I am using PDFBox 2.0.0 downloaded from http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pdfbox/trunk, PDFBox 1.8.4 downloaded from http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/pdfbox/1.8.4/pdfbox-1.8.4-src.zip , and Adobe Reader v10.1.9 from http://adobe.com.
The result I am looking for is that the PDFBox app's PDFReader function be able to display the PDF file created by the Annotation.java example provided in the PDFBox examples. A fix to either one would likely lead to a solution to the more project-specific problems I am having. Thanks! Stan -----Original Message----- From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 11:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Annotations not being rendered Hi Stan, where do you get the box (Adobe Reader, PDFBox, .) ? What is the expected result you are looking for? BR Maruan Am 29.03.2014 um 00:12 schrieb Stan Taylor <[email protected]>: > Thanks! If it's so vital, I'm surprised that the PDFBox own Annotation > example doesn't include it... What the easiest way to set a default > appearance that allows the annotations to display? > > I modified Annotation.java and tried creating a default appearance like this: > > PDAppearanceDictionary appearance = new PDAppearanceDictionary(new > COSDictionary()); > > ... and then called setAppearance(appearance) on each of my > PDAnnotation objects > > But this covers up the annotation's content with an opaque purple box. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Olaf Drümmer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 3:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Olaf Drümmer > Subject: Re: Annotations not being rendered > > No appearance stream means no rendered appearance, unless some process kicks > in that generates it. > > Adobe Reader does have the habit to fill certain gaps, for example if the > appearance stream for a highlight annotation is missing, it will simply > generate one (there were versions of Adobe Reader that even did this when > there already was an appearance stream - Adobe Reader then happily created > one that didn't necessarily match the one that was actually there). > > Olaf > > > Am 28 Mar 2014 um 23:00 schrieb Stan Taylor <[email protected]>: > >> Nope; I don't see any in PDFDebugger and programmatically, >> PDAnnotation.getAppearanceStream() and PDAnnotation.getAppearance() return >> null for all annotations obtained from the PDPage. >> >> Stan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Olaf Drümmer [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 2:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Olaf Drümmer >> Subject: Re: Annotations not being rendered >> >> Do the annotations have an appearance (AP) entry? >> >> Olaf >> >> >> Am 28 Mar 2014 um 21:17 schrieb "Stan Taylor" <[email protected]>: >> >>> Is anyone else experience issues regarding annotations not being rendered? >>> Attached here are two PDF samples created from the >>> /examples/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/pdmodel/Annotation.java >>> example program from PDFBox 1.8.4 (stan1.pdf) and PDFBox 2.0.0 (stan2.pdf). >>> >>> Viewing these PDFs in Adobe Reader (Windows v10), I can see the annotations >>> fine, but the annotations don't show up when I use the PDFBox app's >>> PDFReader feature from either version of PDFBox. The annotations are >>> likewise not visible when I render the (first and only) page to an image, >>> via PDPage.convertToImage() in PDFBox 1.8.4 or via PDFRender. >>> renderImageWithDPI() in PDFBox 2.0.0. >>> >>> The original problem I was investigating was why annotations created by >>> another PDF package were not showing up, but now I am realizing that >>> annotations generated by PDFBox's own example program don't render either?! >>> >>> And ideas/recommendations? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Stan >>> >> >> >> Cloud Services for Business www.j2.com >> j2 | eFax | eVoice | FuseMail | Campaigner | KeepItSafe | Onebox >> >> >> This email, its contents and attachments contain information from j2 Global, >> Inc. and/or its affiliates which may be privileged, confidential or >> otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for >> the addressee(s) only. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure, copy, >> distribution, or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. If you >> have received this email in error please notify the sender by reply e-mail >> and delete the original message and any copies. (c) 2013 j2 Global, Inc. All >> rights reserved. eFax, eVoice, Campaigner, FuseMail, KeepItSafe, and Onebox >> are registered trademarks of j2 Global, Inc. and its affiliates. >> >
