Annotation Selector is not valid for given xxx

[tangyun]

Hi, 

I've encountered this error when using 

annotationManager.addAnnotations(xxx);

It was working for some time. then suddenly this error shows up. 

[Dhruv5CCF · Accepted solution]

This error encounters when the Comment is added to the File without selecting the selector

[tangyun]

Actually,

The annotation data are captured by adding event listeners for the event ANNOTATION_ADDED. 

This issue was solved by using the annotationManager.registerEventListener, instead of registering the event listener directly on the adobeViewer. 

Probably the event .d

it was solved by using the annotationManager to add the eventlistener for Annotation added. 

[tangyun]

seems one cannot edit the post once it's posted....

I meant probably because of the event.data content are different when captured by annotationManager compared to when captured by adobeViewer

[Dhruv5CCF]

            annotationManager.registerEventListener(
                function (event) {
                    console.log(event);
                    if(event.type === "ANNOTATION_ADDED"){
                        annotationAdded(event);
                    }
                }
            );

This is how I am listening to the EventListener.
On annotationAdded(event) I am storing it locally .
and When I use the same annotation value to addAnnotations() that's when I get the Error 

[Shubhanshu Dixit]

Thanks for using PDF Embed API. We are sorry for the inconvenience, could you please help us with the following information?

As tangyun said, "It was working for some time. then suddenly this error shows up.", are you trying to add the annotation to the same PDF from which annotation data was generated. Also, did annotation gets updated in between?

And for Dhruv5CCF query, is this happening each time for you, or for any particular PDF or annotation type or position?

Looking forward to helping you out.

[Dhruv5CCF]

Hi Shubhanshu, I am getting the Error Message as - "Annotation selector is not valid for given XXXXX", 

Steps to reproduce it :

1. Open the Adobe PDF Dialog ( you will see the pdf get opened. )

2. Click on the coment dialogue on the top right corner , add some text to it and Click POST.

3. The Annotated data get saved in the database with success message.

4. Now when we are using the same data to be loaded with the below function as:

           annotationManager.addAnnotations(annotatedValue)

                .then(function () {

                    console.log("Annotations added through annotatedValue")

                })

                .catch(function (error) {

                    console.log(error)

            });

where "annotatedValue" contains the same data which is saved to the collection.

5. Throws an error - Annotation selector is not valid for given XXXXX

Screenshot is also attached.

[Shubhanshu Dixit]

Thanks, Dhruv for the information, we are experiencing this problem with Page Level Annotation for some PDFs. We are actively working on the fix and will be rolled out soon. Appreciate your patience on this. 

[MickAtTic]

Is there any update on this? I am receiving the same error when loading page level annotations or drawing annotations. Sticky notes are working.

[Jeffrey5E13]

I have the same problem.  Works on some pdf files and fails on others.  Fails most of the time. 

[Let Me Freelance]

Good Day, was this problem ever solved? We are experiencing the same problem. 

[Vasavi244971977sns]

We are experiencing the same problem while updating annotation comment. Any updates on this ?

[Raymond Camden]

Possible dupe of this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/document-services-apis-discussions/annotation-selector-is-not-valid-f...

[Vasavi244971977sns]

But I dont see the solution to this issue. Can you please let know the solution.

Error:

code: 'FAIL', message: 'Annotation selector is not valid for given

Not quite sure what is wrong with the selector, bounding box, quad points all seem to be correct. Comments alone am not able to update when I select lines partially using textselection as I get the above error. This is a bit of emergency and would highly appreciate your quick response.

Thanks

Vasavi

[Raymond Camden]

Right, if you check the thread, it's been identified as a real bug, and reported internally.  No solution yet.

[Vasavi244971977sns]

I was able to find a workaround for this issue. 

First thing this is an itermittent issue. 

code: 'FAIL', message: 'Annotation selector is not valid for given

we get the above error when the bounding box coordibates are incorrect. But the quad points have the right corrdinates. So the fix was to correct the bounding box coordinates based on the quad points. In my scenario I took the xmin, ymin and xmax,ymax from the quad points and updated the bouning box, Then the UpdateAnnotation api  started working perfectly!

Hope this helps

[Let Me Freelance]

@Vasavi244971977sns would you mind if I send you an example file of my annotations, and then you can share the correct co-ordinates so we can see your solution? See atatched sample (1).txt

[Vasavi244971977sns]

The below logic should help you update the bounding box . I am using quadpoints array and popupuating another array of x-cordinates and y-coordinates. After which bounding box is being updated with xmin,ymin and xmax,ymax.

Assuming annot is the object that you have shared....

var xcarray : Array<number> = [];
var ycarray : Array<number> = [];
var arrlength = event.data.target.selector.quadPoints.length;
var qpoints = event.data.target.selector.quadPoints;

for (var i =0 ; i< arrlength ; i++)
{
if (i % 2 ==0)
{
xcarray.push(qpoints[i]);
}
else
{
ycarray.push(qpoints[i]);
}
}

var xmin = Math.min.apply(Math, xcarray);
var ymin = Math.min.apply(Math, ycarray);
var xmax = Math.max.apply(null,xcarray);
var ymax = Math.max.apply(null,ycarray);
annot.target.selector.boundingBox[0] = xmin;
annot.target.selector.boundingBox[1] = ymin;
annot.target.selector.boundingBox[2] = xmax;
annot.target.selector.boundingBox[3] = ymax;

annotationManager.updateAnnotation(annot);

Please see if this helps

Thanks

Vasavi

[Joel.BH.Zhang]

@Vasavi244971977sns Your solution works in my case. Thanks a lot!

[CVC29136519xbxo]

Was this ever resolved - we have the same error even now