Have a look at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.lib.itext.general/13984.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Wilson > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:26 PM > To: <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Subject: [iText-questions] Problems with filling in forms > created with Acrobat Designer 7 > > Hi! > > I have a test program which fills in all the fields in a PDF form. I > developed it against some US tax forms and it works perfectly. I have > just made a form using Acrobat Designer 7 by importing a Word > document > as the template and adding the fields by hand. The program > doesn't work > with this form. I have discovered the following facts: > > The program correctly finds the right number of fields but the > getName() function returns a rather odd name. It looks like > it might be > UTF16 encoded Unicode where every byte has been cast to a char. > > Using the name in a setField call does not set the field value. > > When the resulting pdf document is opened in the Acrobat reader I get > an "Expected a dict object" error but the document displays OK (other > than there being no data in the fields). > > I'm guessing that the V7 form is returning Unicode names and the > earlier version is returning some 8 bit encoding. > > I would be happy to send a working example of the code and > the forms to > anybody who can help with this. > > John Wilson > The Wilson Partnership > http://www.wilson.co.uk > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
