Re: pdfbox library ; Has anyone discovered how to add text fields to a pdf?
java, pdfbox
Solution
I had almost the same problem. I tried to add Fields to a existing document that includes a form. I came up with the following solution:
PDDocument doc = new PDDocument();
PDPage page = new PDPage();
doc.addPage(page);
PDAcroForm acroForm = new PDAcroForm(doc);
doc.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(acroForm);
COSDictionary cosDict = new COSDictionary();
COSArray rect = new COSArray();
rect.add(new COSFloat(250f)); // lower x boundary
rect.add(new COSFloat(75f)); // lower y boundary
rect.add(new COSFloat(500f)); // upper x boundary
rect.add(new COSFloat(125f)); // upper y boundary
cosDict.setItem(COSName.RECT, rect);
cosDict.setItem(COSName.FT, COSName.getPDFName("Tx")); // Field Type
cosDict.setItem(COSName.TYPE, COSName.ANNOT);
cosDict.setItem(COSName.SUBTYPE, COSName.getPDFName("Widget"));
cosDict.setItem(COSName.T, new COSString("yourFieldName"));
PDTextbox textField = new PDTextbox(acroForm, cosDict);
acroForm.getFields().add(textField);
page.getAnnotations().add(textField.getWidget());
I think the problem is that the widget doesn't write to the dictionary of the textField.
Problem
Trying to use pdfbox to create pdf with form fields that can be filled in by user or computer. So far my code looks like this: ``` PDDocument doc = new PDDDocument(); PDPage page = new PDPage(); doc.addPage(page) PDAcroForm = new PDAcroForm(doc) doc.documentCatalog.setAcroForm(acroForm) COSDictionary cosDict = new COSDictionary() PDTextbox textField = new PDTextbox(acroForm, cosDict) PDRectangle rect = new PDRectangle() rect.setLowerLeftX((float) 250) rect.setLowerLeftY((float) 125) rect.setUpperRightX((float) 500) rect.setUpperRightY((float) 75) textField.getWidget().setRectangle(rect) acroForm.getFields.add(textField) page.getAnnotations().add(textField) page.getAnnotations().add(textField.getWidget()) ```