We want to set the values of the fields a.1, a.2, a.3 which is used to calculate the field "total" and save the modified document in a new file.
Ricky -----Original Message----- From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:sahy...@fileaffairs.de] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 12:00 PM To: users@pdfbox.apache.org Subject: Re: how to set the field that is used in another calculated field Hi, > Am 18.04.2017 um 18:40 schrieb Baker, Ricky <ricky.ba...@ttu.edu>: > > > I am trying to understand how to use an existing editable pdf where fields > "a.1", "a.2" and "a.3" are used to calculate "total.1". I am able to setValue > but the name is not being set (a.1 is created as 1 etc) in the new pdf and > the "total.1" is not being changed. I have searched thru the examples but I > have not found anything similar to what I am attempting. I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to achieve. Is it that you'd like to set the values of the fields a.1, a.2, a.3 and total and save the modified document in a new file? > > PDDocument finalDoc = new PDDocument() > String formTemplate = "c:/test_input.pdf"; > > List<PDField> fields = new ArrayList<PDField>(); > > > PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(new File(formTemplate)); > PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = doc.getDocumentCatalog(); > > PDField field1 = acroForm.getField("a.1"); where is acroForm coming from? Hasn't been defined yet. > def x = field1.getPartialName() > field1.setValue('123.03') > > PDField field2 = acroForm.getField("a.2"); > field2.setValue('200.00') > > PDField field3 = acroForm.getField("a.3"); > field3.setValue('300.00') > > PDField field4 = acroForm.getField("total.1"); > field4.setValue('0') > > fields.add(field1); > fields.add(field2); > fields.add(field3); > fields.add(field4); > > PDAcroForm finalForm = new PDAcroForm(finalDoc); > finalDoc.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(finalForm); > finalForm.setFields(fields); are you trying to get the fields from yet another document and put them onto your template? … BR Maruan > > finalDoc.save(new File("c:/", "test-output.pdf")); > > > thanks > Ricky --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
