1.8.9 On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Gilad > > > Am 05.05.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>: > > > > Hi, > > > >> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > [email protected]>: > >> > >> Sure, I'd be happy to. > >> > >> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util? > > > > not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the > easier questions :-) > > OK - the reason is that after merging the files the AcroForms field > entries and the annotations which are defined on the page no longer match > so although the form fields exist and they have annotations you won't see > the entries on the page as they are not pointing to one. In addition the > existing annotations are no longer part of the AcroForms definition so the > visual content you see is not accessible from the AcroForms fields. > > So where with your input form where AcroForms and annotations representing > the fields were connected after merging AcroForms and annotations exist in > parallel but are no longer connected. > > Which version of PDFBox are you using? > > > BR > Maruan > > > > > BR > > Maruan > > > >> > >> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > >>> [email protected]>: > >>>> > >>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? > Does > >>> it > >>>> have the same limitation? > >>> > >>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations. > >>> > >>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 < > >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up > with > >>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature > I'm > >>> happy to support you. > >>> > >>> BR > >>> Maruan > >>> > >>>> > >>>> 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] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > >
