[reportlab-users] Transparency

[Robin Becker]

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> Great - thanks a lot for implementing this!

> 

> It doesn't seem to work completely. The first problem is simple (stroke

> opacity in shapes is applied incorrectly - see the attached patch). The

> second problem is that opacity doesn't seem to work on String objects. I

> haven't tracked that one down yet.

> 


thanks for the patch it was cut 'n paste error bah :(

Not sure why string opacity shouldn't work; we're just setting an extended 
graphics state so it should apply to all fills/strokes etc etc. Of course text 
does have a separate kind of existence in PDF.

I have changed the original test in test_platypus_general.py to output some 
strings using canvas.drawString and the opacity stuff seems to work there at 
least in the acrobat viewer (see attached).

I suppose the String objects must be doing something special. The renderPDF 
drawString seems to use canvas beginText ...endText to draw the string, but that 
seems to be what canvas drawString does.



> Other than that, a simple test script seems to work, but it doesn't when

> incorporated into our application. I'll see if I can figure out what the

> problem is and let you know.


-- 
Robin Becker
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