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Posted to dev@pdfbox.apache.org by Sundari <su...@yahoo.com> on 2014/04/14 17:33:13 UTC

Fwd: pdfbox question

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> Hello,
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>  
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> I am trying to see if I can use pdfbox for the following purpose:
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>  
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> 1)      I have a pdf template with some static information and
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> some fields which I have to fill in with the data from the database.
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> Can I use pdfbox to  take the template pdf and fill in the data in
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> the dynamic fields and create a new pdf file and print this newly created file?
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>  
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> Do you have any example code which does something similar?
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> Thanks
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> sundari

Re: pdfbox question

Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi,

you could take a look at https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/pdfbox/trunk/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/fdf/SetField.java for an example of how to set a field value.

BR
Maruan

Am 15.04.2014 um 17:06 schrieb Sundari <su...@yahoo.com>:

> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am trying to see if I can use pdfbox for the following purpose:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1)      I have a pdf template with some static information and
>>> 
>>> some fields which I have to fill in with the data from the database.
>>> 
>>> Can I use pdfbox to  take the template pdf and fill in the data in
>>> 
>>> the dynamic fields and create a new pdf file and print this newly created file?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Do you have any example code which does something similar?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> sundari


Fwd: pdfbox question

Posted by Sundari <su...@yahoo.com>.
>>  
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I am trying to see if I can use pdfbox for the following purpose:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 1)      I have a pdf template with some static information and
>> 
>> some fields which I have to fill in with the data from the database.
>> 
>> Can I use pdfbox to  take the template pdf and fill in the data in
>> 
>> the dynamic fields and create a new pdf file and print this newly created file?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Do you have any example code which does something similar?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> sundari