Re: Reading page using PDFTextStripper

Hi, Am Sonntag, den 22.11.2020, 07:10 +0200 schrieb Hesham Gneady: > I've tried it now, but it made no difference. I've actually explained > the > problem wrong, here's what actually happens: > > The 1st line in the PDF file is: > > 131 Comments are made from 1905, / See: Certain Neurotic Mecha

Re: Missing Field Values

with other PDFs. > > May I ask whether there is a known bug with PDFBox 2.0.23, that > allows > for such a behaviour? How come, that PDFs created in C++ are no > longer > readable in PDFBox? How can I fix the bug? I do not wish to use IText > to > solve it. >

Re: flattening

Am Dienstag, dem 25.05.2021 um 18:33 +0200 schrieb Ranjeet Kuruvilla: > Hallo. > It is clear, that flattening does have a bug. Compare flattening of > PDFBox with IText and you realize, that PDFBox destroys all fields, > once > I call > > acroform.flatten(fields, true) or acroform.flatten(fields

Re: flattening

1 19:27, Tilman Hausherr wrote: > > Here's a PDF flattened by itext > > https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/cmpfiles/sandbox/acroforms/cmp_checkbox_flatten.pdf > > > > and they do something similar to what we do, i.e. remove the fields > > and con

Re: Problem while parsing XMPMetadata with embedded Schemas

Am Donnerstag, dem 24.06.2021 um 16:40 +0200 schrieb Jörn Mörsch: > Hello PDFBox Community, > > we have a problem parsing the *XMP* metadata of a PDF using > *xmpParser.parse(InputStream)*. The *XMP* metadata contains external > schemas, when trying to validate the data we get the error "*Canno

Re: XDP support

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Re: Setting the value of a single-select PDChoice field

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Re: Rending text in thumbnail images

would it be possible to provide a sample PDF which also reveals the issue but doesn't contain confidential data? BR Maruan Am Donnerstag, dem 09.09.2021 um 08:44 -0700 schrieb John Lussmyer: > On Wed Sep 08 20:31:47 PDT 2021 thaush...@t-online.de said: > > Ooops, you didn't mention that you t

Re: Save the fillable PDF filled by a user

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Re: Question on PDFTextStripper.getText()

Hi, Am Samstag, dem 16.10.2021 um 16:57 +0530 schrieb Naganand Kanagal: > Hi, > > Noticed that PDFTextStripper.getText() returns the last line of a PDF > document  as the first line in a text life.  Text in the PDF doesn't necessarily appear in visual order. You can use PDFTextStripper.setSortBy

Re: Guidance on heap space error when printing document

> > > org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine.processOperator(PDF > > StreamEngine.java:932) > > > > > at > > > > > > > > > > > org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine.processStreamOperat > >

Re: Flattening does not affect widgets not linked to a field

> knows > about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with > the > work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them! > - Richard P. Feynman -- --  Maruan Sahyoun FileAffairs GmbH Josef-Schappe-Straße 21 40882 Ratingen Tel: +49 (2102)

Re: How to set PDF/A to an existing PDF

There is a CreatePDFA.java example in the examples subprojekt for PDFBox 2.0 as well as the current trunk version. With kind regards Maruan Am Montag, dem 31.01.2022 um 16:03 -0500 schrieb Tommy Wu: > The following cookbook is not long working for the new version. Do > you have > a way to do it

Re: appearance stream from MacOS Adobe Reader

dging the last release and not deploying > 2.0.26 properly ? > Is there any sensible way to correct such data before trying to > process it ? > > All the best, > > Kai -- --  Maruan Sahyoun FileAffairs GmbH Josef-Schappe-Straße

Re: appearance stream from MacOS Adobe Reader

> Here are a few samples (incomplete XML) : > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: ExtractImages command test - images appear different

bject to random monitoring. For information about how we > use your personal data (including your rights) please see our privacy > policy - https://www.fiscaltec.com/uk/general/privacy-policy/ > Visit our website at www.fiscaltec.co.uk<http://www.fiscaltec.co.uk> -- --  Maruan Sahy

