/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24404413/increase-width-of-acrofieldsitextsharp */ package sandbox.acroforms; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.AcroFields; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfArray; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary; 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 ChangeFieldSize { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/form.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/acroforms/field_changed.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws DocumentException, IOException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new ChangeFieldSize().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(); Item item = form.getFieldItem("Name"); PdfDictionary widget = item.getWidget(0); PdfArray rect = widget.getAsArray(PdfName.RECT); rect.set(2, new PdfNumber(rect.getAsNumber(2).floatValue() + 20f)); String value = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"; form.setField("Name", value); form.setField("Company", value); stamper.close(); } }