Hi Vadim, the reason of that behavior is that when you create a new annotation using PDFBox it's parameters are defined but not the visual appearance (the appearance stream) as a result the way the annotation is displayed is dependent on the defaults of the viewing application which leads to different 'looks' in Adobe Reader and OS X Preview.
What can be done to resolve this is to generate the appearance stream. Unfortunately this still doesn't give you a guarantee that different readers show the annotation exactly the same way as it's still up to the reader to decide if it's respecting it or not. Maruan > Am 06.03.2015 um 11:31 schrieb Vadim Bauer <[email protected]>: > > Ok guys I have an example that reproduces the error out of the box with > AddAnnotation example > <https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/blob/a0e69a5a0a6ee6b2ffcbf7fff1a0beed52c90074/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/pdmodel/AddAnnotations.java> > that ships with pdfbox. > > Please take a look at the screenshot. > So what do you think is this a: > a.) pdfbox issue that needs to be solved. > b.) a pdfbox issue that can't/won't be solved. > c.) a apple preview issue with NO pdfbox workaround. > d.) a apple preview issue with an (pdfbox) workaround > <PastedGraphic-1.tiff> > > >> Am 05.03.2015 um 17:58 schrieb Vadim Bauer <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >> Im using latest PDFBox 2.0 latest snapshot to add an underlined link on a >> pdf. When I open the link in Adobe 11 it is displayed correctly with an >> underlined link. >> >> When I open the same pdf with Apple Preview 8.0 (859.7) it is displayed as >> solid line box. Actually except dashed every PDBorderStyleDictionary option >> is displayed as solid in apple preview. >> >> This is my sample code. >> https://gist.github.com/Vad1mo/c8458fd90414e88821e3 >> <https://gist.github.com/Vad1mo/c8458fd90414e88821e3> >> >> I can provide a pdf, but it doesn't matter you can take any pdf you want. >> >
