Hello Maruan! Thank again. I hope my last answer didn't sounded too aggressive (written communication is difficult). I'm grateful for any help!
You brought up a good point, as a Linux user I've only checked with Google Chrome & xpdf (and I was referring to the xpdf). In the Acrobat Reader 9 (Linux) and XI (Win XP), the field values are not shown. So I got a new problem :'( Greets, Johannes On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Am 08.10.2015 um 14:53 schrieb Johannes Barre < > [email protected]>: > > > > Hello Maruan! > > > > Thank you for your reply. > > > > So, basically you say, the source PDFs aren't valid already? I've asked > and > > they were created with Adobe InDesign, I would hope that Adobe knows how > to > > generate valid PDFs. :-/ > > > > the PDFs are not invalid - that's not what I wanted to say. > > > But even so, why is everything looking good when I just fill in the > fields > > without merging it? It has the same issue with the fonts name and I > filled > > the field with the same method. > > > > when you say looking good - are you looking at it with Adobe Reader or > XPDF or …. > > I can have a more in-depth look tonight - my comments were about the quick > observations I made. > > BR > Maruan > > > Greets, Johannes > > > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >>> Am 08.10.2015 um 13:30 schrieb Johannes Barre < > >> [email protected]>: > >>> > >>> Hello! > >>> > >>> I have a weird issue. So, I have to PDFs. When I fill form fields in > one > >> of > >>> them and save, everything looks fine. However, when I append this > filled > >>> PDF to another one, xpdf doesn't display the values anymore and > complains > >>> about missing fonts: > >>> > >>> Syntax Error: Unknown font tag 'ProximaNova-Regular' > >>> Syntax Error: Unknown font in field's DA string > >>> Syntax Error: Unknown font tag 'ProximaNova-Regular' > >>> Syntax Error: Unknown font in field's DA string > >>> > >>> I'm using JRuby (9k), but I hope it's understandable for you. I put the > >>> source & PDFs in this gist: > >>> https://gist.github.com/iGEL/a8484f0bc44b03fa9de1 (Will delete it > later, > >>> once the issue is solved) > >>> > >>> Other specs: pdfbox-app-1.8.10, openjdk 1.8.0_66, Debian Jessy inside > of > >>> Docker > >>> > >>> As you can see, I use a special way to set the values. I had problems > >> with > >>> German umlauts using setValue and it also sometimes fails (Possibly > >> related > >>> to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1550, the message is > the > >>> same as in that bug) > >>> > >> > >> setting the field value directly using > >> > >> form.getField(name).getDictionary.setItem( > >> Java::OrgApachePdfboxCos::COSName::V, > >> Java::OrgApachePdfboxCos::COSString.new(value) > >> ) > >> > >> will not update the visual appearance of the filed and as a result the > >> newly set value is not visible > >> > >> > >>> The COVER_PAGE.pdf and BIW_FORM.pdf are the templates I'm using, > >>> form_filled.pdf is just the BIW_FORM.pdf with 2 fields filled and > merged > >> is > >>> COVER_PAGE.pdf and form_filled.pdf merged together. > >>> > >>> The p in line 15 and 22 print out the DA value of the field and it's > the > >>> same for both files: > >>> > >>> "/ProximaNova-Regular 9 Tf 0.019 0.305 0.627 rg" # form_filled.pdf > >>> "/ProximaNova-Regular 9 Tf 0.019 0.305 0.627 rg" # merged.pdf > >> > >> the font resource is called /ProximaNova-Regular but that's not in your > >> PDF as the font which is in your PDF is called > /MHGLSX+ProximaNova-Regular. > >> In addition the issue with a font subset is that only certain characters > >> are part of that subset. As a result some of the characters you need to > >> display your field value might not be within the subset. > >> > >> BR > >> Maruan > >> > >> > >>> > >>> This font is according to pdffonts in both files: > >>> > >>> $ pdffonts form_filled.pdf > >>> name type encoding > >> emb > >>> sub uni object ID > >>> ------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- > >> --- > >>> --- --- --------- > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 124 0 > >>> *MHGLSX+ProximaNova-Regular Type 1C WinAnsi > >>> yes yes yes 125 0* > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 126 0 > >>> MHGLSX+Facit-Bold Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 127 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 218 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 219 0 > >>> ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C (OT) Custom > >> yes > >>> no no 8 0 > >>> ProximaNova-Light Type 1C (OT) Custom > >> yes > >>> no no 9 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 251 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 252 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 254 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 255 0 > >>> FJORTL+ProximaNova-Light CID Type 0C Identity-H > >> yes > >>> yes yes 165 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 259 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 260 0 > >>> > >>> $pdffonts merged.pdf > >>> name type encoding > >> emb > >>> sub uni object ID > >>> ------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- > >> --- > >>> --- --- --------- > >>> AYOVHV+Facit-Bold Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 131 0 > >>> AYOVHV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 132 0 > >>> AYOVHV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 133 0 > >>> AYOVHV+ProximaNova-Semibold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 134 0 > >>> ProximaNova-Light Type 1C (OT) Custom > >> yes > >>> no no 9 0 > >>> AYOVHV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes no 192 0 > >>> AYOVHV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes no 193 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 275 0 > >>> *MHGLSX+ProximaNova-Regular Type 1C WinAnsi > >>> yes yes yes 276 0* > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 277 0 > >>> MHGLSX+Facit-Bold Type 1C Custom > >> yes > >>> yes yes 278 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 437 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 438 0 > >>> ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C (OT) Custom > >> yes > >>> no no 462 0 > >>> ProximaNova-Light Type 1C (OT) Custom > >> yes > >>> no no 512 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 500 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 501 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 503 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 504 0 > >>> FJORTL+ProximaNova-Light CID Type 0C Identity-H > >> yes > >>> yes yes 377 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Bold Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 451 0 > >>> NPQRGV+ProximaNova-Light Type 1C WinAnsi > >> yes > >>> yes yes 452 0 > >>> > >>> Why are the field values not showing up and how can I fix that? > >>> > >>> Thanks for your help! > >>> > >>> Johannes > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > >
