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Also: you are SHOUTING in your SUBJECT line. This is considered BEING RUDE. Do not use ALL CAPS when ASKING A QUESTION! On 5/23/2014 11:03 AM, Maria Luisa Marucci wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to save pdf generated from OpenOffice configuration in > which I have named object forms containing the '.'. > > For example: I have saved a ComboBox named 'combo.box' in OpenOffice > Writer and than I have converted it in pdf. That is not a good idea. Please consult ISO-32000-1, section 12.7.3.2 entitled "Field Names": "Because the PERIOD is used as a separator for fully qualified names, a partial name shall not contain a PERIOD character." > > The file is than uploaded in my application with IText libraries. When > I try to download and fill out the file, the file has lost formatting > features of the objects. That shouldn't be a surprise. > If I change the name avoiding the '.' it does work correctly. Why? Because the period has a special meaning in the context of a field name. It indicates a hierarchy. For instance: you have a field "person" that is the parent of the fields "name", "address", "birthday". The names in double quotes are partial names. The fully qualified names of the three fields are person.name, person.address and person.birthday. As explained in the ISO specification for PDF, the "." is used as a separator and may not be used in a partial name. > > Someone can help me in findout a solution? No, because your request doesn't make sense. > I need to use the '.' in the naming beacuse of I need to map the > OOObjects with native business objects contained in my application > called as 'name.secondname.etc.' Aha, that's a different question. There seems to be a hierarchy in your data. In that case: create a form that respects that hierarchy: create a field (without a corresponding widget) with partial name "name". Make that field the parent of a field with partial name "secondname". The fully qualified name will be "name.secondname". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
