Version 5.5.22

Overlay

since version 2.3.26

Overlays the first element with the following “positions”.

Child elements

A, Barcode, Box, Circle, Frame, Image, Position, Rule, Switch, Table, Textblock, Transformation

Parent elements

Case, ForAll, Loop, Otherwise, PlaceObject, Td, Until, While

Attributes

(none)

Example 

<PlaceObject>
  <Table>
    <Tr>
      <Td>
        <Overlay>
          <Image width="5" height="4" file="_samplea.pdf"/>
          <Position x="0" y="0">
            <Box width="2" height="2" background-color="white"/>
          </Position>
          <Position x="0" y="0">
            <Barcode select="'speedata'" type="QRCode" width="2" height="2"/>
          </Position>
        </Overlay>
      </Td>
      <Td>
        <Image file="_sampleb.pdf" width="5" height="4" clip="no"/>
      </Td>
    </Tr>
  </Table>
</PlaceObject>

which gives the following output

ref-overlay.png