Java tutorial
/* * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathias Reppe <mathias.reppe@gmail.com> * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package at.reppeitsolutions.formbuilder.components.pdf.itext; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseField; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfBorderDictionary; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfFormField; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.TextField; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.UUID; import java.util.logging.Level; import java.util.logging.Logger; /** * * @author Mathias Reppe <mathias.reppe@gmail.com> */ public class ITextListbox implements PdfPCellEvent { protected String[] values = {}; protected String[] selectedValues; protected boolean locked; public ITextListbox(String[] values, String[] selectedValues, boolean locked) { this.values = values; this.selectedValues = selectedValues; this.locked = locked; } @Override public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle rectangle, PdfContentByte[] canvases) { PdfWriter writer = canvases[0].getPdfWriter(); TextField text = new TextField(writer, rectangle, String.format("choice_" + UUID.randomUUID().toString())); text.setBorderStyle(PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_INSET); text.setFontSize(ITextInputText.FONTSIZE); text.setOptions(TextField.MULTISELECT); text.setChoices(values); ArrayList<Integer> choiceSelections = new ArrayList<>(); if (selectedValues != null) { for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) { for (int i2 = 0; i2 < selectedValues.length; i2++) { if (values[i].equals(selectedValues[i2])) { choiceSelections.add(i); break; } } } } text.setChoiceSelections(choiceSelections); try { PdfFormField listField = text.getListField(); if (locked) { listField.setFieldFlags(BaseField.READ_ONLY); } writer.addAnnotation(listField); } catch (IOException ex) { Logger.getLogger(ITextListbox.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); } catch (DocumentException ex) { Logger.getLogger(ITextListbox.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); } } }