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iText writeSelectedRows not doing anything

Hi I'm trying to position a table to desired (x,y) location. While doing research, writeSelectedRows is used to position a table at a specific place.
However I'm trying, the table is stuck a (0, 0) position, I cannot change it. I'm stuck!
Could you please help me out try and figure how to position a table where I really would have wanted?
Here is the code:
public static void main(String[] args) {
Card card = new Card("Some Card");
Document d = new Document(PageSize.A4, 65f, 0, 0 , 0);
d.setMarginMirroringTopBottom(true);
float height = d.getPageSize().getHeight();
float width = d.getPageSize().getWidth();
try {
//initiation
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(d, new FileOutputStream("HeaderTry4.pdf"));
d.open();
//initiation end
//logo
Image logo = Image.getInstance(card.logoPath);
logo.scaleToFit(card.dimensions.LOGO_WIDTH, card.dimensions.LOGO_HEIGHT);
logo.setAbsolutePosition(card.dimensions.LOGO_X, card.dimensions.LOGO_Y);
writer.getDirectContent().addImage(logo);
//logo end
//card
Image cardGraphic = Image.getInstance(card.cardPath);
cardGraphic.scaleToFit(card.dimensions.CARD_TYPE_WIDTH, card.dimensions.CARD_TYPE_HEIGHT);
cardGraphic.setAbsolutePosition(card.dimensions.CARD_TYPE_X, card.dimensions.CARD_TYPE_Y);
writer.getDirectContent().addImage(cardGraphic);
//card end
//Card info
PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContent();
PdfPTable cInfo = new PdfPTable(2);
cInfo.setTotalWidth(new float [] {124f, 80f});
cInfo.setLockedWidth(true);
cInfo.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
PdfPCell header = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph(card.summaryCardInfo.card_info_table_header[0], card.summaryCardInfo.headerFont));
header.setColspan(2);
header.setBorderWidth(0f);
header.setBorderWidthBottom(2f);
header.setBorderWidthTop(1f);
header.setPadding(4f);
header.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
PdfPCell clientNumberDescr = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph(card.summaryCardInfo.client_no[0], card.summaryCardInfo.valuesFont));
clientNumberDescr.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
clientNumberDescr.setBorderWidth(0f);
PdfPCell clientNumberValue = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph(card.summaryCardInfo.client_no[2] = "501988", card.summaryCardInfo.valuesFont));
clientNumberValue.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
clientNumberValue.setBorderWidth(0f);
cInfo.addCell(header);
cInfo.addCell(clientNumberDescr);
cInfo.addCell(clientNumberValue);
cInfo.writeSelectedRows(0, -1, 100, 100, writer.getDirectContent());
d.add(cInfo);
//Card info end
d.close();
writer.close();
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

java.io.IOException: The document has no pages. Working fine locally but not working after deploying in aws

Hi I am trying to create an PDF using itextpdf.
It is working fine when tested locally.
But after aws deployment I am getting 406 Not Acceptable with java.io.IOException: The document has no pages excpetion.
Many answers are there but those are not related to deployment issues.
Do I need to check any network configuration or problem lies in the pdf generation code?
Following is my code implementation:
Please suggest some solution.
public byte[] createPdf(List<Participant> participantList) throws IOException,
DocumentException, com.google.zxing.WriterException {
Document document = new Document();
ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, byteArrayOutputStream);
document.open();
document.add(createMainTable(participantList));
document.close();
return byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray();
}
public static PdfPTable createMainTable(List<Participant> optionalParticipant) throws BadElementException,
IOException, com.google.zxing.WriterException {
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
logger.info("Main Table was created");
for (int i = 0; i < optionalParticipant.size(); i++) {
PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell();
cell1.setBorderWidth(0);
cell1.setPadding(10f);
cell1.addElement(createSubTable(optionalParticipant.get(i)));
table.addCell(cell1);
}
return table;
}
public static PdfPTable createSubTable(Participant participant) throws BadElementException,
IOException, com.google.zxing.WriterException {
BaseColor baseColor = new BaseColor(150, 150, 150);
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
PdfPCell cell, cell1, cell2;
Font font = new Font();
font.setSize(10f);
font.setColor(BaseColor.WHITE);
String participantName = participant.getFirstName() + " " + participant.getLastName();
Chunk chunk = new Chunk(participantName, font);
Paragraph head = new Paragraph(" "+chunk);
head.setFont(font);
cell = new PdfPCell(head);
cell.setColspan(2);
cell.setBackgroundColor(baseColor);
cell.setPadding(2f);
table.addCell(cell);
String qrData = participant.getQrCodeData();
Image img = getQRCodeImage(qrData);
font = new Font();
font.setSize(5f);
chunk = new Chunk("\n" + "Event ID: " + participant.getEvent().getEventId() +
"\n\n" + "Unique ID: " + participant.getUniqueId() +
"\n\n" + "Email ID: " + participant.getEmail(), font);
Paragraph body = new Paragraph(chunk);
cell1 = new PdfPCell(body);
cell1.setBorderWidthRight(0);
cell1.setPadding(10f);
cell2 = new PdfPCell();
cell2.addElement(img);
cell2.setBorderWidthLeft(1);
cell2.setPadding(10f);
table.addCell(cell1);
table.addCell(cell2);
logger.info("Sub Table was created");
return table;
}

