you can take a look at the source of org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAppearance.java for the current version or org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAppearanceString.java if you are working with trunk
BR Maruan Am 15.10.2014 um 17:03 schrieb Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>: > I did a lot of search, couldn't find any sample code. The closest I can get > is the following. > > fldPD.getWidget().getAppearance() > > Please share any code sample you have. > > I got the following code that makes the font color red, but again until I > click the field the text isn't showing. > > COSDictionary dict = fldPD.getDictionary(); > COSString defaultAppearance = (COSString) > dict.getDictionaryObject(COSName.DA); > if (defaultAppearance != null) > dict.setString(COSName.DA, > defaultAppearance.getString() + " 1 0 0 rg "); > > > Thanks, Reevs. > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> when you look at the field the presentation is determined by the fields >> appearance. When you click into the field the PDF Viewing application takes >> over and uses the fields value. >> >> When you fill a field using PDFBox (or any other PDF lib/tool) the value >> is taken and from that the appearance is generated. PDFBox doesn't >> currently support automatic line wrapping (but we are working on it for the >> 2.0 release). >> >> As a workaround you can regenerate the appearance after the value has been >> set and the (insufficient) appearance has been generated. >> >> In principal for that you need to >> >> # get the field >> # get the field appearance >> # get the fields bounding box >> # add some padding >> # calculate additional line breaks by using -> float width = >> font.getStringWidth(text.substring(start,i)) / 1000 * fontSize; >> # set the annotation >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >> Am 15.10.2014 um 14:57 schrieb Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>: >> >>> I tried the string with the "\n" and it successfully inserted new lines >> in >>> the multi-line field in the PDF Form. >>> >>> However, the text in a line that is too long doesn't automatically wrap >> to >>> next line. When I click in the field, the text wraps to next line and if >> I >>> click outside the field, the text shows as single line (cutting off the >>> content that cannot fit in the field). >>> >>> Is there anyway to fix this issue? >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Rajeev Menon <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thx Mauran. I didn't know that approach will work. I will try it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> just pass it with the line breaks within the string and make sure the >>>>> multiline property for the field is set. >>>>> >>>>> Maruan >>>>> >>>>> Am 14.10.2014 um 21:07 schrieb Rajeev Menon <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am using PDFBox to populate data on a PDF form (AcroForm). Here is a >>>>>> sample code that I am using to fill the data on to the PDF. >>>>>> >>>>>> public void fillPDF(HashMap<String, String> mpData) { >>>>>> try { >>>>>> PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = pdfDoc.getDocumentCatalog(); >>>>>> PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm(); >>>>>> >>>>>> Iterator<Entry<String, String>> itrData = >>>>>> mpData.entrySet().iterator(); >>>>>> while (itrData.hasNext()) { >>>>>> Entry<String, String> entryData = itrData.next(); >>>>>> PDField fldPD = acroForm.getField(entryData.getKey()); >>>>>> if (fldPD!=null) { >>>>>> fldPD.setValue(entryData.getValue()); >>>>>> } >>>>>> } >>>>>> } catch (Exception e) { >>>>>> e.printStackTrace(); >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> If one of the strings is "First line \n Second line \n Third line", >> how >>>>> do >>>>>> I populate this text to the PDF so that each piece of text will be on >> a >>>>> new >>>>>> line in the field. Please advise. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> Reevs. >>>>> >>>>> >> >>
