I'm asking if that's possible. In the meantime I found a hack that solves the issue though. I use JS to set the stroke color to transparent (even though it already is), and then the icon magically appears... This suggest to me that it does have something to do with the appearance of the field needing to update.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > Could you upload a sample file to a public location so I can have a look? > > BR > > Maruan > > > Am 16.12.2015 um 14:04 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > [email protected]>: > > > > So here's what I did... I created in Acrobat a new PDF file with a button > > that has the icon I want to use. > > I load that file in my app and copy the AppearanceCharacteristics and > > NormalAppearance map from that button into variables. > > Then I create the button in my main file and apply these two objects to > its > > widget. So far as good... I then save the mail file and close both of > them. > > When I open the main file in Acrobat I can see the icon I've copied under > > the Properties of the button field, but it's not visible on the page > itself. > > I also set "NeedAppearances" to TRUE, just for good measure, but it > didn't > > help. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> If you need additional information please let me know > >> > >> > >>> Am 13.12.2015 um 19:52 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > >> [email protected]>: > >>> > >>> Thanks for the info, Maruan. I'll play around with it and see what I > can > >>> come up with... > >>> > >>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Maruan Sahyoun < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> you can do > >>>> > >>>> PDAnnotationWidget widget = field.getWidgets().get(0); > >>>> PDAppearanceDictionary apDictionary = widget.getAppearance(); > >>>> apDictionary.setNormalAppearance(PDAppearanceStream stream); > >>>> > >>>> Unfortunately for the appearance stream you are on you own as for the > >>>> exact look of a push button there are no details in the specification. > >> What > >>>> you could do is look at the appearance stream as Adobe generates is > and > >>>> replicate it. > >>>> > >>>> Now if you know how the content should look like you can use > >>>> > >>>> PDPageContentStream(PDDocument doc, PDAppearanceStream appearance) > >>>> > >>>> which gives you a higher level API to add content to your appearance > >>>> stream. > >>>> > >>>> Hope that helps. > >>>> > >>>> BR > >>>> Maruan > >>>> > >>>> PS: I'm planning to add the ability to add some default appearances > for > >>>> the different field types when adding new fields via PDFBox but will > not > >>>> start before 2.0 has been released. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> Am 12.12.2015 um 10:11 schrieb Gilad Denneboom < > >>>>> [email protected]>: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> Using PDFBox 1.8.10 (or 2.0.0-RC2, whatever works), is there an > option > >> to > >>>>> set the Normal Icon appearance stream of a push-button? I only see a > >>>> getter > >>>>> for this property, not a setter, and attempts to find information > >> online > >>>>> about how to achieve it have been unsuccessful. > >>>>> > >>>>> I would appreciate any tips or sample code that will help me solve > this > >>>>> problem... > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks in advance, Gilad. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> 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] > >
