Hello, > The behavior has changed for PDFBox 2.1 (which is in the works - > nor release date yet) which will now always generate a new > appearance when the form fields value changes. > BR > Maruan
thanks for the info, Maruan! Best Regards, Timo -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Freitag, 20. Mai 2016 12:44 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: After using 'PrinterJob' to print a PDF form, the form fields are empty (PDFBox 2.0.0) Hi, > Am 20.05.2016 um 10:43 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>: > > Hi, >> Am 20.05.2016 um 09:49 schrieb Timo Rumland <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Maruan, >> >>> you can change your code like this to use Helvetica. >>> [...] >> >> you saved my day, sir! It works like a charm, thank you very much. > > Good to hear that, > >> >> >> To summarize it - I encountered two problems: >> >> >> 1. "Invisible" form field content. >> >> Workaround: Setting 'pdAcroForm.setNeedAppearances( false )', filling >> the fields and setting the property to 'true' again. > > I've created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3356. Feel free to add comments, samples etc. if you want. The behavior has changed for PDFBox 2.1 (which is in the works - nor release date yet) which will now always generate a new appearance when the form fields value changes. BR Maruan > >> >> 2. Wrong encoding / weird special chars in form fields. >> >> Workaround: Using a PDF default font. In my case, setting the font >> of all form fields to 'PDType1Font.HELVETICA' worked. >> >> >> >> Can I contribute something to these problems, maybe creating a JIRA >> issue (for the first item), or is PDFBOX-3332 sufficient for the moment? >> >> >> Thanks again (also to you, John) for all your support > > You're welcome - BR Maruan >> >> >> Best Regards, >> Timo >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2016 15:03 >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: After using 'PrinterJob' to print a PDF form, the form >> fields are empty (PDFBox 2.0.0) >> >> Hi, >> >>> Am 18.05.2016 um 12:13 schrieb Timo Rumland <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hello Maruan, >>> >>>> unfortunately you are hit by >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3332. >>>> Will check its state. >>>> Maruan >>> >>> thanks a lot! >>> >>> In the meantime, is there any known workaround? I think about the >> following: >>> >>> >>> I read in the JIRA ticket, that using the standard PDF font >>> Helvetica does not cause these problems. >>> If this is correct: >>> >>> I can't control the source of the PDF files, but the used font for >>> the form fields does not matter in my case. So while I can't force >>> the source PDF form to use a specific font, I can modify the used >>> font in the PDF form via PDFBox (if possible) before printing. >>> >>> Is there a way to set the default Helvetica font (specified by >>> 'PDType1Font.HELVETICA' as far as I know) for all form fields before >>> printing? Maybe this is a solution / workaround in my case, so no >>> weird characters are displayed? >> >> >> you can change your code like this to use Helvetica. >> >> pdAcroForm.setNeedAppearances(false); >> // Setting PDF field content in "textfield01" >> PDField pdField = pdAcroForm.getField( "textfield01" ); >> PDType1Font helv = PDType1Font.HELVETICA; >> // add the font to the AcroForm Resources >> >> pdAcroForm.getDefaultResources().put(COSName.getPDFName("Helv"), >> helv); >> // Set the default appearance to use that font. >> // Note: this was harcoded from the original value of >> // 0 0 0 rg /F2 12 Tf >> // which is not totally correct as the font should be the first >> parameter >> ((PDTextField)pdField).setDefaultAppearance("/Helv 12 Tf"); >> pdField.setValue( "test content" ); >> pdAcroForm.setNeedAppearances(true); >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >>> >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Timo >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2016 10:43 >>> An: [email protected] >>> Betreff: Re: After using 'PrinterJob' to print a PDF form, the form >>> fields are empty (PDFBox 2.0.0) >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>>> Am 18.05.2016 um 09:14 schrieb Timo Rumland <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Hi Maruan, >>>> >>>>> What you can do is set NeedApparances to false, update the field >>>>> and afterwards set the value to true again. >>>> >>>> I've just tested this with the following code (I hope I understood >>>> you correctly and my naive approach is sufficient): >>>> >>>> ---------- >>>> >>>> pdAcroForm.setNeedAppearances( false ); pdField.setValue( "test >>>> content" ); pdAcroForm.setNeedAppearances( true ); >>>> >>>> ---------- >>>> >>>> (The rest of my sample code is unaltered.) >>>> >>>> Now after running the test code, the form field in the resulting >>>> PDF file is NOT empty, but the space between "test" and "content" >>>> (the desired field content is "test content") has been replaced >>>> with a special character (and the position of the text is slightly off). >>>> >>>> Please, see this screenshot I made: >>>> >>>> * https://goo.gl/dWUvKy >>>> >>>> There you can see the difference between the source PDF form file >>>> and the resulting file after printing. >>>> >>> >>> unfortunately you are hit by >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3332. >>> >>> Will check its state. >>> Maruan >>> >>> >>>> >>>> To be honest, I now have absolutely no idea what could cause this, >>>> and I really hope you have some more ideas about it, as the problem >>>> gets more and more urgent for my current project. