Changing the alignment of a field
This example was written in answer to the question Click How to align AcroFields?
alignfield
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.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.layout.properties.HorizontalAlignment;
import com.itextpdf.layout.properties.TextAlignment;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Map;
public class AlignField {
public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/acroforms/align_field.pdf";
public static final String SRC = "./src/main/resources/pdfs/subscribe.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new AlignField().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);
Map<String, PdfFormField> fields = form.getAllFormFields();
PdfFormField field = fields.get("personal.name");
field.setJustification(TextAlignment.LEFT);
field.setValue("Test");
field = fields.get("personal.loginname");
field.setJustification(TextAlignment.CENTER);
field.setValue("Test");
field = fields.get("personal.password");
field.setJustification(TextAlignment.RIGHT);
field.setValue("Test");
field = fields.get("personal.reason");
field.setValue("Test");
pdfDoc.close();
}
}
C#
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using iText.Forms;
using iText.Forms.Fields;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;
using iText.Layout.Properties;
namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Acroforms
{
public class AlignField
{
public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/acroforms/align_field.pdf";
public static readonly String SRC = "../../../resources/pdfs/subscribe.pdf";
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
file.Directory.Create();
new AlignField().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
{
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(SRC), new PdfWriter(dest));
PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);
IDictionary<String, PdfFormField> fields = form.GetAllFormFields();
PdfFormField field = fields["personal.name"];
field.SetJustification(TextAlignment.LEFT);
field.SetValue("Test");
field = fields["personal.loginname"];
field.SetJustification(TextAlignment.CENTER);
field.SetValue("Test");
field = fields["personal.password"];
field.SetJustification(TextAlignment.RIGHT);
field.SetValue("Test");
field = fields["personal.reason"];
field.SetValue("Test");
pdfDoc.Close();
}
}
}