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[jira] [Created] (PDFBOX-2333) Overhaul the apperance generation for PDF forms

Maruan Sahyoun created PDFBOX-2333:
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             Summary: Overhaul the apperance generation for PDF forms
                 Key: PDFBOX-2333
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2333
             Project: PDFBox
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: AcroForm
            Reporter: Maruan Sahyoun
             Fix For: 2.0.0


The appearance handling for forms in 1.x is limited and does not reflect all settings possible for form fields. In addition the current code is not very modular and does not follow the box model used for form fields. 

Unfortunately only the basics of form handling are defined in the PDF spec. The details like padding of boxes, text placement etc. have to be determined by looking at how Adobe forms are generated.



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