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Posted to users@pdfbox.apache.org by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com> on 2015/05/05 11:30:38 UTC
Problems combining files with form fields
Hi guys,
This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex and
problematic one, I'm afraid...
I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it (a
single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have tried
doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
various ways.
Method 1: PDDocument importPage
I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing files.
The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the start...),
but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page with
the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is
null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat (see
"example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
Acrobat).
Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by the
way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't it
possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new page?)
The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a selection
in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by
PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see "example2.pdf").
Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files instead
of adding one to the other.
Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the values
of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns the
default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even though
they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
Any help is appreciated...
Regards, Gilad.
example1.pdf
<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web>
example2.pdf
<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web>
example3.pdf
<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web>
Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by John Hewson <jo...@jahewson.com>.
It’s been moved to PDFPrinter. We have a new printing API which is quite flexible.
— John
> On 6 May 2015, at 10:15, Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm noticing that in the 2.0.0 snapshot there's no print method on the
> PDDocument class. Has it been replaced by something else, or simply not
> implemented yet?
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, it seems to work correctly using a snapshot of 2.0.0 ...
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 16:10 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> 1.8.9
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could you try using PDFBox 2.0.0 - testing your files with the PDFMerger
>>> command line app the merged file is fine and doesn't have the issue.
>>>
>>> BR
>>> Maruan
>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Gilad
>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <sahyoun@fileaffairs.de
>>>> :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sure, I'd be happy to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the
>>>>> easier questions :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> OK - the reason is that after merging the files the AcroForms field
>>>>> entries and the annotations which are defined on the page no longer
>>> match
>>>>> so although the form fields exist and they have annotations you won't
>>> see
>>>>> the entries on the page as they are not pointing to one. In addition
>>> the
>>>>> existing annotations are no longer part of the AcroForms definition so
>>> the
>>>>> visual content you see is not accessible from the AcroForms fields.
>>>>>
>>>>> So where with your input form where AcroForms and annotations
>>> representing
>>>>> the fields were connected after merging AcroForms and annotations
>>> exist in
>>>>> parallel but are no longer connected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which version of PDFBox are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> BR
>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BR
>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though?
>>>>> Does
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> have the same limitation?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up
>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature
>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>> happy to support you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit
>>> the
>>>>> form
>>>>>>>>>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the
>>>>> form
>>>>>>>>>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially
>>>>> looking at
>>>>>>>>>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
>>>>>>>> adding)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>>>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Maruan,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure, here they are...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gilad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Input form.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>>>>>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
>>>>>>>> complex
>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form
>>>>> fields in
>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>> (a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields.
>>> I
>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have
>>>>> failed,
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> various ways.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the
>>>>> existing
>>>>>>>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at
>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start...),
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although
>>> the
>>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the
>>> new
>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
>>>>>>>> Acrobat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (see
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the
>>>>> drop-downs in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Acrobat).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
>>>>>>>> importPage,
>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also,
>>> why
>>>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert
>>> the
>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> page?)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to
>>> make
>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> selection
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not
>>>>> picked
>>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the
>>>>> files
>>>>>>>>>>>> instead
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files,
>>> but
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> values
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
>>>>>>>> returns
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text
>>> fields,
>>>>> even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe
>>>>> Reader
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are
>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>>>>> the value you are looking for?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> example1.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> example2.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> example3.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>.
I'm noticing that in the 2.0.0 snapshot there's no print method on the
PDDocument class. Has it been replaced by something else, or simply not
implemented yet?
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks, it seems to work correctly using a snapshot of 2.0.0 ...
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> > Am 05.05.2015 um 16:10 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > 1.8.9
>> >
>>
>> Could you try using PDFBox 2.0.0 - testing your files with the PDFMerger
>> command line app the merged file is fine and doesn't have the issue.
