Hi guys, This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex and problematic one, I'm afraid... I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it (a single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have tried doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in various ways.
Method 1: PDDocument importPage I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing files. The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the start...), but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page with the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat (see "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in Acrobat). Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by the way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't it possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new page?) The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a selection in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see "example2.pdf"). Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files instead of adding one to the other. Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the values of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns the default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even though they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf"). Any help is appreciated... Regards, Gilad. example1.pdf <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web> example2.pdf <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web> example3.pdf <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web>
