> Am 08.03.2017 um 15:34 schrieb chitgoks <[email protected]>: > > this is weird. the checkbox showed when i called > this acroForm.setNeedAppearances(true);
as written below this will enforce Adobe Reader/Acrobat to build the appearance stream for you. But before that it's still missing. A complete solution should have the appearance stream included. This is also enforced by the upcoming PDF 2 specification. > > it would be nice to include a checkbox group and radio button group example > code in the repository. > im currently working on those. so i made the checkbox appear, now ill try > to make radio button group work > > will update on what i can come up as well > > > Website/Java Games: http://www.chitgoks.com > My Blogs: > http://tech.chitgoks.com > http://wuhtevah.chitgoks.com > http://disneyusa.blogspot.com > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >>> Am 08.03.2017 um 15:10 schrieb chitgoks <[email protected]>: >>> >>> hi maruan >>> >>> there is a PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary at the bottom of the >> code >>> before the widget is added to the annotations list >> >> PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary only defines settings for the >> creation of the appearance stream but doesn't create it. What you need is >> the content of the appearance stream. >> >> Unfortunately I'm in the middle of a project so can't help much further at >> the moment. >> >> What you could do if the form is opened in Adobe Acrobat or Reader is to >> set the NeedAppearances flag for the AcroForm. This will trigger Adobe >> Reader/Acrobat to build the appearance once the form is opened. This shall >> only be treated as a workaround as this will not work in most other readers >> or when rendering the form throufgh PDFBox or others. >> >> I'll try to get something prepared tomorrow morning for you if you havn't >> found a solution by then. >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >>> >>> i actually tested code posted in forums that said they worked but nothing >>> gets shown. im using 2.0.4 >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:06 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> scanning quickly through your code it looks fine. But what is missing - >>>> and that's the reason that you don't see anything - is the appearance >>>> stream for the checkbox. The best thing is to look at a sample PDF and >>>> replicate the appearance stream for that. >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>>> Am 08.03.2017 um 14:57 schrieb chitgoks <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> hi tilman. i need help on checkbox creation. im creating a group of >>>>> checkbox but the thing is, it does not show in pdf. i tried sample >> code i >>>>> found even in stackoverflow but they do not get shown in pdf when >> viewed. >>>>> >>>>> even if i add 1 checkbox nothing gets shown. >>>>> >>>>> here is my code. please advise thank you >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> -------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> f (pdfDocument.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm() == null) { >>>>> pdfDocument.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(new >>>>> PDAcroForm(pdfDocument)); >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> PDAcroForm cbAcroForm = pdfDocument.getDocumentCatalog(). >> getAcroForm(); >>>>> PDCheckBox checkBox = new PDCheckBox(cbAcroForm); >>>>> checkBox.setPartialName("cb"); >>>>> checkBox.setMappingName(checkBox.getPartialName()); >>>>> checkBox.getCOSObject().setString(COSName.DA, "/Helv 0 Tf 0 g"); >>>>> >>>>> // Replace yes value with checkbox value. >>>>> COSBase yes = checkBox.getCOSObject().getDictionaryObject(COSName. >> YES); >>>>> checkBox.getCOSObject().setItem("value here", yes); >>>>> checkBox.getCOSObject().removeItem(COSName.YES); >>>>> >>>>> cbAcroForm.getFields().add(checkBox); >>>>> >>>>> PDAnnotationWidget cbWidget = new PDAnnotationWidget(); >>>>> cbWidget.setRectangle(location); >>>>> cbWidget.setPage(pdPage); >>>>> cbWidget.setModifiedDate(DateTool.convertDateToCalendar( >>>> annotation.getDateModified())); >>>>> cbWidget.getCOSObject().setString(COSName.NM, >>>>> annotation.getComments().get(0).getUsername()); >>>>> cbWidget.setPrinted(true); >>>>> >>>>> PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary cbAppearance = new >>>>> PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary(new COSDictionary()); >>>>> cbAppearance.setBackground(Util.hex2PDColor("#000000")); >>>>> cbAppearance.setBorderColour(Util.hex2PDColor("#ffffff")); >>>>> >>>>> cbWidget.setAppearanceCharacteristics(cbAppearance); >>>>> >>>>> pdPage.getAnnotations().add(cbWidget); >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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]
