Hi, just pass it with the line breaks within the string and make sure the multiline property for the field is set.
Maruan Am 14.10.2014 um 21:07 schrieb Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > I am using PDFBox to populate data on a PDF form (AcroForm). Here is a > sample code that I am using to fill the data on to the PDF. > > public void fillPDF(HashMap<String, String> mpData) { > try { > PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = pdfDoc.getDocumentCatalog(); > PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm(); > > Iterator<Entry<String, String>> itrData = > mpData.entrySet().iterator(); > while (itrData.hasNext()) { > Entry<String, String> entryData = itrData.next(); > PDField fldPD = acroForm.getField(entryData.getKey()); > if (fldPD!=null) { > fldPD.setValue(entryData.getValue()); > } > } > } catch (Exception e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > > } > > > If one of the strings is "First line \n Second line \n Third line", how do > I populate this text to the PDF so that each piece of text will be on a new > line in the field. Please advise. > > Thanks. > Reevs.