>>
>> BR
>> Maruan
>>
>> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Gilad
>> >>
>> >>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <sahyoun@fileaffairs.de
>> >:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> >> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Sure, I'd be happy to.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
>> >>>
>> >>> not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the
>> >> easier questions :-)
>> >>
>> >> OK - the reason is that after merging the files the AcroForms field
>> >> entries and the annotations which are defined on the page no longer
>> match
>> >> so although the form fields exist and they have annotations you won't
>> see
>> >> the entries on the page as they are not pointing to one. In addition
>> the
>> >> existing annotations are no longer part of the AcroForms definition so
>> the
>> >> visual content you see is not accessible from the AcroForms fields.
>> >>
>> >> So where with your input form where AcroForms and annotations
>> representing
>> >> the fields were connected after merging AcroForms and annotations
>> exist in
>> >> parallel but are no longer connected.
>> >>
>> >> Which version of PDFBox are you using?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> BR
>> >> Maruan
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> BR
>> >>> Maruan
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> >>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though?
>> >> Does
>> >>>>> it
>> >>>>>> have the same limitation?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
>> >>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up
>> >> with
>> >>>>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature
>> >> I'm
>> >>>>> happy to support you.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> BR
>> >>>>> Maruan
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>> >> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> >>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit
>> the
>> >> form
>> >>>>>>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the
>> >> form
>> >>>>>>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially
>> >> looking at
>> >>>>>>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
>> >>>>> adding)
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> BR
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Maruan
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>> >>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> >>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Maruan,
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Sure, here they are...
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Gilad
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
>> >>>>>>>>>> <
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Input form.pdf
>> >>>>>>>>>> <
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>> >>>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> >>>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
>> >>>>> complex
>> >>>>>>>>> and
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form
>> >> fields in
>> >>>>>>> it
>> >>>>>>>>> (a
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields.
>> I
>> >> have
>> >>>>>>>>> tried
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have
>> >> failed,
>> >>>>> in
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> various ways.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the
>> >> existing
>> >>>>>>>>> files.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at
>> the
>> >>>>>>>>>>> start...),
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although
>> the
>> >>>>> page
>> >>>>>>>>>>> with
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the
>> new
>> >>>>> file
>> >>>>>>> is
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
>> >>>>> Acrobat
>> >>>>>>>>>>> (see
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the
>> >> drop-downs in
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Acrobat).
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
>> >>>>> importPage,
>> >>>>>>> by
>> >>>>>>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also,
>> why
>> >>>>> isn't
>> >>>>>>>>> it
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert
>> the
>> >>>>> new
>> >>>>>>>>>>> page?)
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to
>> make
>> >> a
>> >>>>>>>>>>> selection
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not
>> >> picked
>> >>>>> up
>> >>>>>>> by
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>> >>>>>>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the
>> >> files
>> >>>>>>>>> instead
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files,
>> but
>> >> the
>> >>>>>>>>> values
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
>> >>>>> returns
>> >>>>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text
>> fields,
>> >> even
>> >>>>>>>>>>> though
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe
>> >> Reader
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are
>> not
>> >>>>>>> getting
>> >>>>>>>>> the value you are looking for?
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> BR
>> >>>>>>>>> Maruan
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> BR
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Maruan
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> example1.pdf
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> <
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> example2.pdf
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> <
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> example3.pdf
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> <
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>.
Thanks, it seems to work correctly using a snapshot of 2.0.0 ...
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Am 05.05.2015 um 16:10 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >
> > 1.8.9
> >
>
> Could you try using PDFBox 2.0.0 - testing your files with the PDFMerger
> command line app the merged file is fine and doesn't have the issue.
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Gilad
> >>
> >>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <sahyoun@fileaffairs.de
> >:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>
> >>>> Sure, I'd be happy to.
> >>>>
> >>>> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
> >>>
> >>> not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the
> >> easier questions :-)
> >>
> >> OK - the reason is that after merging the files the AcroForms field
> >> entries and the annotations which are defined on the page no longer
> match
> >> so although the form fields exist and they have annotations you won't
> see
> >> the entries on the page as they are not pointing to one. In addition the
> >> existing annotations are no longer part of the AcroForms definition so
> the
> >> visual content you see is not accessible from the AcroForms fields.
