iText Page Numbers Except First Page

[bcooney]

I have a working SM function for stamping Page X of Y in my footer, but I'd like to suppress the page number on the first page. Any help appreciated.

[brian rich]

I have a working SM function for stamping Page X of Y in my footer, but I'd like to suppress the page number on the first page. Any help appreciated.

Put the result of the function as a merge field in the footer. Apply conditional formatting to the merge field so that when the function get(pagenumber) = 1 is true, the text is formatted as white. Should work OK unless your paper is coloured or your PDFs have a coloured background.

HTH

Brian

Put the result of the function as a merge field in the footer. Apply conditional formatting to the merge field so that when the function get(pagenumber) = 1 is true, the text is formatted as white. Should work OK unless your paper is coloured or your PDFs have a coloured background.

HTH

Brian

Sorry, didn't see that this referred to iText

Brian

[bcooney]

Thanks anyway, Brian. Yes, this is taking a several existing PDFs (not created in FM), merging them and stamping page numbers on all but the first page. However, the first page needs to count in the logic page numbers. That is, the second page needs to say 2 of n.

My dilemma, is that if split the PDF, stamp the second half, and then merge the first page back on, I don't have the correct number of pages for the second half. Also, I don't know how to start page numbering at 2. I've searched iText forums, and there are no posts that address this, which is surprising, as I would think this is a common requirement.

[brian rich]

Thanks anyway, Brian. Yes, this is taking a several existing PDFs (not created in FM), merging them and stamping page numbers on all but the first page. However, the first page needs to count in the logic page numbers. That is, the second page needs to say 2 of n.

My dilemma, is that if split the PDF, stamp the second half, and then merge the first page back on, I don't have the correct number of pages for the second half. Also, I don't know how to start page numbering at 2. I've searched iText forums, and there are no posts that address this, which is surprising, as I would think this is a common requirement.

Could you produce a temporary copy of the document un-numbered, and split off the first page so this remains unnumbered.

Now on the original document stamp all the pages, then split page one off again.

Then merge the temp doc first page with the split original document and that is your final document with the first page unnumbered.

Brian

[john renfrew]

This snippet will do what you want

If as suggested on the iText lists you haven't yet bought and read the book it is the Fount Of All Knowledge...

// snippet of code to miss out first page header

// takes fm_file and stamps it to fm_fileOut



import com.itextpdf.text.*

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.*

import com.itextpdf.text.Font.*



/**

* Create a header table with page X of Y

* @param x the page number

* @param y the total number of pages

* @return a table that can be used as header

*/



public static PdfPTable getHeaderTable(int x, int y) {

	PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2)

	table.setTotalWidth(527)

	table.setLockedWidth(true)

	table.getDefaultCell().setFixedHeight(20)

	table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM)

	table.addCell("This is the header zone")

	table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT)

	table.addCell(String.format("Page %d of %d", x, y))

	return table

}



// Create a reader

reader = new PdfReader(fm_file)

// Create a stamper

stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(fm_fileOut))

// Loop over the pages and add a header to each page

int n = reader.getNumberOfPages()

for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

	if ( i==1 ) { } else {

		getHeaderTable(i, n).writeSelectedRows( 0, -1, 34, 803, stamper.getOverContent(i))

		// this is the position of the header on the document

		}

	}

// Close the stamper

stamper.close()

return true

attached my example files...

John

doc1.pdf

doc2.pdf

[john renfrew]

Slight improvement

Takes a number for which page you want to start

Takes a 1 if it is a header otherwise it is a footer...

