I did a lot of search, couldn't find any sample code. The closest I can get
is the following.
fldPD.getWidget().getAppearance()
Please share any code sample you have.
I got the following code that makes the font color red, but again until I
click the field the text isn't showing.
COSDictionary dict = fldPD.getDictionary();
COSString defaultAppearance = (COSString)
dict.getDictionaryObject(COSName.DA);
if (defaultAppearance != null)
dict.setString(COSName.DA,
defaultAppearance.getString() + " 1 0 0 rg ");
Thanks, Reevs.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when you look at the field the presentation is determined by the fields
> appearance. When you click into the field the PDF Viewing application takes
> over and uses the fields value.
>
> When you fill a field using PDFBox (or any other PDF lib/tool) the value
> is taken and from that the appearance is generated. PDFBox doesn't
> currently support automatic line wrapping (but we are working on it for the
> 2.0 release).
>
> As a workaround you can regenerate the appearance after the value has been
> set and the (insufficient) appearance has been generated.
>
> In principal for that you need to
>
> # get the field
> # get the field appearance
> # get the fields bounding box
> # add some padding
> # calculate additional line breaks by using -> float width =
> font.getStringWidth(text.substring(start,i)) / 1000 * fontSize;
> # set the annotation
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
> Am 15.10.2014 um 14:57 schrieb Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>:
>
> > I tried the string with the "\n" and it successfully inserted new lines
> in
> > the multi-line field in the PDF Form.
> >
> > However, the text in a line that is too long doesn't automatically wrap
> to
> > next line. When I click in the field, the text wraps to next line and if
> I
> > click outside the field, the text shows as single line (cutting off the
> > content that cannot fit in the field).
> >
> > Is there anyway to fix this issue?
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thx Mauran. I didn't know that approach will work. I will try it.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> just pass it with the line breaks within the string and make sure the
> >>> multiline property for the field is set.
> >>>
> >>> Maruan
> >>>
> >>> Am 14.10.2014 um 21:07 schrieb Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am using PDFBox to populate data on a PDF form (AcroForm). Here is a
> >>>> sample code that I am using to fill the data on to the PDF.
> >>>>
> >>>> public void fillPDF(HashMap<String, String> mpData) {
> >>>> try {
> >>>> PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = pdfDoc.getDocumentCatalog();
> >>>> PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
> >>>>
> >>>> Iterator<Entry<String, String>> itrData =
> >>>> mpData.entrySet().iterator();
> >>>> while (itrData.hasNext()) {
> >>>> Entry<String, String> entryData = itrData.next();
> >>>> PDField fldPD = acroForm.getField(entryData.getKey());
> >>>> if (fldPD!=null) {
> >>>> fldPD.setValue(entryData.getValue());
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>> } catch (Exception e) {
> >>>> e.printStackTrace();
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> If one of the strings is "First line \n Second line \n Third line",
> how
> >>> do
> >>>> I populate this text to the PDF so that each piece of text will be on
> a
> >>> new
> >>>> line in the field. Please advise.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>> Reevs.
> >>>
> >>>
>
>
