Hi, > Am 16.07.2015 um 20:28 schrieb jarrod <[email protected]>: > > Hello Maruan, > > In regards to the AutoSize changes; > The text fits better (no longer is cutoff by the field boundaries) :). The > text is higher than normal, as mentioned by another, but is sufficient for my > use.
I know and I'm investigating how to fix that (I have the same issue with some test files I'm using but thought I commit anyway because of the improvements) > > Unfortunately, when converting my project from 1.8.9 to the latest 2.0.0 > snapshot, I've encountered some new problems. I will send those in a new > email. Please do so or open an issue at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX/ BR Maruan > > Thanks, > > Jarrod > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 7/16/15, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: Font AutoSize Issue > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 16, 2015, 7:54 AM > > Hi Jarod, > >> 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 > committed some changes to the text formatting specially for > autosize text. You can either build from source or use the > snapshot as soon as it is available at > http://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi#snapshots > <http://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi#snapshots> > > Please let me know if it > improves the output you get. > > 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] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
