----- Original Message ----- From: "William Alexander Segraves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Post all your questions about iText here" <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Saturday, 14 July, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Populate forms that do not use Acro Fields
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "scott carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Saturday, 14 July, 2007 3:35 PM > Subject: [iText-questions] Populate forms that do not use Acro Fields > > > > I have a collection of forms that I need to automatically populate based > on > > data in our database. I have looked at the Register example on the site, > > and the example works great for forms that use Acro Fileds ( > > PdfStamper.getAcroFileds()). > > Yes, but the examples in the tutorial can only carry you so far. What you > really, really need to do if you wish to work with iText is purchase a copy > of the book _iText in Action_ (see the "Buy the eBook" link at > www.lowagie.com/iText). > > > I am running into several forms that do not > > return any fields using this approach that I need to find a way to > > populate. > > You should not expect to be able to populate fields that do not (yet) exist. > Burn this fact into your brain permanently. You'll be glad you did. > > > I am a beginner, so any help is greatly apprciated. One of the > > forms that I need to figure out how to populate but does not have a Acro > > fileds is found here -> > > https://www.pfizerhelpfulanswers.com/files/C2C_English.pdf . Anyone know > > how to do this? > > > > Yes. There are several examples in the book (see Chapters 2 and 15) and on > the book support site that will be helpful to you in your quest to convert > PDF forms (unfillable) into AcroForms (fillable). > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > You're very welcome! Reminders: (1) Buy the book. (2) You can't fill fields > that don't (yet) exist. 1. Have you bought the book? 2. To help you get started, you should look at the TextFields example in the Tutorial. Using this example as a guide, you should be able to write a class that will create all of the text fields that you need for your PDF form. 3. Now that you have an AcroForm (created in 2 above), you may wish to add content to the form. See the example HelloWorldStamper in Chapter 2 of the book for guidance on a way to add the C2C_English.pdf form as "under" content, like a watermark, to your AcroForm (created in 2 above). 4. Now that you've generated an AcroForm that looks like your original C2C_English.pdf form, you are ready to populate the fields. Remember: You cannot fill (populate) fields that do not (yet) exist. I hope this is helpful to you. Cheers, Bill Segraves ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