Re: Fill value in the PDF Checkbox Field using PDAcroForm.

not ticked the checkbox in the filled PDF. > > > >  I am afraid if we set  the last value to PDF Checkbox then > > downstream > > processing may have an impact which is not in our control to fix or > > analyze. > > > > Could you please help out in this sce

Re: Fill value in the PDF Checkbox Field using PDAcroForm.

twoch, dem 17.08.2022 um 08:54 +0200 schrieb sahy...@fileaffairs.de: > In addition, > > are you sure that Indeterminate or Intersex are the potential values > defined for the checkbox(es). The visible text is not what determines > the potential values fo rthe checked/unchecked state. Als

Re: Fill value in the PDF Checkbox Field using PDAcroForm.

means > the checkbox are ticked.  >    >  Could you please help out ? > > > Thanks > Damaji. > > >     >     > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 12:40 PM sahy...@fileaffairs.de > wrote: > > > > reading a little further (and not being able to see the image) I&#x

Re: Fill value in the PDF Checkbox Field using PDAcroForm.

gt; > > female,  **unspecified*, "i*ndeterminate"  and  "i**ntersex *" . > > >    Facing issue for "i*ndeterminate"  and  "i**ntersex *"  with > > > below > > > code. > > > > > > COSDictionary > >

Re: Fill value in the PDF Checkbox Field using PDAcroForm.

same name? You possibly mentioned something a few > days / weeks ago. > > Tilman > > Am 18.08.2022 um 07:18 schrieb sahy...@fileaffairs.de: > > Hello Damaji, > > > > the PDF supports my assumption. There is a single checkbox > > representing > > eiher

Re: Fill value in the PDF Checkbox Field using PDAcroForm.

gt; > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 1:20 PM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < > sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > > > if I understood correctly the request was to be able to set the > > last > > checkbox labled Indeterminate / Intersex / Unspecified with either > > one >

Re: Descenders and other Font related questions for PdfStripper

Hi David, Am Mittwoch, dem 24.08.2022 um 11:59 +0100 schrieb David Goodenough: > I am using PDFStripper (from PDFBox 2.0.26) to annotate (by drawing a > coloured > box around each relevant piece of text) an image of a PDF document. > > The internal details in the TextPosition would be sufficient

Re: PDF Fill using Apache PDF Box 3.0.0-alpha3 using COS Model due to PDF is encrypted.

Hello Damaji, this works for me try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(new File("80.pdf"))) { doc.setAllSecurityToBeRemoved(true); PDAcroForm acroForm = doc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(); PDCheckBox field = (PDCheckBox) acroForm.getField("ap.sex"); field.setValue("female");

Re: Problem signing (with LTV) an already signed document with extended features enabled

sues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2858 > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2859 > > > >   In one of these issues (PDFBOX-2858), I found a file example > > > > (santander_freistellungsauftrag_modified.pdf > > > > <https://issues.apach

Re: Merging font subsets

Am Freitag, dem 16.12.2022 um 10:31 + schrieb Mark Gibson: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if anyone cleverer than me has been able to figure out > how to take a PDF, analyse all the embedded font subsets, and merge > disparate subsets of the same font together (or even escalate to full > font set).

Re: How to fix PDF not rendering all fields

Hi, what happens when you remove the line pdForm.setNeedAppearances( true ); or set to false? The attachments didn't make it to the mailing list - can you upload these to a shared location? BR Maruan Am Donnerstag, dem 02.02.2023 um 19:30 +0200 schrieb Jurgen Doll: > Hi > > I have PDF forms wh

Re: How to fix PDF not rendering all fields

edAppearances( > > true );  > > or set to false? > > This doesn't change the PDFBox rendering, but does change Acrobat and > Edge  > where the third field value isn't displayed until clicked. > > Thanks > > > On Thu, 02 Feb 2023 20:19:38 +0200, sahy

