Hi, > Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <[email protected]>: > > Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? Does it > have the same limitation?
no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations. I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up with an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature I'm happy to support you. BR Maruan > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < >> [email protected]>: >>> >>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form >>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF. >> >> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form >> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at >> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are adding) >> >> BR >> >> Maruan >> >>> >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Gilad, >>>> >>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < >>>> [email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Maruan, >>>>> >>>>> Sure, here they are... >>>>> >>>>> Gilad >>>>> >>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf >>>>> < >>>> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Input form.pdf >>>>> < >>>> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun < >> [email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Gilad, >>>>>> >>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < >>>>>> [email protected]>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi guys, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex >>>> and >>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid... >>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in >> it >>>> (a >>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have >>>> tried >>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in >>>>>>> various ways. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage >>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing >>>> files. >>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the >>>>>> start...), >>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page >>>>>> with >>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file >> is >>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat >>>>>> (see >>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in >>>>>>> Acrobat). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, >> by >>>>>> the >>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't >>>> it >>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new >>>>>> page?) >>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a >>>>>> selection >>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up >> by >>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see >>>>>> "example2.pdf"). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty >>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files >>>> instead >>>>>>> of adding one to the other. >>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the >>>> values >>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns >>>> the >>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even >>>>>> though >>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf"). >>>> >>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader the >>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not >> getting >>>> the value you are looking for? >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any help is appreciated… >>>>>> >>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging? >>>>>> >>>>>> BR >>>>>> Maruan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, Gilad. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> example1.pdf >>>>>>> < >>>>>> >>>> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> example2.pdf >>>>>>> < >>>>>> >>>> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> example3.pdf >>>>>>> < >>>>>> >>>> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >>
