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Posted to users@pdfbox.apache.org by Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com> on 2014/10/28 15:33:14 UTC
Force download of FDF file in Internet Explorer
Hi,
I am populating a PDF file by creating a FDF file and sending it to the
browser. The FDF file has the url of the PDF that it should open to fill
the data. The file opens fine inside the browser (inline), but when I want
to force it to open with acrobat reader, it just shows a white page in the
reader. Here is the relevant code.
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment;
filename=\"somefile.fdf\"");
output.println("%FDF-1.2");
output.println("1 0 obj <<");
output.println("/FDF <<");
output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
output.println("/Fields[");
output.println("<</T(FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
output.println("]");
output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
output.println(">>");
output.println("endobj");
output.println("trailer");
output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
output.println("%%EOF");
output.flush();
output.close();
Please let me know if I am missing something here. I implemented the PDF
form filling using both the PDFBox and the FDF approaches, but I am
experiencing some issues with the PDFBox.
Thanks,
Rajeev.
Re: Force download of FDF file in Internet Explorer
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
unfortunately there are currently several FDF related issues in PDFBox - maybe you hit one of these. Do you have to load an FDF or could you just do
PDField field = acroForm.getField("FieldName");
field.setValue("SampleValue");
BR
Maruan
Am 28.10.2014 um 18:56 schrieb Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>:
> I have no clue how to import FDF document into PDF using PDFBox. Here is
> what I tried, it just opens the pdf form with no data filled in.
>
> String targetDirectory=System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
> File fout = new File(targetDirectory+"/newfile.fdf");
> FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(fout);
>
> BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new
> OutputStreamWriter(fos));
>
> bw.write("%FDF-1.2");
> bw.write("1 0 obj <<");
> bw.write("/FDF <<");
> bw.write("/F(https://servername/abc.pdf)");
>
> bw.write("/Fields[");
> bw.write("<</T(FieldName)/V (Sample Value)>>");
> bw.write("]");
> bw.write(">>/Type/Catalog");
> bw.write(">>");
> bw.write("endobj");
> bw.write("trailer");
> bw.write("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
> bw.write("%%EOF");
> bw.close();
>
> FDFDocument fdfdoc=new FDFDocument();
> fdfdoc.load(new File(targetDirectory+"/newfile.fdf"));
>
> System.out.println("a:"+fdfdoc.getDocument().getCOSObject().toString());
>
> pdfDoc = PDDocument.load("https://servername/abcTemp.pdf");
> PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = pdfDoc.getDocumentCatalog();
> PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
> //acroForm.setXFA(null);
> acroForm.importFDF(fdfdoc);
>
>
> FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
> HttpServletResponse response = JSFUtil.getServletRespone();
> response.setContentType("application/pdf");
> response.addHeader("Content-Type",
> "application/force-download");
> response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
> filename=\"abc.pdf\"");
> ServletOutputStream outStream = response.getOutputStream();
> pdfDoc.save(outStream);
>
> facesContext.responseComplete();
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> *How do I create the FDFDocument to import into the acroForm?*
>>
>> PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
>> acroForm.setXFA(null);
>> acroForm.importFDF(FDFDocument arg0);
>>
>> *The following is how I send the FDF content to browser currently.*
>>
>>
>> output.println("%FDF-1.2");
>> output.println("1 0 obj <<");
>> output.println("/FDF <<");
>> output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
>>
>> output.println("/Fields[");
>> output.println("<</T(
>> FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
>> output.println("]");
>> output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
>> output.println(">>");
>> output.println("endobj");
>> output.println("trailer");
>> output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
>> output.println("%%EOF");
>>
>> output.flush();
>> output.close();
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rajeev
>>>
>>> you should set the mime type to application/vnd.fdf.
>>>
>>> If you set the the NeedAppearances flag in AcroForm using PDFBox then
>>> Reader will generate the appearances for you when the document is opened.
>>> Might be an alternative to using FDF.
