GetFieldIterator($name); for ($counter = 0; $itr->HasNext(); $itr = $doc->GetFieldIterator($name), ++$counter) { $f = $itr->Current(); $f->Rename($name.$counter); } } // Note: The visual appearance of check-marks and radio-buttons in PDF documents is // not limited to CheckStyle-s. It is possible to create a visual appearance using // arbitrary glyph, text, raster image, or path object. Although most PDF producers // limit the options to the above 'standard' styles, using PDFNet you can generate // arbitrary appearances. function CreateCheckmarkAppearance($doc) { // Create a checkmark appearance stream ------------------------------------ $build = new ElementBuilder(); $writer = new ElementWriter(); $writer->Begin($doc->GetSDFDoc()); $writer->WriteElement($build->CreateTextBegin()); $symbol = "4"; # other options are circle ("l"), diamond ("H"), cross ("\x35") # See section D.4 "ZapfDingbats Set and Encoding" in PDF Reference Manual for # the complete graphical map for ZapfDingbats font. $checkmark = $build->CreateTextRun($symbol, Font::Create($doc->GetSDFDoc(), Font::e_zapf_dingbats), 1.0); $writer->WriteElement($checkmark); $writer->WriteElement($build->CreateTextEnd()); $stm = $writer->End(); $stm->PutRect("BBox", -0.2, -0.2, 1.0, 1.0); // Clip $stm->PutName("Subtype", "Form"); return $stm; } function CreateButtonAppearance($doc, $button_down) { // Create a button appearance stream ------------------------------------ $build = new ElementBuilder(); $writer = new ElementWriter(); $writer->Begin($doc->GetSDFDoc()); // Draw background $element = $build->CreateRect(0, 0, 101, 37); $element->SetPathFill(true); $element->SetPathStroke(false); $element->GetGState()->SetFillColorSpace(ColorSpace::CreateDeviceGray()); $element->GetGState()->SetFillColor(new ColorPt(0.75)); $writer->WriteElement($element); // Draw 'Submit' text $writer->WriteElement($build->CreateTextBegin()); $text = "Submit"; $element = $build->CreateTextRun($text, Font::Create($doc->GetSDFDoc(), Font::e_helvetica_bold), 12.0); $element->GetGState()->SetFillColor(new ColorPt(0.0)); if ($button_down) $element->SetTextMatrix(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 33.0, 10.0); else $element->SetTextMatrix(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 30.0, 13.0); $writer->WriteElement($element); $writer->WriteElement($build->CreateTextEnd()); $stm = $writer->End(); // Set the bounding box $stm->PutRect("BBox", 0, 0, 101, 37); $stm->PutName("Subtype","Form"); return $stm; } PDFNet::Initialize(); //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Example 1: Programatically create new Form Fields and Widget Annotations. //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $doc = new PDFDoc(); $blank_page = $doc->PageCreate(); // Create a blank new page and add some form fields. // Create new fields. $emp_first_name = $doc->FieldCreate("employee.name.first", Field::e_text, "John", ""); $emp_last_name = $doc->FieldCreate("employee.name.last", Field::e_text, "Doe", ""); $emp_last_check1 = $doc->FieldCreate("employee.name.check1", Field::e_check, "Yes", ""); $submit = $doc->FieldCreate("submit", Field::e_button); // Create page annotations for the above fields. // Create text annotations $annot1 = Widget::Create($doc->GetSDFDoc(), new Rect(50.0, 550.0, 350.0, 600.0), $emp_first_name); $annot2 = Widget::Create($doc->GetSDFDoc(), new Rect(50.0, 450.0, 350.0, 500.0), $emp_last_name); // Create a check-box annotation $annot3 = Widget::Create($doc->GetSDFDoc(), new Rect(64.0, 356.0, 120.0, 410.0), $emp_last_check1); // Set the annotation appearance for the "Yes" state... $annot3->SetAppearance(CreateCheckmarkAppearance($doc, Annot::e_normal, "Yes")); // Create button annotation $annot4 = Widget::Create($doc->GetSDFDoc(), new Rect(64.0, 284.0, 163.0, 320.0), $submit); // Set the annotation appearances for the down and up state... $annot4->SetAppearance(CreateButtonAppearance($doc, false), Annot::e_normal); $annot4->SetAppearance(CreateButtonAppearance($doc, true), Annot::e_down); // Create 'SubmitForm' action. The action will be linked to the button. $url = FileSpec::CreateURL($doc->GetSDFDoc(), "http://www.pdftron.com"); $button_action = Action::CreateSubmitForm($url); // Associate the above action with 'Down' event in annotations action dictionary. $annot_action = $annot4->GetSDFObj()->PutDict("AA"); $annot_action->Put("D", $button_action->GetSDFObj()); $blank_page->AnnotPushBack($annot1); // Add annotations to the page $blank_page->AnnotPushBack($annot2); $blank_page->AnnotPushBack($annot3); $blank_page->AnnotPushBack($annot4); $doc->PagePushBack($blank_page); // Add the page as the last page