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Reputation: 1

How to generate a dynamic table on PDF by iText

I want to create a table programatically as like this PDF FCController.pdf.

As you see columns are Date, Name, Category, Amount. And I want to add a datepicker to change the list.

Can I generate a PDF as I said? Is it possible by Itext?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2654

Answers (1)

Bruno Lowagie
Bruno Lowagie

Reputation: 77606

You want to embed a .swf file inside a PDF as a RichMedia annotation as explained in chapter 16 of "iText in Action - Second Edition". The book had two examples that showed you how to do this:

Although these examples work to some extend, I would urge you not to use this technology. Steve Jobs refused to support Flash on Apple devices and that started the decline of Flash as a technology. Adobe introduced support for Flash as RichMedia in PDF in one of their extensions to ISO-32000-1, but I know from insiders at Adobe that they regretted this. In any case: this functionality is not going to make it into ISO-32000-2 (PDF 2.0), which means that:

  1. no other PDF viewers than Adobe Reader will have any interest in supporting this functionality, and
  2. Adobe may decide to discontinue support for this functionality.

The example you've shared is nice, and it's not impossible to create such a PDF, but you should reconsider: it's not a future-proof solution.

Upvotes: 1

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