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   Hi!

I've problems while filling formfields. The new values are filled in (i can control it with GetFormField), the fields are visible and the types are text. What can be the reason that i can't see my field-content when opening the pdf-file with a reader? Even if i'm doing the text extraction i get the values... but they are inside ;-)

I've tried 

SetFormFieldValue

FlattenFormField

SaveToFile

with no success.

I've tried

SetNeedAppearances(1)

SetFormFieldValue

UpdateAppearanceStream(x)

with no sucess.

The values are always inside but i've never seen them.

Thanks a lot for any helping tipps or a code snippet.

Best regards,

Ingo

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Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: SetFormFieldValue... Posted: 30 May 06 at 5:39PM
	Hi! I've problems while filling formfields. The new values are filled in (i can control it with GetFormField), the fields are visible and the types are text. What can be the reason that i can't see my field-content when opening the pdf-file with a reader? Even if i'm doing the text extraction i get the values... but they are inside ;-) I've tried SetFormFieldValue FlattenFormField SaveToFile with no success. I've tried SetNeedAppearances(1) SetFormFieldValue UpdateAppearanceStream(x) with no sucess. The values are always inside but i've never seen them. Thanks a lot for any helping tipps or a code snippet. Best regards, Ingo

PDFman Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 28 Nov 05 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote PDFman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 May 06 at 1:38AM
	I use SetFormFieldValueByTitle and it works always.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 May 06 at 5:28PM
	Hi! I think i've working too long on this problem-pdf-example-file ;-) Using other pdf-files all works :-)) Now there's still the question why i can't see my inputs in the problem-file. I've found out now that i can see my inputs when i'm using the Acrobat Reader! With Foxit Reader i don't see my inputs in the problem-file - in other files it's okay with Foxit, too. What's so special in this file that i can see the inputs with Acrobat but not with Foxit? In the file there are 48 formfields. Two are named "Name" and "Name.". They includes my first name "Ingo". Perhaps somebody here wants to look at the file: http://www.is-soft.de/makler.pdf Thanks a lot for any hint or advice! Best regards, Ingo

chicks Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 29 Oct 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 251	Post Options Post Reply Quote chicks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jun 06 at 12:36AM
	I don't know if this is causing the problem with Foxit, but you normally use "."'s in PDF field names to show heirarchy, e.g. : Customer.Name.First Customer.Name.Last Customer.Name.Middle Customer.Address.Street Customer.Address.City etc. Perhaps Foxit doesn't like the dangling "." at the end of the fieldname, and expects more.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jun 06 at 2:04AM
	Thanks a lot! That seems to be logical for me ;-) Best regards, Ingo