Doesn't check for any errors etc etc but otherwise good

// XofY ( fm_file ; fm_fileOut ; startPage ; header )

// 11_05_19 JR

// v1

// snippet of code to miss out n page header/footer

// takes fm_file and stamps it to fm_fileOut

// startPage is the page to start the numbering

// if header is 1 then it is a header otherwise it is a footer



import com.itextpdf.text.*

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.*



/**

* Create a header table with page X of Y

* @param x the page number

* @param y the total number of pages

* @param ctext is the text to appear in first cell

* @return a table that can be used as header

*/



public getHeaderTable(int x, int y) {

	table = new PdfPTable(2)

	// this value is total width of table

	table.setTotalWidth(527)

	table.setLockedWidth(true)

	table.getDefaultCell().setFixedHeight(20)

	table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM)

	table.addCell(ctext)

	table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT)

	table.addCell(String.format("Page %d of %d", x, y))

	return table

}



pos = 0

// pos is vertical position from bottom

if(header=='1'){

mt = 'header '

pos = 803

}else{

mt ='footer ' 

pos = 43}

ctext = 'This is the ' + mt + 'zone'

// Create a reader

reader = new PdfReader(fm_file)

// Create a stamper

stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(fm_fileOut))

// Loop over the pages and add a header to each page

int n = reader.getNumberOfPages()

for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

	if ( i < startPage.toInteger()  ) { } else {

		getHeaderTable(i, n).writeSelectedRows( 0, -1, 34, pos, stamper.getOverContent(i))

		}

	}



// Close the stamper

stamper.close()

return true

[bcooney]

Both of you are so wonderful! Thank you so much. I'll put this into play tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

[bcooney]

...a year goes by

Hey John, are you around? I cannot get the XofY to work. If you're around and can put this in an fm file, that would be great.

[john renfrew]

Hmm, not the cleanest of code....

This works here and shows the basic parts. No error checks or stuff like that

Needs full system paths obviously, but now makes the header width 90% of the first page width

// XofY ( fm_file ; fm_fileOut ; startPage ; header )

// 12_04_01 JR

// v1.5

// snippet of code to miss out n page header/footer

// takes fm_file and stamps it to fm_fileOut

// startPage is the page to start the numbering

// if header is 1 then it is a header otherwise it is a footer

import com.itextpdf.text.*

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.*

/**

* Create a header table with page X of Y

* @param x the page number

* @param y the total number of pages

* @param ctext is the text to appear in first cell

* @return a table that can be used as header

*/

// Closure to create header table

getHeaderTable = { x, y ->

  table = new PdfPTable(2)

  // this value is total width of table

  table.setTotalWidth(tableW)

  table.setLockedWidth(true)

  table.getDefaultCell().setFixedHeight(24)

  // if header draw line at bottom else at top

  if (header=='1'){

   table.getDefaultCell().setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_BOTTOM)

   table.getDefaultCell().setPaddingBottom(3)

   table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM)

  } else {

   table.getDefaultCell().setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_TOP)

   table.getDefaultCell().setPaddingTop(2)

   table.getDefaultCell().setUseAscender(true)

   table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.TOP)

  } //end if

  table.addCell(new Phrase (cText, font2))

  table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT)

  table.getDefaultCell().setPaddingTop(3)

  table.getDefaultCell().setUseAscender(true)

  table.addCell(new Phrase (String.format("Page %d of %d", x, y), font1))

  return table

}

pos = 0

// pos is vertical position from bottom

if(header=='1'){

mt = 'header '

pos = 803

}else{

mt ='footer '

pos = 43}

//replace this with text of choice

ctext = 'This is the ' + mt + 'zone'

font1 = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 9)

// Create a reader

reader = new PdfReader(fm_file)

pS = reader.getPageSizeWithRotation(1)

wide = pS.getWidth() * 0.9

tableW = wide.toInteger()

// Create a stamper

stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(fm_fileOut))

// Loop over the pages and add a header to each page

n = reader.getNumberOfPages()

for (i in 1..n ) {

		if ( i < startPage.toInteger()  ) { } else {

				getHeaderTable(i, n).writeSelectedRows( 0, -1, 34, pos, stamper.getOverContent(i))

				}

		}

// Close the stamper

stamper.close()

return true