> >>
> >> So where with your input form where AcroForms and annotations
> representing
> >> the fields were connected after merging AcroForms and annotations exist
> in
> >> parallel but are no longer connected.
> >>
> >> Which version of PDFBox are you using?
> >>
> >>
> >> BR
> >> Maruan
> >>
> >>>
> >>> BR
> >>> Maruan
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though?
> >> Does
> >>>>> it
> >>>>>> have the same limitation?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
> >>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up
> >> with
> >>>>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature
> >> I'm
> >>>>> happy to support you.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> BR
> >>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> >> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the
> >> form
> >>>>>>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the
> >> form
> >>>>>>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially
> >> looking at
> >>>>>>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
> >>>>> adding)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> BR
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> >>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Maruan,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Sure, here they are...
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Gilad
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Input form.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> >>>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
> >>>>> complex
> >>>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form
> >> fields in
> >>>>>>> it
> >>>>>>>>> (a
> >>>>>>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I
> >> have
> >>>>>>>>> tried
> >>>>>>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have
> >> failed,
> >>>>> in
> >>>>>>>>>>>> various ways.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the
> >> existing
> >>>>>>>>> files.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at
> the
> >>>>>>>>>>> start...),
> >>>>>>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although
> the
> >>>>> page
> >>>>>>>>>>> with
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the
> new
> >>>>> file
> >>>>>>> is
> >>>>>>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
> >>>>> Acrobat
> >>>>>>>>>>> (see
> >>>>>>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the
> >> drop-downs in
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Acrobat).
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
> >>>>> importPage,
> >>>>>>> by
> >>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also,
> why
> >>>>> isn't
> >>>>>>>>> it
> >>>>>>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert
> the
> >>>>> new
> >>>>>>>>>>> page?)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to
> make
> >> a
> >>>>>>>>>>> selection
> >>>>>>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not
> >> picked
> >>>>> up
> >>>>>>> by
> >>>>>>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
> >>>>>>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
> >>>>>>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the
> >> files
> >>>>>>>>> instead
> >>>>>>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but
> >> the
> >>>>>>>>> values
> >>>>>>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
> >>>>> returns
> >>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields,
> >> even
> >>>>>>>>>>> though
> >>>>>>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe
> >> Reader
> >>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
> >>>>>>> getting
> >>>>>>>>> the value you are looking for?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> BR
> >>>>>>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> BR
> >>>>>>>>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> example1.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> example2.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> example3.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi,
> Am 05.05.2015 um 16:10 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>:
>
> 1.8.9
>
Could you try using PDFBox 2.0.0 - testing your files with the PDFMerger command line app the merged file is fine and doesn't have the issue.
BR
Maruan
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gilad
>>
>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Sure, I'd be happy to.
>>>>
>>>> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
>>>
>>> not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the
>> easier questions :-)
>>
>> OK - the reason is that after merging the files the AcroForms field
>> entries and the annotations which are defined on the page no longer match
>> so although the form fields exist and they have annotations you won't see
>> the entries on the page as they are not pointing to one. In addition the
>> existing annotations are no longer part of the AcroForms definition so the
>> visual content you see is not accessible from the AcroForms fields.
>>
>> So where with your input form where AcroForms and annotations representing
>> the fields were connected after merging AcroForms and annotations exist in
>> parallel but are no longer connected.
>>
>> Which version of PDFBox are you using?
>>
>>
>> BR
>> Maruan
>>
>>>
>>> BR
>>> Maruan
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though?
>> Does
>>>>> it
>>>>>> have the same limitation?
>>>>>
>>>>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
>>>>>
>>>>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up
>> with
>>>>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature
>> I'm
>>>>> happy to support you.
