I've no idea how Arabic should work in form fields. Send me a pdf filled in Acrobat for inspection.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ayman Yasin > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [iText-questions] Filling pdf form fields with arabic? > > I am trying to fill a form field in an existing pdf file with > Arabic text from a java servlet using iText. > > English works great but for Arabic the field shows garbage. > > I tried to play with the text field properties using adobe > acrobat Middle Eastern edition. I changed the font to Arial > and the subset into Arabic. > > Filling fields with Arabic from inside adobe acrobat works > but from the servlet it still shows garbage until I click on > the field for edit then it shows fine. > > If I click away from the field it converts into garbage > again. If form flattening is set to true (which I want to do) > it shows unmodified garbage. > > Here is the code from the servlet doGet method: > > > > > > OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream(); > > ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); > > try { > > PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("c:\\visa2.pdf"); > > PdfStamper stamp = new PdfStamper(reader, baos ); > > > > > > AcroFields form = stamp.getAcroFields(); > > > > form.setField("Text1", "أيمن" ); //Arabic text > in the second parameter > > > > //stamp.setFormFlattening(true); > //commented out to show the weird behavior with edit if not > commented shows unmodified garbage > > stamp.close(); > > response.setContentLength(baos.size()); > > baos.writeTo( out ); > > baos.flush(); > > baos.close(); > > out.flush(); > > out.close(); > > } > > catch(Exception e){System.out.println(e.getMessage());} > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
