I am trying to rename a checkbox which is a subclass. Let's say the flag name is MyForm.Check1.page0. When I run:
reader.AcroField.RenameField("MyForm.Check1.page0", "MyForm.Check1.newName");
The flag is renamed as "newName". Information about the subclass is discarded. I get from the documentation that the subclass cannot be changed, but that was unexpected.
According to the documentation:
"Renames the field. You can rename only the last part of the name. For example, if the source field is" ab.cd.ef ", then only the" ef "part can be renamed."
A long day has passed, but I would read it so that you can rename the field with a subclass of "ab.cd.ef" to "ab.cd.yz", and not when renaming "ab.cd.ef" to "ab.cd. yz "instead you get a field named" yz ".
I found the source class on GitHub and it looks like its error to me. From GitHub:
public bool RenameField(String oldName, String newName) {
int idx1 = oldName.LastIndexOf('.') + 1;
int idx2 = newName.LastIndexOf('.') + 1;
<snip>
Item item = fields[oldName];
newName = newName.Substring(idx2);
I think the problem is the last line. If it's by design, it seems very strange to me. I think I can get around this, but again it looks very strange.
Edit:
I copied and cleaned the code and made a sample command line that shows this problem. You just need to download a copy and change the path for the PDF files. All this comes from a much larger application, so it’s a little bloated as a test application, but it was faster than trying to rewrite everything. Some of the code is a bit sloppy as its work continues. I also refused the code that is not related to this problem (namely the JavaScript code that I am embedding).
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
namespace RenameFieldTest
{
class Program
{
Stream _pdfTemplateStream;
MemoryStream _pdfResultStream;
PdfReader _pdfTemplateReader;
PdfStamper _pdfResultStamper;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Program p = new Program();
try
{
p.RunTest();
}
catch (Exception f)
{
Console.WriteLine(f.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
internal void RunTest()
{
FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(@"C:\temp\a\RenameFieldTest\RenameFieldTest\Library\CoverPage.pdf");
_pdfTemplateStream = fs;
_pdfResultStream = new MemoryStream();
_pdfTemplateReader = new PdfReader(_pdfTemplateStream);
_pdfResultStamper = new PdfStamper(_pdfTemplateReader, _pdfResultStream);
#region setup objects
List<CustomCategory> Categories = new List<CustomCategory>();
CustomCategory c1 = new CustomCategory();
c1.CategorySizesInUse.Add(CustomCategory.AvailableSizes[1]);
c1.CategorySizesInUse.Add(CustomCategory.AvailableSizes[2]);
Categories.Add(c1);
CustomCategory c2 = new CustomCategory();
c2.CategorySizesInUse.Add(CustomCategory.AvailableSizes[0]);
c2.CategorySizesInUse.Add(CustomCategory.AvailableSizes[1]);
Categories.Add(c2);
List<CustomObject> Items = new List<CustomObject>();
CustomObject co1 = new CustomObject();
co1.Category = c1;
co1.Title = "Object 1";
Items.Add(co1);
CustomObject co2 = new CustomObject();
co2.Category = c2;
co2.Title = "Object 2";
Items.Add(co2);
#endregion
FillCoverPage(Items);
_pdfResultStamper.Close();
_pdfTemplateReader.Close();
List<MemoryStream> pdfStreams = new List<MemoryStream>();
pdfStreams.Add(new MemoryStream(_pdfResultStream.ToArray()));
MergePdfs(@"C:\temp\a\RenameFieldTest\RenameFieldTest\Library\Outfile.pdf", pdfStreams);
_pdfResultStream.Dispose();
_pdfTemplateStream.Dispose();
}
internal void FillCoverPage(List<CustomObject> Items)
{
var fieldPositions = _pdfResultStamper.AcroFields.GetFieldPositions("TableStartPosition");
