[jira] [Commented] (PDFBOX-2863) Support the comb flag for PDF forms

["Maruan Sahyoun (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Maruan Sahyoun commented on PDFBOX-2863:
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[~tilman] the code is available in 1.8.9 but hasn't been brought over. With the latests changes it will be a little more work as single line fields are now also handled like multilines. I can look adding that in if you are not.

> Support the comb flag for PDF forms
> -----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PDFBOX-2863
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2863
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: AcroForm
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0
>            Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
>             Fix For: 2.0.0
>
>         Attachments: santander_freistellung_noUR3.pdf, santander_freistellung_noUR3_modified.pdf
>
>
> Support the comb flag for PDF forms:
> {quote}May be set only if the MaxLen entry is present in the text field dictionary (see Table 229) and if the Multiline, Password, and FileSelect flags are clear. If set, the field shall be automatically divided into as many equally spaced positions, or combs, as the value of MaxLen, and the text is laid out into those combs.{quote}
> Attached file shows the effect as it is now by setting "IBAN Antragsteller" with "12345678901234567890".



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