Hi Scott, > Am 08.03.2018 um 20:42 schrieb Scott Tomer <[email protected]>: > > All, > > I’m new to the list, but tried to search pdfbox-users.markmail.org > <http://pdfbox-users.markmail.org/> before asking with no luck. > > We are using pdfbox to fill in some form fields in an Adobe generated > template but getting odd results when certain international characters are > used (some, not all). When the pdf is first opened, the characters shown are > basically garbage. Here is an example: þÿB D Aóz > > However, when you click into the field (or in certain readers like Okular on > Linux choose “Show Forms”), the correct characters are shown. Here is what > is inserted into the field and shown when field is selected: ł ń Ł ó ź > > It is almost like the PDF has one font selected for a read-only view and the > correct font for the view when editing a field. > > This is happening with Polish, Russian, Chinese and other languages. > > This is how I am populating the fields: > > PDDocument pdfDoc = LoadPDF.load(cs, document); > PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = pdfDoc.getDocumentCatalog(); > PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm(); > > if (acroForm != null) { > for (PDField field : acroForm.getFieldTree()) { > for (PdfField pdfField : pdfFields) { > if (field.getPartialName() != null && > field.getPartialName().equalsIgnoreCase(pdfField.getName())) { > field.setValue(pdfField.getValue()); > } > } > } > } > pdfDoc.save(tempPdf); > pdfDoc.close(); >
Looks like there is an issue with the appearance generation. Which PDFBox version are you using? Could you upload a sample PDF to a public location for further investigstion? BR Maruan > > Thanks for any help, > Scott --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