in the document. // If you are not satisfied with the look of default auto-generated appearance // streams you can delete "AP" entry from the Widget annotation and set // "NeedAppearances" flag in AcroForm dictionary: // $doc->GetAcroForm()->PutBool("NeedAppearances", true); // This will force the viewer application to auto-generate new appearance streams // every time the document is opened. // // Alternatively you can generate custom annotation appearance using ElementWriter // and then set the "AP" entry in the widget dictionary to the new appearance // stream. // // Yet another option is to pre-populate field entries with dummy text. When // you edit the field values using PDFNet the new field appearances will match // the old ones. $doc->RefreshFieldAppearances(); $doc->Save($output_path."forms_test1.pdf", 0); echo "Done.\n"; //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Example 2: // Fill-in forms / Modify values of existing fields. // Traverse all form fields in the document (and print out their names). // Search for specific fields in the document. //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $doc = new PDFDoc($output_path."forms_test1.pdf"); $doc->InitSecurityHandler(); $itr = $doc->GetFieldIterator(); for(; $itr->HasNext(); $itr->Next()) { echo nl2br("Field name: ".$itr->Current()->GetName()."\n"); echo nl2br("Field partial name: ".$itr->Current()->GetPartialName()."\n"); echo "Field type: "; $type = $itr->Current()->GetType(); $str_val = $itr->Current()->GetValueAsString(); switch($type) { case Field::e_button: echo nl2br("Button\n"); break; case Field::e_radio: echo nl2br("Radio button: Value = ".$str_val."\n"); break; case Field::e_check: $itr->Current()->SetValue(true); echo nl2br("Check box: Value = ".$str_val."\n"); break; case Field::e_text: { echo nl2br("Text\n"); // Edit all variable text in the document $itr->Current()->SetValue("This is a new value. The old one was: ".$str_val); } break; case Field::e_choice: echo nl2br("Choice\n"); break; case Field::e_signature: echo nl2br("Signature\n"); break; } echo "------------------------------\n"; } // Search for a specific field $f = $doc->GetField("employee.name.first"); if ($f) { echo nl2br("Field search for ".$f->GetName()." was successful\n"); } else { echo nl2br("Field search failed\n"); } // Regenerate field appearances. $doc->RefreshFieldAppearances(); $doc->Save(($output_path."forms_test_edit.pdf"), 0); echo nl2br("Done.\n"); //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Sample: Form templating // Replicate pages and form data within a document. Then rename field names to make // them unique. //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Sample: Copying the page with forms within the same document $doc = new PDFDoc($output_path."forms_test1.pdf"); $doc->InitSecurityHandler(); $src_page = $doc->GetPage(1); $doc->PagePushBack($src_page); // Append several copies of the first page $doc->PagePushBack($src_page); // Note that forms are successfully copied $doc->PagePushBack($src_page); $doc->PagePushBack($src_page); // Now we rename fields in order to make every field unique. // You can use this technique for dynamic template filling where you have a 'master' // form page that should be replicated, but with unique field names on every page. RenameAllFields($doc, "employee.name.first"); RenameAllFields($doc, "employee.name.last"); RenameAllFields($doc, "employee.name.check1"); $doc->Save($output_path."forms_test1_cloned.pdf", 0); echo nl2br("Done.\n"); //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Sample: // Flatten all form fields in a document. // Note that this sample is intended to show that it is possible to flatten // individual fields. PDFNet provides a utility function PDFDoc.FlattenAnnotations() // that will automatically flatten all fields. //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $doc = new PDFDoc($output_path."forms_test1.pdf"); $doc->InitSecurityHandler(); // Traverse all pages if (true) { $doc->FlattenAnnotations(); } else // Manual flattening { for ($pitr = $doc->GetPageIterator(); $pitr->HasNext(); $pitr->Next()) { $page = $pitr->Current(); $annots = $page->GetAnnots(); if ($annots) { // Look for all widget annotations (in reverse order) for ($i = ($annots->Size())-1; $i>=0; --$i) { if (!strcmp(annots.GetAt(i).Get("Subtype").Value().GetName(), "Widget")) { $field($annots->GetAt(i)); $field->Flatten($page); // Another way of making a read only field is by modifying // field's e_read_only flag: // field.SetFlag(Field::e_read_only, true); } } } } } $doc->Save(($output_path."forms_test1_flattened.pdf"), 0); echo nl2br("Done.\n"); ?>