Adding text to PDF form Text field

Hello there,
i'm trying add text to textfield in PDF programatically using java.
if text contain "(" or ")" brakets are not displaying in PDF textfiled,if i convert "(" to "[" then the text is displaying in the pdf textfield.how do I allow "(" inside text.and i'm creating pdf programatically in java.
thanks in advance

hi there,
finally I figer out the problem that was causing,
PDF use's escape character "\" in front of "(" in the text.
so i replace "(" with "\\ (" in the String using java,that fixes my problem.
thanks

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Date:
08/10/2012 06:18 PM
Subject:
Adding Metadata to PDF Form
Re: Adding Metadata to PDF Form
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Bruce / Zwicki - or anyone who can assit...
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