Thanks for the reply.
I'm going to try and load the file and see if it looks in the classpath.
if that fails, i'll go with your approach.
BTW, the checkboxes work (something to do with how the AcroForm was
designed was the problem).
Cheers
Rakesh
Hicks, Shaun wrote:
You can definitely create it via a ByteArrayOutputStream. We're doing it
now from Tomcat for many different reports based on itext and JasperReports.
I just use a web.xml parameter to define the "home" for the PDFs and
reference it from the servlet generating the content.
Example:
(Inside the servlet code)
String pdfDir = session.getServletContext().getInitParameter("pdfDir");
(Inside the web.xml)
<servlet-name>pdf_download-key</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.example.websites.PdfDownload</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>pdfDir</param-name>
<param-value>/usr/local/netbeans-5.0/enterprise2/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9/temp</
param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
Should work in a similar fashion for other AppServers.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rakesh
Patel
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:11 AM
To: iText
Subject: [iText-questions] iText and AcroForms
Hi all,
trying to put it all the pieces together and generate pdfs in my web app
but have run into some issues:
1. Inserting text into the pdf works but setting the checkboxes doesn't.
I found a forum entry saying to set the checkbox to "1". Here's what I'm
doing:
form.setField("Frau", "1"); // Frau is a checkbox
any ideas?
2. Instead of creating a FileOutputStream to hold the merged pdf can i
just use a ByteArrayOutputStream?
3. I would like to reference the AcroForm pdf in a generic way and not
hard-code its location on the file system. What are my options? Shall i
put the pdf on the web site and load it using a url? Can i place it in
the classes directory and have it automatically picked up from there?
Thanks
Rakesh
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