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Hi Paulo,
Thanx for the reply. But i have found the solution for the problem from archieves.
The form was designed using designer 7.0 and i had to remove the XFA part from it.

Thanx anyways.
Regards,
Ravi Mukund Bhatt
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Mailto: ravi.bhatt (at) tcs.com
Website: http://www.tcs.com


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Post the PDF.

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----- Original Message -----
From: <ravi.bhatt (at) tcs.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 2:45 PM
Subject: [iText-questions] Filling Pdf Form Problem


> Hi,
>
> I need to create a new PDF from an existing PDF that contains PDF form. I
> need to fill the data into the form dynamically.
> The code creates a new PDF nicely. but when i open the new file with PDF
> reader ( i am using acrobat reader 7.0), i get the following error
>
> "Wrong type parameter supplied to a PDS procedure."
>
> After this error the document opens up with filled in data. Now, when i
> print the file, PDF reader crashes.
>
> I am using iText 1.4.
>
> The code that i am using is:-
>
>        /**
>         * Fills data into an existing pdf form.
>         * (at) param fileToRead The Pdf file to be filled.
>         * (at) param fileToWrite The Pdf file to be created.
>         * (at) param formData HashMap containing field names and values.
>         */
>        public static void fillPdfForm(String fileToRead,String
> fileToWrite,HashMap formData)
>        {
>                try
>                {
>                        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(fileToRead);
>                                PdfStamper stamp1 = new PdfStamper(reader,
> new FileOutputStream(fileToWrite));
> stamp1.setEncryption(true,null,null,PdfWriter.AllowPrinting);
>                               AcroFields form2=stamp1.getAcroFields();
>
>                                HashMap fields = form2.getFields();
>
>                                Set keys = formData.keySet();
>
>                                for(Iterator i
> =keys.iterator();i.hasNext();)
>                                {
>                                        String key = (String)i.next();
>                                        System.out.println("key =" + key);
>                                        if(fields.containsKey(key))
>                                        {
>                                                String value =
> (String)formData.get(key);
>                                                System.out.println("value
> =" + value);
> form2.setField(key,value,value);
>                                        }
>                                }
>                                stamp1.setFormFlattening(true);
>                                stamp1.close();
>                }
>                catch(Exception e)
>                {
>                        e.printStackTrace();
>                }
>        }
>
> Regards,
> Ravi Mukund Bhatt
> Tata Consultancy Services Limited
> Mailto: ravi.bhatt (at) tcs.com
> Website: http://www.tcs.com
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