Adding actions.setF(null) made it work! Thank you!!
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:32 PM Maruan Sahyoun <sahy...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> BTW,
>
> what you might also want to check is if the JavaScript in the form and
> your input provide a valid result i.e. the value passed
> doesn't lead to a JavaScript error.
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > your are missing to set the action to null before the setValue call!
> >
> > actions.setF(null);
> > textField.setValue(formMap.get(key));
> > actions.setF(action);
> >
> > BR
> > Maruan
> >
> >
> > > 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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