Should not throw an error when setting text value to a form field with MaxLen = 0

[blikblum]

What were you trying to do?

Set text of field with MaxLen = 0

How did you attempt to do it?

Use setText method of a TextField with MaxLen = 0

field.setText('XXX')

What actually happened?

An error is throw :

Uncaught (in promise) Error: Attempted to set text with length=3 for TextField with maxLength=0 and name=patient.name

What did you expect to happen?

The field text should be set without errors. This is the behavior of PDF Viewers like Adobe Reader, Foxit, Evince

How can we reproduce the issue?

Below is a pdf file with two fields. The first with MaxLen = 0. The second with MaxLen = 10

The first one is possible to add values with size restriction. The second one is limited to 10 characters

test-max-len.pdf

Version

1.17

What environment are you running pdf-lib in?

Browser

Checklist

• [X] My report includes a Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable) Example.
• [X] I have attached all PDFs, images, and other files needed to run my SSCCE.

Additional Notes

No response

[vipulparmarmt]

Can you able to save the edited Pdf on local device which edited by user ? @blikblum

[blikblum]

Can you able to save the edited Pdf on local device which edited by user ? @blikblum

Yes. Here is the above file saved with Adobe Reader test-max-len-saved.pdf