FAQs

How to set up a table display?

I have an application that I want to print an invoice like document in a table setup. Does anyone have a piece of code to use as a starting point?

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How to add text as a header or footer?

There are no errors but my footer doesn't show up.

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How to draw a rectangle around multiline text?

How do I draw a rectangle outlining my text?

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Can iText DITO be used to replace XFA forms?

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How to enable LTV for a timestamp signature?

Acrobat tells me my signature is LTV enabled, but the timestamp signature is not. How can I make both LTV enabled?

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How to introduce rounded cells with a background color?

I have seen how to create cells with rounded borders, but is it possible to make a cell that will have no borders,
but colored and rounded background.

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How to create unique images with Image.getInstance()?

How can I guarantee a new bitmap every time?

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How can I log the number of documents / bytes I've processed?

I want to log the number of documents I've processed using iText, as well as the number of bytes I've read or produced.
Is there a logging mechanism that allows me to do this?

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How to add a table to the bottom of the last page?

I have created table in a PDF document using iText.
This works fine, but I don't want to add the table at the current pointer in the page, I want to add the table at the bottom.

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How to convert colored images to black and white?

I've tried varieties of COLORSPACEs and BITSPERCOMPONENTs, but always get "Insufficient data for an image", "Out of memory", or "An error exists on this page" upon trying to open the resulting PDF. What am I doing wrong?

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