Thx Mauran. I didn't know that approach will work. I will try it. On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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] > <javascript:;>>: > > > 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. > >
