
> Date:
> 11/10/2010 09:49
> Subject:
> Re: Edit existing PDF
>
>
>
> Hi Adam,
>
> thank you for that tip. In the meantime I managed to get that List of
> PDPages, too. But when I change a PDPage it will be empty (except the text
> I
> put in it).
>
> Code:
> PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(fileFoo);
> PDDocumentCatalog cat = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
> List list = cat.getAllPages();
> PDPage page = (PDPage) list.get(0);
> PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
> PDPageContentStream cs = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
> cs.beginText();
> cs.setFont(font, 10);
> cs.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 761);
> cs.drawString("Hans Wurst");
> cs.endText();
> cs.close();
> doc.save("c:\\foo.pdf");
>
> So, I have the String "Hans Wurst" on the first page, but the original
> content is gone. It's just a blank page with the string.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tobias
>
> 2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
>
> > Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
> >
> > PDDocument source = null;
> > try {
> > source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
> > List<PDPage> pages = source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
> > } finally {
> > if(source != null)
> > try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
> > }
> >
> > I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so I
> > can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list will
> > chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
> >
> > ----
> > Thanks,
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From:
> > "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
> > To:
> > users@pdfbox.apache.org
> > Date:
> > 11/10/2010 04:47
> > Subject:
> > Edit existing PDF
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
> > PDPage
> > via PDPageContentStream.
> >
> > How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
> > first
> > one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > obias
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
> > - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
> > - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
> > www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
> > Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars,
> > Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
> >
> > This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
> Mortgage
> > Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information
> is
> > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this
> email.
> > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
> > disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on
> the
> > contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the
> > documents should be returned to this office immediately by email.
> Receipt by
> > anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any
> privilege.
> > Please do not include your social security number, account number, or
> any
> > other personal or financial information in the content of the email.
> Should
> > you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>
>
>
> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit
> www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars, Lender
> Alerts and Submitting Conditions
> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West Mortgage
> Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is
> intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this email.
> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
> disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the
> contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the
> documents should be returned to this office immediately by email. Receipt by
> anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any privilege.
> Please do not include your social security number, account number, or any
> other personal or financial information in the content of the email. Should
> you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
>
Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by Ad...@swmc.com.
The code you have is replacing the old content stream with the new
PDPageContentStream. So what you describe is exactly what I'd expect. I
don't know how to accomplish what you're trying to do though.
On a side note, make sure you always call PDDocument.load() in a try block
and have doc.close() in the finally block. This will make sure your
documents are always closed properly.
----
Thanks,
Adam
From:
"T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
To:
users@pdfbox.apache.org
Date:
11/10/2010 09:49
Subject:
Re: Edit existing PDF
Hi Adam,
thank you for that tip. In the meantime I managed to get that List of
PDPages, too. But when I change a PDPage it will be empty (except the text
I
put in it).
Code:
PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(fileFoo);
PDDocumentCatalog cat = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
List list = cat.getAllPages();
PDPage page = (PDPage) list.get(0);
PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
PDPageContentStream cs = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
cs.beginText();
cs.setFont(font, 10);
cs.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 761);
cs.drawString("Hans Wurst");
cs.endText();
cs.close();
doc.save("c:\\foo.pdf");
So, I have the String "Hans Wurst" on the first page, but the original
content is gone. It's just a blank page with the string.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Tobias
2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
> Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
>
> PDDocument source = null;
> try {
> source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
> List<PDPage> pages = source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
> } finally {
> if(source != null)
> try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
> }
>
> I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so I
> can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list will
> chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
>
> ----
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
> To:
> users@pdfbox.apache.org
> Date:
> 11/10/2010 04:47
> Subject:
> Edit existing PDF
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
> PDPage
> via PDPageContentStream.
>
> How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
> first
> one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> obias
>
>
>
>
>
> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
> Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars,
> Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>
> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West
Mortgage
> Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information
is
> intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this
email.
> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
> disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on
the
> contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the
> documents should be returned to this office immediately by email.
Receipt by
> anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any
privilege.
> Please do not include your social security number, account number, or
any
> other personal or financial information in the content of the email.
Should
> you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
- FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
- Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
- Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars, Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this email. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any privilege. Please do not include your social security number, account number, or any other personal or financial information in the content of the email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
thank you for that tip. In the meantime I managed to get that List of
PDPages, too. But when I change a PDPage it will be empty (except the text I
put in it).
Code:
PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(fileFoo);
PDDocumentCatalog cat = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
List list = cat.getAllPages();
PDPage page = (PDPage) list.get(0);
PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
PDPageContentStream cs = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
cs.beginText();
cs.setFont(font, 10);
cs.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 761);
cs.drawString("Hans Wurst");
cs.endText();
cs.close();
doc.save("c:\\foo.pdf");
So, I have the String "Hans Wurst" on the first page, but the original
content is gone. It's just a blank page with the string.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Tobias
2010/11/10 <Ad...@swmc.com>
> Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
>
> PDDocument source = null;
> try {
> source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
> List<PDPage> pages = source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
> } finally {
> if(source != null)
> try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
> }
>
> I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so I
> can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list will
> chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
>
> ----
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
> "T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
> To:
> users@pdfbox.apache.org
> Date:
> 11/10/2010 04:47
> Subject:
> Edit existing PDF
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
> PDPage
> via PDPageContentStream.
>
> How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
> first
> one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> obias
>
>
>
>
>
> - FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
> - Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
> - Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
> www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
> Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars,
> Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
>
> This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West Mortgage
> Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is
> intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this email.
> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
> disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the
> contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the
> documents should be returned to this office immediately by email. Receipt by
> anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any privilege.
> Please do not include your social security number, account number, or any
> other personal or financial information in the content of the email. Should
> you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
Re: Edit existing PDF
Posted by Ad...@swmc.com.
Getting the PDPage from a file is easy. Check this out:
PDDocument source = null;
try {
source = PDDocument.load("/home/user/adobe1.7spec.pdf");
List<PDPage> pages = source.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
} finally {
if(source != null)
try { source.close(); } catch(Exception sorry) { }
}
I haven't needed to edit anything other than bookmarks in my PDFs, so I
can't help you on that front, but I'm sure someone else on the list will
chime in shortly with some helpful pointers.
----
Thanks,
Adam
From:
"T. Groch" <t....@gmail.com>
To:
users@pdfbox.apache.org
Date:
11/10/2010 04:47
Subject:
Edit existing PDF
Hi,
I just followed the example code to write some text inside a created
PDPage
via PDPageContentStream.
How can I read in an existing PDF file and edit a page (let's say the
first
one) in it? I can't get a PDPage from the PDDocument.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
obias
- FHA 203b; 203k; HECM; VA; USDA; Conventional
- Warehouse Lines; FHA-Authorized Originators
- Lending and Servicing in over 45 States
www.swmc.com - www.simplehecmcalculator.com
Visit www.swmc.com/resources for helpful links on Training, Webinars, Lender Alerts and Submitting Conditions
This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this email. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any privilege. Please do not include your social security number, account number, or any other personal or financial information in the content of the email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.