If all you want is the form fields, you can go into each page's PdfDictionary
and chop out PdfName.CONTENTS and PdfName.RESOURCES. You'll want to do this in
PdfReader and then call removeUnusedObjects(). Only after you've yanked out
everything you don't want do you create a Stamper.
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(...)
int numPages = reader.getNumberOfPages();
for(int i = 1; i <= numPages; ++i) { // pages are 1-indexed
PdfDictionary pageDict = reader.getPageN( i );
pageDict.remove( PdfName.CONTENTS );
pageDict.remove( PdfName.RESOURCES );
}
reader.removeUnusedObjects(); // removes any orphaned images/fonts/etc
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper( reader, ... );
...
--Mark Storer
Senior Software Engineer
Cardiff.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smicky [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:01 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [iText-questions] How to remove the "background" of
> an Acroform
> with iText
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> To build an acroform, I started from an existing PDF and used
> Acrobat pro to
> put fields on it. The existing PDF is what I call here the
> "background" (not
> sure if there is a better terminology)
>
> For my projet I need to generate :
> - A PDF, flattened, with the fields filled with dynamic data:
> that's ok !
> - AA PDF, flattened, with ONLY the fields filled with dynamic
> data (i.e.
> WITHOUT the PDF "background") : is this possible in iText to
> remove the
> "background" of the PDF and keep only Acroform fields (and their
> position...)
>
>
> I thought I could copy the acroform and insert it on a blank
> pdf page or
> something but I'm not sure if it's possible or if there is a
> better way to
> do this.
>
> Thanks
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