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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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    Authors: Apryse Software.

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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();
        }
    }
}
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