>>>
>>> BR
>>>
>>> Maruan
>>>
>>> Am 28.10.2014 um 15:33 schrieb Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am populating a PDF file by creating a FDF file and sending it to the
>>>> browser. The FDF file has the url of the PDF that it should open to fill
>>>> the data. The file opens fine inside the browser (inline), but when I
>>> want
>>>> to force it to open with acrobat reader, it just shows a white page in
>>> the
>>>> reader. Here is the relevant code.
>>>>
>>>> response.setContentType("application/pdf");
>>>> response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment;
>>>> filename=\"somefile.fdf\"");
>>>>
>>>> output.println("%FDF-1.2");
>>>> output.println("1 0 obj <<");
>>>> output.println("/FDF <<");
>>>> output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
>>>>
>>>> output.println("/Fields[");
>>>> output.println("<</T(FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
>>>> output.println("]");
>>>> output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
>>>> output.println(">>");
>>>> output.println("endobj");
>>>> output.println("trailer");
>>>> output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
>>>> output.println("%%EOF");
>>>>
>>>> output.flush();
>>>> output.close();
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if I am missing something here. I implemented the PDF
>>>> form filling using both the PDFBox and the FDF approaches, but I am
>>>> experiencing some issues with the PDFBox.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rajeev.
>>>
>>>
>>
Re: Force download of FDF file in Internet Explorer
Posted by Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>.
I have no clue how to import FDF document into PDF using PDFBox. Here is
what I tried, it just opens the pdf form with no data filled in.
String targetDirectory=System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
File fout = new File(targetDirectory+"/newfile.fdf");
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(fout);
BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new
OutputStreamWriter(fos));
bw.write("%FDF-1.2");
bw.write("1 0 obj <<");
bw.write("/FDF <<");
bw.write("/F(https://servername/abc.pdf)");
bw.write("/Fields[");
bw.write("<</T(FieldName)/V (Sample Value)>>");
bw.write("]");
bw.write(">>/Type/Catalog");
bw.write(">>");
bw.write("endobj");
bw.write("trailer");
bw.write("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
bw.write("%%EOF");
bw.close();
FDFDocument fdfdoc=new FDFDocument();
fdfdoc.load(new File(targetDirectory+"/newfile.fdf"));
System.out.println("a:"+fdfdoc.getDocument().getCOSObject().toString());
pdfDoc = PDDocument.load("https://servername/abcTemp.pdf");
PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = pdfDoc.getDocumentCatalog();
PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
//acroForm.setXFA(null);
acroForm.importFDF(fdfdoc);
FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
HttpServletResponse response = JSFUtil.getServletRespone();
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
response.addHeader("Content-Type",
"application/force-download");
response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
filename=\"abc.pdf\"");
ServletOutputStream outStream = response.getOutputStream();
pdfDoc.save(outStream);
facesContext.responseComplete();
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> *How do I create the FDFDocument to import into the acroForm?*
>
> PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
> acroForm.setXFA(null);
> acroForm.importFDF(FDFDocument arg0);
>
> *The following is how I send the FDF content to browser currently.*
>
>
> output.println("%FDF-1.2");
> output.println("1 0 obj <<");
> output.println("/FDF <<");
> output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
>
> output.println("/Fields[");
> output.println("<</T(
> FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
> output.println("]");
> output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
> output.println(">>");
> output.println("endobj");
> output.println("trailer");
> output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
> output.println("%%EOF");
>
> output.flush();
> output.close();
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rajeev
>>
>> you should set the mime type to application/vnd.fdf.
>>
>> If you set the the NeedAppearances flag in AcroForm using PDFBox then
>> Reader will generate the appearances for you when the document is opened.
>> Might be an alternative to using FDF.
>>
>> BR
>>
>> Maruan
>>
>> Am 28.10.2014 um 15:33 schrieb Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am populating a PDF file by creating a FDF file and sending it to the
>> > browser. The FDF file has the url of the PDF that it should open to fill
>> > the data. The file opens fine inside the browser (inline), but when I
>> want
>> > to force it to open with acrobat reader, it just shows a white page in
>> the
>> > reader. Here is the relevant code.
