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Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:49 pm
by whoit
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.
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:55 pm
by Sasha - Tracker Dev Team
Hello whoit,
This will be available in one of the nearest future releases - right now you can't do that.
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:52 pm
by whoit
Hi Alex -
Is this capability available now?
Thanks,
Wayne
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:05 pm
by Sasha - Tracker Dev Team
Hello Wayne,
I'm afraid that this functionality is not yet implemented.
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:38 pm
by whoit
Alex-
Do you have timeframe when it will be available?
-Wayne
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:31 am
by Sasha - Tracker Dev Team
Hello Wayne,
Sadly, there is no eta for this one, though this is already planned for one of the nearest future builds.
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:35 pm
by whoit
Hi Alex -
I wanted to check again regarding Layers - will they be implemented soon?
I saw some documentation on Optional Content Groups - I believe that is the term in PDF for layers...is this the same?
Thanks.
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:51 pm
by Sasha - Tracker Dev Team
Hello Wayne,
As of the Layers Creation/Removal - this is being worked at right now, though this is not an easy task and these operations are absent in the majority of the PDF editors - thus we need to think through all of the details and logic. This is not a simple matter - so called Layers are a visual representation of the OCG/OCMD in the tree - that's all. The real deal are the physical Optional Content Groups that define the content and annotation visibility. The greatest task is to make this easy understandable and usable for users.
You can read more about those in the PDF Specification.
As for the ETA - not for the upcoming release, that's for sure - maybe the release after this.
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:58 pm
by whoit
What are the chances of implementing Layers in CoreAPI first - meaning that all the Visual UI stuff for the Editor
could be eliminated from the API and thus be completed sooner?
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:25 pm
by Sasha - Tracker Dev Team
Hello Wayne,
Well the end-user part is being implemented first. Then the needed methods will be created for the API usage.
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 3:03 pm
by whoit
Hi Alex -
When do you expect the Layer functionality to be available for CoreAPI ?
It's been a while now...
Thanks.
Re: Adding a new Layer to an existing page
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:23 pm
by Sasha - Tracker Dev Team
Hello Wayne,
Not in the nearest months that's for sure - the implementation in the Editor itself has not been finished yet.
Cheers,
Alex