Change the content of a button
changebutton
JAVA
JAVA
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package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.acroforms;
import com.itextpdf.forms.PdfAcroForm;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormCreator;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormField;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfArray;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfNumber;
import java.io.File;
public class ChangeButton {
public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/acroforms/change_button.pdf";
public static final String SRC = "./src/main/resources/pdfs/hello_button.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new ChangeButton().manipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(SRC), new PdfWriter(dest));
PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);
PdfFormField button = form.copyField("Test");
PdfArray rect = button.getWidgets().get(0).getRectangle();
// Increase value of the right coordinate (index 2 corresponds with right coordinate)
rect.set(2, new PdfNumber(rect.getAsNumber(2).floatValue() + 172));
button.setValue("Print Amended");
form.replaceField("Test", button);
pdfDoc.close();
}
}
C#
C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using iText.Forms;
using iText.Forms.Fields;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;
namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Acroforms
{
public class ChangeButton
{
public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/acroforms/change_button.pdf";
public static readonly String SRC = "../../../resources/pdfs/hello_button.pdf";
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
file.Directory.Create();
new ChangeButton().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
{
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(SRC), new PdfWriter(dest));
PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);
PdfFormField button = form.CopyField("Test");
PdfArray rect = button.GetWidgets()[0].GetRectangle();
// Increase value of the right coordinate (index 2 corresponds with right coordinate)
rect.Set(2, new PdfNumber(rect.GetAsNumber(2).FloatValue() + 172));
button.SetValue("Print Amended");
form.ReplaceField("Test", button);
pdfDoc.Close();
}
}
}