iText doesn't support Unicode form fields. If you create the form PDF with iText and define the font field encoding as Cp1250 it will work.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nadrai Tamas > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:04 PM > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [iText-questions] filling pdf forms with hungarian font > > hi, > > I tried to fill pdf forms with iText with some hungarian text > > > > BaseFont arial = BaseFont.createFont("times.ttf", > BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); > > try { > > Object fontObject = new Object(); > fontObject = arial; > > > reader = new PdfReader("c:\\SimpleRegistrationForm.pdf"); > PdfStamper stamp2 = new PdfStamper(reader, new > FileOutputStream("c:\\gatya\\registered_flat.pdf")); > AcroFields form2 = stamp2.getAcroFields(); > > form2.setField("name", "text with hungarian characters"); > form2.setFieldProperty("name","textfont",fontObject,null); > form2.setField("address", "text with hungarian characters"); > form2.setFieldProperty("address","textfont",fontObject,null); > form2.setField("postal_code", "text with hungarian characters"); > form2.setFieldProperty("postal_code","textfont",fontObject,null); > ... > . > . > > And I write some normal text in a pdf file in the same java > file > with the same font and I get the following result : > the normal text displays hungarian characters correctly, > but the form fields display the text without the the special > hungarian > characters (o and u with double acute) > the form fields display all other characters, hungarian > characters too, > only those two characters missing. > > what can be the problem? > > thanks > Tom > > ______________________________________________________________ > _________ > [freemail] extra 1GB-os postafiókkal, Önnek már van? > http://freemail.hu > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=ick > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