Re: How to fix PDF not rendering all fields

worked - will look at it tomorrow Am Freitag, dem 03.02.2023 um 17:14 +0200 schrieb Jurgen Doll: > Okay lets try drop box > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9n9a3pvxyzemy89/AABe75G3siYM4Ljh0Y77DCCIa?dl=0 > > > On Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:56:53 +0200, sahy...@fileaffairs.de  &

Re: How to fix PDF not rendering all fields

Hello Jurgen, all fields in the sample form have the comb flag set. The first two fields are correct but the third field is missing the field lenght i.e. the number of characters for the comb field. That's why there is no appearance being generated. Either set the max number of charcters for th

Re: [Bug] (Radio) Buttons can not be printed in a merged PDF

Am Dienstag, dem 06.06.2023 um 11:47 + schrieb sven.neufe...@ruv.de: > > > > Heys guys, >   > we're having an issue with some of our PDF documents that contains > interactive fields like Radio Buttons. In some cases we’ve to merge > PDF documents together (using the PDFMergerUtility) and

Re: [Bug] (Radio) Buttons can not be printed in a merged PDF

's discouraged. The commit you mentioned should generate the appearance but I'd need to look at the original and merged version to verify. BR Maruan > > Kind regards > Sven Neufeind > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: sahy...@fileaffairs.de  > Ge

Re: [Bug] (Radio) Buttons can not be printed in a merged PDF

it took a little longer than anticipated to look at the files. First some explanation about Need Appearances. Normally a PDF should have the visual state of the form fields generated so that when a reading application views the PDF the visual appearance can be drawn. Need Appearances being set t

Re: Find field via the Indirect Reference number to it

Am Samstag, dem 15.07.2023 um 11:04 +0200 schrieb Gilad Denneboom: > The CO-array (no spelling-mistake) is a part of the AcroForm object, > which > defines the order in which fields are calculated (see Table 218 in > the PDF > ISO specs). But it only contains (indirect) references to the fields.

Re: Adding annotations to PDFs - "expected a name object"

Hello Kai, Am Mittwoch, dem 02.08.2023 um 07:56 + schrieb Kai Keggenhoff: > > > > Hi Tilman, >   > thank you for the suggestion. Turns out, it's “Line” annotations. > When I import >   > > http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/"; xml:space="preserve"> >     >   

Re: Adding annotations to PDFs - "expected a name object"

2927671920C3A1"/> > > > Strangely, when this is imported into the same PDF as the XFDF from > Adobe Reader (it's a different line of course), the resulting PDF is > fine. > I think I need to compare these two in detail. > > Meanwhile, here's how the imp

Re: Adding annotations to PDFs - "expected a name object"

ion is like ten years old. > The freetext annotation isn't a problem at all, I just used that as > an indicator to the Reader version. > > I guess I will start to look for this "caption-style" attribute and > replace it as a workaround. > > Thank you for all the

Re: empty/missing pdf content

Dear Attila, both links point to the same file. The link to the PDFBox generated one is missing. BR Maruan Am Dienstag, dem 19.09.2023 um 20:43 +0200 schrieb Pados Attila: > Template pdf > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mbvN9RDKoesy0tJbj3GCO4VkMPjxYw5c/view?usp=sharing > > Pdf generated wi

Re: Bug report

Hello Morten, the file uses a cross reference stream and as such this is not PDF/A-1 compliant. BR Maruan Am Freitag, dem 22.09.2023 um 14:29 +0200 schrieb Morten Stulen: > This email went to the spam folder so I didn't see it before now. > > Here's a link to an example PDF we generate: > https

Re: PDFBOX write to form question

Hello Luis, I've had a quick look at the sources of PdfPig and when I'm not mistaken you can only read from fields and get the value but not set one. So it's not a full C# port (yet). BR Maruan Am Mittwoch, dem 27.09.2023 um 21:12 -0600 schrieb Luis Angel Benitez Muñoz: > Hi! I'm working with a

Re: Little CMS

LittleCMS is bundled inside Java so the version being used depends on your Java version and is not something PDFBox provides directly. So if you are really using LittleCMS 2.3 you have a very old JDK running and not done any updates to that. With kind regards Maruan Am Dienstag, dem 07.11.2023 um

