Hi Atul, > Am 07.07.2015 um 19:00 schrieb Atul Kulkarni <[email protected]>: > >> So you are filling the form using PDFBox? > Yes. > >> I'll do another test - but it will be later today - to see if it's the >> template or the form filling. > I hope you have copy of pdf files shared earlier but in case not, let me know > and I'll share the pdf file(s).
if you could send me the empty form template that would be very kind as I only have the filled out one. BR Maruan > > Thanks, > Atul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 11:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf > > Hi Atul, > >> Am 07.07.2015 um 02:11 schrieb Atul Kulkarni <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Mauran, >> >> In case of "Preview in Firefox" the original template is displayed with >> field label names, only the values which are populated (programmatically) in >> the template are not visible. >> >> I have one question based on your earlier response- >> Maruan: So the best option would be to have the PDF generated in a way that >> it's displayed correctly in 'Preview in Firefox' as well as other readers. >> >> Atul: Is it possible to identify and tell the form designer what is >> missing/wrong in this pdf template? Is there possibility that something is >> missing or that needs to be specially taken care of while filling the PDF >> form using pdfbox library? > > So you are filling the form using PDFBox? I'll do another test - but it will > be later today - to see if it's the template or the form filling. > > BR > Maruan > >> >> As you suggested I'll take it to PDF.js project if it is not the issue with >> either template or the way we are filling the pdf. >> >> Thanks Again, >> >> Atul >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 1:06 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf >> >> Hi Atul, >> >> how was the form filled out? Reason I'm asking is that the original file is >> also not s´displayed with an visible field values when opened 'Preview in >> Firefox'. After opening and regenerating the PDF in Acrobat the display is >> fine. So there is something wrong/missing in the original PDF which makes >> the difference. >> >> So the best option would be to have the PDF generated in a way that it's >> displayed correctly in 'Preview in Firefox' as well as other readers. >> >> Maybe opening an issue with the PDF.js (which is used by Firefox) project >> could be an option [https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/]. >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >> >>> Am 06.07.2015 um 08:03 schrieb Atul Kulkarni <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hi Maruan, >>> >>> Thanks for your support and sorry for late reply. >>> >>> By default it is displaying "Preview in Firefox". >>> >>> I just tried other available options and found that if we either use "Use >>> Adobe Reader (default) " or "Use Adobe Acrobat (in Firefox)" option, pdf >>> is displayed correctly without any data loss. >>> >>> As by default "Preview in Firefox" option is selected, I feel we still >>> have issue in the sense that customers have to be explicitly told about >>> this configuration. Let us know if there is a better way to fix it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Atul >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 1:37 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>>> Am 26.06.2015 um 09:55 schrieb Atul Kulkarni >>>> <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm not sure how to identify which one is used. Can you help? >>>> The file is opened inside the browser >>> >>> >>> in Firefox you can enter about:preferences#applications >>> <about:preferences%23applications> in the address bar. Scroll down until >>> you find the entry 'Portable Document Format' which will tell you the >>> application being used to view the PDF - or in case it's handled by the >>> builtin viewer will have the entry 'Preview in Firefox'. >>> >>> BR >>> Maruan >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Atul >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 12:01 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged pdf >>>> >>>> >>>>> Am 26.06.2015 um 08:26 schrieb Atul Kulkarni >>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Maruan, >>>>> >>>>> One more issue that we are having with merged pdf is, when it is sent to >>>>> the browser (as a response) the pdf is displayed properly in IE and >>>>> chrome but the firefox doesn't display any of the template fields. >>>> >>>> are you viewing via Adobe Reader plugin or with the builtin PDF viewers? >>>> Same for all browsers? >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Do you have any suggestion? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Atul >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Atul Kulkarni >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:18 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: RE: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged >>>>> pdf >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. I think you are right, I'm getting consistent behavior with >>>>> template file closed. I think I was keeping template open to compare the >>>>> output result. If we run merge command by keeping template file open it >>>>> seems to affect visibility of fields randomly in the output. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Atul >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 11:38 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged >>>>> pdf >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>>> Am 24.06.2015 um 03:00 schrieb Atul Kulkarni >>>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> We are using the custom code but I tested it using the same way >>>>>> you mentioned here as well and results are reproducible to me. We >>>>>> have to open and close the merged pdf over and again to see the >>>>>> problematic behavior. Could you please try merging and opening the >>>>>> merged pdf >>>>>> (10-15 times) over and again and you should see the field values >>>>>> missing. Sequence of steps that I use- >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. merge >>>>>> 2. Open and check >>>>>> 3. Go to #1 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I did several times merge, open and check, close and the same again >>>>> without any issues. >>>>> >>>>> If you don't close the document so you do merge, open and check and the >>>>> merge again … then fields start to be 'missing'. But that's not an issue >>>>> with PDFBox as the document is correctly generated. >>>>> >>>>> BR >>>>> Maruan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Atul >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 5:49 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged >>>>>> pdf >>>>>> >>>>>> I received the files via private mail and did test them using >>>>>> >>>>>> java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.8.jar PDFMerger "w4vt.pdf" "Accord >>>>>> Filled.pdf" merged-1.8.8.pdf >>>>>> >>>>>> and compared the result with the filled form prior to merging and all >>>>>> form fields are there and visible using Adobe Reader. >>>>>> >>>>>> How are you merging the documents together? Do you use some custom code? >>>>>> If yes could you test the command line app as outlined above and let me >>>>>> know the results? >>>>>> >>>>>> BR >>>>>> Maruan >>>>>> >>>>>>> Am 22.06.2015 um 09:12 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> if that's not possible you can send them to me via private mail. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> BR >>>>>>> Maruan >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Am 21.06.2015 um 10:05 schrieb Atul Kulkarni >>>>>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks Maruan. >>>>>>>> I'm confirming legality to put the pdfs in public domain and will get >>>>>>>> back to you ASAP. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 1:19 PM >>>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: issue- visibility of form field values for a merged >>>>>>>> pdf >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Am 21.06.2015 um 09:23 schrieb Atul Kulkarni >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We are using Apache PDFBox (Version 1.8.9) for merging pdf >>>>>>>>> documents and other pdf manipulations. We are facing issue >>>>>>>>> while merging pdfs. Simplistically put the issue is as below- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. Input: PDF1, PDF2. PDF2 is a PDF form with information >>>>>>>>> filled information. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> would it be possible to upload a sample PDF1 and PDF2 to a public >>>>>>>> location? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> BR >>>>>>>> Maruan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 2. Expected Output- A single merged PDF file with PDF2 pages >>>>>>>>> appended to PDF1. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 3. The issue: PDFs are merged/appended but form information is >>>>>>>>> not visible. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The visibility of fields is random. I'm using Acrobat Reader XI to >>>>>>>>> see the merged pdf document. If I open same (merged) document over >>>>>>>>> and again the number of populated fields I see change. This issue is >>>>>>>>> reproducible with version 1.8.7 and 1.8.8 as well. 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