ftos.files.pdf.form.setFields

Updates multiple form fields and persists the edited PDF under a new name.

The method throws exceptions that you can catch with try catch. In this case, your script keeps running, the error doesn’t block or kill execution.

This is a business logic method for business service components.

Syntax

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ftos.files.pdf.form.setFields(sourceRealName: string, outputFile: string, formData: any): string
 
Parameters Type Description
sourceRealName string The name of the source PDF file containing interactive form fields.
outputFile string The name of the output PDF file where the updated form will be saved.
formData any Key-value pairs representing form field names and their values.

Return Value

The method returns the file name of the resulting PDF, specifically, the name of the that was created after updating the form fields.

The example takes a PDF with interactive fields, writes "John Doe" into the "FullName" field, outputs a new PDF (modifiedfile.pdf) with that field updated, and could optionally, download

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const modifiedFile= formNs.setFields(readOnlyFile, "modifiedfile.pdf", {"FullName": "John Doe"});
//setDownload(modifiedFile);
//setMessage(fields[0].name);