Krishna G wrote:
Hello,
I have a windows application that fills the fields in
a pdf form. I am mimicking that using
field_merge.java and then use ListFields.java (Both
these java programs are obtained from
iText examples in Paulo Soares's website)
to view the filled in value and all the field
information associated with a field.
When I use the resulting pdf of field_merge.java as
ListFields input, it does not show any results.
When I try with some other sample pdfs it gives me the
output. Is it because of the
PdfStamper used in field_merge.java to write to pdf?
If so is there any other function which
does the same and give results when run with
ListFields?
ListFields isn't exactly the most recent code.
Let me give you a little update:
This is how you set the content of a field:
stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream("result.pdf));
form = stamper.getAcroFields();
form.setField("name", "Bruno");
stamper.close();
This is how you can read the content of this field:
reader = new PdfReader("result.pdf");
form = reader.getAcroFields();
System.out.println(form.getField("name"));
Note that:
AcroFields.Item item = form.getFieldItem("name");
gives you a lot more info on the characteristics
of the field! (But that's rather advanced stuff.)
My guess is that you have flattened the field,
using stamper.setFormFlattening(true);
This adds the CONTENT of the field to the
PDF document(in this case my first name) ,
but it removes the FIELD (the AcroForm
structure). When a form is flattened, it is no
longer a form; getAcroFields() will not give
you any information on the fields that were
filled in.
br,
Bruno
br,
Bruno
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