This didn't work for me. Here is the code snippet that I modified:
if (field instanceof PDTextField) {
PDTextField textField = PDTextField.class.cast(field);
PDFormFieldAdditionalActions actions = textField.getActions();
PDAction action = null;
if (actions != null) {
action = actions.getF();
}
textField.setValue(formMap.get(key));
if (action != null) {
actions.setF(action);
}
}
I debugged it in my IDE. I see that the action variable is getting set by
actions.getF(), and that setF() is getting executed with a non-null action.
Thanks!
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 11:27 AM Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de>
wrote:
> Oh, I could reproduce this.
>
> Then I debugged it. The code doesn't set the appearance if the /F entry
> is set. (That is a Javascript action)
>
> There is a code comment:
>
> PDFormFieldAdditionalActions actions = field.getActions();
>
> // in case all tests fail the field will be formatted by
> acrobat
> // when it is opened. See FreedomExpressions.pdf for an
> example of this.
> if (actions == null || actions.getF() == null ||
> widget.getCOSObject().getDictionaryObject(COSName.AP) != null)
> {
>
> This code part is from before it became an apache project, I don't have
> that file, didn't search for the ticket.
>
> So remove the /F entry before setting, with
>
> field.getActions().setF(null);
>
> The drawback is that the "formatter" will be gone. A compromise would be
> to put it back after setting the field:
>
> PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(...);
> PDField f =
> doc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm().getField("dateField");
> PDAction fa = f.getActions().getF();
> f.getActions().setF(null);
> f.setValue("01.01.2020");
> f.getActions().setF(fa);
>
>
> Tilman
>
> Am 24.12.2019 um 16:57 schrieb Robert Pepersack:
> > Hi Tilman,
> > I'm using PDFBox version 2.0.17. Here is my code:
> >
> > public void fillForm(Map<String, String> formMap)
> > {
> >
> > File file = new File(myFile);
> >
> > try (PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(file)) {
> >
> > PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
> > PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
> >
> > if (acroForm != null) {
> >
> > for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : formMap.entrySet()) {
> > String key = entry.getKey();
> > PDField field = acroForm.getField(key);
> >
> > if (field instanceof PDVariableText) {
> >
> > if (field instanceof PDTextField) {
> > PDTextField textField = PDTextField.class.cast(field);
> > textField.setValue(formMap.get(key));
> >
> > } else if (field instanceof PDChoice) {
> > PDChoice choice = PDChoice.class.cast(field);
> > choice.setValue(formMap.get(key));
> >
> > }
> > } else if (field instanceof PDCheckBox) {
> > PDCheckBox checkBox = PDCheckBox.class.cast(field);
> > boolean value = Boolean.valueOf(formMap.get(key));
> > if (value) {
> > checkBox.check();
> > } else {
> > checkBox.unCheck();
> > }
> >
> > } else if (field instanceof PDRadioButton) {
> > PDRadioButton radioButton = PDRadioButton.class.cast(field);
> > radioButton.setValue(formMap.get(key));
> >
> > }
> > }
> >
> > File outputFile = new File("test.pdf");
> > doc.save(outputFile);
> > }
> > } catch (IOException e) {
> > throw new AssistBusinessException(e);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 10:43 AM Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Am 23.12.2019 um 22:09 schrieb Robert Pepersack:
> >>> 2. Run my Java program that loads the .pdf file, populates its form
> >>> fields, and saves it to a new file on my local disk.
> >> What code did you use to populate the date field, and what PDFBox
> >> version did you use (the current version is 2.0.18)? I'm asking because
> >> the date field does not have an appearance stream.
> >>
> >> Tilman
> >>
> >>
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