PdfTemplate not visible

[ModdyLP]

Hello,

i have a Problem inserting a template in my document. If i add the template and print text in it at a later time, the text will be there but not visible. You can select the text with the mouse and copy it, but you cant see it. I have in total 2 templates on the document. The first template works like expected. Can you help me with that. The following are the Code snippets.

PdfContentByte cb = creator.getPdf().getDirectContent();
        PdfAppearance tpl = cb.createAppearance(100, 25);
        tpl.setWidth(celle.getWidth());
        tpl.setHeight(celle.getHeight());
        float x = creator.getDoc().getPageSize().getLeft(creator.getDoc().leftMargin()) + (45 * colnr);
        float y = creator.getDoc().getPageSize().getBottom(creator.getDoc().bottomMargin()) + (35 * rownr);
        cb.addTemplate(tpl,
                x,
                y);
        System.out.println("Template Inserted: "+x+" "+y);

Next:

template.beginText();
        template.setFontAndSize(BaseFont.createFont("Helvetica", BaseFont.WINANSI, false), 12);
        template.setColorFill(Color.BLACK);
        template.setTextMatrix(0, 0);
        template.showText("Bla: "+ (writer.getPageNumber() - 1));
        template.endText();
        template.sanityCheck();

[arnthom]

There was a bug with transparency (https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/pull/378), maybe in this case the color is set to transparent? Maybe you can step down to the PdfContentByte.setColorFill and see, if the alpha value is opaque or transparent.

[ThreeHmeng]

Hello @ModdyLP , our group are interested in this issue, and we will try to fix it. ---- SE_SUSTech, group: Lanrand

[asturio]

Can anybody check, if this still an issue. Maybe it was already fixed in #378 .

If not, pull requests are welcome.