Hi Luis, thank you.
Maruan Am 10.09.2014 um 09:50 schrieb Luis Herrero <[email protected]>: > OK, Maruan. > > I've attached a pdf for testing to the issue in Jira. > > Regards, > > 2014-09-09 17:07 GMT+02:00 Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>: > >> Hi Luis, >> >> could you attach a sample file using a comb to >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-91 so that we have another >> test case? >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >> Am 09.09.2014 um 12:31 schrieb Luis Herrero <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hello. >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. >>> >>> I've also found this related thread about the issue: >>> http://www.coderanch.com/t/637067/open-source/PDFBox-save >>> >>> Do you know where I can find any example about the stream appearance >>> modification? >>> >>> For my project, I have to use released software. >>> It's not extremely urgent because those comb fields are only a small part >>> of the application, but it would be nice to have at least a provisional >>> solution in a short term. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> 2014-09-09 11:42 GMT+02:00 Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> for a form field there are two representations, the value and how the >>>> field appears on screen/printed (the appearance). At that point in time >>>> PDFBox doesn’t use the setting when it’s calculating the appearance. As >> a >>>> workaround you could change the appearance stream after the value has >> been >>>> set. >>>> >>>> There is already an issue for that >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-91. >>>> >>>> For your project do you have to use released software or could you use a >>>> trunk version of PDFBox? How urgent would a fix be to you? >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>> Am 09.09.2014 um 11:30 schrieb Luis Herrero <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There’s a similar question on the thread “field comb” on 28 may 2014 >> with >>>>> no answer. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have a pdf generated with LibreOffice to be prefilled by an >>>> application. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There are several comb text boxes (for example to insert a telephone >>>> number >>>>> or a postal code) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I set the value of the AcroForm field -> setValue(‘’12345’’) >>>>> >>>>> The function shouldComb() returns true. >>>>> >>>>> MaxLengh returns 5. >>>>> >>>>> I need to set the property doNotScroll to false in order to the text to >>>> be >>>>> displayed, if not the text is not printed in the resulting pdf -> >>>>> setDoNotScroll(false) >>>>> >>>>> With this property set, the string is printed in the text box, but the >>>>> numbers are not placed in their respective boxes, as you can see here : >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> pdfbox output: http://i.imgur.com/yjjhE51.png >>>>> >>>>> desired output: http://i.imgur.com/s5BnXK6.png >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I haven’t found much information about the behaviour of comb fields in >>>>> pdfbox. >>>>> >>>>> Is this behaviour of automatically placing numbers in their boxes >>>> available >>>>> in pdfbox ? >>>>> >>>>> Is it necessary any additional implementation ? >>>> >>>> >> >>
