I agree with you, Maruan: We should be able to remove the test for a
JavaScript action and generate the appearance regardless.
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:56 PM Robert Pepersack <
robert.pepers...@itgfirm.com> wrote:
> 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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