Multiline fields

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multilinefield

JAVA

/*
    This file is part of the iText (R) project.
    Copyright (c) 1998-2023 Apryse Group NV
    Authors: Apryse Software.

    For more information, please contact iText Software at this address:
    sales@itextpdf.com
 */
package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.acroforms;

import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormCreator;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.TextFormFieldBuilder;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.IRandomAccessSource;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.geom.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.RandomAccessSourceFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.forms.PdfAcroForm;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormField;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfTextFormField;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.ReaderProperties;

import java.io.File;

public class MultiLineField {
    public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/acroforms/multi_line_field.pdf";

    public static final String FIELD_NAME = "text";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();

        new MultiLineField().manipulatePdf(DEST);
    }

    protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {
        
        // createForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
        // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
        byte[] content = createForm();
        IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().createSource(content);
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
        PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

        form.getField(FIELD_NAME).setValue(
                "A B C D E F\nG H I J K L M N\nO P Q R S T U\r\nV W X Y Z\n\nAlphabet street");

        // If no fields have been explicitly included, then all fields are flattened.
        // Otherwise only the included fields are flattened.
        form.flattenFields();

        pdfDoc.close();
    }

    public byte[] createForm() {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
        Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 720, 108, 86);

        PdfTextFormField textFormField = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, FIELD_NAME)
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textFormField.setValue("text");

        // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
        // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
        textFormField.setMultiline(true);
        PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true).addField(textFormField);

        pdfDoc.close();

        return baos.toByteArray();
    }
}

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using iText.Forms;
using iText.Forms.Fields;
using iText.IO.Source;
using iText.Kernel.Geom;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;

namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Acroforms
{
    public class MultiLineField
    {
        public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/acroforms/multi_line_field.pdf";

        public static readonly String FIELD_NAME = "text";

        public static void Main(String[] args)
        {
            FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
            file.Directory.Create();

            new MultiLineField().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
        }

        protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
        {
            
            // createForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
            // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
            byte[] content = CreateForm();
            IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().CreateSource(content);
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

            form.GetField(FIELD_NAME)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F\nG H I J K L M N\nO P Q R S T U\r\nV W X Y Z\n\nAlphabet street");

            // If no fields have been explicitly included, then all fields are flattened.
            // Otherwise only the included fields are flattened.
            form.FlattenFields();

            pdfDoc.Close();
        }

        public virtual byte[] CreateForm()
        {
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
            Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 720, 108, 86);

            PdfTextFormField textFormField =
                new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, FIELD_NAME).SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textFormField.SetValue("text");

            // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
            // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
            textFormField.SetMultiline(true);
            PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true).AddField(textFormField);

            pdfDoc.Close();

            return baos.ToArray();
        }
    }
}

readonlyfield

JAVA

/*
    This file is part of the iText (R) project.
    Copyright (c) 1998-2023 Apryse Group NV
    Authors: Apryse Software.

    For more information, please contact iText Software at this address:
    sales@itextpdf.com
 */
package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.acroforms;

import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormCreator;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.TextFormFieldBuilder;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.IRandomAccessSource;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFont;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.geom.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.RandomAccessSourceFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.ReaderProperties;
import com.itextpdf.forms.PdfAcroForm;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormField;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfTextFormField;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ReadOnlyField {
    public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/acroforms/read_only_field.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();

        new ReadOnlyField().manipulatePdf(DEST);
    }

    protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {

        // createForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
        // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
        byte[] content = createForm();
        IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().createSource(content);
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
        PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

        form.getField("text")

                // Method sets the flag, specifying whether or not the field can be changed.
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        pdfDoc.close();
    }

    public byte[] createForm() throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
        PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.createFont();
        PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

        Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 770, 104, 36);
        PdfTextFormField textField = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField.setValue("text").setFont(font).setFontSize(20f);

        // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
        // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
        textField.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField);

        pdfDoc.close();

        return baos.toByteArray();
    }
}

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using iText.Forms;
using iText.Forms.Fields;
using iText.IO.Source;
using iText.Kernel.Font;
using iText.Kernel.Geom;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;

namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Acroforms
{
    public class ReadOnlyField
    {
        public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/acroforms/read_only_field.pdf";

        public static void Main(String[] args)
        {
            FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
            file.Directory.Create();

            new ReadOnlyField().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
        }

        protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
        {
            
            // CreateForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
            // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
            byte[] content = CreateForm();
            IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().CreateSource(content);
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

            form.GetField("text")

