Question regarding PdfAcroForm
- From: bruno <bruno (at) lowagie.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:01:19 +0200
Sawant, Ramdas (IT) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> <> I am a novice to itext. Not much work done. Please
> correct me where ever necessary.
>
> I want to create a form (like HTML form ) to enter the information and
> submit it to the server.
>
> <>First, is it possible?
Yes, but it's a lot of work because you have to position every field
(define coordinates).
> <> <>I have seen PdfAcroForm with methods like
> addHtmlPostButton(),addFormField(), etc. <>
> Is this the right approach, using PdfAcroForm, for my problem.
No.
You need to create a PdfFormField object and add it to a document
using PdfWriter.addAnnotation. To help you there are objects such
as PushbuttonField and TextField that make it easier to create the fields.
> <> <>In addition, i am facing a problem with getting an instance of
> PdfAcroForm.
That's not the way to go.
br,
Bruno
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