Please check participantList is not null and contains elements. You can use logger to print size of list before start using it.
logger.info("No of participants: "+participantList.size());
Also, Immediately after opening document, always add an empty chunk to document so that you can avoid this exception.
document.open();
document.add(new Chunk(""));

Non removable watermark on PDF file using iText in Java

We have a requirement where we need to add text watermark on magazines which has multiple rich images on each page. I tried com.itextpdf.jar version 5.0.6 to add the watermark but eventually I am able to remove it using Adobe Acrobat Pro.
I tried below option also but that too didn't work.
stamper.setFreeTextFlattening(true);
Is it possible with iText to add a watermark which can not be removed without much effort.
Below is my implementation.
public static void addWaterMark() throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("C:/Trade-catalog/Catalog2017.pdf");
ByteArrayOutputStream outputPdf = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, outputPdf);
String bodyWatermarkText = "12345 - John Smith";
String bodyWatermarkRotation = "35";
String footerWatermarkText = "Richard Parker";
BaseFont font = BaseFont.createFont("/fonts/micross.ttf", "Cp1250", BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
PdfGState state = new PdfGState();
state.setFillOpacity(0.3f);
for (int i = 1; i <= reader.getNumberOfPages(); i++) {
Rectangle thisPageSize = reader.getPageSize(i);
PdfPatternPainter bodyPainter = stamper.getOverContent(i).createPattern(thisPageSize.getWidth(),
thisPageSize.getHeight());
bodyPainter.setColorFill(new BaseColor(0, 0, 0));
bodyPainter.beginText();
bodyPainter.setTextRenderingMode(PdfPatternPainter.TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL);
bodyPainter.setFontAndSize(font, 60);
bodyPainter.showTextAlignedKerned(Element.ALIGN_CENTER, bodyWatermarkText, thisPageSize.getWidth() / 2,
thisPageSize.getHeight() / 2, Integer.valueOf(bodyWatermarkRotation));
bodyPainter.showTextAlignedKerned(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT, footerWatermarkText, thisPageSize.getWidth() * 0.97f,
thisPageSize.getHeight() * 0.015f, 0);
bodyPainter.endText();
PdfContentByte overContent = stamper.getOverContent(i);
overContent.setGState(state);
overContent.setColorFill(new PatternColor(bodyPainter));
overContent.rectangle(thisPageSize.getLeft(), thisPageSize.getBottom(), thisPageSize.getWidth(),
thisPageSize.getHeight());
overContent.fill();
overContent.setFlatness(100);
}
stamper.close();
FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(
"C:/Trade-catalog/output/TradeCatalog2017Watermarked_bodyPainter.pdf");
outputPdf.writeTo(outputStream);
outputPdf.close();
reader.close();
}

