Hello,
the following code creates a PDF whose pages contain AcroForms filled in with
data extracted from a CSV file.
The forms' template was created with Acrobat Pro. It is landscaped (+90 degree
rotation).
I have the following issues:
- when I open each generated form in Acrobat, the fields look empty or contain
text which is lightly offset to the left and top (for instance, you can only
see the text's bottom).
If I click an "empty" field though, its contents appear.
- if I set the form's fields to read-only in my code, the text appears, but it
is vertical
How can I fix these issues?
Many thanks.
Philippe
void generatePdf(final List<TreeMap<String, String>> csvDataArrayList,
final File pdfTemplateFilePath,
final String pathToGeneratedPdfDirectory)
throws COSVisitorException, IOException
{
final File finalDocFilePath = new
File(pathToGeneratedPdfDirectory, "newPdf.pdf");
final PDDocument finalDoc = new PDDocument();
final List<PDField> finalDocFields = new ArrayList<PDField>();
int csvLineCounter = 0;
// Loop through CSV lines and retrieve each line's data
for (Map<String, String> pdfLineTreeMap : csvDataArrayList) {
// Retrieve template's catalog
final PDDocumentCatalog templateCatalog =
PDDocument.load(pdfTemplateFilePath).getDocumentCatalog();
// Retrieve its acroForm
final PDAcroForm templateAcroForm =
templateCatalog.getAcroForm();
// Get all template PDF's pages
final List<PDPage> templateCatalogPages =
templateCatalog.getAllPages();
// Get template document's first page
final PDPage templateFirstPage =
templateCatalogPages.get(0);
// Add first page to final doc with filled out fields
finalDoc.addPage(templateFirstPage);
// Loop through PDF field names in pdfLineTreeMap (this
map was previously
// created to store the CSV data; its keys are equal to
the
// PDF field names) and set their respective values in
PDF
for (String fieldName : pdfLineTreeMap.keySet()) {
final String fieldValue =
pdfLineTreeMap.get(fieldName);
// Try to retrieve the field in the template's
acroForm with the same name
// as the column in csvDataArrayList
final PDField pDField =
templateAcroForm.getField(fieldName);
// field with same name in CSV as in PDF was
found...
if (pDField != null) {
// Only circle non-empty insertion codes
if (fieldName.indexOf("INSERT") >= 0 &&
fieldValue != null && fieldValue.length() > 0) {
circleField(pDField,
templateFirstPage);
}
// add increment to it's partial name
pDField.setPartialName(fieldName +
Integer.toString(csvLineCounter));
pDField.setValue(fieldValue);
//pDField.setReadonly(true);
finalDocFields.add(pDField);
}
} // end for fieldName
// Page number is in templateAcroForm (but not in
pdfLineTreeMap)
final PDField pDPageField =
templateAcroForm.getField("pagenumber");
if (pDPageField != null) {
pDPageField.setPartialName("pagenumber" +
Integer.toString(csvLineCounter));
pDPageField.setValue(Integer.toString(csvLineCounter + 1));
//pDPageField.setReadonly(true);
finalDocFields.add(pDPageField);
}
// Stop at second CSV line for debugging !!!!!
if (csvLineCounter == 10) {
break;
}
++csvLineCounter;
} // end for CSV Lines
// Create new form in final document
final PDAcroForm finalDocAcroForm = new PDAcroForm(finalDoc);
// Set final document's form
finalDoc.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(finalDocAcroForm);
// Set form's fields
finalDocAcroForm.setFields(finalDocFields);
// Save final doc
finalDoc.save(finalDocFilePath);
finalDoc.close();
} // end generatePdf method
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