                // Method sets the flag, specifying whether or not the field can be changed.
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            pdfDoc.Close();
        }

        public byte[] CreateForm()
        {
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
            PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont();
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

            Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 770, 104, 36);
            PdfTextFormField textField = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text").SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField.SetValue("text").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(20f);

            // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
            // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
            textField.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField);

            pdfDoc.Close();

            return baos.ToArray();
        }
    }
}

readonlyfield2

JAVA

/*
    This file is part of the iText (R) project.
    Copyright (c) 1998-2023 Apryse Group NV
    Authors: Apryse Software.

    For more information, please contact iText Software at this address:
    sales@itextpdf.com
 */
package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.acroforms;

import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormCreator;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.TextFormFieldBuilder;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.IRandomAccessSource;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFont;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.geom.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.RandomAccessSourceFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.ReaderProperties;
import com.itextpdf.forms.PdfAcroForm;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfTextFormField;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ReadOnlyField2 {
    public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/acroforms/read_only_field2.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();

        new ReadOnlyField2().manipulatePdf(DEST);
    }

    protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {

        // createForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
        // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
        byte[] content = createForm();
        IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().createSource(content);
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
        PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

        form.getField("text1")

                // Method sets the flag, specifying whether or not the field can be changed.
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        form.getField("text2")
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        form.getField("text3")
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        form.getField("text4")
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        pdfDoc.close();
    }

    public byte[] createForm() throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
        PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.createFont();
        PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

        Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 770, 108, 36);
        PdfTextFormField textField1 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text1")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField1.setValue("text1").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);

        // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
        // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
        textField1.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField1);

        rect = new Rectangle(148, 770, 108, 36);
        PdfTextFormField textField2 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text2")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField2.setValue("text2").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);
        textField2.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField2);

        rect = new Rectangle(36, 724, 108, 36);
        PdfTextFormField textField3 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text3")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField3.setValue("text3").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);
        textField3.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField3);

        rect = new Rectangle(148, 727, 108, 33);
        PdfTextFormField textField4 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text4")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField4.setValue("text4").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);
        textField4.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField4);

        pdfDoc.close();

        return baos.toByteArray();
    }
}

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using iText.Forms;
using iText.Forms.Fields;
using iText.IO.Source;
using iText.Kernel.Font;
using iText.Kernel.Geom;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;

namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Acroforms
{
    public class ReadOnlyField2
    {
        public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/acroforms/read_only_field2.pdf";

        public static void Main(String[] args)
        {
            FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
            file.Directory.Create();

            new ReadOnlyField2().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
        }

        protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
        {
            
            // CreateForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
            // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
            byte[] content = CreateForm();
            IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().CreateSource(content);
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

            form.GetField("text1")

                // Method sets the flag, specifying whether or not the field can be changed.
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            form.GetField("text2")
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            form.GetField("text3")
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            form.GetField("text4")
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            pdfDoc.Close();
        }

        public byte[] CreateForm()
        {
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
            PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont();
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

            Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 770, 108, 36);
            PdfTextFormField textField1 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text1")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField1.SetValue("text1").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);

            // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
            // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
            textField1.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField1);

            rect = new Rectangle(148, 770, 108, 36);
            PdfTextFormField textField2 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text2")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField2.SetValue("text2").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);
            textField2.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField2);

            rect = new Rectangle(36, 724, 108, 36);
            PdfTextFormField textField3 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text3")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField3.SetValue("text3").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);
            textField3.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField3);

            rect = new Rectangle(148, 727, 108, 33);
            PdfTextFormField textField4 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text4")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField4.SetValue("text4").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);
            textField4.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField4);

            pdfDoc.Close();

            return baos.ToArray();
        }
    }
}

readonlyfield3

JAVA

/*
    This file is part of the iText (R) project.
    Copyright (c) 1998-2023 Apryse Group NV
    Authors: Apryse Software.