PDF-Checkbox - check one and uncheck another without JavaScript

in my project I need 3 checkboxes which should work like radiobuttons. But radiobuttons have some drawbacks with appearance in Adobe Reader. For this reason I have to use checkboxes. There is a very interesting answer, but I don't understand how this can be done with iText:
Java iText and custom Radiobutton behaviour
Can anybody -- especially Lonzak, the author of this posting -- help me in this case. Thanks and Kind regards, Dirk

I think the solution is to fix your current code. The following example creates 3 radiobuttons and all contain a cross. It was based on itext 5 and you may have to adapt it a bit for itext 7.
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("output.pdf"));
document.open();
RadioCheckField bt = new RadioCheckField(writer, new Rectangle(261, 576, 279, 594), "radio", "value1");
bt.setCheckType(RadioCheckField.TYPE_CROSS);
bt.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.WHITE);
//bt.setBorderStyle(PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_SOLID);
bt.setBorderColor(BaseColor.BLACK);
bt.setTextColor(BaseColor.BLACK);
bt.setBorderWidth(BaseField.BORDER_WIDTH_THIN);
bt.setChecked(false);
PdfFormField f1 = bt.getRadioField();
bt.setOnValue("value2");
bt.setChecked(true);
bt.setBox(new Rectangle(287, 577, 305, 595));
PdfFormField f2 = bt.getRadioField();
bt.setChecked(false);
PdfFormField top = bt.getRadioGroup(true, false);
bt.setOnValue("value3");
bt.setBox(new Rectangle(314, 578, 332, 596));
PdfFormField f3 = bt.getRadioField();
top.addKid(f1);
top.addKid(f2);
top.addKid(f3);
writer.addAnnotation(top);
document.close();
Update: Here is your code with iText7 however there seems to be a bug so that the check style is not changed for radiobuttons. Maybe the itext guys can say more...
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter("output7.pdf"));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc);
PdfButtonFormField radioGroup = PdfFormField.createRadioGroup(pdfDoc, "ExampleGroup", "");
radioGroup.setPage(1);
pdfDoc.addNewPage();
PdfFormField field1 = PdfFormField.createRadioButton(pdfDoc, new Rectangle(261, 576, 18, 18), radioGroup, "value1");
field1.setCheckType(PdfFormField.TYPE_CROSS);
field1.setValue("value1");
field1.regenerateField();
PdfFormField field2 = PdfFormField.createRadioButton(pdfDoc, new Rectangle(287, 577, 18, 18), radioGroup, "value2");
field2.setCheckType(PdfFormField.TYPE_CROSS);
field2.regenerateField();
PdfFormField field3 = PdfFormField.createRadioButton(pdfDoc, new Rectangle(314, 578, 18, 18), radioGroup, "value3");
field3.setCheckType(PdfFormField.TYPE_CROSS);
field3.regenerateField();
PdfAcroForm.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true).addField(radioGroup);
doc.close();

Final solution with iText 7:
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// RadioButton with cross instead of bullet.
final String filename = "SampleRadioButton.pdf";
final float boxLength = 20;
final float crossWidth = 1;
final String[] languages = { "Dutch", "English", "French" };
try (PdfWriter writer = new PdfWriter(filename); PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(writer); Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc)) {
pdfDoc.addNewPage();
final PdfAcroForm form = PdfAcroForm.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);
final PdfButtonFormField radioGroup = PdfFormField.createRadioGroup(pdfDoc, "Language", languages[1]);
int count = 0;
for (final String language : languages) {
count++;
// button
final Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(40, 800 - (count * 30), boxLength, boxLength);
final PdfFormField radioButton = PdfFormField.createRadioButton(pdfDoc, rect, radioGroup, language);
final PdfDictionary radioDict = radioButton.getPdfObject();
final PdfDictionary mk = new PdfDictionary();
mk.put(PdfName.CA, new PdfString("8")); // check=4, circle=1, cross=8, diamond=u, square=n, star=H
radioDict.put(PdfName.MK, mk);
radioButton.setVisibility(PdfFormField.VISIBLE);
editAppearance(pdfDoc, radioButton, language, boxLength, crossWidth);
// text
final Paragraph para = new Paragraph(language).setFontSize(18);
doc.showTextAligned(para, 70, 800 - (count * 30), TextAlignment.LEFT);
}
form.addField(radioGroup);
}
Desktop.getDesktop().open(new File(filename));
}
private static void editAppearance(PdfDocument pdfDoc, PdfFormField radioButton, String value, float length, float crossWidth) {
final PdfStream streamOn = (PdfStream) new PdfStream().makeIndirect(pdfDoc);
final PdfCanvas canvasOn = new PdfCanvas(streamOn, new PdfResources(), pdfDoc);
final Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, length, length);
final PdfFormXObject xObjectOn = new PdfFormXObject(rect);
canvasOn.saveState();
canvasOn.setStrokeColor(ColorConstants.BLACK).setLineWidth(crossWidth);
// bottom left to top right
canvasOn.moveTo(0, 0).lineTo(length, length).stroke();
// Top left to bottom right
canvasOn.moveTo(0, length).lineTo(length, 0).stroke();
canvasOn.restoreState();
xObjectOn.getPdfObject().getOutputStream().writeBytes(streamOn.getBytes());
final PdfWidgetAnnotation widget = radioButton.getWidgets().get(0);
widget.setNormalAppearance(new PdfDictionary());
widget.getNormalAppearanceObject().put(new PdfName(value), xObjectOn.getPdfObject());
}
}

