Integrator PDFSpoolFileService - Image Size

[Joerg Hamacher]

Hi,

we are converting spool files to PDF via LANSA Integrator PDFSpoolFileService.
Now we want to embed the company's letter paper design as background into the PDF.


We have both a jpg file and a pdf document available (both files are covering a complete DINA4 page). Files for 1st page and following pages differ.

What is better / easier - using an image file or a PDF for the background?
How can I embed a jpg into the PDF document as background? With SET *IMAGES? How are the correct parameter settings for x,y,width, height when I want the image to cover the whole PDF page? How is the correct JSM command for using SET *IMAGES? How can I tell the program to use another jpg or pdf for page 2?
Or should I use the PDF - how could this work with PDF as background?

Or are there some new ways to generate a PDF from a Spoolfile that I do not know of? Maybe in Visual LANSA?


Many thanks in advance,
Joerg

[Joerg Hamacher]

Hi again,

is there really no way to embed an background image into a PDF?
Neither in LANSA Integrator nor in VL?
And no working example how to do it?

I can't imagine

Best regards,
Joerg

[soa]

The PDF Document Service allows PDFs to be manipulated.

You would need to create a PDF from PDFSpoolFileService the use DDF Document Service to create a new PDF enclosing the initial to which you should be able to add an overlayed image/watermark which can be defined as an image in the xml file.