Thanks for the examples, I added some text fields in my Word document using
Open Office, populated them using iText and flattened the document, it works
well. Working on fields with OO seems a bit sketchy, but at least I have a
proof of concept for that part.
I am struggling now with a PDF chart that I generated previously in a
separate document using iText. I need now to integrate it in my template, so
I created a big button, like in the example for the photos. But where do I
get the PdfTemplate object from here?
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(filename);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, out);
AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields();
HashMap<String,AcroFields.Item> fields = form.getFields();
System.out.println("Fields: " + fields);
Set<String> fieldnames = fields.keySet();
System.out.println("Field names: " + fieldnames);
form.setField("name", "Dave Matthews");
form.setField("school", "DMB");
form.setField("year", "2020");
form.setField("classname", "Music Class");
form.setField("classnumber", "101");
form.setField("students", "4");
PdfTemplate wagonwheelcharttemplate = new PdfTemplate(); *// no such
constructor, where do I get the PdfTemplate from?*
wagonwheelcharttemplate.showText("Wagon wheel chart"); // Just testing
PushbuttonField bt = form.getNewPushbuttonFromField("wagonwheelchart");
bt.setLayout(PushbuttonField.LAYOUT_ICON_ONLY);
bt.setProportionalIcon(false);
bt.setTemplate(wagonwheelcharttemplate);
form.replacePushbuttonField("wagonwheelchart", bt.getField());
stamper.setFormFlattening(true);
stamper.close();
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I noticed that some links need to be fixed in the page
http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=332
A few links to the java code are missing the '.java' extension, like in this
one:
"You will also need the helper class
AbstractAccreditation.java<http://1t3xt.info/examples/src/classroom/filmfestival_c/AbstractAccreditation>
:"
The examples also use the (probably) old package names com.lowagie, not
com.itextpdf
Thanks
Fred
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 17:11, 1T3XT info <i...@1t3xt.info> wrote:
> Fred Janon wrote:
> > The charts have fixed dimensions, but probably different size (in
> > bytes)
>
> Sorry, I wasn't clear.
> When I talked about size, I meant dimensions, not byte size.
> The idea is to put a placeholder in the PDF. I usually work
> with a button of which I replace the icon and then flatten
> the document.
>
> See for instance:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/results/classroom/filmfestival/movies22.pdf
> is the template used to create:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/results/classroom/filmfestival/movies22.pdf
> or its "flattened" version:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/results/classroom/filmfestival/movies23_2.pdf
>
> Source code available here:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=332
>
> > since the legend will change a bit from one chart to another. I
> > can fix the max length of the strings to replace, meaning I can put a
> > dummy string in the template of the max length, then I can pad the
> > strings when replacing them if necessary.
>
> Working with a dummy string isn't done in PDF.
> You'd better work with text fields for Strings.
> See the example mentioned above.
>
> > Would that work? How can I find the location of the strings to replace
> > in the template? Do I need a template that's a pdf form?
>
> Yes, you need a template that is a PDF form.
> You can create such a template with Open Office.
>
> This form was made by
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/resources/classroom/filmfestival/datasheet.pdf
> It's filled using this code:
> http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=330
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