RTL not working in pdf generation with itext 5.5 for Arabic text

I have java code that writes arabic characters with the help of itext 5.5 and xmlworker jars, but its writing left to right even after writer.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL) is used.
Code used is:
public class CreateArabic extends DefaultHandler {
/** Paths to and encodings of fonts we're going to use in this example */
public static String[][] FONTS = {
{"C:/arialuni.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H},
{"C:/abserif4_5.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H},
{"C:/damase.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H},
{"C:/fsex2p00_public.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H}
};
/** Holds he fonts that can be used for the peace message. */
public FontSelector fs;
public CreateArabic() {
fs = new FontSelector();
for (int i = 0; i < FONTS.length; i++) {
fs.addFont(FontFactory.getFont(FONTS[i][0], FONTS[i][1], BaseFont.EMBEDDED));
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
// step 1
Rectangle pagesize = new Rectangle(8.5f * 72, 11 * 72);
Document document = new Document();//pagesize, 72, 72, 72, 72);// step1
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
new FileOutputStream("c:\\report.pdf"));
writer.setInitialLeading(200.5f);
//writer.getAcroForm().setNeedAppearances(true);
//writer.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
document.open();
FontFactory.registerDirectories();
Font font = FontFactory.getFont("C:\\damase.ttf",
BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true, 22, Font.BOLD);
// step 3
document.open();
// step 4
XMLWorkerHelper helper = XMLWorkerHelper.getInstance();
// CSS
CSSResolver cssResolver = new StyleAttrCSSResolver();
CssFile cssFile = helper.getCSS(new FileInputStream(
"D:\\Itext_Test\\Test\\src\\test.css"));
cssResolver.addCss(cssFile);
// HTML
XMLWorkerFontProvider fontProvider = new XMLWorkerFontProvider();
// fontProvider.addFontSubstitute("lowagie", "garamond");
CssAppliers cssAppliers = new CssAppliersImpl(fontProvider);
HtmlPipelineContext htmlContext = new HtmlPipelineContext(
cssAppliers);
htmlContext.setTagFactory(Tags.getHtmlTagProcessorFactory());
// // Pipelines
PdfWriterPipeline pdf = new PdfWriterPipeline(document, writer);
HtmlPipeline html = new HtmlPipeline(htmlContext, pdf);
CssResolverPipeline css = new CssResolverPipeline(cssResolver,
html);
writer.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
System.out.println("RUN DIRECTION --> "+writer.getRunDirection());
XMLWorker worker = new XMLWorker(css, true);
XMLParser p = new XMLParser(worker,Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
String htmlString2 = "<html><body style=\"color:red;\">Hello"+"??"+"</body></html>";
String htmlString = "<body style='font-family:arial;'>h"+"??"+"<p style='font-family:arial;' > ????? </p></body>";
String html1 ="<html><head></head><body>Hello <p style=\"color:red\" >oo ??</p> World! \u062a\u0639\u0637\u064a \u064a\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0643\u0648\u062f \u0631\u0642\u0645\u0627 \u0641\u0631\u064a\u062f\u0627 \u0644\u0643\u0644 \u062d\u0631\u0641 "+htmlString+"Testing</body></html>";
ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(htmlString.getBytes("UTF-8"));
p.detectEncoding(is);
p.parse(is, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));//.parse(is, "UTF-8");//parse(is);//ASMO-708
// step 5
document.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output file is also attached.

