*How do I create the FDFDocument to import into the acroForm?*
PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
acroForm.setXFA(null);
acroForm.importFDF(FDFDocument arg0);
*The following is how I send the FDF content to browser currently.*
output.println("%FDF-1.2");
output.println("1 0 obj <<");
output.println("/FDF <<");
output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
output.println("/Fields[");
output.println("<</T(
FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
output.println("]");
output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
output.println(">>");
output.println("endobj");
output.println("trailer");
output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
output.println("%%EOF");
output.flush();
output.close();
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi Rajeev
>
> you should set the mime type to application/vnd.fdf.
>
> If you set the the NeedAppearances flag in AcroForm using PDFBox then
> Reader will generate the appearances for you when the document is opened.
> Might be an alternative to using FDF.
>
> BR
>
> Maruan
>
> Am 28.10.2014 um 15:33 schrieb Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am populating a PDF file by creating a FDF file and sending it to the
> > browser. The FDF file has the url of the PDF that it should open to fill
> > the data. The file opens fine inside the browser (inline), but when I
> want
> > to force it to open with acrobat reader, it just shows a white page in
> the
> > reader. Here is the relevant code.
> >
> > response.setContentType("application/pdf");
> > response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment;
> > filename=\"somefile.fdf\"");
> >
> > output.println("%FDF-1.2");
> > output.println("1 0 obj <<");
> > output.println("/FDF <<");
> > output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
> >
> > output.println("/Fields[");
> > output.println("<</T(FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
> > output.println("]");
> > output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
> > output.println(">>");
> > output.println("endobj");
> > output.println("trailer");
> > output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
> > output.println("%%EOF");
> >
> > output.flush();
> > output.close();
> >
> > Please let me know if I am missing something here. I implemented the PDF
> > form filling using both the PDFBox and the FDF approaches, but I am
> > experiencing some issues with the PDFBox.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rajeev.
>
>
