Hi,
> Am 26.04.2015 um 19:59 schrieb Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]>:
>
> Hi,
>
> 1.
> thanks for starting a new "clean" thread.
>
>
> 2.
> About the code: templateField0_null is null because you ask for
> templateAcroForm.getField("field"). However, a bit later in the code, you do
> this:
>
> templateField0.setPartialName("field-" + i);
>
> so the name is now "field-0".
>
> And then you do a second loop, and of course, you find nothing when searching
> for "field", because you changed your own field name.
>
> I think that what you thought you were doing, was that you were working on a
> copy. But no, you were altering the original field, and then add it a second
> time.
>
>
> 3.
> One thing adds to the confusion: this code I inserted
>
> System.out.println("templateField0_null: " + templateField0_null);
>
> prints "null" even if the variable isn't null. The toString() method of
> PDField is
>
> public String toString()
> {
> return "" + getDictionary().getDictionaryObject(COSName.V);
> }
>
> so it will show "null" if there is no value.
>
> @Maruan, are you reading here? We need something better there, maybe the
> field type and the value.
OK - will do tomorrow.
>
> Tilman
>
>
>
>
> Am 26.04.2015 um 18:02 schrieb Philippe de Rochambeau:
>>
>> Hi Tilman,
>>
>> I am creating a new thread.
>>
>> Here's the issues I am having with this code:
>>
>> - when I run the program, I get warning message stating that one of the
>> PDDocuments hasn't been closed properly, although I close all PDDocuments
>> - the templateField0_null field is null, although the "field" field exists
>> in the PDDocument’s acroForm
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> You don't have to answer my questions on a week-end.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>> public class App {
>>
>> final static File RESULT_FOLDER = new
>> File("/Users/philippe/Desktop/PDFBoxTests");
>> final static File TEMPLATE_FOLDER = new
>> File("/Users/philippe/Desktop/PDFBoxTests/Scribus");
>>
>> public static void main( String[] args ) {
>> new App();
>> }
>> public App() {
>> try {
>> testGeneratedTemplate();
>> } catch (COSVisitorException e) {
>>
>> e.printStackTrace();
>> } catch (IOException e) {
>>
>> e.printStackTrace();
>> }
>> }
>> public void testGeneratedTemplate() throws COSVisitorException,
>> IOException {
>> final byte[] generatedTemplate = generateSimpleTemplate();
>> final PDDocument templateDoc = new PDDocument().load(new
>> ByteArrayInputStream(generatedTemplate));
>> Files.write(new File(TEMPLATE_FOLDER, "template.pdf").toPath(),
>> generatedTemplate);
>>
>> final PDDocument finalDoc = new PDDocument();
>> final List<PDField> fields = new ArrayList<PDField>();
>> final int numberOfPages = 2;
>> final float inch = 72;
>> final float borderThickness = inch / 48f;
>> final float distanceFromField = inch / 2f;
>> for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPages; ++i) {
>> final PDDocumentCatalog templateDocCatalog =
>> templateDoc.getDocumentCatalog();
>> final PDAcroForm templateAcroForm =
>> templateDocCatalog.getAcroForm();
>>
>> List<PDField> templatePdfFields = templateAcroForm.getFields();
>> for (PDField field : templatePdfFields) {
>> System.out.println("fully qualified name = " +
>> field.getFullyQualifiedName());
>> System.out.println("alternate field name = " +
>> field.getAlternateFieldName());
>> System.out.println("partial name = " +
>> field.getPartialName());
>> }
>> final PDField templateField0_null =
>> templateAcroForm.getField("field");
>> final PDField templateField0 = templatePdfFields.get(0);
>> if (templateField0 != null) {
>> templateField0.setValue("xxx" + i);
>> templateField0.setPartialName("field-" + i);
>> templateField0.setReadonly(true);
>> final List<PDPage> pages = (List<PDPage>)
>> templateDocCatalog.getAllPages();
>> PDPage page = pages.get(0);
>> finalDoc.addPage(page);
>> fields.add(templateField0);
>> }
>> }
>>
>> final PDAcroForm finalForm = new PDAcroForm(finalDoc);
>> finalDoc.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(finalForm);
>> finalForm.setFields(fields);
>> finalDoc.save(new File(RESULT_FOLDER,
>> "form-two-templates.pdf"));
>> templateDoc.close();
>> finalDoc.close();
>> }
>> byte[] generateSimpleTemplate() throws IOException,
>> COSVisitorException {
>> PDDocument template = new PDDocument();
>> ByteArrayOutputStream resultStream = new
>> ByteArrayOutputStream() ;
>> final PDPage page = new
>> PDPage(PDPage.PAGE_SIZE_A4);
>> page.setRotation(90) ;
>> template.addPage(page);
>>
>> final PDType1Font font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
>>
>> // add a new AcroForm and add it to the document
>> final PDAcroForm acroForm = new PDAcroForm(template);
>> template.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(acroForm);
>>
>> // Add and set the resources and default appearance
>> final PDResources res = new PDResources();
>> final String fontName = res.addFont(font);
>> acroForm.setDefaultResources(res);
>>
>> final COSDictionary cosDict = new COSDictionary();
>>
>> final COSArray rect = new COSArray();
>> rect.add(new COSFloat(250f)); // lower x boundary
>> rect.add(new COSFloat(700f)); // lower y boundary
>> rect.add(new COSFloat(500f)); // upper x boundary
>> rect.add(new COSFloat(750f)); // upper y boundary
>>
>> cosDict.setItem(COSName.RECT, rect);
>> cosDict.setItem(COSName.FT, COSName.getPDFName("Tx")); // Field
>> Type
>> cosDict.setItem(COSName.TYPE, COSName.ANNOT);
>> cosDict.setItem(COSName.SUBTYPE, COSName.getPDFName("Widget"));
>> final String da = "/" + fontName + " 12 Tf 0 g";
>> cosDict.setItem(COSName.DA, new COSString(da));
>>
>> // add a form field to the form
>> final PDTextbox textBox = new PDTextbox(acroForm, cosDict);
>> textBox.setPartialName("field");
>> acroForm.getFields().add(textBox);
>>
>> // specify the annotation associated with the field
>> // and add it to the page
>> final PDAnnotationWidget widget = textBox.getWidget();
>> page.getAnnotations().add(widget);
>>
>> template.save(resultStream);
>> template.close();
>>
>> return resultStream.toByteArray();
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
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