As documented, this is not supposed to work:
writer.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
Arabic (and Hebrew) can only be rendered correctly in the context of ColumnText and PdfPCell. In other words: if you want to use Arabic from XML Worker, you need to create an ElementList and then add the elments to a ColumnText object as is done here.
You need to set the run direction at the level of the ColumnText object.

//This solution works for me: :)
// document
Document document = new Document(PageSize.LEGAL);
//fonts
XMLWorkerFontProvider fontProvider = new XMLWorkerFontProvider(XMLWorkerFontProvider.DONTLOOKFORFONTS);
fontProvider.register("/Users/ibrahimbakhsh/Library/Fonts/tradbdo.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H);
fontProvider.register("/Users/ibrahimbakhsh/Library/Fonts/trado.otf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H);
fontProvider.register("/Users/ibrahimbakhsh/Library/Fonts/tahoma.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H);
CssAppliers cssAppliers = new CssAppliersImpl(fontProvider);
HtmlPipelineContext htmlContext = new HtmlPipelineContext(cssAppliers);
htmlContext.setTagFactory(Tags.getHtmlTagProcessorFactory());
// CSS
CSSResolver cssResolver =
XMLWorkerHelper.getInstance().getDefaultCssResolver(true);
// Pipelines
ElementList elements = new ElementList();
ElementHandlerPipeline end = new ElementHandlerPipeline(elements, null);
HtmlPipeline html = new HtmlPipeline(htmlContext, end);
CssResolverPipeline css = new CssResolverPipeline(cssResolver, html);
// HTML
htmlContext.setTagFactory(Tags.getHtmlTagProcessorFactory());
htmlContext.autoBookmark(false);
// XML Worker
XMLWorker worker = new XMLWorker(css, true);
XMLParser p = new XMLParser(worker);
p.parse(new FileInputStream(HTML));
//writer
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(file));
writer.setInitialLeading(12.5f);
writer.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
// step 4
document.open();
// step 5
for (Element e : elements) {
//out.println(e.toString());
if(e instanceof PdfPTable){
PdfPTable t = (PdfPTable) e;
t.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
ArrayList<PdfPRow> rows = t.getRows();
for(PdfPRow row:rows){
PdfPCell[] cells = row.getCells();
for(PdfPCell cell:cells){
cell.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
}
}
e = t;
}
document.add(e);
}
//try adding new table
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
table.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
Font f = new Font(BaseFont.createFont("/Users/ibrahimbakhsh/Library/Fonts/trado.otf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED));
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("تجربة نص عربي",f));
table.addCell(cell);
document.add(table);
// step 6
document.close();

For developers that need an straightforward solution
I used this trick and output is very clean and nice!
create a PDFPTable with 1 column
for every paragraph of your content, create a Paragraph object and set its alignment to Paragraph.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED (I don't know why but it causes to paragraph align to right of page!!!)
create a PDFPCell and remove its borders using setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER) and add the paragraph to cell
add the cell to the table
here is a code sample to your convenience.
public void main(){
/*
* create and initiate document
* */
// repeat this for all your paragraphs
PdfPTable pTable = new PdfPTable(1);
Paragraph paragraph = getCellParagraph();
paragraph.add("your RTL content");
PdfPCell cell = getPdfPCellNoBorder(paragraph);
pTable.addCell(cell);
// after add all your content
document.add(pTable);
}
private Paragraph getCellParagraph() {
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
// set other styles you need like custom font
return paragraph;
}
private PdfPCell getPdfPCellNoBorder(Paragraph paragraph) {
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
cell.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
cell.setPaddingBottom(8);
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
cell.addElement(paragraph);
return cell;
}