On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:31 PM, dennis jenkins <dennis.jenkins...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dominik, > > Thank you for that suggestion. The code change fixes PDFs that I > generate myself (my small test case). > However, it does not work with editing existing PDFs. > > I will study the functionality in PdfAcroForm.cpp and experiment. > Thank you very much. > > ps- Why is the "NeedAppearances" code commented out at all? In a > future release will there a way to specify this behavior > programatically so that users won't need to maintain custom PoDoFos?
I got it to work, with a little C++ abuse. I modified "PdfAcroForm.h" so that "Init()" was a public method, recompiled and re-installed. In my own code, I load the IRS form into a PdfMemDocument, then do this: doc.GetAcroForm()->Init (PdfAcroForm::ePdfAcroFormDefaultAppearance_BlackText12pt); I then loop through all of the form fields, calling "SetText" on the text fields. Finally I save the PDF. The resulting PDF displays as desired. So, my question now is what is a "proper" fix? I can think of a few alternatives: 1) Wait for PoDoFo to make a formal code change that helps my situation. 2) Continue to use a hacked PoDoFo (not a problem right now, but not desirable long term). 3) Extract the relevant logic from PdfAcroInit() and embed it directly in my own code (risking my code breaking in the future if PoDoFo makes an incompatible change). I have not fully researched this alternative. At this time I don't know if the methods invoked by PdfAcroRead::Init() are "public" such that I can invoke them myself directly in my own code. Anyway, thank you guys very much for your assistance. If you are willing to make a change to PoDoFo to make the above "proper" or "formal" or whatever then I would be more than happy to test. Thank you for your time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list Podofo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users