>>>>>
>>>>> BR
>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the
>> form
>>>>>>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the
>> form
>>>>>>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially
>> looking at
>>>>>>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
>>>>> adding)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Maruan,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sure, here they are...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gilad
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Input form.pdf
>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
>>>>> complex
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form
>> fields in
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> (a
>>>>>>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I
>> have
>>>>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have
>> failed,
>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>> various ways.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the
>> existing
>>>>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
>>>>>>>>>>> start...),
>>>>>>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the
>>>>> page
>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new
>>>>> file
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
>>>>> Acrobat
>>>>>>>>>>> (see
>>>>>>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the
>> drop-downs in
>>>>>>>>>>>> Acrobat).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
>>>>> importPage,
>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why
>>>>> isn't
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the
>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>>>> page?)
>>>>>>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make
>> a
>>>>>>>>>>> selection
>>>>>>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not
>> picked
>>>>> up
>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>>>>>>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>>>>>>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the
>> files
>>>>>>>>> instead
>>>>>>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but
>> the
>>>>>>>>> values
>>>>>>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
>>>>> returns
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields,
>> even
>>>>>>>>>>> though
>>>>>>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe
>> Reader
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>> the value you are looking for?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> example1.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> example2.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> example3.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>.
1.8.9
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> Hi Gilad
>
> > Am 05.05.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> Sure, I'd be happy to.
> >>
> >> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
> >
> > not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the
> easier questions :-)
>
> OK - the reason is that after merging the files the AcroForms field
> entries and the annotations which are defined on the page no longer match
> so although the form fields exist and they have annotations you won't see
> the entries on the page as they are not pointing to one. In addition the
> existing annotations are no longer part of the AcroForms definition so the
> visual content you see is not accessible from the AcroForms fields.
>
> So where with your input form where AcroForms and annotations representing
> the fields were connected after merging AcroForms and annotations exist in
> parallel but are no longer connected.
>
> Which version of PDFBox are you using?
>
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
> >
> > BR
> > Maruan
> >
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>
> >>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though?
> Does
> >>> it
> >>>> have the same limitation?
> >>>
> >>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
> >>>
> >>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up
> with
> >>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature
> I'm
> >>> happy to support you.
> >>>
> >>> BR
> >>> Maruan
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the
> form
> >>>>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the
> form
> >>>>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially
> looking at
> >>>>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
> >>> adding)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> BR
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> >>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hi Maruan,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Sure, here they are...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Gilad
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
> >>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Input form.pdf
> >>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> >>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
> >>> complex
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
> >>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form
> fields in
> >>>>> it
> >>>>>>> (a
> >>>>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I
> have
> >>>>>>> tried
> >>>>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have
> failed,
> >>> in
> >>>>>>>>>> various ways.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
> >>>>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the
> existing
> >>>>>>> files.
> >>>>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
> >>>>>>>>> start...),
> >>>>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the
> >>> page
> >>>>>>>>> with
> >>>>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new
> >>> file
> >>>>> is
> >>>>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
> >>> Acrobat
> >>>>>>>>> (see
> >>>>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the
> drop-downs in
> >>>>>>>>>> Acrobat).
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
> >>> importPage,
> >>>>> by
> >>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why
> >>> isn't
> >>>>>>> it
> >>>>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the
> >>> new
> >>>>>>>>> page?)
> >>>>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make
> a
> >>>>>>>>> selection
> >>>>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not
> picked
> >>> up
> >>>>> by
> >>>>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
> >>>>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
> >>>>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the
> files
> >>>>>>> instead
> >>>>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
> >>>>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but
> the
> >>>>>>> values
> >>>>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
> >>> returns
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields,
> even
> >>>>>>>>> though
> >>>>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe
> Reader
> >>> the
> >>>>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
> >>>>> getting
> >>>>>>> the value you are looking for?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> BR
> >>>>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> BR
> >>>>>>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> example1.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> example2.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> example3.pdf
> >>>>>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi Gilad
> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:37 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Sure, I'd be happy to.
