this is weird. the checkbox showed when i called this acroForm.setNeedAppearances(true);
it would be nice to include a checkbox group and radio button group example code in the repository. im currently working on those. so i made the checkbox appear, now ill try to make radio button group work will update on what i can come up as well Website/Java Games: http://www.chitgoks.com My Blogs: http://tech.chitgoks.com http://wuhtevah.chitgoks.com http://disneyusa.blogspot.com On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 08.03.2017 um 15:10 schrieb chitgoks <[email protected]>: > > > > hi maruan > > > > there is a PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary at the bottom of the > code > > before the widget is added to the annotations list > > PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary only defines settings for the > creation of the appearance stream but doesn't create it. What you need is > the content of the appearance stream. > > Unfortunately I'm in the middle of a project so can't help much further at > the moment. > > What you could do if the form is opened in Adobe Acrobat or Reader is to > set the NeedAppearances flag for the AcroForm. This will trigger Adobe > Reader/Acrobat to build the appearance once the form is opened. This shall > only be treated as a workaround as this will not work in most other readers > or when rendering the form throufgh PDFBox or others. > > I'll try to get something prepared tomorrow morning for you if you havn't > found a solution by then. > > BR > Maruan > > > > > i actually tested code posted in forums that said they worked but nothing > > gets shown. im using 2.0.4 > > > > thanks > > > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:06 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> scanning quickly through your code it looks fine. But what is missing - > >> and that's the reason that you don't see anything - is the appearance > >> stream for the checkbox. The best thing is to look at a sample PDF and > >> replicate the appearance stream for that. > >> > >> BR > >> Maruan > >> > >>> Am 08.03.2017 um 14:57 schrieb chitgoks <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> hi tilman. i need help on checkbox creation. im creating a group of > >>> checkbox but the thing is, it does not show in pdf. i tried sample > code i > >>> found even in stackoverflow but they do not get shown in pdf when > viewed. > >>> > >>> even if i add 1 checkbox nothing gets shown. > >>> > >>> here is my code. please advise thank you > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >> -------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> f (pdfDocument.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm() == null) { > >>> pdfDocument.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(new > >>> PDAcroForm(pdfDocument)); > >>> } > >>> > >>> PDAcroForm cbAcroForm = pdfDocument.getDocumentCatalog(). > getAcroForm(); > >>> PDCheckBox checkBox = new PDCheckBox(cbAcroForm); > >>> checkBox.setPartialName("cb"); > >>> checkBox.setMappingName(checkBox.getPartialName()); > >>> checkBox.getCOSObject().setString(COSName.DA, "/Helv 0 Tf 0 g"); > >>> > >>> // Replace yes value with checkbox value. > >>> COSBase yes = checkBox.getCOSObject().getDictionaryObject(COSName. > YES); > >>> checkBox.getCOSObject().setItem("value here", yes); > >>> checkBox.getCOSObject().removeItem(COSName.YES); > >>> > >>> cbAcroForm.getFields().add(checkBox); > >>> > >>> PDAnnotationWidget cbWidget = new PDAnnotationWidget(); > >>> cbWidget.setRectangle(location); > >>> cbWidget.setPage(pdPage); > >>> cbWidget.setModifiedDate(DateTool.convertDateToCalendar( > >> annotation.getDateModified())); > >>> cbWidget.getCOSObject().setString(COSName.NM, > >>> annotation.getComments().get(0).getUsername()); > >>> cbWidget.setPrinted(true); > >>> > >>> PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary cbAppearance = new > >>> PDAppearanceCharacteristicsDictionary(new COSDictionary()); > >>> cbAppearance.setBackground(Util.hex2PDColor("#000000")); > >>> cbAppearance.setBorderColour(Util.hex2PDColor("#ffffff")); > >>> > >>> cbWidget.setAppearanceCharacteristics(cbAppearance); > >>> > >>> pdPage.getAnnotations().add(cbWidget); > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
