Custom Metadata entry
Example written in answer to Click How to add / delete / retrieve information from a PDF using a custom property?
custommetaentry
JAVA
JAVA
/*
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*/
package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.objects;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.layout.Document;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Paragraph;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
public class CustomMetaEntry {
public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/objects/custom_meta_entry.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new CustomMetaEntry().manipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws IOException {
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc);
pdfDoc.getDocumentInfo().setTitle("Some example");
// Add metadata to pdf document
pdfDoc.getDocumentInfo().setMoreInfo("MetadataName", "metadataValue");
Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Hello World");
doc.add(p);
doc.close();
}
}
C#
C#
using System.IO;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;
using iText.Layout;
using iText.Layout.Element;
namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Objects
{
public class CustomMetaEntry
{
public static readonly string DEST = "results/sandbox/objects/custom_meta_entry.pdf";
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
file.Directory.Create();
new CustomMetaEntry().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void ManipulatePdf(string dest)
{
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc);
pdfDoc.GetDocumentInfo().SetTitle("Some example");
// Add metadata to pdf document
pdfDoc.GetDocumentInfo().SetMoreInfo("MetadataName", "metadataValue");
Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Hello World");
doc.Add(p);
doc.Close();
}
}
}