The formats in Acrobat are done with JavaScript and are out of the understanding of iText. You'll have to make your formating. Note that you can have a value different from the appearance, see AcroFields.setField(String,String,String).
Best Regards, Paulo Soares ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merlyn Mathias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 18:14 Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Comb characters > > Hi Paulo, > > I did not know about the new release until I read your mail today. I downloaded it, and the comb problem is solved. It looks very good. Thank you so much. > > I have another question. I have a date field in the PDF form to be displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format. I get the data from the database as mmddyyyy. Is there anyway I can get the field format from Acrofields? Something like ......... > > PdfReader.getPdfObject > (((PdfDictionary)item.values.get(0)).get(PdfName)) > > so that I can format the value myself before I set it. > > Thanks again for your help. > Merlyn. > > Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did the itext-paulo-139 version solved the comb problem? > > Best Regards, > Paulo Soares > > > --------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paulo Soares > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:53 PM > To: Merlyn Mathias; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Comb characters > > > > I had some hope of having a release this week but I have a lot of new things to include and next week is the new date. If there's no accident the text comb will be there. > > Best Regards, > Paulo Soares > > > --------------------------------- > From: Merlyn Mathias [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:37 PM > To: Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Comb characters > > > > Hi Paulo, > > When do you plan on releasing the next build with this feature? If it is not anytime soon, is there any workaround for this? > > Thank you very much > Merlyn. > > Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't even knew what a text comb was. It doesn't look too difficult to implement, I'll have it ready next week. > > Best Regards, > Paulo Soares > > > --------------------------------- > From: Merlyn Mathias [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:55 PM > To: Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Comb characters > > > > > Thank you very much for the quick response. Attached are the pdf files. test.pdf is my original PDF and if I try to enter data directly using acrobat reader, it looks as expected. withitext.pdf is the one generated using the following code. > > In my servlet: > > OutputStream outStream = response.getOutputStream(); > response.setContentType("application/pdf"); > > byte[] byteArray = createPDF(xmlDocument, url, fileName); > > response.setContentLength(byteArray.length); > outStream.write(byteArray); > outStream.close(); > > public byte[] createPdf(XMLDocument xmlDocument, String url, String fileName) { > ByteArrayOutputStream out = null; > String pdfFile = url + fileName; > PdfReader reader = null; > PdfStamper stamper = null; > > try > { > out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); > reader = new PdfReader(new URL(pdfFile)); > stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, out); > > AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields(); > > populateFormFields(form, xmlDocument); > > stamper.close(); > > } > catch (DocumentException e) > { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > catch (IOException e) > { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > > return out.toByteArray(); > } > > > public void populateFormFields(AcroFields form, XMLDocument xmlDocument) throws IOException, DocumentException > { > > form.setField("Text2", "0123456789AB"); > lockField(form, "Text2"); > > > } > > public void lockField(AcroFields form, String name) > { > AcroFields.Item item = form.getFieldItem(name); > > for (int k = 0; k < item.merged.size(); ++k) > { > PdfNumber num = (PdfNumber)PdfReader.getPdfObject > (((PdfDictionary)item.values.get(k)).get(PdfName.FF)); > int val = 0; > > if (num != null) > val = num.intValue(); > > num = new PdfNumber(val | PdfFormField.FF_READ_ONLY); > > ((PdfDictionary)item.merged.get(k)).put(PdfName.FF, num); > ((PdfDictionary)item.values.get(k)).put(PdfName.FF, num); > } > } > > Thanks again, > Merlyn. > > > Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to see the PDF and the code you use to set the field. > > Best Regards, > Paulo Soares > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Merlyn Mathias > > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 9:08 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [iText-questions] Comb characters > > > > Hi, > > > > I just downloaded itext and started using it. I created a PDF > > form using adobe > > acrobat 6.0. This form contains a field with option 'Comb of > > 12 characters'. > > (I want to display each character in one box. )It works fine > > while filling up > > the form online. I use itext to read this file and set the > > form fields with > > the data from the database. The PDF is returned as a > > ByteArrayOutputStream in > > the memory and sent back to the browser. The property 'comb' > > doesnt work. The > > characters do not show up in separate boxes, instead they > > appear as one > > string. Is this a known bug or am I missing something? > > > > Thank you so much for your help. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 > > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your > > judgement on > > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. > > Deadline: Sept. 24. 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