PDF A Files and Layout-Question
SZE_CREATOR
I'm writing a program to create certifications. It based on
OpenDocument-Templates. A result should be a PDF/A-File and of course
the layout must be 100% the same as in die ODT-Document.
I'm started to use OpenOffice as a service, but I would prefer a pure-
java approach. So I start thinking about jOpenDocument. I'm interested
about, how good the layout will be the same in PDF as in ODT-document.
Furthermore it would be great to know more about PDF/A-functionality,
specially how to figure out the fonts.
Hope that someone has experience with that topics.
Best regards
Niels
BartHanssens
> I'm writing a program to create certifications. It based on
> OpenDocument-Templates. A result should be a PDF/A-File and of course
> the layout must be 100% the same as in die ODT-Document.
Mm, please note that ODT may look slightly different, depending on the
application you're using to render it (most people probably use OOo,
but
AbiWord, MS-Office 2007sp2, Symphony etc can also display ODF files)
So I assume that by "100% the same" you mean "looks like OpenOffice
version X" using the fonts and settings of your computer...
> I'm started to use OpenOffice as a service, but I would prefer a pure-
> java approach. So I start thinking about jOpenDocument. I'm interested
> about, how good the layout will be the same in PDF as in ODT-document.
That's probably something you should test :-) Difficult to say,
depends
on complexity of your document, especially when it contains images
behind tables, frames, customized line spacings, drawings etc...
> Furthermore it would be great to know more about PDF/A-functionality,
> specially how to figure out the fonts.
If I recall correctly, jOpenDocument depends on iText 2.x (note that
there
is a new version of iText, 5.0, which has a different license and
slightly
different API)
iText 2.1.7 does have very good PDF/A support, but you do have to
embed the fonts using a font file.
As far as I know, iText does not come with a set of font files, so
you'll
have to read the font from an existing font on your computer.
(Take a look at the iText API, BaseFont class and/or FontFactory)
Best regards,
Bart
jOpenDocument, Guillaume
With jOpenDocument, you can transform (ie render) ODS document to PDF.
ODT is not currently supported, because of the amount of work (money) it
represents
to code a ODT renderer.
Regards,
Guillaume