Thank you Maruan, 
I am looking for some appearance stream examples but can't find any. Do you 
maybe have some?




> Am 06.03.2015 um 11:50 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>:
> 
> 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.
>>> 
>> 
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