Post a link to the PDF. Paulo
----- Original Message ----- From: "sunny2607" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: [iText-questions] Trouble in attempting to change the field properties using setFieldProperty() method. > > Hi. > > My task at hand is to change the various field properties like > foreground color, back color, font name etc for the fields of an > existing pdf file. > > I understand that there is a method setFieldProperty(...) and > subsequently calling the regenerateField() method for doing the > same. This strategy is working fine but only for a pdf file that's > created using the iText api. > > If i attempt to do the same on an existing pdf created using > Acrobat Professional edition 6.0, setFieldProperty returns false > (as if the property name doesn't exist). > Below is a code snippet for doing the same : > > try { > PdfReader reader = new PdfReader > ("c://SamplePDF2.pdf"); > PdfStamper stamp1 = new PdfStamper(reader, new > FileOutputStream("c://SamplePDF2Filled.pdf")); > AcroFields form1 = stamp1.getAcroFields(); > boolean outcome = form1.setFieldProperty > ("pdfName","bgcolor",Color.yellow,null); > System.out.println(outcome); > form1.regenerateField("pdfName"); > form1.setField("pdfName", "Aprajit"); > form1.setField("pdfAge", "23"); > stamp1.close(); > } > catch (Exception de) { > de.printStackTrace(); > } > > The field whose property i want to set is pdfName (which is the > name > of field in pdf generated using Acrobat) It is able to set the field > value, but unable to change the field property on an acrobat > generated form. > > Please let me know, if somebody could come with a solution. > > Thanks and Regards > Sunny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
