hihi all,
i searched the archives and found this thread which explains how to set
the document properties:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.lib.itext.general/13105/match=document+properties
i have tried to incorporate the code into mine (trial and error because
i still really don't understand the iText model/API), but it still does
not work.
everything else working. i have a pdf template with form fields. i
read in this template and set the values of these fields in my java
object. then i use the stamper to flatten the page. then i add each
page to the writer. then at the end, i close the document and pass
this document in the form of a byte array to the ServletOutputStream.
everything works beautifully and the user's browser is displays the pdf
file i created.
but after incorporating the code, when i save the pdf file locally and
then open it (or right-click to view the file properties), the document
properties tab information is still blank (author, title, subject,
etc..).
i must be missing something or not using the code properly. can anyone
please advise?
this is the basic structure of my code with the new part added between
the comments:
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("my_template.pdf");
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
PdfStamper stamp = new PdfStamper(reader, baos);
AcroFields form = stamp.getAcroFields();
form.setField("myfield", "hello");
// setting the document properties (begin):
PdfStream xmp = new PdfStream("xmptext".getBytes("UTF-8"));
xmp.put(PdfName.TYPE, PdfName.METADATA);
xmp.put(PdfName.SUBTYPE, new PdfName("XML"));
xmp.put(PdfName.AUTHOR, new PdfName("Me!"));
PdfIndirectReference ref =
writer.addToBody(xmp).getIndirectReference();
reader.getCatalog().put(PdfName.METADATA, ref);
// setting the document properties (end):
stamp.setFormFlattening(true);
stamp.close();
PdfReader tempRead = new PdfReader(baos.toByteArray());
writer.addPage(writer.getImportedPage(tempRead, 1));
doc.close();
in the end, i just want to be able to set the document property values
for things like title, author, subject, etc., so that they are seen
when right-clicking on the pdf file or viewing them from within Acrobat
reader (File/Document Properties).
any help is much appreciated! please and thanks!
woodchuck
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