How Can I Import a CSV File via Program Code?

How Can I Import a CSV File via Program Code?

The following sample code shows how to use CSV import with a CSV data source defined in the TFF layout file (using TFORMer Designer). For more flexibility it has been configured with a parameter, which specifies the file path: parFilePath

TFORMer Java API

// create new job
job = new Job();

File file = new File ("c:\\Temp\\MyTemplate.tff");
job.setRepositoryName(file.getAbsolutePath());

// Select the Data Source named 'ImportFromCSV' (defined in the Form Layout)
JobDataDataSource jobData = new JobDataDataSource ("ImportFromCSV");

// Set the Data Source Parameter named 'parFilePath'
jobData.setParameterValues ("parFilePath", "C:\\Temp\\myImportFile.csv");

// Set the output format:
// e.g. EPrinterType.PDFFile, EPrinterType.ZPLFile, EPrinterType.ImagePng
job.setPrinterType(EPrinterType.PDFFile);

// Output file name
job.setOutputName(System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "MyLabel.PDF");
System.out.println("Printing to " + job.getOutputName());

// Generate Output
 job.setJobData(jobData);
job.print();