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2007-10-01 - By Jamie Badman

Back
This works perfectly now - for the text fields - but fields containing
images still don't show. Nearly there though - any ideas on what might be
causing the images to stay hidden?

Cheers,

Jamie.

itext-questions-bounces@(protected) wrote on 28/09/2007
17:56:18:

> I suspect that the XML binding is not creating the appearances. You'll
> have to call AcroFields.regenerateField() for each field to recreate the
> appearances.
>
> Paulo
>
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: itext-questions-bounces@(protected)
> > [mailto:itext-questions-bounces@(protected)] On
> > Behalf Of Jamie Badman
> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:43 PM
> > To: Post all your questions about iText here
> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Concatenating Form Based V8 Documents
> >
> >
> > Cheers Paulo - here's what I'm trying now:
> >
> > try{
> > // Now flatten the PDF
> > flattenedDest = "flat_" + destination;
> > PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfDir +
> > "/" + destination);
> > PdfStamper stamper = new
> > PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(pdfDir + "/" +
> > flattenedDest));
> > stamper.setFormFlattening(true);
> > stamper.close();
> > } catch (Exception e){
> > System.out.println("Error flattening PDF");
> > }
> >
> > But this doesn't seem to do the trick - do I need to do more
> > than call setFormFlattening(true) ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jamie.
> >
> > -- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
> > Jamie Badman
> > Deutsche Bank
> > Information Enterprise Services
> > Cross Platform Engineering
> >
> > Office: +44 207 5457280
> >
> > itext-questions-bounces@(protected) wrote on
> > 28/09/2007 17:05:26:
> >
> > > Use PdfStamper first to flatten the docs, this will remove
> > the fields,
> > > leaving the field appearances, and will also remove the
> > XFA. Then, use
> > > PdfCopy to concatenate the PDFs.
> > >
> > > Paulo
> > >
> > > > -- --Original Message-- --
> > > > From: itext-questions-bounces@(protected)
> > > > [mailto:itext-questions-bounces@(protected)] On
> > > > Behalf Of Jamie Badman
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 4:57 PM
> > > > To: itext-questions@(protected)
> > > > Subject: [iText-questions] Concatenating Form Based V8 Documents
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Wonder if someone can help...
> > > >
> > > > I'm generating some individual PDF pages using Adobe
> > > > LiveCycle DS by creating template PDF files using LiveCycle
> > > > Designer and then binding an XML dataset to the document to
> > > > create a data-populated PDF.
> > > >
> > > > I then want to concatenate the pages together - but when I
> > > > try to do this using iText, only static text shows on each
> > > > page, except for the final page.
> > > >
> > > > I try merging the pages by hand using Acrobat and I get an
> > > > error that says "Adobe XML Forms Cannot be Merged". When I
> > > > use Acrobat to assemble the files into a PDF package,
> > it's all good.
> > > >
> > > > So I'm guessing that iText is having the same problem - that
> > > > it's trying to do a basic merging of the files but in fact I
> > > > need it to assemble a package...
> > > >
> > > > Can iText do this?
> > > >
> > > > I'm currently using pdfCopyFields to merge the files.
> > > >
> > > > Incidentally, when I look at the version of the resulting PDF
> > > > file that iText creates, it's PDF Version 1.4 (Acrobat V5).
> > > > The source files are PDF Version 1.7 (Acrobat V8). I tried
> > > > using the 'Version' parameter with pdfCopyFields, setting it
> > > > to '8' but it gets ignored - guess I'm doing that wrong!
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to somehow 'flatten' the individual PDF files
> > > > so that they are no longer form-based PDF's? I really don't
> > > > need them to be, once they have the data inside. If I could
> > > > do this, I think the problem is solved.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, to summarize... is iText able to accomplish the
> > > > concatenation I'm attempting? If so, how... if not then does
> > > > anyone have any thoughts on what other product I might try?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your time and patience ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Jamie.
>
>
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 This works perfectly now - for the text
fields - but fields containing images still don't show. Nearly there though
- any ideas on what might be causing the images to stay hidden?
 
 Cheers,
 
 Jamie.
 
