Hello,
I have two pieces of itext code that I need to put
together into one - but I haven't figured out how to
do it.

I have a PDF template that I need to put meta-data AND
a dynamic image into.

***This example works fine for me to merge meta-data
into a PDF template:

http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/examples/com/lowagie/examples/general/copystamp/Register.java

***This example works fine for me to put an image into
a PDF on-the-fly:

http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/examples/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/Images.java

The problem is, the image example adds the image to a
document object, but the template example uses
PdfReader, Stamper, AcroReader, etc. - but not the
Document object in the same way.

Any thoughts on how I can put an image in a PDF
template? Below is my attempt.
Thanks, Ceily


  public void render(OutputStream os) throws
IOException {
    ByteArrayOutputStream bos = null;
    PdfCopy copy = null;
    Document doc = null;

    try {
       bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
       PdfReader reader = null;
       PdfStamper stamp = null;

       Iterator iTemplates =
document.getTemplates().iterator();

       while (iTemplates.hasNext()) {
          String template = (String)
iTemplates.next();
          if (document.isDynamic(template)) {
//dynamic template
            reader = new PdfReader(template);
            stamp = new PdfStamper(reader,
bos);
            AcroFields form =
stamp.getAcroFields();
            Iterator iter =
form.getFields().keySet().iterator();
            while ( iter.hasNext() ) {
               String field =
(String)iter.next();
               Object value =
fieldValues.get(field);
               if (null == value) {
                  continue; // ignore null
values
               } else if
(value.getClass().isInstance(string) &&
      StringUtils.isNotEmpty(value.toString())) {
                    form.setField(field,
value.toString());
               }
            }
            stamp.setFormFlattening(true);
            stamp.close();

            doc = new Document();
            copy = new PdfCopy(doc, os);
            copy.open();
            doc.open();
            reader = new
PdfReader(bos.toByteArray());
           
copy.addPage(copy.getImportedPage(reader, 1));

            //Get the image.. For debug
purposes - I'm just trying
      //to get a plain image on my file system. I can
see
      //the image when I use it in the iText example -
but in this
         //situation, I'm not getting any errors -
or seeing the image
            Image fooImage =
Image.getInstance("/tmp/fooImage.jpg");
            if (fooImage != null) {
               Image img =
Image.getInstance(fooImage);
               img.setAbsolutePosition(200,
250);
               doc.add(img);
            }
          } else { // Must be a static template
            reader = new PdfReader(template);
            for ( int count = 0; count <
reader.getNumberOfPages(); count++) {
             
copy.addPage(copy.getImportedPage(reader, count+1));
            }
          }
       }

    } catch (DocumentException ex) {
       System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
    }
    if (os!=null)
       os.close();
    if (doc!=null)
       doc.close();
    if (copy!=null)
       copy.close();
  }


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