Hi Gilad, > Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <[email protected]>: > > Hi guys, > > This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex and > problematic one, I'm afraid... > I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it (a > single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have tried > doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in > various ways. > > Method 1: PDDocument importPage > I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing files. > The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the start...), > but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page with > the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is > null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat (see > "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in > Acrobat). > > Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by the > way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't it > possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new page?) > The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a selection > in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by > PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see "example2.pdf"). > > Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty > In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files instead > of adding one to the other. > Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the values > of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns the > default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even though > they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf"). > > Any help is appreciated…
Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging? BR Maruan > > Regards, Gilad. > > example1.pdf > <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web> > > example2.pdf > <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web> > > example3.pdf > <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
