notes.txt

#Discovery Notes during coding process.


var lines = fields.Select(kvp => kvp.Key);  //Grab PDF Fields from document
foreach (var l in lines)  //Iterate through the fields to build the set value map
{
    Console.WriteLine($"fields[\"{l}\"].SetValue();");
}
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(Environment.NewLine, lines));  //Print them out */

//Prints out just the heads on CSV file using the ETL
using (var p = new ChoCSVReader(@"C:\DEV\pdffillerdncore\data.csv").WithFirstLineHeader())
{
    p.Read();
    Console.WriteLine(String.Join(", ", p.Context.Headers));
}

/* New Stuff */
public void FillForm<T>(T rec, string templatePdfFile)
{
// var fields = 
var fields = GetFormFieldsForTempalte(templatePdfFile);

var properties = typeof(T).GetProperties().Where(x => x.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(PdfFieldAttribute)).Any());
foreach (var prop in properties)
{
var attr = prop.GetCustomAttribute<PdfFieldAttribute>();
if (!fields.TryGetValue(attr.FieldName, out var pdfField))
continue;

pdfField.SetValue(prop.GetValue(rec)?.ToString());
}
}

public Dictionary<string, FieldStub> GetFormFieldsForTempalte(string templatePdfFile)
{
return new Dictionary<string, FieldStub>
{
{"some_field_name", new FieldStub{Name="the field i want to set"}}
};
}


//Other Code
var fields = new Dictionary<string, FieldStub>
{
{"some_field_name", new FieldStub{Name="the field i want to set"}}
};

var rec = new RecordStub { Foo = "some value i want to set"};
FillForm(rec);
}

public void FillForm(RecordStub rec)
{
var fields = new Dictionary<string, FieldStub>
{
{"some_field_name", new FieldStub{Name="the field i want to set"}}
};

var properties = typeof(RecordStub).GetProperties().Where(x => x.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(PdfFieldAttribute)).Any());
foreach (var prop in properties)
{
var attr = prop.GetCustomAttribute<PdfFieldAttribute>();
if (!fields.TryGetValue(attr.FieldName, out var pdfField))
continue;

pdfField.SetValue(prop.GetValue(rec)?.ToString());
}
}

public class FieldStub
{
public string Name{get;set;}
public void SetValue(string value){
$"setting [{Name}] with value [{value}]".Dump();
}
}

public class RecordStub
{
[PdfFieldAttribute("some_field_name")]
public string Foo{get;set;}
}

public class PdfFieldAttribute : Attribute
{
public string FieldName{ get; }
public PdfFieldAttribute(string fieldName){
FieldName = fieldName;
}	
}