// samples taken from
// http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/scottlysle/pdfgenerator_cs06162007023347am/pdfgenerator_cs.aspx
// http://blog.codecentric.de/en/2010/08/pdf-generation-with-itext/
public string SetFields(string PathSource, string PathTarget, System.Object myFields)
{
try
{
GeneXus.Utils.GXProperties Fields = (GeneXus.Utils.GXProperties)myFields;
// create a new PDF reader based on the PDF template document
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader pdfReader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(PathSource);
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfStamper pdfStamper = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfStamper(pdfReader, new System.IO.FileStream(PathTarget, System.IO.FileMode.Create));
GeneXus.Utils.GxKeyValuePair item = Fields.GetFirst();
while (item != null)
{
pdfStamper.AcroFields.SetField(item.Key, item.Value);
item = Fields.GetNext();
}
// flatten the form to remove editting options, set it to false to leave the form open to subsequent manual edits
pdfStamper.FormFlattening = false;
// close the pdf
pdfStamper.Close();
pdfReader.Close();
return("");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return(e.Message);
}
}
public GeneXus.Utils.GXProperties GetFields(string PathSource)
{
GeneXus.Utils.GXProperties allFields = null;
try
{
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader pdfReader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(PathSource);
allFields = new GeneXus.Utils.GXProperties();
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, iTextSharp.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item> de in pdfReader.AcroFields.Fields)
{
allFields.Add(de.Key.ToString(), de.Value.ToString());
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
// Do nothing
}
return(allFields);
}
