Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? Does it have the same limitation?
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > [email protected]>: > > > > Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form > > fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF. > > reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form > fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at > which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are adding) > > BR > > Maruan > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Gilad, > >> > >>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > >> [email protected]>: > >>> > >>> Hi Maruan, > >>> > >>> Sure, here they are... > >>> > >>> Gilad > >>> > >>> batch_sequences 1.pdf > >>> < > >> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web > >>> > >>> > >>> Input form.pdf > >>> < > >> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Gilad, > >>>> > >>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > >>>> [email protected]>: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi guys, > >>>>> > >>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex > >> and > >>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid... > >>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in > it > >> (a > >>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have > >> tried > >>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in > >>>>> various ways. > >>>>> > >>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage > >>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing > >> files. > >>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the > >>>> start...), > >>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page > >>>> with > >>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file > is > >>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat > >>>> (see > >>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in > >>>>> Acrobat). > >>>>> > >>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, > by > >>>> the > >>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't > >> it > >>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new > >>>> page?) > >>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a > >>>> selection > >>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up > by > >>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see > >>>> "example2.pdf"). > >>>>> > >>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty > >>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files > >> instead > >>>>> of adding one to the other. > >>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the > >> values > >>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns > >> the > >>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even > >>>> though > >>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf"). > >> > >> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader the > >> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not > getting > >> the value you are looking for? > >> > >> BR > >> Maruan > >> > >> > >>>>> > >>>>> Any help is appreciated… > >>>> > >>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging? > >>>> > >>>> BR > >>>> Maruan > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, Gilad. > >>>>> > >>>>> example1.pdf > >>>>> < > >>>> > >> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> example2.pdf > >>>>> < > >>>> > >> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> example3.pdf > >>>>> < > >>>> > >> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
