Hi Scott,

> Am 24.08.2017 um 17:53 schrieb Scott Coldwell <[email protected]>:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/aauv4rwnb65qj3x/TestI9.pdf?dl=0 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/aauv4rwnb65qj3x/TestI9.pdf?dl=0>
> 
> The field in question is Signature of Employee (employee.signature) on the 
> first page.
> 
> We may be able to do away with the newline. We’re migrating an app from itext 
> and I was trying to keep the changes to a minimum and the newline is part of 
> their standard signature content.

I looked at the form and I'm a little uncertain what to do as there are two 
options:

a) keeping everything as is and setting NeedAppearances to true to enforce 
Adobe to generate the appearance stream there is a multiline output
b) opening the form in Adobe Reader without setting NeedAppearances and 
manually editing the text there is a single line output i.e. the newline is not 
taken into account
c) setting the field property to multiline and generating the appearance stream 
using Adobe Reader there is multiline output but the font is much smaller than 
would be with option a)

So for a single line field the question is if we'd like to replikate a) or b)
For multiline - as I've already written before - we currently do not support 
auto scaling text

The onyl short term fix as of now is to either drop the newline or - if the 
user is using Adobe Reader or Acrobat to fill the form - set 
PDAcroForm.setNeedAppearances(true). The later will be a change to the document 
so even if the user is not changing anything he will be asked to save the form 
when closing.

BR
Maruan

> 
>> On Aug 24, 2017, at 3:19 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 24.08.2017 um 09:10 schrieb Scott Coldwell <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>> 
>>> Tried with both 2.0.6 and 2.0.7. Also tried with multiline on and off. 
>>> Different results with the multiline flag as to what was visible without 
>>> focus, but neither was correct.
>>> 
>> 
>> Would it be possible to get a sample form? BTW - for multiline and font size 
>> auto we don't scale the font but set it to 12pt. So this is a known 
>> limitation.
>> 
>> For single line could you just replace the newline with space or is it 
>> important to have the newline as part of the data?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Aug 24, 2017, at 1:49 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Scott,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Am 24.08.2017 um 03:01 schrieb Scott Coldwell <[email protected]>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Maruan/Tilman,
>>>>> 
>>>>> We’re having an issue with a text field where the value includes a “\n”.  
>>>>> The field does not show the value properly until you click into the 
>>>>> field.  This has been an issue in the past with the appearance 
>>>>> construction so that’s my guess as to what’s happening.  Additional note, 
>>>>> the field is set to auto font size (0).  I’m going to file a bug report, 
>>>>> but is there a workaround I can use in the meantime to correct the 
>>>>> appearance?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> is the field set to be multiline? Which PDFBox version are you using?
>>>> 
>>>> BR
>>>> Maruan
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Scott
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