>> >
>> > response.setContentType("application/pdf");
>> > response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment;
>> > filename=\"somefile.fdf\"");
>> >
>> > output.println("%FDF-1.2");
>> > output.println("1 0 obj <<");
>> > output.println("/FDF <<");
>> > output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
>> >
>> > output.println("/Fields[");
>> > output.println("<</T(FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
>> > output.println("]");
>> > output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
>> > output.println(">>");
>> > output.println("endobj");
>> > output.println("trailer");
>> > output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
>> > output.println("%%EOF");
>> >
>> > output.flush();
>> > output.close();
>> >
>> > Please let me know if I am missing something here. I implemented the PDF
>> > form filling using both the PDFBox and the FDF approaches, but I am
>> > experiencing some issues with the PDFBox.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Rajeev.
>>
>>
>
Re: Force download of FDF file in Internet Explorer
Posted by Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>.
*How do I create the FDFDocument to import into the acroForm?*
PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
acroForm.setXFA(null);
acroForm.importFDF(FDFDocument arg0);
*The following is how I send the FDF content to browser currently.*
output.println("%FDF-1.2");
output.println("1 0 obj <<");
output.println("/FDF <<");
output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
output.println("/Fields[");
output.println("<</T(
FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
output.println("]");
output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
output.println(">>");
output.println("endobj");
output.println("trailer");
output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
output.println("%%EOF");
output.flush();
output.close();
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> Hi Rajeev
>
> you should set the mime type to application/vnd.fdf.
>
> If you set the the NeedAppearances flag in AcroForm using PDFBox then
> Reader will generate the appearances for you when the document is opened.
> Might be an alternative to using FDF.
>
> BR
>
> Maruan
>
> Am 28.10.2014 um 15:33 schrieb Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am populating a PDF file by creating a FDF file and sending it to the
> > browser. The FDF file has the url of the PDF that it should open to fill
> > the data. The file opens fine inside the browser (inline), but when I
> want
> > to force it to open with acrobat reader, it just shows a white page in
> the
> > reader. Here is the relevant code.
> >
> > response.setContentType("application/pdf");
> > response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment;
> > filename=\"somefile.fdf\"");
> >
> > output.println("%FDF-1.2");
> > output.println("1 0 obj <<");
> > output.println("/FDF <<");
> > output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
> >
> > output.println("/Fields[");
> > output.println("<</T(FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
> > output.println("]");
> > output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
> > output.println(">>");
> > output.println("endobj");
> > output.println("trailer");
> > output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
> > output.println("%%EOF");
> >
> > output.flush();
> > output.close();
> >
> > Please let me know if I am missing something here. I implemented the PDF
> > form filling using both the PDFBox and the FDF approaches, but I am
> > experiencing some issues with the PDFBox.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rajeev.
>
>
Re: Force download of FDF file in Internet Explorer
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi Rajeev
you should set the mime type to application/vnd.fdf.
If you set the the NeedAppearances flag in AcroForm using PDFBox then Reader will generate the appearances for you when the document is opened. Might be an alternative to using FDF.
BR
Maruan
Am 28.10.2014 um 15:33 schrieb Rajeev Menon <ra...@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I am populating a PDF file by creating a FDF file and sending it to the
> browser. The FDF file has the url of the PDF that it should open to fill
> the data. The file opens fine inside the browser (inline), but when I want
> to force it to open with acrobat reader, it just shows a white page in the
> reader. Here is the relevant code.
>
> response.setContentType("application/pdf");
> response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment;
> filename=\"somefile.fdf\"");
>
> output.println("%FDF-1.2");
> output.println("1 0 obj <<");
> output.println("/FDF <<");
> output.println("/F(https://servername/sample.pdf)");
>
> output.println("/Fields[");
> output.println("<</T(FieldName1)/V (Hello World)>>");
> output.println("]");
> output.println(">>/Type/Catalog");
> output.println(">>");
> output.println("endobj");
> output.println("trailer");
> output.println("<</Root 1 0 R>>");
> output.println("%%EOF");
>
> output.flush();
> output.close();
>
> Please let me know if I am missing something here. I implemented the PDF
> form filling using both the PDFBox and the FDF approaches, but I am
> experiencing some issues with the PDFBox.
>
> Thanks,
> Rajeev.