Hi, > Am 10.07.2015 um 23:11 schrieb jarrod <[email protected]>: > > Hello Maruan, > > I understand what you describing. Its unfortunate it isn't listed in the spec > so everyone can be the same. I imagine the calculation could get quite > complicated. Yes I can use a newer version. I'm not very familiar with > software life cycle, will I need to wait for the RC for a fix? If so, any > guesses as to when that might be?
I've created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2877 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2877> to track the progress BR Maruan > > Have a great weekend and thanks for the help! > > Jarrod > -------------------------------------------- > On Fri, 7/10/15, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: Font AutoSize Issue > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, July 10, 2015, 3:55 PM > > Hi, > >> Am 10.07.2015 um 16:06 schrieb jarrod > <[email protected]>: >> >> Evan, >> >> I tested doing the > same thing but decided it wasn't a very good solution in > my case. There are a lot of fields to modify over multiple > pages across numerous pdf's that are updated annually. > Additionally, in my case the length of text can be fairly > dynamic and fixing a font could be problematic for users > doing manual data entry/correction. Thanks for your added > input. Hopefully Mr Sahyoun has a solution for us. > > I had a quick look. The issue > is not that the autosizing doesn't work. It's the > difference in calculating the available field size. > Unfortunately, as this is not documented in the PDF spec one > has to compare the content generated by Adobe and handle it > from there. (e.g. Adobe adds padding to the fields bounding > box but only to a certain limit, there are some edge cases > ….) Anyway, I think there will can achieve a result > which is closer to what Adobe achieves using the data file > and templates provided. > > Do > you have to stay on 1.8.x or would you be able to work with > the 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT version? We are also planning to have an > RC out soon. > > As I'm on > travel it will be start of next week until I can handle > it. > > BR > Maruan > > >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jarrod >> > -------------------------------------------- >> On Fri, 7/10/15, Evan Williams <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Subject: > Re: Font AutoSize Issue >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, July 10, 2015, 8:35 AM >> >> I actually have seen > the exact same >> behavior in 1.8.9. >> >> I dealt with it by > just fixing the forms in Acrobat so that >> the fonts have >> a > fixed size, because I did not have the time or the energy >> to deal with >> it. But > autosized fonts definitely did not work for me when >> filling out >> forms in > 1.8.9. >> >> If it > would be helpful and Jarrod does not have a good >> example document I >> > would be happy to publish one of mine. >> > >> Thanks. >> >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 4:19 AM, Maruan > Sahyoun <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>>> Am > 10.07.2015 um 00:32 schrieb jarrod <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> > I'm evaluating pdfbox for filling in form fields >> from a template pdf >>> file. >>>> >>>> From what I can tell, pdfbox does > not support >> autosize font. While it >>> will retain the font size 0 setting, > the text that is >> placed into the >>> fields is not autosized (until you > alter the value >> manually). >>>> >>>> > Option A: >>>> Is there some kind of > command to execute before >> saving the > pdf to force >>> it to autosize? >>>> >>>> > Option B: >>>> Do some math and > calculate a new font size. I've >> > done this (see code >>> below) but you > obviously lose the ability to autosize >> > if the user ends up >>> modifying a > value. >>>> Is there a way to do > this math and set the initial >> display > font size but >>> leave the DA alone > with autosize set? >>>> I'm > guessing this would be done by setting some >> other COSName String >>> similar to setting the COSName.DA. > However, I can't >> find much > information >>> on these. >>> >>> >>> which version of PDFBox are you using? > Do you have a >> sample empty PDF and >>> filled out one together with some code > how you do the >> form filling? >>> >>> Both 1.8.9 > and 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT should support >> > autosizing. >>> >>> BR >>> Maruan >>> >>>> >>>> Any help is appreciated. Code is > below; >>>> >>>> //item.field_value is the value > I'm sticking into >> the form field >>>> >>>> if > (field instanceof PDTextbox) >>>> > { >>>> int len = >> item.field_value.length(); >>>> if (len>2) >>>> { >>>> >> COSDictionary dict = >> field.getDictionary(); >>>> >> COSString defaultAppearance = > (COSString) >>> > dict.getDictionaryObject(COSName.DA); >>>> >> if (defaultAppearance != null) >>>> >> { >>>> > >> //split > the DA to >> grab the font size >>>> >> String[] da = >>> > defaultAppearance.getString().split(" "); >>>> >> List<String> >> da2 = new ArrayList<String>(); >>>> >>>> > >> //loop > through and >> remove any empty strings >>>> >> // because for some >> reason when the font size is 0 >>> there is an empty extra string in the > way >>>> >> for(int x=0; >> x<da.length; x++) >>>> >> { >>>> >> >> if (da[x].length()!=0) >>>> >> >> da2.add(da[x]); >>>> >> } >>>> >> //Move back to a >> String[] (I'm new to java) >>>> >> da = >> > da2.toArray(da); >>>> >>>> >> if (da.length >= >> 2) //only process if there are at >>> least two characters >>>> >> { >>>> >> >> if (da[1].equals("0")) //If > font size is >>> actually autosized >>>> >> >> { >>>> > >> > >> COSArray >> fieldAreaArray = >>> > (COSArray) dict.getDictionaryObject(COSName.RECT); >>>> >> >> PDRectangle rect = >> new >>> > PDRectangle(fieldAreaArray); >>>> > >> > >> float width = >> rect.getWidth(); >>>> >>>> > >> > >> int size = >> (int)(width / len * >>> 1.92); //doing stupid math to estimate > new font size >>>> >>>> >> >> if (size > 12) >>>> >> >> >> size = 12; >>>> >> >> else if (size < >> 8) >>>> > >> >> >> size = 8; >>>> >>>> > >> > >> String customSize = >> "/Helv " + >>> size + " Tf 0 g"; >>>> >>>> > >> > >> >> > dict.setString(COSName.DA, >>> > customSize); //Set the new font size here >>>> >> >> field = new >> PDTextbox(acroForm, >>> dict); //Create as a new field (as > seen in other >> threads) >>>> >> >> } >>>> > >> } >>>> >> } >>>> > } >>>> } >>>> field.setValue(item.field_value); > //Set the field >> value >>>> >>>> > Jarrod >>>> >>>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Evan > Williams* >> Sr. Software Engineer >> [email protected] >> >> *www.ZappRx.com > <http://www.zapprx.com/>* >> > >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] >
