pdf form text is only visible when clicked itext

[Tadelsucht]

In BulkPDFCore/PDF.cs in the method SaveFilledPDF cloud help the following code:
PdfStamper.getWriter().getAcroForm().setNeedAppearances(true);

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14341076/itextsharp-rendering-czech-characters-in-acroform-fields
https://developers.itextpdf.com/examples/itext-action-second-edition/chapter-8

[Tadelsucht]

Chinese characters and special unicode characters are a problem
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9556678/unicode-characters-in-itext-pdf

[Tadelsucht]

It seems that it needs more than a simple code extension..

[michaelblong]

Any fix for this? I don't know if there is something i can do on my end. I'm not using any special characters.

[Tadelsucht]

I created a new version which supports Unicode characters. Please try this version which can be downloaded in following issue #19

[10bn]

Hi, thanks for your awsome work!
Using Bulk PDF 1.2.3.0, I'm running into the same issue. I used the latest PDFElements to create a pdf form. Is there some easy fix i can try?

I attached a sample file that is not working for me using BulkPDF
sample.pdf

[Tadelsucht]

@jaddel
If an error like this occures, your pdf must be converted to a BulkPDF compatible specification. For this just upload the file to https://www.pdfescape.com/ , save it there and download it again, without changing anything. The new downloaded file is now compatible with BulkPDF and your configuration should work nicely.

[10bn]

hi, thank you for the update, in the meantime i fixed it using adobe dc over pdf elements.