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Hi,

Please try this,

<cfpdf
        action="addwatermark"
        source="sample_ddx.pdf"   
        image="./test.jpg"
        destination="#expandpath("newpdf")#/watermarkforeground.pdf"
        overwrite="yes"
        pages ="1,3,6-8"
        rotation="45"          
        >

What is the difference between that and the original code?

ColdFusion uses iText for cfdocument. So you do not need to add jars. It is already built in. But you do need access to createObject(..).  So that might eliminate this option for you.You might also try using ddx with <Watermark> to see if the results are any different.

No, I believe the two options for ddx <Watermark> are <StyledText> and <Pdf Source="somePDFFile.pdf">.  So the image would need to be placed inside a pdf file.   Though given that CF does not support all of the ddx features I do not know if two watermarks will be allowed:

        http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/ddxRef/001162.html#1557141

No, what I meant was I did not know if you could do both _with ddx_.  I do not know one way or the other.  Just that the livecycle documentation suggested it might be an issue.

I have had zero luck with transparency in my tests of cfpdf/ddx. The only thing that worked for me was iText.  If you are allowed to use createObject(...) try the attached.  I tested it with the pdf you posted and it definitely works on CF8.

<!---
    Adaptation of iText examples:
--->
<cfscript>
    savedErrorMessage = "";
   
    fullPathToInputFile = ExpandPath("sample_ddx_startburst-1.pdf");
    fullPathToWatermark = "c:\myTransparentPng.png";
    fullPathToOutputFile =  ExpandPath("startburstWatermarked.pdf");

    try {
        // create PdfReader instance to read in source pdf
        pdfReader = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader").init(fullPathToInputFile);
        totalPages = pdfReader.getNumberOfPages();

        // create PdfStamper instance to create new watermarked file
        outStream = createObject("java", "java.io.FileOutputStream").init(fullPathToOutputFile);
        pdfStamper = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper").init(pdfReader, outStream);

        // Read in the watermark image
        img = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.Image").getInstance(fullPathToWatermark);

        // adding content to each page
        i = 0;
        while (i LT totalPages) {
            i = i + 1;
            content = pdfStamper.getOverContent( javacast("int", i) );
            img.setAbsolutePosition(0, 0);
            content.addImage(img);
            WriteOutput("Watermarked page "& i &"<br>");
        }

        WriteOutput("Finished!");
    }       
    catch (java.lang.Exception e) {
        savedErrorMessage = e;
    }
    // closing PdfStamper will generate the new PDF file
    if (IsDefined("pdfStamper")) {
        pdfStamper.close();
    }
    if (IsDefined("outStream")) {
        outStream.close();
    }
</cfscript>
   
<!--- show any errors --->
<cfif len(savedErrorMessage) gt 0>
    ERROR - Unable to create document
    <cfdump var="#savedErrorMessage#">
</cfif>

I am surprised about a time increase.  I ran it with the file you posted and it was pretty quick, as the input file is not that large.  But in any event, I am glad it works for you.

Cheers

Hi Mike,

This might help you out, because im not sure where would you get your image, whether its uploaded, or its already on the server. But I will asume that you already have the photo.

Use the cfimage tag to write the photo in an empty photo variable in which you would just simply upload as it is with your file. Now, you can first read the image using cfimage into a variable then resize it, or manipulated using image() methods, finally read it with cfimage again and write it into a variable.

example:

<cfimage action="read" yada yada>

now that we have read the image as object

lets resize it:

<cfset ImageSetAnitialising(myImage, "on")>

<cfset ImageScaleToFit(myImage, 45, 45>

<cfif myImage.width GTE myImage.height>

<cfset x = 0>

<cfset y = ceiling((myImage.width - myImage.height)/2>

<cfelse>

<cfset x = ceiling((myImage.height - myImage.width) / 2>

</cfif>

<!-- below we will reset the images size AND BORDER so make sure that if you want to

have another color than WHITE to specify it -->

<cfset newimg = ImageNew("", 45, 45, "rgb", "FFFFFF")>

<cfset ImagePaste(newimg, myImage, x, y)>

<!-- here is where we write the image to the place holder image that we have which is pro#Number#>
<cfimage source="#newimg#" action="write" destination="images/Pro#randNum#.jpeg" overwrite="yes">

I hope that helps

Please let me know how that went for ya

mjp420,

BTW, this issue appears to be fixed in the CF9 beta.

-Leigh