if (fieldPositions == null)
{ throw new Exception("Could not find the TableStartPosition field. Unable to determine point of origin for the table!"); }
_pdfResultStamper.AcroFields.RemoveField("TableStartPosition");
var fieldPosition = fieldPositions[0];
var targetPosition = fieldPosition.position;
List<string> availableSizes = CustomCategory.AvailableSizes;
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(availableSizes.Count + 1);
float[] columnWidth = new float[availableSizes.Count + 1];
for (int y = 0; y < columnWidth.Length; y++)
{
if (y == 0)
{ columnWidth[y] = 320; }
else
{ columnWidth[y] = 120; }
}
table.SetTotalWidth(columnWidth);
table.WidthPercentage = 100;
PdfContentByte canvas;
List<PdfFormField> checkboxes = new List<PdfFormField>();
table.Rows.Add(new PdfPRow(this.GetTableHeaderRow(availableSizes)));
PdfPCell[] globalRow = new PdfPCell[availableSizes.Count + 1];
Phrase tPhrase = new Phrase("Select/Unselect All");
PdfPCell tCell = new PdfPCell();
tCell.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY;
tCell.AddElement(tPhrase);
globalRow[0] = tCell;
for (int x = 0; x < availableSizes.Count; x++)
{
tCell = new PdfPCell();
tCell.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY;
PdfFormField f = PdfFormField.CreateCheckBox(_pdfResultStamper.Writer);
string fieldName = string.Format("InkSaver.Global.chk{0}", availableSizes[x].Replace(".", ""));
string js = string.Format("hideAll(event.target, '{0}');", availableSizes[x].Replace(".", ""));
f.Action = PdfAction.JavaScript(js, _pdfResultStamper.Writer);
tCell.CellEvent = new ChildFieldEvent(_pdfResultStamper.Writer, f, fieldName);
globalRow[x + 1] = tCell;
checkboxes.Add(f);
}
table.Rows.Add(new PdfPRow(globalRow));
int status = 0;
int pageNum = 1;
for (int itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < Items.Count; itemIndex++)
{
tCell = new PdfPCell();
Phrase p = new Phrase(Items[itemIndex].Title);
tCell.AddElement(p);
tCell.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT;
PdfPCell[] cells = new PdfPCell[availableSizes.Count + 1];
cells[0] = tCell;
for (int availCardSizeIndex = 0; availCardSizeIndex < availableSizes.Count; availCardSizeIndex++)
{
if (Items[itemIndex].Category.CategorySizesInUse.Contains(availableSizes[availCardSizeIndex]))
{
string str = availableSizes[availCardSizeIndex];
tCell = new PdfPCell();
tCell.PaddingLeft = 10f;
tCell.PaddingRight = 10f;
cells[availCardSizeIndex + 1] = tCell;
cells[availCardSizeIndex].HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
PdfFormField f = PdfFormField.CreateCheckBox(_pdfResultStamper.Writer);
string fieldName = string.Format("InkSaver.chk{0}.{1}", availableSizes[availCardSizeIndex].Replace(".", ""), itemIndex + 1);
string js = string.Format("hideCardSize(event.target, {0}, '{1}');", itemIndex + 1, availableSizes[availCardSizeIndex]);
f.Action = PdfAction.JavaScript(js, _pdfResultStamper.Writer);
tCell.CellEvent = new ChildFieldEvent(_pdfResultStamper.Writer, f, fieldName);
checkboxes.Add(f);
}
else
{
tCell = new PdfPCell();
cells[availCardSizeIndex + 1] = tCell;
}
}
table.Rows.Add(new PdfPRow(cells));
canvas = _pdfResultStamper.GetUnderContent(pageNum);
ColumnText ct2 = new ColumnText(canvas);
ct2.AddElement(new PdfPTable(table));
ct2.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT;
ct2.SetSimpleColumn(targetPosition.Left, 0, targetPosition.Right, targetPosition.Top, 0, 0);
status = ct2.Go(true);
if ((status != ColumnText.NO_MORE_TEXT) || (itemIndex == (Items.Count - 1)))
{
ColumnText ct3 = new ColumnText(canvas);
ct3.AddElement(table);
