Embed a signature image in word doc or in PDF doc

[Murali Narayanaswamy]

Hi,
I am capturing a signature image from a verifone device in a bmp format. The size of the image is 3KB. I want to embed the image in a word doc or in PDF doc where all the place holder of signature (X user_signature) is present in the document. In short I want to replace the user_signature with the signature captured in BMP format. Also the alignment of the document should not be altered.

I would greatly appreciate if any hints are given on this.

Thanks
Murali

[Ulf Dittmer]

You can't really change PDF documents in this way (without using Acrobat Professional, that is).

As for altering Word files, your best bet is the OpenOffice Java API (see http://faq.javaranch.com/java/AccessingFileFormats for some links). Not an easy task, though.

It would be easier to generate a document on-the-fly (esp. a PDF or RTF) than to alter an existing one.