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Re: [iText-questions] Combobox printed, prints undesired value

Fhomasp
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:32:30 -0700


Well...  Considering the tinyness of Belgium I'd ask you how far it could be
? ;-)
I'd say it's about an hour driving from where I live to Ghent.
Bruno has worked, although not very long, for the same client I'm working
now.  There's a project leader here who remembers him ;-) 



wasegraves wrote:
> 
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Fhomasp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> 
>> When calling the method using an extra "" in the vararg works.  Although
>> it
>> does seem more like a workaround instead of a solution.
> 
> I agree, in a way. Indeed, any use of programs like Acrobat/Reader,
> together with a library like iText that gives you the power to generate
> PDFs without having Acrobat/Reader at all involves selecting the most
> suitable set of many alternatives to satisfy the software requirements.
> 
> I try to keep "pure" installations of Acrobat 3, 4, 5, and 6 (where I
> stopped upgrading Acrobat) on separate computers on my network, so I can
> support users with a wide range of versions of Acrobat/Adobe Reader (Note:
> I can support Reader 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, lacking one computer to backfill
> with Reader 7, which went away when my grandsons needed the computer on
> which v7 was installed). 
> 
>> I did modify the code in the book a bit because otherwise a user would be
>> able to just type in any value in the textfield contained in the cell. 
>> Now
>> the user is limited to the choices I provide.
>> 
> 
> Yes. This is one of those compromises. You'll see that the choice in the
> first field in the ChoiceFields example is editable, while the choice in
> the second field is not. You choose the one that is best-suited to your
> requirements.
> 
> That said, you do have the power with iText to make the choice editable or
> not-editable, via the "editable" parameter, e.g., see the JavaDoc API for
> PdfAcroForm, addComboBox, which shows you the syntax for the "editable"
> parameter. 
> 
> [Note to Bruno: There appear to be two identical entries in the
> documentation of PdfAcroForm for "addComboBox". Is this a redundancy, or
> is there another variation, which was not entered in the documentation?]
> 
>> But I guess it'll have to do.  Thanks m8.
>> I'll see about that donation ;-)
> 
> You're very welcome. Any support you can give to the iText project
> benefits the enire iText community. BTW, I see (I think) Real Software is
> a Belgian company. Are you close to Ghent, where Bruno Lowagie is
> headquartered?
> 
> Best regards,
> Bill Segraves
> 
> 
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