Thanks Maruan So there is no way for Pdfbox to update a open pdf form?
The process would look like : 1.User opens form and starts to fill out in reader 2. Just gets to ID field and puts in ID number and a form button submits ID via html to listener application which gets name Address etc back from database 3. This information is then used to update the still open form. Step 3 seems to be the step from your previous answer that is not possible, unless there is a way with pdfbox? Cheers Al On 31/03/2016 8:41 am, "Maruan Sahyoun" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Am 30.03.2016 um 20:25 schrieb Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]>: > > > > Am 30.03.2016 um 20:21 schrieb Al Grant: > >> Yes > > > > Don't know / never observed this. The only thing I can think of is > related to "submit", I think this was discussed in an earlier answer. > > > > Tilman > > > >> On 31/03/2016 6:35 am, "Tilman Hausherr" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Am 30.03.2016 um 19:27 schrieb Al Grant: > >>> > >>>> I assume the value of the fields in a form cannot be updated while the > >>>> form > >>>> is open? > >>>> > > > I'm not sure why you'd like to do that - maybe you can explain that in a > little more detail. > > Options you have are instead of opening a PDF opening a FDF, XFDF or XDP > (XML Data Package, not to be confused with a LiveCycle Designer Form File > which is also called XDP!) containing the data and the form (or a link to > it). Adobe Reader will open the form and update the fields with the values > supplied in the data files. > > For 'real time' updates there is also an option but for that the Adobe > Reader must be run in a hosting environment such as a web browser. The you > can use a JavaScript Bridge between the hosting environment and the Adobe > Reader. E.g. your web browser could be connected to a web socket doing live > update between the browser and the socket with the browser in turn > forwarding the data to the PDF. The same way a user entry in the PDF could > be reflected back. > > All of that is not really related to PDFBox, which - as outlined before - > would populate the form with the data before it's opened by Adobe Reader. > > One thing to keep in mind is that the JavaScript Bridge is available in > Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat only which will limit your PDF viewer > options which may or may not be important for your application. > > BR > Maruan > > > >>> You mean, while the form is displayed in Adobe Reader? > >>> > >>> Tilman > >>> > >>> > >>>> 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] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> 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] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
