By the way, the next version will take care of this and other problems both in PdfWriter and PdfStamper.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paulo Soares > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 12:44 PM > To: Peter Soelter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Same form-field names on > different pages > > 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"); > > } > > } ------------------------------------------------------- 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
