Hi, I have uploaded the PDF file.

Thanks


Paulo Soares wrote:
> 
> Post a link to the PDF.
> 
> Paulo
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "sunny2607" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:20 AM
> Subject: [iText-questions] Trouble in attempting to change the field 
> properties using setFieldProperty() method.
> 
> 
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> My task at hand is to change the various field properties like
>> foreground color, back color, font name etc for the fields of an
>> existing pdf file.
>>
>> I understand that there is a method setFieldProperty(...) and
>> subsequently calling the regenerateField() method for doing the
>> same. This strategy is working fine but only for a pdf file that's
>> created using the iText api.
>>
>> If i attempt to do the same on an existing pdf created using
>> Acrobat Professional edition 6.0, setFieldProperty returns false
>> (as if the property name doesn't exist).
>> Below is a code snippet for doing the same :
>>
>> try {
>> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader
>> ("c://SamplePDF2.pdf");
>> PdfStamper stamp1 = new PdfStamper(reader, new
>> FileOutputStream("c://SamplePDF2Filled.pdf"));
>> AcroFields form1 = stamp1.getAcroFields();
>> boolean outcome = form1.setFieldProperty
>> ("pdfName","bgcolor",Color.yellow,null);
>> System.out.println(outcome);
>> form1.regenerateField("pdfName");
>> form1.setField("pdfName", "Aprajit");
>> form1.setField("pdfAge", "23");
>> stamp1.close();
>> }
>> catch (Exception de) {
>> de.printStackTrace();
>> }
>>
>> The field whose property i want to set is pdfName (which is the
>> name
>> of field in pdf generated using Acrobat) It is able to set the field
>> value, but unable to change the field property on an acrobat
>> generated form.
>>
>> Please let me know, if somebody could come with a solution.
>>
>> Thanks and Regards
>> Sunny
> 
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