Mega Code Archive
Combine the different PDFs with forms and fields into one
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import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.GrayColor;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfCopyFields;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.TextField;
public class HelloWorldCopyFields {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
createPdf("1.pdf", "field1", "value1.1");
createPdf("2.pdf", "field1", "value1.2");
createPdf("3.pdf", "field2", "value2");
PdfCopyFields copy = new PdfCopyFields(new FileOutputStream(
"CopyFields.pdf"));
copy.addDocument(new PdfReader("1.pdf"));
copy.addDocument(new PdfReader("2.pdf"));
copy.addDocument(new PdfReader("3.pdf"));
copy.close();
}
private static void createPdf(String filename, String field, String value)
throws Exception {
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(
filename));
document.open();
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.WINANSI,
BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
cb.beginText();
cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 12);
cb.moveText(36f, 788);
cb.showText("Hello");
cb.endText();
TextField tf = new TextField(writer, new Rectangle(67, 785, 340, 800),
field);
tf.setFontSize(12);
tf.setFont(bf);
tf.setText(value);
tf.setTextColor(new GrayColor(0.5f));
writer.addAnnotation(tf.getTextField());
document.close();
}
}
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