Apache PDFBox 2.0 - Text is not shown in created PDF file

Question

I'm using the following method to create a PDF file:

private void createPdf() throws IOException {
    PDDocument doc = new PDDocument();
    PDPage page = new PDPage();
    doc.addPage(new PDPage());

    PDPageContentStream content = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);

    content.beginText();
    content.setFont(PDType1Font.HELVETICA, 26);
    content.showText("Example Text");
    content.endText();

    content.close();

    doc.save("report.pdf");
    doc.close();
}

It creates a new file with a white page, but no text is shown. What's wrong?

I use Apache PDFBox 2.0.7.

Vega, what @Tilman hints at is that you did not indicate any position for the text. Thus, it is drawn at (0,0) which in case of your code is in the lower left corner of the page. — mkl
– mkl, Commented Aug 5, 2017 at 14:14
I double-checked, but there is nothing on the page. Thanks for the hint. Any other ideas? — Vega180
– Vega180, Commented Aug 5, 2017 at 23:46

Tilman Hausherr · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-06 09:00:04Z

3

Change this code

PDPage page = new PDPage();
doc.addPage(new PDPage());

to this

PDPage page = new PDPage();
doc.addPage(page);

You made the mistake to add a new page with nothing. The operations you did were done on another object.

Your text should now be visible at the bottom of the page. (y = 0 is bottom in PDF)

answered Aug 6, 2017 at 9:00

Tilman Hausherr

19.2k8 gold badges66 silver badges108 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Apache PDFBox 2.0 - Text is not shown in created PDF file

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related