Maybe I should have explained better. If the document is signed adding more pages will break the signature, of course. If what you have is a signature field to be later signed then you don't need to remove it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Lucinda Zhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:14 PM > To: Paulo Soares; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] merge existing PDF with forms > > Thank you for your answers. > > Do you mean following the steps below I can keep the fields > (such as buttons, text field) in the final document, but > except of the signature field, it will become a red cross? > But why the signature field can't be correctly merged? Is it > reasonable or just iText doesn't support it currently? (I > don't know much about the complicated signature things) > > > Thanks, > Lucinda > > ________________________________ > > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon 4/11/2005 10:03 PM > To: Lucinda Zhu; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] merge existing PDF with forms > > > > Steps to do: > > - create the pdf with PdfWriter and save it (let's call it first) > - read the existing pdf (let's call it second) and remove the > signature > field, unless you want to keep it with a big red, invalid cross > - read the first pdf > - concatenate the two pdfs with PdfCopyFields > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Lucinda Zhu > > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:41 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [iText-questions] merge existing PDF with forms > > > > Hi, everyone, > > I want to generate a PDF file using iText. The final PDF file > > has two parts. The first part is some pages created using > > iText, then the second part is one page that is imported from > > an existing PDF file which has forms and digital signature. I > > use PdfReader to import the PDF. The final PDF file can > > successfully merge with the existing PDF, but the problem is > > all the forms and digital signature is missing. > > > > Is it possible for iText to merge an existing PDF with forms? > > If yes, could you please give me a hint? > > > > Thank you! > > Lucinda > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > > real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start > reading now. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=ick > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
