Bob Babcock wrote: > The iText example works fine. I can include a fillable form in the package > and it retains all of its features. > > But Adobe Reader 8 does something nasty: if I fill in some fields in the > form and then switch to one of the other pdfs in the package, the form data > I've entered is lost when I return to the form. As far as I can tell, this > is a Reader problem, not an iText problem. Reader 8 doesn't even warn > I'm going to lose data (7.08 does) if I close a simple fillable form.
I'm posting this to the iText mailing list. We've got a Technical Evangelist from Adobe listening there ;-) > With Reader 7.08, switching between the attachments is less convenient, but > you can do it without losing form data. (Looking at 8 again, I see I can > right-click on one of the pdfs and pick open in a new window. Then it > behaves like version 7.) I'll read the PDF Reference 1.7 soon; if there's a possibility to fix the problem, I'll let you know. A workaround could be not to work with PDF Packages, but with plain attachments. You could set the Viewer Preferences in such a way that the attachments panel is always opened. br, Bruno ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
