Change the content of a button
changebutton
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26804092/itext-button-resize-affects-label
* It will only work starting with iText 5.5.4
*/
package sandbox.acroforms;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.AcroFields;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PushbuttonField;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class ChangeButton {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello_button.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/acroforms/hello_button_changed.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws DocumentException, IOException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new ChangeButton().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws DocumentException, IOException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields();
PushbuttonField button = form.getNewPushbuttonFromField("Test");
Rectangle box = button.getBox();
box.setRight(box.getRight() + 72); // Increase width by 1"
button.setBox(box);
button.setText("Print Amended");
form.replacePushbuttonField("Test", button.getField());
stamper.close();
}
}
hidebutton
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38900816
*/
package sandbox.acroforms;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.AcroFields;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfAnnotation;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class HideButton {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello_button.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/acroforms/hello_button_hidden.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws DocumentException, IOException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new HideButton().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws DocumentException, IOException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields();
form.setFieldProperty("Test", "setflags", PdfAnnotation.FLAGS_HIDDEN, null);
stamper.close();
}
}