via FDF etc? On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:27 AM, Al Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> I assume the value of the fields in a form cannot be updated while the > form is open? > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Al Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah. That's pretty much what I plan to do. >> >> Just checking my method. >> >> Thanks. >> On 30/03/2016 8:43 pm, "Tilman Hausherr" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Am 30.03.2016 um 09:21 schrieb Al Grant: >>> >>>> Hi Tilman >>>> >>>> My bad. The form already exists. >>>> >>>> Is more about filling it out progmatically from the database. >>>> >>>> I can use any version of Pdfbox. >>>> >>> >>> Then get the field, and use setValue(). See e.g. the FillFormField >>> example in the source code download, or the SetField example. >>> >>> >>> // Retrieve an individual field and set it's value. >>> PDTextField field = (PDTextField) acroForm.getField( >>> "sampleField" ); >>> field.setValue("Text Entry"); >>> >>> // If a field is nested within the form tree a fully >>> qualified name >>> // might be provided to access the field. >>> field = (PDTextField) acroForm.getField( >>> "fieldsContainer.nestedSampleField" ); >>> field.setValue("Text Entry"); >>> >>> >>> Tilman >>> >>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Al >>>> On 30/03/2016 8:12 pm, "Tilman Hausherr" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 30.03.2016 um 08:57 schrieb Al Grant: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am looking for a way to get a PDF Form to be partly populated from a >>>>>> database. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is your question how to create a form dynamically, or how to fill an >>>>> existing form? What PDFBox version are you using? >>>>> >>>>> Tilman >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The database is propriety and I will scrape the data, then use PDFBox >>>>>> to >>>>>> generate a copy of the form with some of the fields filled out with >>>>>> the >>>>>> relevant information that was previously scraped. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone see any issues with this? >>>>>> >>>>>> The environment is XP, and it only has to work across a company LAN. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Al >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> > > > -- > "Beat it punk!" > - Clint Eastwood > > -- "Beat it punk!" - Clint Eastwood
