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Acrobat 8.1 (and equivalent version of LiveCycle Designer) NO LONGER
SUPPORTS the "mirroring" of XFA fields into AcroFields in dynamic
documents - which is why you can no longer use the method you've
chosen on dynamic documents.
You need to switch to using the XFA-native APIs.
Leonard
On Nov 10, 2007, at 12:23 AM, Scott Dunbar wrote:
> Paulo,
> Thanks for your help. Rather than clog the mailboxes of every
> iText mailing list user I put a sample at http://www.xigole.com/
> scott/itext/pdf1.7issue.zip to download (1.4Mb). This file
> contains roughly the source I'm using and shows that only Acrobat 8
> dynamic files have a problem but Acrobat 7 static and dynamic and
> Acrobat 8 static work.
>
> The file contains a sample XDP (my "source" data), 4 PDF's (7 and 8
> static and dynamic), the source code (single Java file) and a build
> file. Once built run either the batch or shell script to generate
> 4 different PDF's from the source PDF's. If there is anything I
> can do to assist this effort I would be happy to do so. I am
> reading the generated PDF with Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1 Professional.
>
> Thanks again for any help.
>
>
>
> Paulo Soares wrote:
>> I don't have Acrobat 8, so I can't know what's going on there. Plaese
>> post your pdf in version 7 and version 8 so that I can see the
>> differences.
>>
>> Paulo
>>
>>
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>>> From: itext-questions-bounces@(protected)
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>>> Behalf Of Scott Dunbar
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:49 PM
>>> To: Post all your questions about iText here
>>> Subject: [iText-questions] Pdf 1.7 and merging XFA data
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I've got a version 1.7 PDF that I'm trying to get the
>>> AcroFields out of,
>>> merge XFA data into it, and save it. If I save the PDF as an
>>> Acrobat 7
>>> (static or dynamic) PDF in LiveCycle Designer 8.0 I can merge
>>> fine. If
>>> I save it as an Acrobat 8 PDF the result from
>>> PdfStamper.getAcroFields()
>>> seems to be empty and my resulting PDF does not have the any of the
>>> fields filled in.
>>>
>>> Is this an existing limitation of iText and PDF version 1.7 or
>>> should
>>> the code look different? Thanks very much for any help.
>>>
>>> The code:
>>>
>>> // inputDataElement is the xfa:data element from an existing XDP
>>> file
>>>
>>> PdfReader inputReader = new PdfReader( "input.pdf" );
>>>
>>> File tempPdfFile = File.createTempFile( "sd", ".pdf" );
>>> FileOutputStream tempPdfOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(
>>> tempPdfFile );
>>> PdfStamper pdfStamper = new PdfStamper( inputReader,
>>> tempPdfOutputStream );
>>>
>>> AcroFields fields = pdfStamper.getAcroFields();
>>> fields.mergeXfaData( inputDataElement );
>>>
>>> pdfStamper.close();
>>> tempPdfOutputStream.close();
>>>
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<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line
-break: after-white-space; ">Acrobat 8.1 (and equivalent version of LiveCycle
Designer) NO LONGER SUPPORTS the "mirroring" of XFA fields into AcroFields in
dynamic documents - which is why you can no longer use the method you've chosen
on dynamic documents.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You
need to switch to using the XFA-native APIs.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block
-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Leonard</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 10, 2007, at 12
:23 AM, Scott Dunbar wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> Paulo,<BR> Thanks for your help.? Rather than clog the
mailboxes of every iText mailing list user I put a sample at <A class="moz-txt
-link-freetext" href="http://www.xigole.com/scott/itext/pdf1.7issue.zip">http:/
/www.xigole.com/scott/itext/pdf1.7issue.zip</A> to download (1.4Mb).? This file
contains roughly the source I'm using and shows that only Acrobat 8 dynamic
files have a problem but Acrobat 7 static and dynamic and Acrobat 8 static work
.<BR> <BR> The file contains a sample XDP (my "source" data), 4 PDF's (7 and 8
static and dynamic), the source code (single Java file) and a build file.? Once
built run either the batch or shell script to generate 4 different PDF's from
the source PDF's.? If there is anything I can do to assist this effort I would
be happy to do so.? I am reading the generated PDF with Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1
Professional.<BR> <BR> Thanks again for any help.<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> Paulo
Soares wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite="mid:2B48A868C102134F88BDCD68033EB6A3031DFD4A
@(protected)" type="cite"> <PRE wrap="">I don't have Acrobat 8, so I can
't know what's going on there. Plaese
post your pdf in version 7 and version 8 so that I can see the
differences.
Paulo
</PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <PRE wrap="">-- --Original Message-- --
From: <A class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:itext-questions-bounces
@(protected)">itext-questions-bounces@(protected)</A>
[<A class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:itext-questions-bounces@(protected)
.sourceforge.net">mailto:itext-questions-bounces@(protected)</A>] On
Behalf Of Scott Dunbar
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:49 PM
To: Post all your questions about iText here
Subject: [iText-questions] Pdf 1.7 and merging XFA data
Hello,
I've got a version 1.7 PDF that I'm trying to get the
AcroFields out of,
merge XFA data into it, and save it. If I save the PDF as an
Acrobat 7
(static or dynamic) PDF in LiveCycle Designer 8.0 I can merge
fine. If
I save it as an Acrobat 8 PDF the result from
PdfStamper.getAcroFields()
seems to be empty and my resulting PDF does not have the any of the
fields filled in.
Is this an existing limitation of iText and PDF version 1.7 or should
the code look different? Thanks very much for any help.
The code:
// inputDataElement is the xfa:data element from an existing XDP file
PdfReader inputReader = new PdfReader( "input.pdf" );
File tempPdfFile = File.createTempFile( "sd", ".pdf" );
FileOutputStream tempPdfOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(
tempPdfFile );
PdfStamper pdfStamper = new PdfStamper( inputReader,
tempPdfOutputStream );
AcroFields fields = pdfStamper.getAcroFields();
fields.mergeXfaData( inputDataElement );
pdfStamper.close();
tempPdfOutputStream.close();
</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE wrap="">Aviso Legal:
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engano, por favor envie-a de volta para o remetente e apague-a do seu sistema
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