The automatic PDF Fillable form can be taken from online software. The former helps you in creating a customized form that you can design on your own. There are two easy to create Fillable PDF forms which are manually or automatically. We can design an online form as per our convenience with the help of PDF to Fillable PDF converter. NOTE: See 12.7.2 and 7.7.The PDF form creator makes it very easy for us to be able to create a form on our own. NameObject( "/V"): TextStringObject( value),ĭef _set_need_appearances_writer(writer: PdfFileWriter):Įnables PDF filled form values to be visible on the final PDF results # Inspired by updatePageFormFieldValues but also handle checkboxes for annot in page: trailerįor key in reader_trailer if key in ( "/AcroForm", "/Lang", "/MarkInfo") # Try to "clone" the original one (note the library has cloneDocumentFromReader) # but the render pdf is blank writer. pdf import PdfFileWriter import random import sys reader = PdfFileReader( sys. generic import TextStringObject from PyPDF4.
The down side is the code so far hasn't been successfully ran on anything but, Linux The code I used is at the very bottom titled "using the pdfforms package". I found another that did the job and was viewable from all platforms tested. But, not on iphones it only shows some fields I poked around a bit and I think might have something to do with the PDF format but could not solve it with this python tool. I tried this this code but, nothing appears on linux defualt pdfveiwer but all fields are visable on adobe and if you open it on gmail on most platforms. I also did the same using pdfrw but I got stuck exactly at the same problem. Some boxes are showing properly, some are not - when outside of Acrobat and I need to click on them to show the content. Pdf2.updatePageFormFieldValues(pdf2.getPage(0), field_dictionary) trailer: # result: following "IF code is executed print( True) generic import BooleanObject, NameObject, IndirectObject infile = "myInputPdf.pdf" outfile = "myOutputPdf.pdf" pdf = PdfFileReader( open( infile, "rb"), strict = False) This also appears to work in adobe reader.įrom PyPDF2 import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader from PyPDF2. I open this new file in Bluebeam and flattened it.
In testing this theory I made a copy of the PyPDF2 pdf and manually edited the stream object in a text editor. However the stream object in the PyPDF2 generated pdf does not get updated and the stream object from Bluebeam does get updated. The value /V(Marshall CYG) gets updated in the first object of each pdf, objects 26 and 16 respectively. Ok so the biggest difference here is the stream object at the end. I have contacted Bluebeam support and they have returned saying essentially that it is not on their end.ġ6 0 obj>/DA(0 0 0 rg /Helv 12 Tf)/AP>/M(D:20170906125217-05'00')/Rect/NM(OEGVASQHFKGZPSZW)/BS 17 0 R/V(Marshall CYG)>ġ8 0 obj>/Matrix/Length 106>Ġ 0 211.0577 33.7692 re W n /Tx BMC BT 0 0 0 rg /Helv 12 Tf 1 0 0 1 2 12.6486 Tm (Marshall CYG) Tj ET EMC
I think it is an issue with PyPDF2 not "redrawing" the PDF correctly. I have not found any help after googling around all day. You can also just copy and paste the text in the field back into that field and it will render correctly. I am not sure if it will push to the Bluebeam studio but I assume it will. It will print correctly and flatten correctly.
If you change any attribute of the field in Bluebeam or Adobe, it will recognize the text in that field. If you export the fdf file from Bluebeam all the data is in the fdf file in the proper place. When the file is opened in Bluebeam it automatically thinks that the user has made changes, denoted by the asterisk next to the file name in the tab. The data does show up in Bluebeam but if you print, flatten, or push the pdf to a studio session all the data is lost. The data does not show up in Adobe Reader unless you activate the field.