>>
>> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
>
> not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the easier questions :-)
OK - the reason is that after merging the files the AcroForms field entries and the annotations which are defined on the page no longer match so although the form fields exist and they have annotations you won't see the entries on the page as they are not pointing to one. In addition the existing annotations are no longer part of the AcroForms definition so the visual content you see is not accessible from the AcroForms fields.
So where with your input form where AcroForms and annotations representing the fields were connected after merging AcroForms and annotations exist in parallel but are no longer connected.
Which version of PDFBox are you using?
BR
Maruan
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? Does
>>> it
>>>> have the same limitation?
>>>
>>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
>>>
>>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up with
>>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature I'm
>>> happy to support you.
>>>
>>> BR
>>> Maruan
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form
>>>>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
>>>>>
>>>>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form
>>>>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at
>>>>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
>>> adding)
>>>>>
>>>>> BR
>>>>>
>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Maruan,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sure, here they are...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gilad
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Input form.pdf
>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
>>> complex
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in
>>>>> it
>>>>>>> (a
>>>>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have
>>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed,
>>> in
>>>>>>>>>> various ways.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>>>>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing
>>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
>>>>>>>>> start...),
>>>>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the
>>> page
>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new
>>> file
>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
>>> Acrobat
>>>>>>>>> (see
>>>>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
>>>>>>>>>> Acrobat).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
>>> importPage,
>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why
>>> isn't
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the
>>> new
>>>>>>>>> page?)
>>>>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
>>>>>>>>> selection
>>>>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked
>>> up
>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>>>>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>>>>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files
>>>>>>> instead
>>>>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
>>>>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the
>>>>>>> values
>>>>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
>>> returns
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
>>>>>>>>> though
>>>>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader
>>> the
>>>>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
>>>>> getting
>>>>>>> the value you are looking for?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> example1.pdf
>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> example2.pdf
>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> example3.pdf
>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi,
> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>:
>
> Sure, I'd be happy to.
>
> So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
not yet - haven't looked into that one as I first wanted to answer the easier questions :-)
BR
Maruan
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? Does
>> it
>>> have the same limitation?
>>
>> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
>>
>> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up with
>> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature I'm
>> happy to support you.
>>
>> BR
>> Maruan
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form
>>>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
>>>>
>>>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form
>>>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at
>>>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
>> adding)
>>>>
>>>> BR
>>>>
>>>> Maruan
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Maruan,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sure, here they are...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gilad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Input form.pdf
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>>>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
>> complex
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in
>>>> it
>>>>>> (a
>>>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have
>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed,
>> in
>>>>>>>>> various ways.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>>>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing
>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
>>>>>>>> start...),
>>>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the
>> page
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new
>> file
>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
>> Acrobat
>>>>>>>> (see
>>>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
>>>>>>>>> Acrobat).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
>> importPage,
>>>> by
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why
>> isn't
>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the
>> new
>>>>>>>> page?)
>>>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
>>>>>>>> selection
>>>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked
>> up
>>>> by
>>>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>>>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>>>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files
>>>>>> instead
>>>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
>>>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the
>>>>>> values
>>>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
>> returns
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
>>>>>>>> though
>>>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader
>> the
>>>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
>>>> getting
>>>>>> the value you are looking for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BR
>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> example1.pdf
>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> example2.pdf
>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> example3.pdf
>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>.
Sure, I'd be happy to.
So do you know what went wrong when I used the merger util?
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? Does
> it
> > have the same limitation?
>
> no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
>
> I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up with
> an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature I'm
> happy to support you.
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
> >
> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>
> >>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form
> >>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
> >>
> >> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form
> >> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at
> >> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are
> adding)
> >>
> >> BR
> >>
> >> Maruan
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Gilad,
> >>>>
> >>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Maruan,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sure, here they are...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Gilad
> >>>>>
> >>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
> >>>>> <
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Input form.pdf
> >>>>> <
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> >> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi Gilad,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a
> complex
> >>>> and
> >>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
> >>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in
> >> it
> >>>> (a
> >>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have
> >>>> tried
> >>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed,
> in
> >>>>>>> various ways.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
> >>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing
> >>>> files.
