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Hi Alex - I found an issue with the Dash style border. When I use this setup: myBorder.DashArray[0] = 4.0f; //width myBorder.DashArray[1] = 2.0f; //width myBorder.DashArray[2] = 4.0f; //width myBorder.DashArray[3] = 8.0f; //width myBorder.nDashCount = 3; //Number of dashes used I get this expected r...

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OK, got it.

No, the vertical alignment doesn't work in the editor....oh well.

Thanks anyway!

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Ok, two more: 1) I see the Annotation "Opacity" setting but is there a way to set the Stroke alpha separately from the Fill alpha? I looked at IColor but didn't see an RGBA.... 2) How do I use this Enum to align text "Left and Middle" or "Center and Middle" or "Rig...

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Ok, it looks like everything is working...

One more question though - this method:

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Annot.TextRotation

seems to be limited to 0,90,180,270
Is there an enum for this setting?

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Great!
Thanks Alex - i'll post again with my results.

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Do you have some sample code that describes how to add annotation(s) to an existing PDF using CoreAPI ? I've managed to create a very basic annotation, but there's a lot of information missing from the documentation. My goal is a simple textbox like this: http://www.coastallogic.com/public/Snap1.png...

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Hi Alex -

Do you have similar code using CoreAPI instead of Editor?
Most of the code refers to APIs that don't exist in the Core...pen, brush, drawrect, etc....

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Alex-

Do you have timeframe when it will be available?

-Wayne

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Hi Alex - Regarding the hex value, I was pointing out that the sample code does not get the version, it sets the version and does so by packing the four integers supplied (1,2,0,0) into a single ULONG which is shown as hex 0x1020000. Converting the value returned from the APIVersion call (17367040) ...

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I must be missing something then, because when I look at the example code and read the description, it appears to take in 4 separate values (1,2,0,0) and pack them into a single ULONG: #define MAKE_API_VERSION(majver, minver, build, subbuild) ((majver) << 24) | ((minver) << 16) | ((build) << 8) | (s...

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Hi Alex -

Is this capability available now?

Thanks,
Wayne

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Hi Stefan -

Thanks - I found the API before, but the problem is that the sample is in C++
and I was looking for a C# sample.
Do you have that?

Thanks.

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Hi -

Do you have sample C# code that gets the SDK version (of Core API)?

I'm looking to have the return expressed as xx.xx.xx.xx (7.0.324.3).

Thanks.

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Hi -

Can you point me to an example of using DrawRect within the CoreAPI ?
Or, whatever similar methods are available - I only need to draw a simple rectangle on my pdf.

(I'm actually trying to draw a simple frame around TextBlock, in case there's another way)

Thanks.

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I thought that might be the case.

Thanks Alex...

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Hi Alex - I'm essentially wanting to add image handling/placement into our existing stamping (which uses ShowTextBlock). Since TextBlocks do not handle images (too bad since they handle other html/css!) I was interested in any other available ways to add images that may coordinate with TextBlock pos...

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When using the CoreAPI, is the only method for placing images (raster images, jpg, bmp, etc) PlaceImage/PlaceImageEx ?

I'm specifically interested in placing images in conjunction with ShowTextBlock and determining placement since
images cannot be included within ShowTextBlock.

Thanks,
Wayne

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I was afraid of that!

Got any tips on parsing the text for special characters?

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Hi Alex -

We are using the x86 version (called from VB6).
We are Closing the documents.
We can test the garbage collector later today.

Are you saying this limitation does not exist in the x64 version?

-Wayne

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Hi - We recently implemented ShowTextBlock as our stamping method, and throughout all of our tests, everything works fine. We have distributed a copy to one of our clients, and are now see this error: 2018/01/25 - 1:35:12 AM --- [processQFiles]: afranke: Conversion Failure - ERROR Placing Banner: Sy...

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Hi Alex -

When you state "escape those characters", are you referring to html encoding, such as "&" becomes "&"
OR
is there another way to escape the characters in the TextBlock?

Thanks,
Wayne

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Hi -

We've done a bunch of internal testing and the problem seems to be resolved.
We have yet to install it into a client environment for further testing, but it looks good so far!

Thanks Again!

-Wayne

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Hi Roman -

Great, thanks!
We'll download and test it - it'll take a couple days to verify everything and we'll let you know the results.

Thanks Again,
Wayne

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Hi Roman -

Yes this is a showstopper for some, so a fix today (or tomorrow) would be terrific!

Thanks for addressing this so quickly,
Wayne

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Hi Alex - Can you see if there is at least a work-around for this problem? Our clients run this unattended in Production, and it can lock up their system for hours when it happens. It's not something we have been able to trap, so unless a person is actively shutting the app down and is also there to...

