Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
new FileOutputStream("E:/TextFieldForm.pdf"));
document.open();
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
table.getDefaultCell().setPadding(5f); // Code 1
table.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
PdfPCell cell;
// Code 2, add name TextField
table.addCell("Name");
TextField nameField = new TextField(writer,
new Rectangle(0,0,200,10), "nameField");
nameField.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
nameField.setBorderColor(Color.BLACK);
nameField.setBorderWidth(1);
nameField.setBorderStyle(PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_SOLID);
nameField.setText("");
nameField.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
nameField.setOptions(TextField.REQUIRED);
cell = new PdfPCell();
cell.setMinimumHeight(10);
cell.setCellEvent(new FieldCell(nameField.getTextField(),
200, writer));
table.addCell(cell);
// force upper case javascript
writer.addJavaScript(
"var nameField = this.getField('nameField');" +
"nameField.setAction('Keystroke'," +
"'forceUpperCase()');" +
"" +
"function forceUpperCase(){" +
"if(!event.willCommit)event.change = " +
"event.change.toUpperCase();" +
"}");
// Code 3, add empty row
table.addCell("");
table.addCell("");
// Code 4, add age TextField
table.addCell("Age");
TextField ageComb = new TextField(writer, new Rectangle(0,
0, 30, 10), "ageField");
ageComb.setBorderColor(Color.BLACK);
ageComb.setBorderWidth(1);
ageComb.setBorderStyle(PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_SOLID);
ageComb.setText("12");
ageComb.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
ageComb.setMaxCharacterLength(2);
ageComb.setOptions(TextField.COMB |
TextField.DO_NOT_SCROLL);
cell = new PdfPCell();
cell.setMinimumHeight(10);
cell.setCellEvent(new FieldCell(ageComb.getTextField(),
30, writer));
table.addCell(cell);
// validate age javascript
writer.addJavaScript(
"var ageField = this.getField('ageField');" +
"ageField.setAction('Validate','checkAge()');" +
"function checkAge(){" +
"if(event.value < 12){" +
"app.alert('Warning! Applicant\\'s age can not" +
" be younger than 12.');" +
"event.value = 12;" +
"}}");
// add empty row
table.addCell("");
table.addCell("");
// Code 5, add age TextField
table.addCell("Comment");
TextField comment = new TextField(writer,
new Rectangle(0, 0,200, 100), "commentField");
comment.setBorderColor(Color.BLACK);
comment.setBorderWidth(1);
comment.setBorderStyle(PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_SOLID);
comment.setText("");
comment.setOptions(TextField.MULTILINE |
TextField.DO_NOT_SCROLL);
cell = new PdfPCell();
cell.setMinimumHeight(100);
cell.setCellEvent(new FieldCell(comment.getTextField(),
200, writer));
table.addCell(cell);
// check comment characters length javascript
writer.addJavaScript(
"var commentField = " +
"this.getField('commentField');" +
"commentField" +
".setAction('Keystroke','checkLength()');" +
"function checkLength(){" +
"if(!event.willCommit && " +
"event.value.length > 100){" +
"app.alert('Warning! Comment can not " +
"be more than 100 characters.');" +
"event.change = '';" +
"}}");
// add empty row
table.addCell("");
table.addCell("");
// Code 6, add submit button
PushbuttonField submitBtn = new PushbuttonField(writer,
new Rectangle(0, 0, 35, 15),"submitPOST");
submitBtn.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY);
submitBtn.
setBorderStyle(PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_BEVELED);
submitBtn.setText("POST");
submitBtn.setOptions(PushbuttonField.
VISIBLE_BUT_DOES_NOT_PRINT);
PdfFormField submitField = submitBtn.getField();
submitField.setAction(PdfAction
.createSubmitForm("",null, PdfAction.SUBMIT_HTML_FORMAT));
cell = new PdfPCell();
cell.setMinimumHeight(15);
cell.setCellEvent(new FieldCell(submitField, 35, writer));
table.addCell(cell);
// Code 7, add reset button
PushbuttonField resetBtn = new PushbuttonField(writer,
new Rectangle(0, 0, 35, 15), "reset");
resetBtn.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY);
resetBtn.setBorderStyle(
PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_BEVELED);
resetBtn.setText("RESET");
resetBtn
.setOptions(
PushbuttonField.VISIBLE_BUT_DOES_NOT_PRINT);
PdfFormField resetField = resetBtn.getField();
resetField.setAction(PdfAction.createResetForm(null, 0));
cell = new PdfPCell();
cell.setMinimumHeight(15);
cell.setCellEvent(new FieldCell(resetField, 35, writer));
table.addCell(cell);
document.add(table);
document.close();
}
class FieldCell implements PdfPCellEvent{
PdfFormField formField;
PdfWriter writer;
int width;
public FieldCell(PdfFormField formField, int width,
PdfWriter writer){
this.formField = formField;
this.width = width;
this.writer = writer;
}
public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle rect,
PdfContentByte[] canvas){
try{
// delete cell border
PdfContentByte cb = canvas[PdfPTable
.LINECANVAS];
cb.reset();
formField.setWidget(
new Rectangle(rect.left(),
rect.bottom(),
rect.left()+width,
rect.top()),
PdfAnnotation
.HIGHLIGHT_NONE);
writer.addAnnotation(formField);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}