> >>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
> >>>>>> start...),
> >>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the
> page
> >>>>>> with
> >>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new
> file
> >> is
> >>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in
> Acrobat
> >>>>>> (see
> >>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
> >>>>>>> Acrobat).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from
> importPage,
> >> by
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why
> isn't
> >>>> it
> >>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the
> new
> >>>>>> page?)
> >>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
> >>>>>> selection
> >>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked
> up
> >> by
> >>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
> >>>>>> "example2.pdf").
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
> >>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files
> >>>> instead
> >>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
> >>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the
> >>>> values
> >>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields
> returns
> >>>> the
> >>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
> >>>>>> though
> >>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
> >>>>
> >>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader
> the
> >>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
> >> getting
> >>>> the value you are looking for?
> >>>>
> >>>> BR
> >>>> Maruan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> BR
> >>>>>> Maruan
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> example1.pdf
> >>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> example2.pdf
> >>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> example3.pdf
> >>>>>>> <
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi,
> Am 05.05.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>:
>
> Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? Does it
> have the same limitation?
no - that's merging the AcroForms and annotations.
I added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2787> to maybe come up with an easier mechanism. If you would be willing to work on that feature I'm happy to support you.
BR
Maruan
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form
>>> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
>>
>> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form
>> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at
>> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are adding)
>>
>> BR
>>
>> Maruan
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>
>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Maruan,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure, here they are...
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilad
>>>>>
>>>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
>>>>> <
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Input form.pdf
>>>>> <
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
>> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex
>>>> and
>>>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>>>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in
>> it
>>>> (a
>>>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have
>>>> tried
>>>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
>>>>>>> various ways.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>>>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing
>>>> files.
>>>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
>>>>>> start...),
>>>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file
>> is
>>>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat
>>>>>> (see
>>>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
>>>>>>> Acrobat).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage,
>> by
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't
>>>> it
>>>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new
>>>>>> page?)
>>>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
>>>>>> selection
>>>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up
>> by
>>>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>>>>>> "example2.pdf").
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>>>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files
>>>> instead
>>>>>>> of adding one to the other.
>>>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the
>>>> values
>>>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns
>>>> the
>>>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
>>>>>> though
>>>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>>>>
>>>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader the
>>>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
>> getting
>>>> the value you are looking for?
>>>>
>>>> BR
>>>> Maruan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BR
>>>>>> Maruan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> example1.pdf
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> example2.pdf
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> example3.pdf
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>.
Wow, that's unfortunate... What about the PDFMergerUtility, though? Does it
have the same limitation?
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form
> > fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
>
> reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form
> fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at
> which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are adding)
>
> BR
>
> Maruan
>
> >
> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Gilad,
> >>
> >>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Maruan,
> >>>
> >>> Sure, here they are...
> >>>
> >>> Gilad
> >>>
> >>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
> >>> <
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Input form.pdf
> >>> <
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <
> sahyoun@fileaffairs.de>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Gilad,
> >>>>
> >>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex
> >> and
> >>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
> >>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in
> it
> >> (a
> >>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have
> >> tried
> >>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
> >>>>> various ways.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
> >>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing
> >> files.
> >>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
> >>>> start...),
> >>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page
> >>>> with
> >>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file
> is
> >>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat
> >>>> (see
> >>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
> >>>>> Acrobat).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage,
> by
> >>>> the
> >>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't
> >> it
> >>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new
> >>>> page?)
> >>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
> >>>> selection
> >>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up
> by
> >>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
> >>>> "example2.pdf").
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
> >>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files
> >> instead
> >>>>> of adding one to the other.
> >>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the
> >> values
> >>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns
> >> the
> >>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
> >>>> though
> >>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
> >>
> >> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader the
> >> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not
> getting
> >> the value you are looking for?