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Perfect!

Thanks again...

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Here is a link to sample C# code that shows the issue with skewed output. www.coastallogic.com/wayne/TrackerTest_Watermark.zip Here's a link to an example file where the text is skewed, and the angle of rotation is 45degrees which should not fit corner to corner! (37 degrees is closer to the correct...

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OK, I finally tested the sample code from earlier in this thread. It works, but I have two different problems now: 1) It distorts (shears) the text based on the rotation angle. That is, if the text rotation angle is 0, 90, 180, 270 then everything is fine. However, if the angle is something like 37,...

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How can I add a layer to an existing page?

I'd like to be able to:
1) Add a layer that I can also add text to (ShowTextBlock, for example)
2) Make the layer interactive in Acrobat/Viewers (turn on, off , for example)

Thanks.

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Thanks Alex....I'll dig into the code this week....

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OK, how about this then:

How can I get the corner points of ShowTextBlock
AFTER using RotateCS?

Thanks,
Wayne

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Hi Again - I'm trying to use several of the tags for ShowTextBlock but I'm not sure if they are supported or not. I've tried several ways to use them, and they do not seem to work. I don't have access to LiveCycle Designer. Can you please verify: 1) Lists 2) Hrefs 3) anything else from the XFA specs...

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Perhaps I haven't been clear with my goal... I'm trying to position text angled across the face of a document (lower-left to upper-right, for example), as large as possible - what would be considered a typical watermark. If not, then I need to set a textblock, font size, angle, and position, then de...

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Hi Alex - My concern is that a lot of our clients require precise positioning of stamps (within the title block of a CAD drawing for example) and I was concerned that this would mess us up. Many fonts, like Arial, do not have ascenders like what was shown in your graphic earlier in this thread (&quo...

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Hi Alex - Earlier in this thread you write: We position by ascent as it should be and it is not being regulated by line gap in any cases. If the text position is top (TextBlock) then we offset by the ascent of the biggest character in the block. ... 1) You can output text in the BaseLine position by...

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Hi Alex - Regarding line-height and the descenders getting cut off: If the line-height setting is smaller than the equivalent of "normal" than the height of the TextBlock is wrong: This works: - the returned ...

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Hi Alex - I ran more tests yesterday and figured out what the problem is - if part of the HTML/CSS is not interpreted properly (line-height, or font-name, etc) then the returned height value is incorrect. If it worked for you, you can replicate the problem by using a font-name (or font-family) that ...

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Hi Alex -
Ok, good - I didn't think I was going crazy, but it's always possible.

It would be nice to have an accurate document/example of exactly what works - I've spent
a lot of time testing and trying to figure this out.

Thanks,
Wayne

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Hi - I'm using ShowTextBlock from ContentCreator. After I add text, RotateCS, and then TranslateCS, I'd like to determine if any part of the resulting rectangle is off the page. I'd like to check the 4 corner points of the rect against the page to see if any are outside the left, top, right, or bott...

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Hi Alex -

What tag besides "body" is missing?

(FYI - I've tried using body with no effect)

Have you tried the sample code I sent?

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OK, after a lot of testing, I'm still finding issue with the "line-height" property. I cannot get "line-height" to work at all - here is an example that should work but does not. (The fonts, sizes, and colors work - not line-height): <p style="line-height:1in; font-family:'A...

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Hi Alex -

Can you give me an email address to send the sample code?
(It has our key embedded)

Thanks,
Wayne

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Hi Alex - I am well versed in digital fonts, and I understand the mechanics of them and in fact taught college design and layout courses for 10 years (you of course couldn't know that). I know digital font specs very well. One of the things I have already tested in an attempt to remove the top space...

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I'm having issues when trying to Rotate and Position a TextBlock. Specifically, the height of the textblock returned from ShowTextBlock seems to be incorrect. For example, if I position a TextBlock at 0,0 (lower left of page), then rotate it 90 degrees (counterclockwise) I would expect the top edge ...

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OK, I'll see what I can do.

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Perfect - thanks.

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Also of note: I just tried using "text-align:right" in the para field of my html and it does not appear to have any effect. The html works fine in any browser. This is html formatted text wrapped with one word in bold. and a li...

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No Worries...

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Hi -
I noticed that the ContentCreator uses IColor, and that IColor can use RGB or CMYK.

If my values are starting as hex "#00FF00", is there a conversion function in the CoreAPI
for hex -> IColor?

Thanks,
Wayne

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OK, thanks this helps...

-Wayne

P.S. Not "Simon"

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