Am 04.10.2014 um 15:20 schrieb Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]>:
> 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. if the field doesn’t define borders/lines around it there shouldn’t be any after filling the form fields BR Maruan > > 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 >>>> >>> >