 <tt>itext-questions-bounces@(protected) wrote
on 28/09/2007 17:56:18: 
 
> I suspect that the XML binding is not creating the appearances. You'll 
> have to call AcroFields.regenerateField() for each field to recreate
the 
> appearances. 
> 
> Paulo 
> 
> > -- --Original Message-- -- 
> > From: itext-questions-bounces@(protected) 
> > [mailto:itext-questions-bounces@(protected)] On 
> > Behalf Of Jamie Badman 
> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:43 PM 
> > To: Post all your questions about iText here 
> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Concatenating Form Based V8 Documents
 
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers Paulo - here's what I'm trying now: 
> > 
> >         try{ 
> >                  
  // Now flatten the PDF 
> >                  
  flattenedDest = "flat_" + destination; 
> >                  
  PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfDir + 
> > "/" + destination); 
> >                  
  PdfStamper stamper = new 
> > PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(pdfDir + "/"
+ 
> > flattenedDest)); 
> >                  
  stamper.setFormFlattening(true); 
> >                  
  stamper.close(); 
> >         } catch (Exception e){ 
> >                 System.out
.println("Error
flattening PDF"); 
> >         } 
> > 
> > But this doesn't seem to do the trick - do I need to do more
 
> > than call setFormFlattening(true) ? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > Jamie. 
> > 
> > -- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------ 
> > Jamie Badman 
> > Deutsche Bank 
> > Information Enterprise Services 
> > Cross Platform Engineering 
> > 
> > Office: +44 207 5457280 
> > 
> > itext-questions-bounces@(protected) wrote on 
> > 28/09/2007 17:05:26: 
> > 
> > > Use PdfStamper first to flatten the docs, this will remove
 
> > the fields, 
> > > leaving the field appearances, and will also remove the
 
> > XFA. Then, use 
> > > PdfCopy to concatenate the PDFs. 
> > > 
> > > Paulo 
> > > 
> > > > -- --Original Message-- -- 
> > > > From: itext-questions-bounces@(protected)
 
> > > > [mailto:itext-questions-bounces@(protected)]
On 
> > > > Behalf Of Jamie Badman 
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 4:57 PM 
> > > > To: itext-questions@(protected) 
> > > > Subject: [iText-questions] Concatenating Form Based
V8 Documents 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, 
> > > > 
> > > > Wonder if someone can help... 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm generating some individual PDF pages using Adobe
 
> > > > LiveCycle DS by creating template PDF files using LiveCycle
 
> > > > Designer and then binding an XML dataset to the document
to 
> > > > create a data-populated PDF. 
> > > > 
> > > > I then want to concatenate the pages together - but
when I 
> > > > try to do this using iText, only static text shows
on each 
> > > > page, except for the final page. 
> > > > 
> > > > I try merging the pages by hand using Acrobat and I
get an 
> > > > error that says "Adobe XML Forms Cannot be Merged&quot
;.
When I 
> > > > use Acrobat to assemble the files into a PDF package,
 
> > it's all good. 
> > > > 
> > > > So I'm guessing that iText is having the same problem
- that 
> > > > it's trying to do a basic merging of the files but
in fact I 
> > > > need it to assemble a package... 
> > > > 
> > > > Can iText do this? 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm currently using pdfCopyFields to merge the files.
 
> > > > 
> > > > Incidentally, when I look at the version of the resulting
PDF 
> > > > file that iText creates, it's PDF Version 1.4 (Acrobat
V5). 
> > > > The source files are PDF Version 1.7 (Acrobat V8).
I tried 
> > > > using the 'Version' parameter with pdfCopyFields, setting
it 
> > > > to '8' but it gets ignored - guess I'm doing that wrong!
 
> > > > 
> > > > Is it possible to somehow 'flatten' the individual
PDF files 
> > > > so that they are no longer form-based PDF's? I really
don't 
> > > > need them to be, once they have the data inside. If
I could 
> > > > do this, I think the problem is solved. 
> > > > 
> > > > Anyway, to summarize... is iText able to accomplish
the 
> > > > concatenation I'm attempting? If so, how... if not
then does 
> > > > anyone have any thoughts on what other product I might
try? 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for your time and patience ;-) 
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers, 
> > > > 
> > > > Jamie. 
> 
> 
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