How can I add a new AcroForm field to a PDF?

I have used iText to fill data into existing AcroForm fields in a PDF.

I am now looking for a solution to add new AcroForm fields to a PDF. Is this possible with iText? If so, how can I do this?

Posted on StackOverflow on Nov 30, 2014 by Peter

This is documented in the official documentation, more specifically in the SubmitForm example. Additionally, I've written a simple example called AddField. It adds a button field at a specific position defined by new Rectangle(36, 700, 36, 30). Here is the code adapted for iText 7:

##GITHUB:https://github.com/itext/i7js-book/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/book/part3/chapter09/Listing_09_06_SubmitForm.java##

As you can see, you need to create a PdfButtonFormField object and then use a PdfAcroForm instance to add the field.

Click this link if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5.