Hi amit,
maybe you can work around your problem by overlaying form fields on your PDF
(maybe read-only fields, if you don't want the user to change anything).

It's easy to get the form field positions with iText.

Just a suggestion.
Regards,
 Peter


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An: Amit; 'itext-questions@(protected)'
Betreff: Re: [iText-questions] Help in superimposing text on an existing PDF
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Amit wrote:

>I want to use iText to fill in the information and
>allow users to take a printout of the pre-populated
>form. I am able to add the information to the PDF file
>using PdfWriter and PdfContentByte but I am not able
>to get the info to the correct locations within the
>file. I need to arrive at the position by trial and
>error. Is there any way for me to know the exact
>position of a particular character in the PDF file,
>such as the starting position of the placeholder
>"______", so that I can start writing at the same
>position.
>
I'm sorry, it's not possible to retrieve the location of a specific String
with iText. br, Bruno


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