how to read form field values from adobe live cycle manager in java

[bharanig3809731]

I created a pdf using Adobe acrobat DC and able to read values using below code.

PdfReader pdfReader = new PdfReader(filePath);

        AcroFields acroFields = pdfReader.getAcroFields();

        Map<String, AcroFields.Item> fields = acroFields.getFields();

        Map<String, String> fieldsMap = new HashMap<>();

        for (Entry<String, Item> entry : fields.entrySet()) {

            fieldsMap.put(entry.getKey(), acroFields.getField(entry.getKey()));

        }

But when i created a pdf using Adobe Live Cycle Manager the above code is not working when i try to read the form fields.

Please let me know how to read the form fields if we create a form using Adobe LiveCycle Manager.

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

When you create a form using LiveCycle, it does not create an AcroForm, it creates an XFA (XML) form. You can read here about the differences, but it boils down to you cannot access the fields in an XFA form using AcroFrom methods.

What is the difference between AcroForms and XFA? – Appligent

Regards

Malcolm

[bharanig3809731]

Thanks for your reply.

Can you please share the examples which contains how to read from form and write into form(created by Adobe LiveCycle Designer) in java.

[bharanig3809731]

Hi,

I created a template using AEM forms designer. And my input is Map with key, value pairs. And i need java code to pass these values to template and generate a pdf.

Can you please help on this.