Maruan, please give this a try: https://imgur.com/nwjrgzS
ALSO wrt: "Current version is 2.0.11, please retry with that one. Tilman" Thanks, cannot but will promote the idea localy: the version is out of my control. Why, were fixed introduced for ComboBoxes? -----Original Message----- From: Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 11:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PDComboBox.setValue("selection text") displays nothing? Could you do a screenshot of the fields definition in PDFDebugger with the subtrees expanded and upload that? BR Maruan > Thanks for the response: > > PDFBox 2.0.4 > > Please look right above your questions to see the 3 ways I've used to set the > values, though since I'm only ever setting a single value, they always come > down to: > > ctrl.setValue(String); // the only operation on any control on the > PDF > > While I can create a PDF, I doubt I can put it anywhere public - and asking > the lawyers about it would take a while. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 10:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PDComboBox.setValue("selection text") displays nothing? > > WARNING: This is an external email that originated outside of the WPS email > system. > DO NOT CLICK links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and > know the content is safe! > > Hi, > > Am 17.09.2018 um 17:05 schrieb Dagnon, William <[email protected]>: > > > > Hello again all, > > > > I'm trying to fill out someone else's PDF programmatically, and while the > > text values work fine as before, the controls with Opts never display their > > values after I've set them. In the saved PDF, there is no text at the > > ComboBox's location, but using PDFDebugger the annotation and Opts are > > still there. Just not visible...? "V" is the correct value as set. > > > > The control looks fine when I look at the original, and I can select what I > > want from the box manually through an Adobe GUI. > > > > Comparing the original vs PDFBox saved files, each of the 4 CombBox > > controls have exactly these differences: > > > > 1. V, because I set it > > 2. "P": first # in [] goes from 61 to 312, plus lower details > > differ 3. There is a new "I: (1)" entry for the annotation > > > > Text controls: > > > > 1. Have a "V" (didn't in the original - no defaults) 2. Have the > > same change to "P" > > 3. Have the same "AP" as before, or a new "AP" if one didn't exist. > > > > All of the ComboBoxes have the same font("DA: /Helv 12 Tf g"), but the > > couple text controls with the same font display fine. > > > > I HAVE TRIED: > > A) Originally I'd just control.setValue("foobar") for the Opt controls just > > like the text controls, but that gave no results. > > > > B) The only code example Google returns is a stackoverflow where they have > > a font problem, but I tried control.setValue(opts.get(index)) - with no > > further luck. > > > > C) I've also looked at the opts themselves and they do exist - though as > > COSString objects. But they have exactly the same text, and I'm able to > > search through them for equal strings in order to determine the index. > > which version of PDFBox are you using? How do you set the value? Would you > have a sample PDF to be able to give you some specific code (please upload to > a shared location)? > > BR > Maruan > > > > > > > > How ARE PDComboBox controls supposed to work? Or am I using the wrong > > control altogether? > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > P.S. I am now seeing a DEBUG log: "ScratchFileBuffer:516 - > > ScratchFileBuffer not closed!" which I don't remember from before... > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain > > confidential, privileged and/or proprietary information which is solely for > > the use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, disclosure, or > > retention by others is strictly prohibited. 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