cfdocument produces white rectangle

Hello

If I try to create a PDF with %26lt;cfdocument%26gt; and want to add a watermark with %26lt;cfpdf%26gt; (on the background, not on the foreground!), there is always a white object (page size) which hides the watermark. Only after deleting the object with Acrobat the watermark gets visible.

I think this is a bug in %26lt;cfdocument%26gt;. I'm not able to produce a PDF without this white rectangle (tried with different HTML-Tags, Plain-Text etc.).

Example:

%26lt;cfdocument format=''pdf'' filename=''test.pdf''%26gt;test%26lt;/cfdocument%26gt;

%26lt;cfpdf action=''addwatermark'' image=''test.jpg'' foreground=''no'' source=''test.pdf''%26gt;

System:

CF 8.0.1 (Update April 08)

Any ideas/similar experiences?

cfdocument produces white rectangle

Is this happening with a licensed version of CF or the developer version??I am wondering if the standard watermark on the developer version is interfering with yours.

cfdocument produces white rectangle

Thank you for your input. I work with a licensed ColdFusion Standard version.

The mentioned object is imho not a watermark. Otherwise I should be able to delete it with %26lt;cfpdf action=''removeWatermark''%26gt; (doesn't work).

It sounds like a bug. The same code worked with a regular acrobat file. Just not with a pdf created by cfdocument.

Unfortunately, I cannot think of another workaround.?Tests using ddx?%26lt;Background%26gt;?and using iText directly to apply the watermark (ie PdfStamper / getUnderContent()) produced the same result for me:?ie watermark is not visible.?I would submit a bug report.

I found a post on houseoffusion.com that suggested a work around using css.?It is a bit of hack, but if you create an image of the right size (letter, landscape) it should do the trick:

ie

%26lt;style%26gt;

body { background-image: url(yourWatermarkLetterSize.gif);

%26lt;/style%26gt;

http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/msg337518.html

Thank you for the valuable inputs.

The only way for me was to write it with itext, so i was also able to really embed the font (the embedding with cfdocument doesn't work, if you don't have the font on your local system).

If somebody is looking for a similar solution, I post here the code for putting text on a existing pdf with a watermark (in the background!):

// Path for the PDF-Documents (output.pdf must exist there)

%26lt;cfset variables.pfad = ''[Absolute path]''%26gt;

%26lt;cfscript%26gt;
fileIO=createObject(''java'',''java.io.FileOutputStream'');
fileIO.init(#variables.pfad# %26amp; ''output.pdf'');
reader = createObject(''java'',''com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader'');
reader.init(#variables.pfad# %26amp; ''original.pdf'');

basefont = createObject(''java'',''com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont'');

//Sample with Font ''Univers'', Installed on the CF-Server

bfUnivers = BaseFont.createFont(''c:\windows\fonts\unvr55w.ttf'', BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);

pdfStamper = createObject(''java'',''com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper'').init(reader, fileIO);

// Place Text on Page 1
document = pdfStamper.getOverContent(1);
document.beginText();
document.setFontAndSize(bfUnivers, 18);

document.setTextMatrix(90, 300);
document.showText(''Test'');

document.endText();

pdfStamper.close();

%26lt;/cfscript%26gt;

pfurrer wrote:

putting text on a existing pdf with a watermark (in the background!):

You understood everything correctly: I needed the image in the background, not the text. The watermark-image is now in the original pdf, with getOverContent I put the text in front of the image

Ah, okay.?For anyone else, as of 8.0.1, you can use cfpdf for a foreground text watermark.

http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2008/4/4/ColdFusion-801--Easier-to-add-P DF-Watermarks