i tried AcroFields.setGenerateAppearances(false) but as i have to "flatten" the form-fields and concatenate the generated pdfs i think this won't work for me.
Correct. You need to generate the appearance.
or is the "content" of a text field more than just the text ?
There are two parts to a field - the actual data value and the appearance (look) of the field. If you update the value but not the appearance, then the user will see the OLD data (since that is what would be drawn by the appearance) EVEN THOUGH you had changed the value.
It may be possible to optimize the appearance generation for simple cases - but it is still a necessary process.
Leonard
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