(Disclaimer: First I must admit my knowledge of PDF is limited and I have not worked with it for a year or more, since I originally implemented it.)
True, this does force ADOBE to regenerate this information. Although, loading on the client takes a lot less than the 10-12 seconds it takes on the server - which the user also has to wait for. Now if there are potential rendering issues then that could be a problem. Isn't ADOBE rebuilding the appearances from the original fields added during the creation of the form, similar to what iText is doing? If not where does it get the appearances - both during this 'rebuilding' of the appearances and whenever a form is edited using Adobe? What sort of problems are likely to come up? (We are using only Text fields - and these forms are read-only forms.) We have been using this method with another package for a year or more with no noticable problems. We have been using Reader 3 and 4 and Acrobat 4, but mostly version 4 of each. Thanks for your help! Rich --- Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:10 PM 4/4/2003 -0800, Rich McAneny wrote: > >In working with another PDF package, I found that > >there is a PDF value(?) called: > > > >/NeedAppearances true > > > >which I needed to add to the AcroForm Object. (This > >caused the Appearances to be rebuilt by PDF. > > Using NeedAppearances is BAD - it's > behavior is inconsistent with > different versions of Adobe Acrobat (and OS > platforms) and is useless on in > other PDF Viewers. > > iText does form filling the CORRECT way by > generating correct > appearances for the data as it fills it in. > > > > >I tried this using iText and it worked as well. > Below > >is the code that I used/changed. It dropped the > >creation time from 14-15 seconds down to 2-3. > > Because you left appearance generation for > client side, so that > your user will have to wait longer for their forms > to appear - IF they > appear at all! I suggest you spend some time trying > this with different > versions of Acrobat 3 vs. 4 vs. 5 vs. 5.1, and > Reader vs. Approval vs. > Acrobat. You will find some that the user > experience will vary greatly AND > in some cases will be unacceptable (since the user > will see the WRONG THING!). > > > Leonard > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Leonard Rosenthol > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer > <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. > 215-629-3700 (voice) > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