Re: Re: Little CMS

n' > reflects the Little CMS version? I don't know - maybe someone else can shed litle into this. BR Maruan > > Kind regards, Florian > > > Am 07.11.2023 um 16:34 schrieb sahy...@fileaffairs.de: > > > > LittleCMS is bundled inside Java so the version b

Re: Issue with PDFs merged in PDFMerger and printing in Acrobat Reader

Hi, the PDFs didn't make it to the mailing list. Can you upload these to a public location? BR Maruan Am Donnerstag, dem 16.11.2023 um 11:49 +0100 schrieb Christian Puritscher: >   > Hello, >   > we have an issue with the merged PDF created with the PDFBox > PDFMerger (problem exists in 2.x and

Re: Modifying the order of AcroForm Fields and/or associated Widget Annotations...

what is the expected order? Is it by location, top left to bottom right? Calculation order ... Never heard that order matters for flattening. Is the proprietry software throwing any errors which would be a hint? BR Maruan Am Dienstag, dem 30.01.2024 um 15:27 -0600 schrieb Dwayne Parks: > Hel

Re: Modifying the order of AcroForm Fields and/or associated Widget Annotations...

own to > position them in the list of field names) to be "honored" when it > writes > out the PDF contents to a file.  It doesn't appear to do so.  And it > also sometimes creates Fields with Widgets as "Kids" and fields with > the > Widget data combined

Re: Modifying the order of AcroForm Fields and/or associated Widget Annotations...

f i.e. without the annotation(s) doesn't have a physical representation. Am Mittwoch, dem 31.01.2024 um 18:22 +0100 schrieb sahy...@fileaffairs.de: > Dear Dwayne, > > for a generic solution reordering the fields won't help. > > A field can be nested inside a field tree but

Re: How to search for / extract text of form field

Am Mittwoch, dem 27.03.2024 um 08:01 + schrieb Paul Grütter: > Hello Gilad, > > Thank you. > > Maruan Sahyoun already contacted me with the same tip. It works fine > but only because we use PDFBox only for rendering and text extraction > at the moment. If we would use it for other use cases,

Re: Problem finding an AcroForm field

Hi, can you upload the PDF in question to a public location to take a view. Attachments won't work for the mailing list. BR Maruan Am Donnerstag, dem 02.05.2024 um 12:01 +0200 schrieb Ulf Dittmer: > Hi- > > I'm running the PrintFields example code > (https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pdfbox/trun

Re: Problem finding an AcroForm field

gentur.de/datei/erklaerung-zum-beschaeftigungsverhaeltnis_ba047549.pdf > > Ulf > > On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 12:05 PM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < > sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > can you upload the PDF in question to a public location to take a > > view. >

Re: Problem finding an AcroForm field

uot; option is missing. > > > > > > They're both connected, in that checking one manually will > > > uncheck the > > > other. But setting *any* value programmatically only causes the > > > first one > > > to be set. > > > > >

Re: Problem finding an AcroForm field

  } >     else >     { >     checkbox.check(); >     } > > On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 3:17 PM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < > sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, dem 02.05.2024 u

Re: Radio Button not set correctly

Dear Martin, Am Montag, dem 06.05.2024 um 15:53 +0200 schrieb Martin Resch: > sorry, PDF attached > could you upload the PDF to a public location as the mailing list doesn't support attachments. which version of PDFBox are you using? BR Maruan > > > Martin Resch hat am 06.05.2024 15:49 CES

Re: Radio Button not set correctly

Am Dienstag, dem 28.05.2024 um 18:13 +0200 schrieb Tilman Hausherr: >   > On 28.05.2024 17:27, Martin Resch wrote: >   >   > >   > > Hi Tilman, > > > > thanks a lot for the analysis! > > > > So I am assuming correct that you will raise a bug ticket? > >   >   > https://issues.apache.org/jira/brow