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot for your help! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> Timo >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>>> Von: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Mai 2016 21:19 >>>> An: [email protected] >>>> Betreff: Re: After using 'PrinterJob' to print a PDF form, the form >>>> fields are empty (PDFBox 2.0.0) >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>>> Am 17.05.2016 um 17:04 schrieb Timo Rumland <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> after migrating from PDFBox 1.8 to 2.0.0, printing a PDF form via >>>>> 'PrinterJob' and ' PDFPrintable ', in which I filled out the form >>>>> fields via PDFBox, results in a PDF file (or a physical print) >>>>> with the form fields empty. >>>>> >>>> >>>> the form fields value is set but the appearance stream for the form >>>> field (what you see) is not updated as the NeedAppearances flag is >>>> set to >>> true. >>>> PDFBox (currently) handles it that it doens't update the appearance >>>> stream of the form field in that case (that should probably be changed). >>>> >>>> What you can do is set NeedApparances to false, update the field >>>> and afterwards set the value to true again. >>>> >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>> >>>>> With PDFBox 1.8, the following simple code worked: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- >>>>> >>>>> File sourcePdfForm = new File( "g:/test-form.pdf" ); File >>>>> resultPdfForm = new File( "g:/test-form_out.pdf" ); >>>>> >>>>> // Load the source PDF form file >>>>> PDDocument pdDocument = PDDocument.load( sourcePdfForm ); >>>>> PDDocumentCatalog pdDocumentCatalog = >>>>> pdDocument.getDocumentCatalog(); PDAcroForm pdAcroForm = >>>>> pdDocumentCatalog.getAcroForm(); >>>>> >>>>> // Setting PDF field content in "textfield01" >>>>> PDField pdField = pdAcroForm.getField( "textfield01" ); >>>>> pdField.setValue( "test content" ); >>>>> >>>>> pdDocument.save( resultPdfForm ); >>>>> pdDocument.close(); >>>>> >>>>> // Open the resulting PDF file, which shows the content in the PDF >>>>> field "textfield01" >>>>> Desktop.getDesktop().open( resultPdfForm ); >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> // Now open the resulting file again, printing it with the default >>>>> printer // No matter if the default printer is an PDF printer >>>>> (like >>>>> PDFCreator) or // an actual physical printer, the content of the >>>>> field "textfield01" is empty >>>>> >>>>> pdDocument = PDDocument.load( resultPdfForm ); >>>>> >>>>> PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob(); >>>>> printerJob.setJobName( "printerJob" ); printerJob.setPrintService( >>>>> PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService() >>>>> ); >>>>> printerJob.setPrintable( new PDFPrintable( pdDocument ) ); >>>>> printerJob.print( new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet( >>>>> MediaSizeName.ISO_A4 ) ); >>>>> >>>>> pdDocument.close(); >>>>> >>>>> ---------- >>>>> >>>>> -- What this code sample does -- >>>>> >>>>> As you can see, this is a test case where I first load a source >>>>> PDF form, setting the value of a form field and save the resulting >>>>> PDF file. After that I load the resulting PDF file and use a >>>>> PrinterJob to print it on the default printer. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The problem -- >>>>> >>>>> Now using PDFBox 2.0.0: No matter what the default printer is - a >>>>> PDF printer like PDFCreator or a physical printer - the form >>>>> fields of the printed out PDF file are empty >>>>> >>>>> Interestingly, opening the resulting PDF form 'test-form_out.pdf' >>>>> (see line 'Desktop.getDesktop().open( resultPdfForm );') in any >>>>> PDF viewer (Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, PDF XChange Viewer etc.) >>>>> shows the correct form field content for field 'textfield01', >>>>> which is 'test >>> content'. >>>>> >>>>> The test PDF form file I use is a really simple form, containing >>>>> only a label and the form field named "testfield01". If you wish, >>>>> you can download 'test-form.pdf' here: >>>>> >>>>> * https://goo.gl/VMiohj >>>>> >>>>> As mentioned, with PDFBox 1.8 I was able to print out PDF forms >>>>> via a 'PrinterJob' with form field contents. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- Related posts -- >>>>> >>>>> There are several posts or bug reports regard empty form fields, >>>>> like >>>> these: >>>>> >>>>> * >>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14541647/pdfbox-set-visible-whe >>>>> n- p r inting (not providing a valid solution in my case) >>>>> * >>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24149361/form-field-values-set- >>>>> wi t h -pdfbo x-not-visible-in-adobe-reader (my PDF form is a >>>>> AcroForm and has no XFA >>>>> data) >>>>> * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-71 (setting >>>>> 'pdAcroForm.getCOSObject().setItem( COSName.getPDFName( >>>>> "NeedAppearances" ), COSBoolean.TRUE );' did not help in my case) >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, none of these did help. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Any advice on this problem is highly appreciated >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks a lot for your help! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Timo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> -- >>>>> - 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] >>>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - 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] >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
