set_option("errorpolicy=return"); $p->set_option("searchpath={" . $searchpath . "}"); if ($p->begin_document($outfile, "") == 0) throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg()); $p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook"); $p->set_info("Title", $title); $font = $p->load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "winansi", "simplefont nosubsetting"); if ($font == 0) throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg()); /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Define a JavaScript script for entering the current date in the form * field "date" and supply it as the open action when starting the page * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * * First create an action of type JavaScript. With the "script" option * in the option list of the action define a JavaScript snippet which * displays the current date in the "date" text field in the format * "mm dd yyyy", e.g. "Apr 15 2020". */ $optlist = "script={var d = util.printd('mmm dd yyyy', new Date());\n" . "var date = this.getField('date');\ndate.value = d;}"; $show_date = $p->create_action("JavaScript", $optlist); /* In the second step create the page. In the option list supply * the "action" option which attaches the "show_date" action created * above to the page open event. */ $p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height action={open " . $show_date . "}"); /* --------------------------------- * Create the form text field "date" * --------------------------------- * * Create a form field of type "textfield" called "date" with a * background color of light blue and a black border. * Allow a maximum of 11 characters to be entered (maxchar=11). * The characters are not moved out of the field if the field size is * reached (scrollable=false). * Display equidistant subfields for each character (comb=true). */ $optlist = "backgroundcolor={lightblue} bordercolor={gray 0} " . "maxchar=11 scrollable=false font=" . $font . " fontsize=18"; $p->create_field($llx, $lly, $llx + $width, $lly + $height, "date", "textfield", $optlist); $lly-=40; $p->fit_textline("When opening the page the current date is " . "automatically displayed in the field.", $llx, $lly, "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12"); $p->end_page_ext(""); $p->end_document(""); $buf = $p->get_buffer(); $len = strlen($buf); header("Content-type: application/pdf"); header("Content-Length: $len"); header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=form_textfield_fill_with_js.pdf"); print $buf; } catch (PDFlibException $e) { echo("PDFlib exception occurred:\n". "[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() . ": " . $e->get_errmsg() . "\n"); exit(1); } catch (Throwable $e) { echo("PHP exception occurred: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n"); exit(1); } $p = 0; ?>