questions.forms.FillEnabledFormBreakEnabling.java Source code

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/*
 * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie, author of the book
 * 'iText in Action' by Manning Publications (ISBN: 1932394796).
 * You can use this example as inspiration for your own applications.
 * The following license applies:
 * http://www.1t3xt.com/about/copyright/index.php?page=MIT
 */

package questions.forms;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper;

public class FillEnabledFormBreakEnabling {

    public static final String ENABLED_FORM = "resources/questions/forms/enabled_form.pdf";
    public static final String RESULT = "results/questions/forms/enabled_form_broken.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(ENABLED_FORM);
            PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));
            AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields();
            form.setField("form1[0].#subform[0].Body[0].EmployeeName[0]", "Bruno Lowagie");
            form.setField("form1[0].#subform[0].Body[0].Address[0]", "Ad. Baeyensstraat 121");
            form.setField("form1[0].#subform[0].Body[0].ZipCode[0]", "9040");
            form.setField("form1[0].#subform[0].Body[0].Comments[0]",
                    "The example FillEnabledForm shows how NOT to prefill a Reader Enabled form. "
                            + "Using this code snippet will lead to a Reader warning saying: \"This document "
                            + "contained certain rights to enable special features in Adobe Reader. The document "
                            + "has been changed since it was created and these rights are no longer valid. Please "
                            + "contact the author for the original version of this document.\" You could also "
                            + "search the examples on http://1t3xt.info/examples/ to find out the correct way "
                            + "to fill a Reader Enabled form using iText.");
            stamper.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (DocumentException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}