I've tried setting the XFA a few ways. First, I tried simply setting the
XFA with the original, but I assume that this does not work because I'm
working on the Document (xml) that is a copy and no longer associated with
the xfa:
...
* PDXFA xfa = acroForm.getXFA();*
* Document xmlDoc = xfa.getDocument();*
* Node xfaData = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("xfa:data").item(0);*
* setDataElements(xfaData, notesFields); // edit xml doc*
* acroForm.setXFA(xfa);*
...
Second, I tried creating a new xfa object by grabbing the original xfa
COSObject, though that seems the same as the first attempt.
...
* PDXFA newXfa = new PDXFA(xfa.getCOSObject());*
* acroForm.setXFA(newXfa);*
...
Now I'm wondering if I am supposed to work my way back up the object model,
after I set the XFA? something like:
*docCatalog.setAcroForm(acroForm);*
Or am I supposed to create a new XFA, then put my XML in a stream and get
it into the new XFA object somehow? (as described here for an older version
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24149361>) Or stop using the Document
class and go straight to the COS model with something like is suggested here
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10536334>?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:29 PM Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Am 23.10.2015 um 06:16 schrieb Tolen Miller <[email protected]>:
> >
> > Thank you for the response. Indeed I was unaware that xfa:data was just a
> > marker showing the start of the nodes that may contain data...
> >
> > After implementing the recursion Maruan suggeted, I am no longer seeing
> my
> > PDFs filled despite my sysout showing the code locating and updating the
> > values.
> >
> > In my implementation, I pass in a hashmap with field names and values
> from
> > my database. Then, if I find a node with a matching name, I set the value
> > of the xfa node:
> >
> > * public static void setDataElements(Node node, HashMap<String,
> String>
> > dbData) {*
> > * NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();*
> > * for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {*
> > * Node currentNode = nodeList.item(i);*
> > * if (currentNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE &&
> > currentNode.hasChildNodes()) {*
> > * //calls this method for all the children which is
> Element*
> > * setDataElements(currentNode, dbData);*
> > * } else {*
> > * currentNode.setNodeValue( dbData.get(
> > currentNode.getNodeName() ) );*
> > * System.out.println("Matching XML Field found: " + *
> > * currentNode.getNodeName() + *
> > * " Setting Value to: " + *
> > * dbData.get( currentNode.getNodeName() ));*
> > *// dbData.put(currentNode.getNodeName(),
> > currentNode.getNodeValue());*
> > * }*
> > * }*
> > * }*
> >
> > Do I then need to set the PDXFA with setXfa()? or should I just be able
> to
> > save the pdf after modifying the Document ( retrieved via
> > PDXFA.getDocument() ) and have the values show up?
>
> you need to setXfa() as the changes you've done are to the XML Document
> but not yet back in the PDF
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
> >
> > Link to test version of PDF <http://1drv.ms/1hREdXQ>
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:54 PM Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> Am 12.10.2015 um 00:46 schrieb Tolen Miller <[email protected]>:
> >>>
> >>> I'm using version 1.8.10 and had some great help in a previous thread
> >>> (subject: Cannot load pre existing PDF to access fields). I have been
> >> able
> >>> to successfully load a pre existing fill-able PDF (created in
> LiveCycle);
> >>> get a map of text fields from the getFieldNameList() method; then use a
> >>> comparison of the field name on the pdf and name of the database field
> to
> >>> map values onto the pdf.
> >>>
> >>> In the end of that thread, I mentioned my own trouble with also filling
> >> the
> >>> XFA portion of the form. In the end, I opted to rip out the XFA
> >> (acroForm.
> >>> setXFA(null);) in order to get the filled static PDF to display in
> >> Adobe's
> >>> products. I have been working on another project in the past few weeks,
> >> but
> >>> am again looking at filling the XFA. After looking at the PDXFA, I am
> >>> having trouble getting a similar map or list of text field names from
> the
> >>> XFA. This was my first attempt, but I'm not getting what I was
> expecting:
> >>
> >>
> >> would it be possible to upload a sample form to a public location to
> take
> >> a closer look?
> >>
> >>>
> >>> System.out.println("Setting up XFA");
> >>> PDXFA xfa = acroForm.getXFA();
> >>> Document xmlDoc = xfa.getDocument();
> >>> NodeList dataElements = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("xfa:data");
> >>> HashMap<String, Integer> xmlFields = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
> >>> if (dataElements != null) {
> >>> for (int i = 0; i < dataElements.getLength(); i++) {
> >>> xmlFields.put(dataElements.item(0).getNodeName(), i);
> >>> }
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>
> >> your need to recurse down into the nodes below xfa:data. Something like
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
> >> ParserConfigurationException, SAXException
> >> {
> >> PDDocument document = PDDocument.loadNonSeq(...);
> >> PDXFA xfa = document.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm().getXFA();
> >> Document xmlDoc = xfa.getDocument();
> >> Node xfaData = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("xfa:data").item(0);
> >> HashMap<String, String> xmlFields = new HashMap<String,
> String>();
> >>
> >> getDataElements(xfaData, xmlFields);
> >>
> >> System.out.println(xmlFields);
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> public static void getDataElements(Node node, HashMap<String, String>
> >> xmlFields) {
> >> NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
> >> for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
> >> Node currentNode = nodeList.item(i);
> >> if (currentNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE &&
> >> currentNode.hasChildNodes()) {
> >> //calls this method for all the children which is Element
> >> getDataElements(currentNode, xmlFields);
> >> } else {
> >> xmlFields.put(currentNode.getNodeName(),
> >> currentNode.getNodeValue());
> >> }
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >> It could also be that xfa:data is empty or doesn't have all fields e.g.
> >> for dynamic forms. To get the fields as designed you need to look into
> the
> >> template node and look for subform and field nodes. Things can get a
> little
> >> more complicated as there is a <traversal> and there might be a <bind>
> >> elements which tell you a little more about the structure of the form
> and
> >> the data binding of an element. <bind> is there if the data binding for
> the
> >> field is not done by matching the field name. A small snippet below
> >>
> >>
> >> <field h="6.35mm" name="txtOrderedByCompanyName" w="82.55mm"
> >> y="52.07mm">
> >> <ui>
> >> <textEdit>
> >> <border>
> >> <edge presence="hidden"/>
> >> <edge presence="hidden"/>
> >> <edge/>
> >> <edge presence="hidden"/>
> >> </border>
> >> <margin/>
> >> </textEdit>
> >> </ui>
> >> <font size="9pt" typeface="Myriad Pro"/>
> >> <margin bottomInset="0mm" leftInset="0mm" rightInset="0mm"
> >> topInset="0mm"/>
> >> <para marginLeft="0pt" vAlign="middle"/>
> >> <caption reserve="15.24mm">
> >> <para vAlign="middle"/>
> >> <value>
> >> <text>Company</text>
> >> </value>
> >> </caption>
> >> <traversal>
> >> <traverse ref="header[0].txtOrderedByAddress[0]"/>
> >> </traversal>
> >> <bind match="dataRef" ref="$.CompanyName"/>
> >> </field>
> >>
> >>
> >> BR
> >> Maruan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> My hope, after that code snippet, was to match on the String of the
> >>> xmlFields map with a field name from my db, then use the int as the
> >>> position of the dataElements list to set the text value (which would
> show
> >>> as the filled value in the pdf). Where have I gone wrong?
> >>
> >>
>
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