ct3.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT;
ct3.SetSimpleColumn(targetPosition.Left, 0, targetPosition.Right, targetPosition.Top, 0, 0);
ct3.Go();
foreach (PdfFormField f in checkboxes)
{
_pdfResultStamper.AddAnnotation(f, pageNum);
}
checkboxes.Clear();
if (itemIndex < (Items.Count - 1))
{
pageNum++;
_pdfResultStamper.InsertPage(pageNum, _pdfTemplateReader.GetPageSize(1));
table = new PdfPTable(availableSizes.Count + 1);
table.SetTotalWidth(columnWidth);
table.WidthPercentage = 100;
table.Rows.Add(new PdfPRow(this.GetTableHeaderRow(availableSizes)));
}
}
}
}
private PdfPCell[] GetTableHeaderRow(List<string> AvailableSizes)
{
PdfPCell[] sizeHeaders = new PdfPCell[AvailableSizes.Count + 1];
Phrase devName = new Phrase("Device Name");
PdfPCell deviceHeader = new PdfPCell(devName);
deviceHeader.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
deviceHeader.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.GRAY;
sizeHeaders[0] = deviceHeader;
for (int x = 0; x < AvailableSizes.Count; x++)
{
PdfPCell hCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(AvailableSizes[x]));
hCell.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
hCell.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.GRAY;
sizeHeaders[x + 1] = hCell;
}
return sizeHeaders;
}
public void MergePdfs(string filePath, List<MemoryStream> pdfStreams)
{
FileStream outStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create);
if (pdfStreams.Count > 0)
{
try
{
int PriceCardCounter = 0;
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfStreams[0]);
RenameFields(reader, PriceCardCounter++);
PdfCopyFields Writer = new PdfCopyFields(outStream);
Writer.AddDocument(reader);
foreach (var PdfStream in pdfStreams.Skip(1))
{
PdfReader reader2 = new PdfReader(PdfStream);
RenameFields(reader2, PriceCardCounter++);
Writer.AddDocument(reader2);
}
Writer.Close();
}
finally
{
foreach (var Strm in pdfStreams)
{
try { if (null != Strm) Strm.Dispose(); }
catch { }
}
outStream.Close();
}
}
}
private void RenameFields(PdfReader reader, int PriceCardID)
{
int tempPageNum = 1;
foreach (string field in reader.AcroFields.Fields.Keys)
{
if (((reader.AcroFields.GetFieldType(field) == 1) || (reader.AcroFields.GetFieldType(field) == 2)) && (field.StartsWith("InkSaver")))
{
string classPath;
if (reader.AcroFields.GetFieldType(field) == 2)
{
classPath = field.Substring(0, field.LastIndexOf("."));
if (field.StartsWith("InkSaver.chk"))
{
int a = field.LastIndexOf(".");
string sub = field.Substring(a + 1, (field.Length - a - 1));
int pageNum = int.Parse(sub);
int realPageNum = pageNum + tempPageNum;
PriceCardID = realPageNum;
}
}
else
{
classPath = field.Substring(0, field.LastIndexOf("."));
}
string newID = classPath + ".page" + PriceCardID.ToString();
bool ret = reader.AcroFields.RenameField(field, newID);
}
else
{
reader.AcroFields.RenameField(field, field + "_" + PriceCardID.ToString());
}
}
}
}
public class ChildFieldEvent : IPdfPCellEvent
{
protected PdfWriter writer;
protected PdfFormField parent;
protected string checkBoxName;
internal ChildFieldEvent(PdfWriter writer, PdfFormField parent, string CheckBoxName)
{
this.writer = writer;
this.parent = parent;
this.checkBoxName = CheckBoxName;
}
public void CellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle rect, PdfContentByte[] cb)
{
createCheckboxField(rect);
}
private void createCheckboxField(Rectangle rect)
{
RadioCheckField bt = new RadioCheckField(this.writer, rect, this.checkBoxName, "Yes");
bt.CheckType = RadioCheckField.TYPE_SQUARE;
bt.Checked = true;
this.parent.AddKid(bt.CheckField);
}
}
}