Use PdfCopyFields.
Paulo
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From: kpgraci [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [iText-questions] Acro Fields not copied to duplicate pages
I am merging several PDF files that each have acrofields on them. It works
when the PDFs are unique, that is, none of the pdfs are the same. If,
however, I try to merge two of the same pdf files the form fields only
appear on the last copy of the page.
So if I have a pdf file and I merge it to itself the acrofields will appear
on page 2 only and not on page 1 and 2 like they should. Page 1 is copied
but without the fields.
How can I fix that? I want the aerofields to appear on each page as in the
original documents. I assume then when data is entered on one it will
appear on the other...this may be the problem...I don;t know if that is
legal in a pdf file, having 2 of the same acrofield. In that case, I would
like to rename the fields so they can appear on both forms and not be linked
together - In fact, that's probably the best thing anyway.
So... 2 questions:
Q1: How to make the identical fields appear on each page of the merged copy
Q2: How to change the names of the fields during the merge so they are now
unique.
I can see uses for both of theses situations.
Thanks!
Here is the asp.vb code (not mine) I am using to combine multiple forms with
acrofields:
Like I said, it workks great if anyonw needs it, but does not create
duplicate acrofileds as desired.
Public Shared Function CombineMultiplePDFs(ByVal filenames() As String)
As Byte()
Dim doc As Document = Nothing
Dim writer As PdfCopy = Nothing
Dim myStream As New System.IO.MemoryStream()
For f As Int16 = 0 To filenames.Length - 1
If File.Exists(filenames(f)) Then
Dim reader As PdfReader = New PdfReader(filenames(f))
reader.ConsolidateNamedDestinations()
Dim n As Integer = reader.NumberOfPages
If f = 0 Then
doc = New Document(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1))
writer = New PdfCopy(doc, myStream)
doc.Open()
End If
For i As Int16 = 1 To n
If writer IsNot Nothing Then
Dim page As PdfImportedPage =
writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i)
writer.AddPage(page)
End If
Next
Dim form As PRAcroForm = reader.AcroForm
If form IsNot Nothing And writer IsNot Nothing Then
writer.CopyAcroForm(reader)
End If
Else
'error: file not found!
End If
Next f
If doc IsNot Nothing Then
doc.Close()
End If
Return myStream.ToArray
End Function
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