/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24301578/align-acrofields-in-java */ package sandbox.acroforms; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.AcroFields; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfFormField; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfNumber; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class AlignField { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/subscribe.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/acroforms/subscribe_realigned.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws DocumentException, IOException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new AlignField().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws DocumentException, IOException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields(); AcroFields.Item item; item = form.getFieldItem("personal.name"); item.getMerged(0).put(PdfName.Q, new PdfNumber(PdfFormField.Q_LEFT)); item = form.getFieldItem("personal.loginname"); item.getMerged(0).put(PdfName.Q, new PdfNumber(PdfFormField.Q_CENTER)); item = form.getFieldItem("personal.password"); item.getMerged(0).put(PdfName.Q, new PdfNumber(PdfFormField.Q_RIGHT)); form.setField("personal.name", "Test"); form.setField("personal.loginname", "Test"); form.setField("personal.password", "Test"); form.setField("personal.reason", "Test"); stamper.close(); reader.close(); } }