As I said before you can't create characters where there are none. If your file doesn't have the characters it isn't the encoding definition that will make them appear.
Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Josh Adams > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF files > with Unicodesupport > > My apologies if this is getting in twice to the mailing list, > but I never > got a confirmation email from the list saying that this was > received, and > it's not showing up in the archives, so I thought I'd send it again. > > After changing the encoding to BaseFont.CP1252 the characters > are no longer > showing up-- I just get a blank spot. If I stop the form > from flattening, > then the characters will show up if I try to select > characters in the field. > But, being able to flatten the form is one of the main > reasons we're doing > this. Is there a way to keep it from disappearing after flattening? > > I appreciate the help! > > > -Josh Adams > > > >>From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: Post all your questions about iText here > >><[email protected]> > >>To: "Post all your questions about iText here" > >><[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF files with > >>Unicodesupport > >>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:45:58 +0100 > >> > >>Use the encoding "Cp1252". > >> > >>Paulo > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> > Behalf Of Josh Adams > >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:31 PM > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF files > >> > with Unicodesupport > >> > > >> > Thanks! That seems to have solved the problem with getting > >> > the correct > >> > characters to display. > >> > > >> > I have one other question, though, that's pretty closely > >> > related. We're > >> > wanting to use a font called RequiemTextHTFItalic, but it's a > >> > .PFM font and > >> > not a .TTF. When I try to use the following line to define it > >> > > >> > BaseFont bfRequiem = > >> > BaseFont.createFont("C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts\\REQUITIT.PFM", > >> > BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); > >> > > >> > I get a runtime exception and it complains about IDENTIY-H > >> > and IDENTITY-V > >> > being an unsupported encoding. Is there another way I can > >> > define this font > >> > in order to be able to use it? Or am I going to have to use > >> > true-type > >> > fonts? > >> > > >> > > >> > -Josh > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >Reply-To: Post all your questions about iText here > >> > ><[email protected]> > >> > >To: "Post all your questions about iText here" > >> > ><[email protected]> > >> > >Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF files with > >> > >Unicodesupport > >> > >Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:11:11 +0100 > >> > > > >> > >You see the Chinese characters because Acrobat 7 is finding > >> > them in your > >> > >machine in some font and does the courtesy of showing them. > >> > If you try > >> > >it with Acrobat 6 you'll see nothing. You can get around > >> > this in iText > >> > >with a substitution font. Call > AcroFields.addSubstitutionFont() with > >> > >some font with lots of characters like arialuni.ttf. > You can call it > >> > >several times with different fonts if no single font has all the > >> > >required characters and it will look for the right > >> > character. Arabic and > >> > >Hebrew will also be rendered correctly. > >> > > > >> > >Paulo > >> > > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> > > > Behalf Of Josh Adams > >> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:12 PM > >> > > > To: [email protected] > >> > > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF files > >> > > > with Unicodesupport > >> > > > > >> > > > Sorry, try www.neromir.net/PDFDir/certFront.xfdf and > >> > > > www.neromir.net/PDFDir/certFrontTextFields.pdf respectively. > >> > > > Apparently > >> > > > there's a setting on my server here that's not showing the > >> > > > directory listing > >> > > > for that directory... > >> > > > > >> > > > -Josh Adams > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > >Reply-To: Post all your questions about iText here > >> > > > ><[email protected]> > >> > > > >To: "Post all your questions about iText here" > >> > > > ><[email protected]> > >> > > > >Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF > files with > >> > > > >Unicodesupport > >> > > > >Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:08:31 +0100 > >> > > > > > >> > > > >That URL gives me a page not found. > >> > > > > > >> > > > >Paulo > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> > > > > > Behalf Of Josh Adams > >> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 3:59 PM > >> > > > > > To: [email protected] > >> > > > > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF files > >> > > > > > with Unicodesupport > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I posted the pdf and the xfdf file at > www.neromir.net/PDFDir. > >> > > > > > The files are > >> > > > > > certFront.xfdf and certFrontTextFields.pdf. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > -Josh Adams > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > > > >Reply-To: Post all your questions about iText here > >> > > > > > ><[email protected]> > >> > > > > > >To: "Post all your questions about iText here" > >> > > > > > ><[email protected]> > >> > > > > > >Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF > >> > files with > >> > > > > > >Unicodesupport > >> > > > > > >Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:52:18 +0100 > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >Show us the xpdf and the pdf. > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >Paulo > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >> > > > > > >From: "Josh Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > > > >To: <[email protected]> > >> > > > > > >Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:18 AM > >> > > > > > >Subject: [iText-questions] Merging XFDF and PDF > files with > >> > > > > > Unicode support > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > Hi, > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > I'm new to iText. I have a PHP script running on my > >> > > > webserver to > >> > > > > > >generate > >> > > > > > > > XFDF files from our database every night. > The XFDFs are > >> > > > > > then used to > >> > > > > > > > populate the form fields of a template PDF with the > >> > > > > > specific information > >> > > > > > > > so > >> > > > > > > > we can print them. I want to be able to use iText to > >> > > > > > merge the PDF and > >> > > > > > > > XFDF > >> > > > > > > > files into a single PDF file and flatten the > form so that > >> > > > > > the people > >> > > > > > > > handling the printing don't have to work with the > >> > > > complication of > >> > > > > > >dealing > >> > > > > > > > with the template file as well. > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > I have a merging Java program which takes > the available > >> > > > > > XFDFs and merges > >> > > > > > > > them with the template. > >> > > > > > > > I've gotten the merge to work with simple latin-based > >> > > > > > characters, but > >> > > > > > >the > >> > > > > > > > merging program needs to be able to handle > unicode and > >> > > > > > Japanese/Chinese > >> > > > > > > > characters as well. Is there any way to set the form > >> > > > > > fields to display > >> > > > > > > > unicode after the merge is complete? They work fine > >> > > > > > before the merge > >> > > > > > >just > >> > > > > > > > by opening the XFDF file. > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > I appreciate any help, > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > Josh Adams > >> > >> > >>Aviso Legal: > >>Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao destinatário. > Pode conter > >>informação confidencial ou legalmente protegida. A > incorrecta transmissão > >>desta mensagem não significa a perca de confidencialidade. Se esta > >>mensagem for recebida por engano, por favor envie-a de volta para o > >>remetente e apague-a do seu sistema de imediato. É proibido > a qualquer > >>pessoa que não o destinatário de usar, revelar ou > distribuir qualquer > >>parte desta mensagem. > >> > >>Disclaimer: > >>This message is destined exclusively to the intended > receiver. It may > >>contain confidential or legally protected information. The > incorrect > >>transmission of this message does not mean the loss of its > >>confidentiality. 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