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Chris Newhouse commented on PDFBOX-5297:
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[~tilman] thank you so much for the "fix"! Very appreciated!
I noticed that the call to `setDefaultAppearances` is made in every iteration
of the innermost loop, and not just when we've replaced some bad strings. Is
this intentional? I'm guessing it is, and that the reason why is because if
we're in that far, the `daBase` is a `COSName`, and needs to be "fixed", ya?
I'm just trying to understand how much of the above code is specific to the
file I provided you, versus being something generically applicable to many
files that may have a similar problem.
Also, will this become part of the library in a new version? Does it have any
visual impact on the document if it's performed?
Many thanks!!!
> class org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName cannot be cast to class
> org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSString
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>
> Key: PDFBOX-5297
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-5297
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: AcroForm
> Affects Versions: 2.0.24
> Reporter: Chris Newhouse
> Priority: Major
>
> A customer provided us with a PDF that contains an AcroForm and has some of
> the data filled in. There are various ways to trigger the error, but here's a
> stacktrace:
> {code:java}
> class org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName cannot be cast to class
> org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSString (org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName and
> org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSString are in unnamed module of loader 'app')
> at
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDVariableText.getDefaultAppearanceString(PDVariableText.java:91)
> at
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.AppearanceGeneratorHelper.<init>(AppearanceGeneratorHelper.java:114)
> at
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField.constructAppearances(PDTextField.java:263)
> at
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm.refreshAppearances(PDAcroForm.java:331)
> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
> Method)
> at
> java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
> at
> java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566){code}
> The PDF contains sensitive user information, so I cannot post it here
> publicly, but I'd be willing to submit it to a private upload area. When I
> use an editor to remove/change the sensitive data, the problem goes away or
> sprouts up as a different error (related to fonts).
>
> Here is a little bit of metadata I can provide right now:
> {code:java}
> {
> "Author": "SE:W:CAR:MP",
> "CreationDate": "D:20211012165530Z00'00'",
> "Creator": "Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 9.0",
> "Keywords": "Fillable",
> "ModDate": "D:20211012165530Z00'00'",
> "Producer": "macOS Version 10.15.7 (Build 19H1417) Quartz PDFContext",
> "Subject": "Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification",
> "Title": "Form W-9 (Rev. October 2018)"
> }{code}
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