Hi,
> Am 08.04.2015 um 15:48 schrieb Milan Tomic <[email protected]>:
>
> Hi Maruan,
> Thank you very much for a quick response.
> Yes, I would like to search for default text in form fields and to replace it
> with mine text. Is it possible with PDFBox? If not, do you maybe know if it
> is possible with some other PDF java lib?
Yes, you can fill form fields with PDFBox
for W9 this would be something along the lines of (using PDFBox 1.8)
PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(new File("W9.pdf"));
PDAcroForm form = doc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm();
PDField field = form.getField("Name");
field.setValue("My New Name");
> Another file that I uploaded (fax.pdf) I believe doesn't contain form fields
> but some strings in it like "Pat Stumuller" are not possible to extract using
> PDFBox. Do you maybe know why? Is there maybe any workaround / solution?
for fax.pdf that's similar. The field you are looking for is called "To".
BR
Maruan
> Kind regards,Milan
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 3:25 PM, Maruan Sahyoun
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi
>
>> Am 08.04.2015 um 15:12 schrieb Milan Tomic <[email protected]>:
>>
>>
>> Here are files uploaded because email server seems to removed it:
>> http://www.filedropper.com/w9
>>
>> http://www.filedropper.com/fax_1
>> Kind regards,Milan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 2:58 PM, Milan Tomic
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am somehow new to PDF format of files and I don't understand its
>> structure. I am attaching 2 PDFs that I have problems with.
>
> the documents contain form fields
>
>
>> The problem is that I can not extract and replace data: person name or
>> company name. Some other text is possible to extract, like field
>> titles/descriptions.
>
> do you mean to extract/replace the text in the form fields or other text
> contained in the document
>
>> 1. Why is some data text "hidden" and not accessible?
>
> what do you mean by "hidden"
>
>> 2. Is there any way to transform PDF into "normal" PDF where each text is
>> accessible / parsable / replacable.
>> I am trying to search a PDF for a string and to replace it.
>
> PDF is a binary format - you can't do a simple search and replace.
>
>> Thank you in advance,Milan
>>
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