> >>
> >> BR
> >> Maruan
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any help is appreciated…
> >>>>
> >>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
> >>>>
> >>>> BR
> >>>> Maruan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards, Gilad.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> example1.pdf
> >>>>> <
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> example2.pdf
> >>>>> <
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> example3.pdf
> >>>>> <
> >>>>
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi,
> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>:
>
> Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form
> fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
reason is that importPage/addPage add the page content but not the form fields. You'd need to add the AcroForms manually (potentially looking at which PDWidgetAnnotations are really pointing at the page you are adding)
BR
Maruan
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gilad,
>>
>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi Maruan,
>>>
>>> Sure, here they are...
>>>
>>> Gilad
>>>
>>> batch_sequences 1.pdf
>>> <
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>
>>>
>>> Input form.pdf
>>> <
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Gilad,
>>>>
>>>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>>>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex
>> and
>>>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>>>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it
>> (a
>>>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have
>> tried
>>>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
>>>>> various ways.
>>>>>
>>>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>>>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing
>> files.
>>>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
>>>> start...),
>>>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page
>>>> with
>>>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is
>>>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat
>>>> (see
>>>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
>>>>> Acrobat).
>>>>>
>>>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by
>>>> the
>>>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't
>> it
>>>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new
>>>> page?)
>>>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
>>>> selection
>>>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by
>>>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>>>> "example2.pdf").
>>>>>
>>>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>>>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files
>> instead
>>>>> of adding one to the other.
>>>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the
>> values
>>>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns
>> the
>>>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
>>>> though
>>>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>>
>> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader the
>> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not getting
>> the value you are looking for?
>>
>> BR
>> Maruan
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help is appreciated…
>>>>
>>>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>>>>
>>>> BR
>>>> Maruan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards, Gilad.
>>>>>
>>>>> example1.pdf
>>>>> <
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> example2.pdf
>>>>> <
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> example3.pdf
>>>>> <
>>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>.
Correct. And in some of the cases (example1) I can't even edit the form
fields properly after inserting the file to another PDF.
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> Hi Gilad,
>
> > Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi Maruan,
> >
> > Sure, here they are...
> >
> > Gilad
> >
> > batch_sequences 1.pdf
> > <
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web
> >
> >
> > Input form.pdf
> > <
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Gilad,
> >>
> >>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> >> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >>>
> >>> Hi guys,
> >>>
> >>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex
> and
> >>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
> >>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it
> (a
> >>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have
> tried
> >>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
> >>> various ways.
> >>>
> >>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
> >>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing
> files.
> >>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
> >> start...),
> >>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page
> >> with
> >>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is
> >>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat
> >> (see
> >>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
> >>> Acrobat).
> >>>
> >>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by
> >> the
> >>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't
> it
> >>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new
> >> page?)
> >>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
> >> selection
> >>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by
> >>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
> >> "example2.pdf").
> >>>
> >>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
> >>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files
> instead
> >>> of adding one to the other.
> >>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the
> values
> >>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns
> the
> >>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
> >> though
> >>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>
> So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader the
> form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not getting
> the value you are looking for?
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
>
> >>>
> >>> Any help is appreciated…
> >>
> >> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
> >>
> >> BR
> >> Maruan
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Regards, Gilad.
> >>>
> >>> example1.pdf
> >>> <
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> example2.pdf
> >>> <
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> example3.pdf
> >>> <
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
> >>>
> >>>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi Gilad,
> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Maruan,
>
> Sure, here they are...
>
> Gilad
>
> batch_sequences 1.pdf
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
> Input form.pdf
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gilad,
>>
>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
>> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex and
>>> problematic one, I'm afraid...
>>> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it (a
>>> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have tried
>>> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
>>> various ways.
>>>
>>> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
>>> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing files.
>>> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
>> start...),
>>> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page
>> with
>>> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is
>>> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat
>> (see
>>> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
>>> Acrobat).
