private PdfFormField MergeFieldsWithTheSameName(PdfFormField newField)
{
String fullFieldName = newField.GetFieldName().ToUnicodeString();
PdfString fieldName = newField.GetPdfObject().GetAsString(PdfName.T);
PdfFormField existingField = formTo.GetField(fullFieldName);
if (existingField.IsFlushed())
{
int index = 0;
do
{
index++;
newField.SetFieldName(fieldName.ToUnicodeString() + "_#" + index);
fullFieldName = newField.GetFieldName().ToUnicodeString();
}while (formTo.GetField(fullFieldName) != null);
return(newField);
}
newField.GetPdfObject().Remove(PdfName.T);
newField.GetPdfObject().Remove(PdfName.P);
PdfArray kids = existingField.GetKids();
if (kids != null && !kids.IsEmpty())
{
existingField.AddKid(newField);
return(existingField);
}
existingField.GetPdfObject().Remove(PdfName.T);
existingField.GetPdfObject().Remove(PdfName.P);
formTo.GetFields().Remove(existingField.GetPdfObject());
PdfFormField mergedField = PdfFormField.CreateEmptyField(documentTo);
mergedField.Put(PdfName.FT, existingField.GetFormType()).Put(PdfName.T, fieldName);
PdfDictionary parent = existingField.GetParent();
if (parent != null)
{
mergedField.Put(PdfName.Parent, parent);
PdfArray parentKids = parent.GetAsArray(PdfName.Kids);
for (int i = 0; i < parentKids.Size(); i++)
{
PdfObject obj = parentKids.Get(i);
if (obj == existingField.GetPdfObject())
{
parentKids.Set(i, mergedField.GetPdfObject());
break;
}
}
}
kids = existingField.GetKids();
if (kids != null)
{
mergedField.Put(PdfName.Kids, kids);
}
mergedField.AddKid(existingField).AddKid(newField);
PdfObject value = existingField.GetValue();
if (value != null)
{
mergedField.Put(PdfName.V, existingField.GetPdfObject().Get(PdfName.V));
}
return(mergedField);
}
