I've compared it to the file you mentioned. It seems like that is what's happening. It's not entirely clear to me where to embed the resource though. I think the way I'm making the appearance stream is kind of a mistake. Is there a way to construct the appearance without having it all be PDF syntax strings?
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 9:35 AM Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > Could you upload your result file somewhere? I could compare it with a > file that has a checkbox. > > What may be missing is the font definition in Root/AcroForm/DR/Font/ZaDb > > To see what I mean, open this file in PDFDebugger > http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/examples/annots.pdf > > Tilman > > Am 21.11.2016 um 15:32 schrieb Mikhail Slyusarev: > > How is this done? I'm able to create the field... that part's pretty > > straight forward. However, the field doesn't have an appearance, and > > constructAppearance isn't implemented for it. > > > > I'm doing this in jRuby, so excuse the syntax, but here's what I have so > > far for creating an appearance. > > > > field = PDCheckBox.new(form) > > > > field.partial_name = rf.id > > > > form.fields.add(field) > > > > rect = PDRectangle.new( > > rf.x * box.width, > > box.height - (rf.y * box.height) - (rf.height * box.height), > > rf.width * box.width, > > rf.height * box.height > > ) > > > > appearance_stream = PDAppearanceStream.new(COSStream.new) > > > > cs = appearance_stream.content_stream > > > > out = cs.create_output_stream > > out.write("q\n1 1 9.3879 9.4828 re\nW\nn\nBT\n/ZaDb 7.7614 Tf\n2.4109 > > 3.1142 Td\n7.4742 TL\n(x) Tj\nET\nQ\n".to_java_bytes) > > out.close > > > > ad = COSDictionary.new > > ad.set_item(COSName::YES, appearance_stream) > > > > appearance = PDAppearanceDictionary.new(COSDictionary.new) > > appearance.normal_appearance = PDAppearanceEntry.new(ad) > > > > widget = field.widgets.get(0) > > widget.rectangle = rect > > widget.page = page > > widget.printed = true > > widget.appearance = appearance > > > > page.annotations.add(widget) > > > > > > The magic string above is pulled from analyzing an existing checkbox > > field on a pdf. How do I get the appearance correct (with a check > > symbol)? > > > > Thanks, > > Mikhail > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
