[PDFBOX-4235] NPE when setting the DA of a PDTextField

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.9
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.10, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: AcroForm
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Christoph Grimmer-Dietrich
• Created: 31/May/18 11:55
• Updated: 21/Jun/18 20:27
• Resolved: 31/May/18 19:05

Description

The following Kotlin Code results in a NullPointerException:

when(pdField) {

is PDTextField -> {
{{     try {}}
{{         pdField.value = value?.toString() ?: ""}}
{{     } catch (ioException: IOException) {}}
{{         pdField.cosObject.setString(COSName.DA, "/Helv 0 tf 0 g")}}
{{         pdField.value = value?.toString() ?: ""}}
{{    }}}

}}

Issue Links

• links to: How to substitute missing font when filling a form with PDFBox?