Pdf template processor and image

>
> On 20.12.2007 rfleury asked on this list (with above subject) about  
> embedding
> image data to PDFs utilizing 'PDF template processor' - without any  
> responses.
>
> I'm now facing exactly the same problem. Has somebody found a way to  
> do this ?
> Resorting to XSL FO does not sound appealing - lack of experience in  
> that field
> :-/
>
> Thanks in advance for any hints,
> br, VG
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> Turns out the situation is even better than I thought: I needed the  
> image
> support in order to generate barcodes in PDF files. I noticed that  
> the DMV
> example already does this ;-)
>
> Now I'll only have to figure out how to generate barcode with  
> dynamic input
> values (as the example in resources/apps/barcode/barcode.xpl uses a  
> dummy input
> value). But I think that must be somewhere in the docs ...
>
> VG
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> There are barcode fonts that you could use. I have created a OF-
> based app that generates bar codes for EDI so I know it works quite  
> nicely. There is quite a bit of "math" involved to get the string  
> right though and every barcode type requires different formula  
> (generally speaking).
>
> A.
>
> On Apr 10, 2008, at 8:34 PM, VG wrote:
>
>>
>> Turns out the situation is even better than I thought: I needed the  
>> image
>> support in order to generate barcodes in PDF files. I noticed that  
>> the DMV
>> example already does this ;-)
>>
>> Now I'll only have to figure out how to generate barcode with  
>> dynamic input
>> values (as the example in resources/apps/barcode/barcode.xpl uses a  
>> dummy input
>> value). But I think that must be somewhere in the docs ...
>>
>> VG
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> OK, so actually the DMV-14/pdf-model.xml is actually using the  
> direct PDF
> processor barcode support ?
> I mean the line :
>
>   <barcode left="490" top="181" size="2" height="25"
>     value="dmv:driver-license-number"/>
>
> I know you said "undocumented" :-) but is there a way to choose  
> codeset
> (code128 please :-) and the content/placement of textual data ?
> Now the example shows "*nnnnn*" below the barcode itself.
>
> Say I wanted to have something like :
>
> Lastname, Firstname
>   ||||||||||||||||
> nnnnnnn     mm/dd/yy
>
> where "nnnnnn" is the data for the actual barcode and "dd/mm/yy" is  
> of course
> the date.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> VG
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> I added (or more accurately, "activated") Code128 support for the  
> barcode -tag
> in PDF template processor. Use 'type' attribute thusly :
>
>   <barcode type="CODE128" ....
>
> Here's the unified diff for PDFTemplateProcessor.java :
>
> --- PDFTemplateProcessor.java~ 2008-04-02 10:26:34.000000000 +0300
> +++ PDFTemplateProcessor.java 2008-04-25 14:25:34.000000000 +0300
> @@ -494,6 +494,8 @@
>     private Barcode createBarCode(String type) {
> if (type.equals("CODE39")) {
> return new Barcode39();
> + } else if (type.equals("CODE128")) {
> + return new Barcode128();
> } else if (type.equals("EAN")) {
> return new BarcodeEAN();
> }
>
>
>
>
> VG
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> Hi,
> Finally checked the iText docs. It would be great to have :
>
> - possibility to select type of barcode (Code128 - 3 variants !)
> - position and size (*)
> - inclusion / exclusion of the text
> - positioning of the text
>
> *) I think these are already covered in the <barcode> tag attributes :
>  <barcode left="460" top="60" size="2" height="25" value="..."/>
> although I don't know how to interpret the 'size' parameter :-o ?
>
> It looks like I'll have to use separate images or text fields for  
> the extra
> stuff I was looking for, but that's ok.
>
> VG
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