Yes On 31/03/2016 6:35 am, "Tilman Hausherr" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 30.03.2016 um 19:27 schrieb Al Grant: > >> I assume the value of the fields in a form cannot be updated while the >> form >> is open? >> > > You mean, while the form is displayed in Adobe Reader? > > Tilman > > >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Al Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yeah. That's pretty much what I plan to do. >>> >>> Just checking my method. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> On 30/03/2016 8:43 pm, "Tilman Hausherr" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Am 30.03.2016 um 09:21 schrieb Al Grant: >>>> >>>> Hi Tilman >>>>> >>>>> My bad. The form already exists. >>>>> >>>>> Is more about filling it out progmatically from the database. >>>>> >>>>> I can use any version of Pdfbox. >>>>> >>>>> Then get the field, and use setValue(). See e.g. the FillFormField >>>> example in the source code download, or the SetField example. >>>> >>>> >>>> // Retrieve an individual field and set it's value. >>>> PDTextField field = (PDTextField) acroForm.getField( >>>> "sampleField" ); >>>> field.setValue("Text Entry"); >>>> >>>> // If a field is nested within the form tree a fully >>>> qualified name >>>> // might be provided to access the field. >>>> field = (PDTextField) acroForm.getField( >>>> "fieldsContainer.nestedSampleField" ); >>>> field.setValue("Text Entry"); >>>> >>>> >>>> Tilman >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Al >>>>> On 30/03/2016 8:12 pm, "Tilman Hausherr" <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Am 30.03.2016 um 08:57 schrieb Al Grant: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>>> I am looking for a way to get a PDF Form to be partly populated from >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> database. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is your question how to create a form dynamically, or how to fill an >>>>>>> >>>>>> existing form? What PDFBox version are you using? >>>>>> >>>>>> Tilman >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The database is propriety and I will scrape the data, then use PDFBox >>>>>> to >>>>>> >>>>>>> generate a copy of the form with some of the fields filled out with >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> relevant information that was previously scraped. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does anyone see any issues with this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The environment is XP, and it only has to work across a company LAN. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Al >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
