Am 04.10.2014 um 13:38 schrieb andrew lee:
Hi Tilman;
Thanks for the advice. If you notice my attached file, the Account Number:
0123456789 location will be fixed on every report.
Does this mean PDFTextStripperByArea will be able to read it?
Yes
What if the [First Name], [Last Name] & [Address] is an editable field.
Will PDFBox be able to fill them will information that I obtain from a
database?
Don't know, because it might still look like a field. If you're mailing
the result, you don't want any lines.
Tilman
Thanks;
andrew
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
reading an area can be done with PDFTextStripperByArea, see in the source
code or in stackoverflow for examples. If you know where it is. If you
don't know where it is (e.g. invoice processing), then you'll have to guess
by the context.
Writing at a placeholder is more difficult. Better don't create the
placeholder at all, just find out the coordinates and draw your text.
https://pdfbox.apache.org/cookbook/documentcreation.html
Tilman
Am 04.10.2014 um 03:28 schrieb andrew lee:
Hi;
I have a pdf report as per attached file. It contains the following text.
Account Number: 0123456789
[First Name]
[Last Name]
[Address]
Using PDFBOX, can I read the Account Number value "0123456789" so that i
can cross check with my oracle database, select out the First Name, Last
Name and Address and finally fill it into the marker [First Name], [Last
Name] & [Address] in the PDF file. Btw i was told that i will be given an
editable pdf report. also
Kindly advice. tq
