You've managed to create an invalid pdf. Field support in iText is not very good, you have everything that is needed to create the fields but it's a bit low level and you have to pay attention to details. In this case you need to create a field with the value that will be the parent and you'll have a kid in each page with the widget.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter Soelter > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Same form-field names on different pages > > Hi everybody, > I'm trying to import a PDF File, populate it with form fields > and save the result. This works fine so far. > > But if there are fields with the same name on different > pages of the document, iText seems to get difficulties with > the fields on the following pages. > > If you open the resulting PDF with Acrobat (Reader) 5 and > try to TAB through the fields, Acrobat crashes with a GPF. > Acrobat 6 is a little smarter, but doens't display the > fields correctly. > > You can produce such a PDF with same named fields on different > pages with Acrobat 5 full version and it works fine. > In Acrobat (Reader) 6 they even implemented a new feature: > all fields with the same name are filled automatically with > the value of the changed field. > > Is this a kind of bug in iText? > I'm using the latest version (iText-paulo-136) from > http://itextpdf.sourceforge.net > > Any comments? > > Best regards, > Peter > > Here's some sample code. You need any PDF without AcroForm or > Fields as an > input. > > > public class FieldsonPages > { > > public static void main(String[] args) > { > String strInPDF = "D:/temp/without_fields.pdf"; > String strOutPDF = "D:/temp/with_fields.pdf"; > > System.out.println("Testing fields on different pages"); > PdfReader reader; > try > { > String strFeldName; > reader = new PdfReader(strInPDF); > FileOutputStream out = new > FileOutputStream(strOutPDF); > > Document document = new > Document(reader.getPageSize(1)); > PdfWriter aWriter = > PdfWriter.getInstance(document, out); > > document.open(); > int iPage; > for (iPage = 1; iPage <= > reader.getNumberOfPages(); ++iPage) > { > int iField = 0; > if (iPage != 1) { > > document.setPageSize(reader.getPageSize(1)); > document.newPage(); > } > > PdfContentByte cb = > aWriter.getDirectContent(); > > cb.addTemplate(aWriter.getImportedPage(reader, iPage), 0, 0); > > strFeldName = "Field_" + iField; > Rectangle aRect = new > Rectangle(100, 100, 350, 150); > TextField aTextField = new > TextField(aWriter, aRect, strFeldName); > aTextField.setBorderWidth(1); > aTextField.setBorderColor(Color.black); > > aWriter.addAnnotation(aTextField.getTextField()); > iField++; > > strFeldName = "Field_" + iField; > aRect = new Rectangle(100, 300, > 350, 350); > aTextField = new > TextField(aWriter, aRect, strFeldName); > aTextField.setBorderWidth(1); > aTextField.setBorderColor(Color.black); > > aWriter.addAnnotation(aTextField.getTextField()); > iField++; > } > > document.close(); > > } catch (IOException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } catch (DocumentException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > System.out.println("done"); > } > } > > -- > NEU: Bis zu 10 GB Speicher f�r e-mails & Dateien! > 1 GB bereits bei GMX FreeMail http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idP47&alloc_id808&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
