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[John Renfrew]

Sigh back...

Am using Groovy inside Filemaker to extend its capabilities, so I only take
all the bits inside the try{}


Because the documentation I had been so carefully studying, and example
snippets used
PdfAnnotation.createLink(writer, newRectangle
(10,10,20,20),PdfAnnotation.HIGHLIGHT_INVERT, newPdfAction...... format

So I guess I was creating a literal rectangle too and then not being able to
hide that.

Have successfully added the code you so kindly attached and it works on
both. Thank you.

New book, can't come soon enough...


john renfrew
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-----Original Message-----
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John Renfrew wrote:
> Because it is being stamped...??

*SIGH*

See the example and the attached PDF.
Isn't that what you need?
If so, please tell me what is wrong with the documentation.
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[Erik Pfingsten]

Dare I say it...yes, I think so.

Maybe the book would come sooner if you had done some more of the research on your own instead of asking 50 questions and arguing with the people that were trying to help you over the last two days.  It seems hypocritical to me to "complain" about how long the new book is taking when one of the reasons it takes so long is he spends so much of his time giving free help on this mailing list.  Maybe you should attempt to use some logic and extrapolate from the examples that are provided like a good programmer instead of just blindly trying to copy them and then asking yet another question when they don't do exactly what you need right out of the box.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Renfrew [mailto:rwu@...]
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 12:01 PM
> To: iText-questions@...
> Subject: [iText-questions] FW: FW: FW: FW: Invisible links
>
> Sigh back...
>
> Am using Groovy inside Filemaker to extend its capabilities, so I only
> take
> all the bits inside the try{}
>
>
> Because the documentation I had been so carefully studying, and example
> snippets used
> PdfAnnotation.createLink(writer, newRectangle
> (10,10,20,20),PdfAnnotation.HIGHLIGHT_INVERT, newPdfAction...... format
>
> So I guess I was creating a literal rectangle too and then not being able
> to
> hide that.
>
> Have successfully added the code you so kindly attached and it works on
> both. Thank you.
>
> New book, can't come soon enough...
>
>
> john renfrew
> Right Way Up
> Office  [phone]
> Fax      [phone]
> Mobile [phone]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1T3XT info [mailto:info@...]
> Sent: 06 November 2009 15:41
> To: Post all your questions about iText here
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] FW: FW: FW: Invisible links
>
> John Renfrew wrote:
> > Because it is being stamped...??
>
> *SIGH*
>
> See the example and the attached PDF.
> Isn't that what you need?
> If so, please tell me what is wrong with the documentation.
> --
> This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA
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Erik Pfingsten wrote:
> Dare I say it...yes, I think so.
>
> Maybe the book would come sooner

True, but the questions that have emerged after the book are helping to
make sure the new book will be better.

> It seems hypocritical to me to "complain" about how long
> the new book is taking when one of the reasons it takes
> so long is he spends so much of his time giving free help
> on this mailing list.

The keyword is "free help". We've started selling licenses for iText
with a support contract, but sales aren't as expected, because: "It's
hard to compete with free..."
Companies say: "Why should we pay if we get all the support we need on
the free list?"

That's probably the psychological reason why my tone on the list is like
it is: by giving good answers for free, I damage my own business. Maybe
it's a catch 22: business isn't as good as it should be because I'm
grumpy; but I'm grumpy because business isn't as good as it should be.

Of course: companies that pay get priority; and a smile ;-)

It's not easy to maintain a "free library", certainly not when one is
confronted with pocket-filling companies such as JasperSoft, Google,
UnifiedPost,... that make tons of money on the back of free products
such as iText.

There are probably some nasty changes ahead. Keeping iText a free
library has become an almost daily struggle as pressure from sales
grows. I don't think I can keep a license change away much longer. The
MPL/LGPL will probably be dropped and replaced by the AGPL.
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