Replacing Text in PDF with PHP using Aspose.PDF REST API Changes Elements Background

kirschkern · January 7, 2022, 3:49pm

I want to replace text in a PDF document. However some background elements in the resulting PDF will be changed as well.

This is how it looks in the original file

And this is the result

Is there something I can do to only replace the text and keep the background as is?
The API is wonderfull and exactly what we need. However, the result is currently not usable this way.

Thanks for hints or help.
Daniel

I use the PHP API and code as seen in this post: Find and Replace Text in PDF with PHP Laravel Throws Error

tilal.ahmad · December 29, 2021, 10:23am

@kirschkern

We will appreciate it if you please share your sample PDF document with us. We will test the scenario and will share our findings with you.

kirschkern · December 29, 2021, 10:04pm

Thanks Tilal,
you will find the document here: https://www.karriere-kick.de/wp-content/uploads/kk-template.pdf
The main replacements are on page 1 for the following placeholders
[DATE]
[LOCATION]
[CITY]
[WITH]

There will be additional placeholders at page 13. I’ve already included [PRICE_S] there.

Thanks a lot for your support.

tilal.ahmad · December 30, 2021, 3:20pm

@kirschkern

Thanks for sharing the sample PDF documents. We have tested the scenario and noticed that text replacement changes the background as well. So we logged a ticket PDFCLOUD-2562 for further investigation and rectification. We will notify you as soon as we resolve the issue.

kirschkern · December 30, 2021, 3:52pm

Sounds promising. Thank you.

kirschkern · January 7, 2022, 11:50pm

Anything new on this? Could you fix the issue?
Would be happy to work with your service and get some feedback about the progress to decide our next steps.

Thanks
Daniel

tilal.ahmad · January 8, 2022, 4:52am

@kirschkern

We have recently noticed the reported issue and it is still pending for investigation in the queue. We will share any ETA/update with you as soon as the investigation is completed. Thanks for your patience and cooperation.

kirschkern · April 29, 2022, 8:11pm

@tilal.ahmad
Any news on this? Is there an update available that fixes the issue?

tilal.ahmad · April 30, 2022, 3:50am

@kirschkern

Thanks for your inquiry. We have fixed the issue in base API Aspose.PDF for .NET and hopefully, if everything works as per plan then the fix will be available in Aspose.PDF Cloud 22.5 release, May 2022.