I wasn't able to find any information on how to fill in a checkbox on a PDF form, when using iText in Powershell.
So, hopefully this blog entry will help others.
HINT: the value is 'On'
Anyway - This is a decent example (I hope) -
The 'break' just stops the script.
After that, is the mechanics of how I figured out what value needed to be used for the 'check-boxes' on the form.
# Sauce:
#
http://itextpdf.com/
#
http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/powershell-fill-pdf-forms,2-38.html#xtor=RSS-100
#
https://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/
#
https://github.com/adbertram/Random-PowerShell-Work/blob/master/Random%20Stuff/PdfForm.psm1
#
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Use-Powershell-to-Fill-3f28ba21
## NOTE - The DLL files
need to be 'UNBLOCKED' before they will load / run. This has to be done
manually or by using the Unblock-File command
## Run as admin...
#Get-ChildItem -recurse
"C:\Powershell Stuff\itextsharp-all" | Unblock-File #-WhatIf
## And this module is
needed, in order to use the actual .NET library - So Import it.
Import-Module –Name "C:\Powershell Stuff\PdfForm.psm1" -Verbose
#Get-PdfFieldNames
-FilePath "C:\Powershell Stuff\test_Jun_28_11_44.pdf"
-ITextLibraryPath 'C:\Powershell Stuff\itextsharp-all\itextsharp-dll-core\itextsharp.dll'
#################################################
$ITextSharpLibrary = "C:\Powershell
Stuff\itextsharp-all\itextsharp-dll-core\itextsharp.dll"
$InputPdfFilePath = "C:\Users\\Documents\HR_IT_Request01.pdf"
$OutputPdfFilePath = "C:\Powershell Stuff\test_$TimeStamp.pdf"
#<#
$First_Name = "FirstName"
$MI = "E"
$Last_Name = "LastName"
$Date_of_Request = Get-Date -format d
$Job_Title = "PEON"
$Manager = "Control Freak"
$Email_Check = "On" # The
two values for a checkbox is 'On', or leaving it untouched / blank / null -
Really just one value - 'On'
#Save-PdfField -Fields
@{'Name' = 'test123';'Bank Name' = 'some bank'} -InputPdfFilePath
"C:\Vendor-Setup-Form.pdf" -ITextSharpLibrary 'C:\users\adam\dir\itextsharp.dll'
-OutputPdfFilePath 'C:\Users\Adam\test4.pdf'
Save-PdfField -Fields
@{`
'First_Name' = $First_Name;`
'MI' = $MI;
'Last_Name' = $Last_Name;`
'Last_Name' = $Last_Name;`
'EmployeeID_Number' = $EmployeeID_Number;
'Email_Check' = $Email_Check;`
'Job_Title' = $Job_Title;`
'Manager' = $Manager;`
'Date_of_Request' = $Date_of_Request`
} `
-InputPdfFilePath $InputPdfFilePath
-ITextSharpLibrary $ITextSharpLibrary
-OutputPdfFilePath $OutputPdfFilePath
break
##
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($ITextSharpLibrary)
#$OutputPdfFilePath =
"C:\Powershell Stuff\test_Jun_28_12_20_01.pdf"
$reader = New-Object iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader
-ArgumentList $OutputPdfFilePath
# List available fields
#
$reader.AcroFields.Fields
# Get the value of the
the named field. Field name is case sensitive.
# The two values for a
checkbox is 'On', or leaving it untouched / blank / null - Really just one
value - 'On'
$FieldNames = Get-PdfFieldNames -FilePath
$OutputPdfFilePath -ITextLibraryPath 'C:\Powershell
Stuff\itextsharp-all\itextsharp-dll-core\itextsharp.dll'
ForEach ($FieldName
in $FieldNames)
{
$Name = $reader.AcroFields.GetField($FieldName)
Write-Host "$FieldName`: "
-NoNewline
Write-Host "$Name" -ForegroundColor Cyan
}
$reader.Close()
No comments:
Post a Comment