/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28418555/remove-page-reference-from-annotation0 */ package sandbox.stamper; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfFormField; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.TextField; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class AddFieldAndKids { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/hello_with_field_kids.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new AddFieldAndKids().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); PdfWriter writer = stamper.getWriter(); PdfFormField personal = PdfFormField.createEmpty(writer); personal.setFieldName("personal"); TextField name = new TextField(writer, new Rectangle(36, 760, 144, 790), "name"); PdfFormField personal_name = name.getTextField(); personal.addKid(personal_name); TextField password = new TextField(writer, new Rectangle(150, 760, 450, 790), "password"); PdfFormField personal_password = password.getTextField(); personal.addKid(personal_password); stamper.addAnnotation(personal, 1); stamper.close(); reader.close(); } }