>>>
>>> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by
>> the
>>> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't it
>>> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new
>> page?)
>>> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
>> selection
>>> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by
>>> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
>> "example2.pdf").
>>>
>>> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
>>> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files instead
>>> of adding one to the other.
>>> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the values
>>> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns the
>>> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
>> though
>>> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
So what you are saying is that looking at the form with Adobe Reader the form is fine but trying to get the value using PDFBox you are not getting the value you are looking for?
BR
Maruan
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated…
>>
>> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>>
>> BR
>> Maruan
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards, Gilad.
>>>
>>> example1.pdf
>>> <
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>
>>>
>>> example2.pdf
>>> <
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
>>>
>>>
>>> example3.pdf
>>> <
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>.
Hi Maruan,
Sure, here they are...
Gilad
batch_sequences 1.pdf
<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsNmlPNjJMcTJVXzQ/edit?usp=drive_web>
Input form.pdf
<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsaWlHbmYzSEFpX0U/edit?usp=drive_web>
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>
wrote:
> Hi Gilad,
>
> > Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <
> gilad.denneboom@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex and
> > problematic one, I'm afraid...
> > I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it (a
> > single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have tried
> > doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
> > various ways.
> >
> > Method 1: PDDocument importPage
> > I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing files.
> > The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the
> start...),
> > but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page
> with
> > the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is
> > null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat
> (see
> > "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
> > Acrobat).
> >
> > Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by
> the
> > way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't it
> > possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new
> page?)
> > The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a
> selection
> > in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by
> > PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see
> "example2.pdf").
> >
> > Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
> > In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files instead
> > of adding one to the other.
> > Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the values
> > of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns the
> > default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even
> though
> > they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
> >
> > Any help is appreciated…
>
> Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
>
> BR
> Maruan
>
>
> >
> > Regards, Gilad.
> >
> > example1.pdf
> > <
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web
> >
> >
> > example2.pdf
> > <
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web
> >
> >
> > example3.pdf
> > <
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web
> >
> >
>
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Re: Problems combining files with form fields
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi Gilad,
> Am 05.05.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Gilad Denneboom <gi...@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> This should be a simple task, but it turns out to be quite a complex and
> problematic one, I'm afraid...
> I'm trying to combine two files, one with a bunch of form fields in it (a
> single page, created in Acrobat) and one without any fields. I have tried
> doing it using three different methods, and all three have failed, in
> various ways.
>
> Method 1: PDDocument importPage
> I tried importing the page with the form fields into the existing files.
> The page is placed at the end of the document (I need it at the start...),
> but that's not the big issue. The big issue is that although the page with
> the form fields is added to the file, the PDAcroForm in the new file is
> null and I'm having weird problems editing the form fields in Acrobat (see
> "example1.pdf", try to make a selection in one of the drop-downs in
> Acrobat).
>
> Method 2: PDDocument addPage (how is this different from importPage, by the
> way? The documentation is very lacking on this point. Also, why isn't it
> possible to specify the page number where you want to insert the new page?)
> The result is similar to importPage, only now I am able to make a selection
> in the drop-down fields in Acrobat, but they are still not picked up by
> PDFBox when I re-load the file and try to access them (see "example2.pdf").
>
> Method 3: PDFMergerUtililty
> In order to get the right page order I decided to merge the files instead
> of adding one to the other.
> Here the PDAcroForm object does exist in the merged files, but the values
> of the fields are not picked up. Using getValue on the fields returns the
> default value for the drop-downs and null for the text fields, even though
> they are clearly filled-in (see "example3.pdf").
>
> Any help is appreciated…
Could you also upload the individual files prior to merging?
BR
Maruan
>
> Regards, Gilad.
>
> example1.pdf
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhscDdvcGhXNjRMZ28/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
> example2.pdf
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsck9RSTlNTWFtaHc/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
> example3.pdf
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_eBFHMNjkhsQXBRdVdDMGkyR2s/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
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