Problem fixed. The fix will be in the next release.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noah Mattern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 5:52 PM
Subject: [iText-questions] AcroFields error at
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.fill(AcroFields.java:99)
> A predecessor of mine used an old (acrobat 3) SDK to create an API which
> allows for fields to be placed on a PDF via a small GUI tool. Using
iText,
> I am unable to create an AcroFields object based on the fields created
with
> this tool. I have attached a sample PDF which has a single field
> (EVENT_DATE) which was added using the tool. The error seems to be deep
in
> the AcroFields class:
>
> Error: java.lang.Exception: Error during field operation:
> java.lang.Exception: Error getting AcroFields:
java.lang.ClassCastException
> java.lang.ClassCastException
> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.fill(AcroFields.java:99)
> at com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.<init>(AcroFields.java:75)
> at
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamperImp.getAcroFields(PdfStamperImp.java:305)
> at
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper.getAcroFields(PdfStamper.java:215)
> at AcroFieldTest.main(AcroFieldTest.java:57)
>
> The sample code below and the sample PDF attached (created via Acrobat4
and
> the API) can be used to replicate the error. I have several hundred PDFs
> that have between 5 and 50 fields which I am hoping to use iText on.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you
> Noah Mattern
> Enterprise Information Solutions
>
> <---- sample code ---->
>
> /*
> * AcroFieldTest.java
> *
> * Created on January 21, 2005, 9:46 AM
> */
>
> /**
> *
> * @author Noah Mattern
> */
>
> import java.util.*;
> import java.sql.*;
> import java.io.*;
>
> import com.lowagie.text.*;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
>
> public class AcroFieldTest {
>
> public static void main(String args[]) {
>
> try {
> byte[] pdfBytesOut = null;
> PdfReader reader = null;
> ByteArrayOutputStream pdfOutput = null;
> PdfStamper stamper = null;
> AcroFields form = null;
> HashMap fieldInfo = null;
> String tokenValue = "";
>
> System.out.println("Start");
>
> // a PDF made via old API (attached)
> String filename = "c:\\temp\\FormFieldsAPI.pdf";
>
> FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream( filename );
> int byteCount = inStream.available();
> byte[] pdfBytes = new byte[byteCount];
> inStream.read(pdfBytes, 0, byteCount);
>
> // read the PDF into an object
> reader = new PdfReader( pdfBytes );
>
> // make the output object
> pdfOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
>
> stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, pdfOutput);
>
> // create an AcroFields based on the fields on the form
> try {
> stamper.setFormFlattening(true);
> try{
> /******* THIS LINE FAILS *******/
> form = (AcroFields) stamper.getAcroFields();
> } catch( Exception e ){
> e.printStackTrace();
> throw new Exception( "Error getting AcroFields: " +
> e.toString() );
> }
>
> } catch( Exception e ){
> throw new Exception( "Error during field operation: " +
> e.toString() );
> }
>
> // close the stamper object
> try{
> stamper.close();
> }
> catch( Exception e ){
> System.out.println( "Unable to close the PdfStamper: " +
> e.toString() );
> }
>
> System.out.println("End");
>
> }
> catch( Exception e ) {
> System.out.println( "Error: " + e.toString() );
> }
> }
> }
>
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