blocks/fill_converted_formfields
Output an imported PDF page with its Blocks filled with different personalized data.
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/*
* Fill converted form fields:
* Output an imported PDF page with its blocks being filled with different
* personalized data
*
* Import a PDF page whose form fields have been converted to blocks.
* Fill some blocks representing text fields, checkboxes and radio buttons
* appropriately.
*
* Required software: PPS 10
* Required data: PDF document containing blocks
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.blocks;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class fill_converted_formfields {
public static void main(String argv[]) {
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
/* By default annotations are also imported. In some cases this
* requires the Noto fonts for creating annotation appearance streams.
* We therefore set the searchpath to also point to the font directory.
*/
String fontpath = "../resource/font";
String outfile = "fill_converted_formfields.pdf";
String title = "Fill Converted Form Fields";
pdflib p = null;
double width, height;
String infile = "form_with_blocks.pdf";
int inpage, indoc;
String text_optlist;
int exitcode = 0;
/*
* The following blocks are contained in the imported page:
* "plane model" representing a text field "quantity" representing a
* text field "color" and "color_1" representing two radio buttons
* "perforation" and "glossy" representing two checkboxes
*/
try {
p = new pdflib();
p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}");
p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}");
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
p.set_option("errorpolicy=return");
if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title);
/* Open a PDF containing blocks */
indoc = p.open_pdi_document(infile, "");
if (indoc == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Open the first page */
inpage = p.open_pdi_page(indoc, 1, "");
if (inpage == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Get the width and height of the imported page */
width = p.pcos_get_number(indoc, "pages[0]/width");
height = p.pcos_get_number(indoc, "pages[0]/height");
/* Start the output page with the size given by the imported page */
p.begin_page_ext(width, height, "");
/* Place the imported page on the output page */
p.fit_pdi_page(inpage, 0, 0, "");
/* Fill the "plane model" block with some text */
if (p.fill_textblock(inpage, "plane model", "Long Distance Glider", "") == -1)
System.err.println("Warning: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Fill the "quantity" text block with a quantity of 1 */
if (p.fill_textblock(inpage, "quantity", "1", "") == -1)
System.err.println("Warning: " + p.get_errmsg());
/*
* Fill the "color" block (representing a radiobutton) with a
* circle. The circle is supplied as "l". The encoding "builtin"
* will retrieve the circle symbol from the encoding which is
* integrated in the ZapfDingbats font. The following symbols are
* represented by the respective characters in the ZapfDingbats
* font: Check=4, Circle=1, Cross=8, Diamond=u, Square=n, Star=H
*/
text_optlist =
"fontname=ZapfDingbats encoding=builtin position=center";
if (p.fill_textblock(inpage, "color", "l", text_optlist) == -1)
System.err.println("Warning: " + p.get_errmsg());
/*
* Fill the "color_1" block (for a radiobutton) with a space.
* Otherwise, the border of the block representing the empty check
* box would not be shown in the output document.
*/
text_optlist =
"fontname=ZapfDingbats encoding=builtin position=center";
if (p.fill_textblock(inpage, "color_1", " ", text_optlist) == -1)
System.err.println("Warning: " + p.get_errmsg());
/*
* Fill the "perforation" block (for a checkbox) with a check mark
* encoded in Unicode.
*/
text_optlist = "fontname=ZapfDingbats encoding=unicode fontsize=12 position=center";
if (p.fill_textblock(inpage, "perforation", "\u2714", text_optlist)
== -1)
System.err.println("Warning: " + p.get_errmsg());
/*
* Fill the "glossy" block (for a checkbox) with a space. Otherwise,
* the border of the block representing the empty check box would
* not be shown in the output document.
*/
text_optlist = "fontname=ZapfDingbats encoding=unicode fontsize=12 position=center";
if (p.fill_textblock(inpage, "glossy", " ", text_optlist) == -1)
System.err.println("Warning: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.end_page_ext("");
p.close_pdi_page(inpage);
p.end_document("");
p.close_pdi_document(indoc);
}
catch (PDFlibException e) {
System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:");
System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
": " + e.get_errmsg());
exitcode = 1;
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e.toString());
exitcode = 1;
}
finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
System.exit(exitcode);
}
}
}