Hi, > Am 26.06.2015 um 09:55 schrieb Atul Kulkarni <[email protected]>: > > > Hi, > > I'm not sure how to identify which one is used. Can you help? > The file is opened inside the browser
in Firefox you can enter about:preferences#applications <about:preferences%23applications> in the address bar. Scroll down until you find the entry 'Portable Document Format' which will tell you the application being used to view the PDF - or in case it's handled by the builtin viewer will have the entry 'Preview in Firefox'. BR Maruan > > Thanks, > Atul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 12:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf > > >> Am 26.06.2015 um 08:26 schrieb Atul Kulkarni <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Maruan, >> >> One more issue that we are having with merged pdf is, when it is sent to the >> browser (as a response) the pdf is displayed properly in IE and chrome but >> the firefox doesn't display any of the template fields. > > are you viewing via Adobe Reader plugin or with the builtin PDF viewers? Same > for all browsers? > > BR > Maruan > >> >> Do you have any suggestion? >> >> Thanks, >> Atul >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Atul Kulkarni >> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:18 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf >> >> Hi, >> >> Thanks. I think you are right, I'm getting consistent behavior with template >> file closed. I think I was keeping template open to compare the output >> result. If we run merge command by keeping template file open it seems to >> affect visibility of fields randomly in the output. >> >> Thanks, >> Atul >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 11:38 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf >> >> Hi, >> >>> Am 24.06.2015 um 03:00 schrieb Atul Kulkarni <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> We are using the custom code but I tested it using the same way you >>> mentioned here as well and results are reproducible to me. We have to >>> open and close the merged pdf over and again to see the problematic >>> behavior. Could you please try merging and opening the merged pdf >>> (10-15 times) over and again and you should see the field values >>> missing. Sequence of steps that I use- >>> >>> 1. merge >>> 2. Open and check >>> 3. Go to #1 >>> >> >> I did several times merge, open and check, close and the same again without >> any issues. >> >> If you don't close the document so you do merge, open and check and the >> merge again … then fields start to be 'missing'. But that's not an issue >> with PDFBox as the document is correctly generated. >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >> >> >>> Thanks, >>> Atul >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 5:49 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf >>> >>> I received the files via private mail and did test them using >>> >>> java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.8.jar PDFMerger "w4vt.pdf" "Accord >>> Filled.pdf" merged-1.8.8.pdf >>> >>> and compared the result with the filled form prior to merging and all form >>> fields are there and visible using Adobe Reader. >>> >>> How are you merging the documents together? Do you use some custom code? If >>> yes could you test the command line app as outlined above and let me know >>> the results? >>> >>> BR >>> Maruan >>> >>>> Am 22.06.2015 um 09:12 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> if that's not possible you can send them to me via private mail. >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>>> Am 21.06.2015 um 10:05 schrieb Atul Kulkarni >>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Maruan. >>>>> I'm confirming legality to put the pdfs in public domain and will get >>>>> back to you ASAP. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 1:19 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged >>>>> pdf >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>>> Am 21.06.2015 um 09:23 schrieb Atul Kulkarni >>>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> We are using Apache PDFBox (Version 1.8.9) for merging pdf >>>>>> documents and other pdf manipulations. We are facing issue while >>>>>> merging pdfs. Simplistically put the issue is as below- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Input: PDF1, PDF2. PDF2 is a PDF form with information filled >>>>>> information. >>>>> >>>>> would it be possible to upload a sample PDF1 and PDF2 to a public >>>>> location? >>>>> >>>>> BR >>>>> Maruan >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. Expected Output- A single merged PDF file with PDF2 pages >>>>>> appended to PDF1. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. The issue: PDFs are merged/appended but form information is not >>>>>> visible. >>>>>> >>>>>> The visibility of fields is random. I'm using Acrobat Reader XI to see >>>>>> the merged pdf document. If I open same (merged) document over and again >>>>>> the number of populated fields I see change. This issue is reproducible >>>>>> with version 1.8.7 and 1.8.8 as well. If form field values are read >>>>>> again programmatically, all values are there intact and have correct >>>>>> value. >>>>>> >>>>>> We are using org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFMergerUtility to merge the pdfs. >>>>>> To no surprise, the issue is also reproducible with >>>>>> org.apache.pdfbox.PDFMerger as well (because, PDFMerger internally uses >>>>>> PDFMergerUtility). >>>>>> >>>>>> Let us know how to fix this issue or anyone has any suggestions to get >>>>>> around the issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Atul >>>>>> >>>>>> DISCLAIMER >>>>>> ========== >>>>>> This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is >>>>>> the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use >>>>>> of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the >>>>>> intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, >>>>>> distribute or use this message. 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