Re: File size issue when we use arial-unicode-ms font with pdfbox

Hi, keep in mind that if you'd like the consumer of the PDF to change the prefilled data a font subset will not do as ther might be chars missing the user would like to enter. BR Maruan Am Donnerstag, dem 30.05.2024 um 20:05 +0200 schrieb Tilman Hausherr: > Hi, > > It's not possible and yes, it

Re: Separating PDF Content in to Layers (OCGs)

Also note that text might be contained in interactive form fields and annotations. Don't know if you'd like to treat that text content as a text layer too. BR Maruan Am Sonntag, dem 23.06.2024 um 10:32 -0700 schrieb Kevin Day: > PS I should clarify: if your PDF generator actually specifies OCG >

Re: What is the replacement of org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDocument.getObjects in 3.x?

it's online https://pdfbox.apache.org/3.0/migration.html#changes-when-needing-all-objects BR Maruan Am Mittwoch, dem 18.06.2025 um 09:59 +0200 schrieb Tilman Hausherr: > On 6/17/2025 10:31 PM, Jan Luehe wrote: > > Perhaps this could be added to the migration guide > >

Re: jbig2-imageio library version 3.0.5 does not seem to be available although it is listed as part of PDFBox release 3.0.5

@Tilman, @Andreas, I've updated the site so that it no longer mentions jbig2 3.0.5. BR Maruan Am Montag, dem 12.05.2025 um 14:07 +0200 schrieb Tilman Hausherr: > I updated the html file but I'm unable upload the file => Maruan > please > > Tilman > > On 12.05.2025 13:44, Andreas Lehmkühler wr

Re: Same line calculation of PDFTextStripper

There is no public test suite other than files attached to Jira tickets. There is a suite of some 1 files which we use for regression tests prior to new releases but also when doing larger changes but that can not be shared due to data privacy, licensing ... (it has been public but with new act

Re: How to work around this error?

Hello Am Dienstag, dem 03.06.2025 um 17:47 +0200 schrieb Ulf Dittmer: > Hello- > > When trying to fill in values into a form, I'm encountering the error > shown > below, which means nothing to me. It's not just for the first field > it > encounters - if I comment that out, it happens for the ne

Re: How to work around this error?

d be to set the default apperance string similar to the first sample above. BR Maruan Am Dienstag, dem 03.06.2025 um 21:36 +0200 schrieb sahy...@fileaffairs.de: > Hello > > > Am Dienstag, dem 03.06.2025 um 17:47 +0200 schrieb Ulf Dittmer: > > Hello- > > > > W

Re: How to work around this error?

ut, and filled in by hand, > so that > this issue hasn't surfaced before. > > Cheers! > Ulf > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < > sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > > > Hello Ulf, > > > > a typical default appearance

Re: How to work around this error?

is > not > the color, but the missing Font specification. > > / 13 0 g vs / Helv Tf 13 0 g. The 13 being the font size. > > Marc > > On 6/4/2025 1:09 AM, sahy...@fileaffairs.de wrote: > > Your welcome. Good that you found a solution. > > > > We could han

Re: Another PDF with non-behaving form fields

Hello Ulf, which pdfbox version are you using? BR Maruan Am Donnerstag, dem 05.06.2025 um 10:08 +0200 schrieb Ulf Dittmer: > Weird, macOS Preview considers them as fields, making it possible to > enter data. > > But happily, entering blanks, and then saving it (using macOS > Preview), makes th

Re: Another PDF with non-behaving form fields

Jun 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < > sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > > > Hello Ulf, > > > > which pdfbox version are you using? > > > > BR > > Maruan > > > > > > ---

Re: Forms with non-unique field names

nks again for looking at it so quickly! > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2025, 15:33 sahy...@fileaffairs.de, > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I also had a look. A somewhat simpler approach which should work, > > at > > least for the fields I've looked at, is to add a T

Re: Forms with non-unique field names

Hi, I also had a look. A somewhat simpler approach which should work, at least for the fields I've looked at, is to add a T entry to the widgets which don't have a T entry in the COSDictionary. This would - after reloading - treat them as fields. The approach Tilman suggested is more complete and