-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi > > I have a requirement like this. I have a pdf with acro fields and > submit button. on adding/changing values in acro fields user will press > submit. this should call a webservice (WSDL call) and send the data as > an XML.
See Example 3 at http://segraves.tripod.com/index4.htm. This is an example, based on the SenderReceiver example in the book, in which a "Submit as XFDF" button has been added, among others. Here's the code that generated the "Submit as XFDF" button: PushbuttonField button3 = new PushbuttonField(writer, new Rectangle(325, 700, 425, 750), "Submit As XFDF"); button3.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLUE); button3.setText("XFDF"); button3.setOptions(PushbuttonField.VISIBLE_BUT_DOES_NOT_PRINT); PdfFormField submit3 = button3.getField(); submit3.setAction(PdfAction.createSubmitForm( "http://segraves.tripod.com/cgi-bin/xfdf_echo.pl";, null, PdfAction.SUBMIT_XFDF)); writer.addAnnotation(submit3); Now, recent versions of Adobe Reader do not support an Import Form Data action, so I used a Java Script to accomplish that. Here's the code for the corresponding button: PushbuttonField button8 = new PushbuttonField(writer, new Rectangle(325, 600, 425, 650), "Import XFDF"); button8.setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN); button8.setText("Import XFDF"); button8.setOptions(PushbuttonField.VISIBLE_BUT_DOES_NOT_PRINT); PdfFormField importxfdf = button8.getField(); importxfdf.setAction(PdfAction.javaScript("importAnXFDF('formdata.xfdf')", writer)); writer.addAnnotation(importxfdf); The server-side script for the "Submit" action, reads the submit data on STDIN and sends it back to the client browser on STDOUT. I used a Perl script, but if you don't have Perl available, you should be able to craft a pretty short script to accomplish the required action, using the default behavior of "cat". > I want to achieve this using iText 1.4.6. I tried to use > pdfAction.createSubmitForm() but can't get a proper idea to make it > through. > Why iText 1.4.6? See above for ideas. > pls. help me how to achieve this. is there a reference for this in > 'iText in Action' (though i searched and can't find something very > specific) Yes. See Chapter 15 in the book, as well as the documentation. Best regards, Bill Segraves ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Do you like iText? Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Or leave a tip: https://tipit.to/itexttipjar