    For more information, please contact iText Software at this address:
    sales@itextpdf.com
 */
package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.acroforms;

import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormCreator;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.TextFormFieldBuilder;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.IRandomAccessSource;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFont;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.geom.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import com.itextpdf.io.source.RandomAccessSourceFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.ReaderProperties;
import com.itextpdf.forms.PdfAcroForm;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfFormField;
import com.itextpdf.forms.fields.PdfTextFormField;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ReadOnlyField3 {
    public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/acroforms/read_only_field3.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();

        new ReadOnlyField3().manipulatePdf(DEST);
    }

    protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {

        // createForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
        // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
        byte[] content = createForm();
        IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().createSource(content);
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
        PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

        //  Set a flag specifying whether to construct appearance streams and appearance dictionaries
        //  for all widget annotations in the document.
        form.setNeedAppearances(true);

        form.getField("text1")

                // Method sets the flag, specifying whether or not the field can be changed.
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        form.getField("text2")
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        form.getField("text3")
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        form.getField("text4")
                .setReadOnly(true)
                .setValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

        pdfDoc.close();
    }

    public byte[] createForm() throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
        PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.getAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);
        PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.createFont();

        Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 770, 108, 36);
        PdfTextFormField textField1 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text1")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField1.setValue("text1").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);

        // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
        // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
        textField1.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField1);

        rect = new Rectangle(148, 770, 108, 36);
        PdfTextFormField textField2 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text2")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField2.setValue("text2").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);
        textField2.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField2);

        rect = new Rectangle(36, 724, 108, 36);
        PdfTextFormField textField3 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text3")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField3.setValue("text3").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);
        textField3.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField3);

        rect = new Rectangle(148, 727, 108, 33);
        PdfTextFormField textField4 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text4")
                .setWidgetRectangle(rect).createText();
        textField4.setValue("text4").setFont(font).setFontSize(18f);
        textField4.setMultiline(true);
        form.addField(textField4);

        pdfDoc.close();

        return baos.toByteArray();
    }
}

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using iText.Forms;
using iText.Forms.Fields;
using iText.IO.Source;
using iText.Kernel.Font;
using iText.Kernel.Geom;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;

namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Acroforms
{
    public class ReadOnlyField3
    {
        public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/acroforms/read_only_field3.pdf";

        public static void Main(String[] args)
        {
            FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
            file.Directory.Create();

            new ReadOnlyField3().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
        }

        protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
        {
            
            // CreateForm() method creates a temporary document in the memory,
            // which then will be used as a source while writing to a real document
            byte[] content = CreateForm();
            IRandomAccessSource source = new RandomAccessSourceFactory().CreateSource(content);
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(source, new ReaderProperties()), new PdfWriter(dest));
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

            //  Set a flag specifying whether to construct appearance streams and appearance dictionaries
            //  for all widget annotations in the document.
            form.SetNeedAppearances(true);

            form.GetField("text1")

                // Method sets the flag, specifying whether or not the field can be changed.
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            form.GetField("text2")
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            form.GetField("text3")
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            form.GetField("text4")
                .SetReadOnly(true)
                .SetValue("A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z");

            pdfDoc.Close();
        }

        public byte[] CreateForm()
        {
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(baos));
            PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont();
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfFormCreator.GetAcroForm(pdfDoc, true);

            Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(36, 770, 108, 36);
            PdfTextFormField textField1 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text1")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField1.SetValue("text1").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);

            // Being set as true, the field can contain multiple lines of text;
            // if false, the field's text is restricted to a single line.
            textField1.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField1);

            rect = new Rectangle(148, 770, 108, 36);
            PdfTextFormField textField2 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text2")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField2.SetValue("text2").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);
            textField2.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField2);

            rect = new Rectangle(36, 724, 108, 36);
            PdfTextFormField textField3 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text3")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField3.SetValue("text3").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);
            textField3.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField3);

            rect = new Rectangle(148, 727, 108, 33);
            PdfTextFormField textField4 = new TextFormFieldBuilder(pdfDoc, "text4")
                .SetWidgetRectangle(rect).CreateText();
            textField4.SetValue("text4").SetFont(font).SetFontSize(18f);
            textField4.SetMultiline(true);
            form.AddField(textField4);

            pdfDoc.Close();

            return baos.ToArray();
        }
    }
}