Now that I've done a bit more playing, here is what I've seemed to come across.
I can do the following:
public void processLetter2( String pdfLetter )
{
try
{
//-- create a new file, removing the directory /letters from the
file name
String sub = StringUtils.substringAfterLast( pdfLetter, "letters/"
);
//sub += strDate;
File file = new File( sub + PDF );
PdfReader reader1 = new PdfReader( pdfLetter + PDF );
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper( reader1, new FileOutputStream(
file ) );
stamper.setFullCompression();
AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields();
setFieldsBackgroundColor( form );
Name name= new Name();
name.setFirstName( "William" );
name.setLastName( "Turner" );
String fullname = formFirstLastName( name);
//form.setField( NAME_POSITION_1, fullname );
stamper.setFormFlattening( true );
stamper.setFullCompression();
stamper.close();
reader1.close();
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader( file.getName() );
Document document = new Document( reader.getPageSizeWithRotation( 1
) );
File file2 = new File( "TEST_" + file.getName() );
PdfCopy writer = new PdfCopy( document, new FileOutputStream( file2
) );
document.open();
for( int i = 1; i < reader.getNumberOfPages() + 1; i++ )
{
writer.addPage( writer.getImportedPage( reader, i ) );
}
writer.setFullCompression();
document.close();
reader.close();
//file.delete();
}
catch( Exception e )
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
This alone will make the new TEST_xxx.pdf 300K(as was the original PDF document
size). However, by simply commenting the line
// form.setField(...);
then
The newly created file is only 60K in size. I will point out that I am
re-creating a third copy of the file...because oddly enough in my testing and
playing around, I found the first file created is the same size, and simply
running this through PdfCopy appears to allow the final file to be quite small
by comparison. Again, simply setting a form field value doesn't allow the file
to be shrunk any...so what stupid thing do I just not see here?
Re: [iText-questions] PDF Form size From: Mark Storer <msto...@au...> -
2010-01-20 16:40
Attachments: HTML-Email.html
Show us your PDF. We'll poke around and see what we can see. You might be
building the
form inefficiently, in which case a code change on your end may produce similar
results.
Might not, too... but we can't tell unless we see a PDF.
--Mark Storer
Senior Software Engineer
Cardiff.com
#include <disclaimer>
typedef std::Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard;
-----Original Message-----
From: sean_pars...@bc... [mailto:sean_pars...@bc...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:35 AM
To: itext-questi...@li...
Subject: [iText-questions] PDF Form size
Is there any way to reduce the size of these files? The file I'm generating
winds up being
anywhere from 250 to 300K in size. I can open the file in Acrobat, and select
Optimize, and
it shrinks it to ~32K. Does iText have a way to do this that I'm missing?
I've set
writer.setFullCompression() and it helps, but only takes it from 300 to
270K(ish).
Thanks...
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