You can have the order by reading the /Annots array from the page and matching Item.widget_refs. I'll think about something more user-friendly for the next release.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of B�hringer Jochen > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 1:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Order of the AcroFields > > Hi, > > I analyize an existing PDF Form using the iText API, to get > information about the form fields. > > [...] > PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfForm); > try > { > PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new > ByteArrayOutputStream()); > > AcroFields acroFields = stamper.getAcroFields(); > > Map fieldMap = acroFields.getFields(); > > Set keys = fieldMap.keySet(); > for (Iterator it = keys.iterator(); it.hasNext();) > { > String fieldName = (String) it.next(); > AcroFields.Item field = (AcroFields.Item) > fieldMap.get(fieldName); > [...] > > But I also need the order of the form fields on the pdf > document (the order used to navigate from field to field > using the tab key). > > The Map I get with stamper.getAcroFields().getFields() is in > no certain order. > Is there any method I can use to obtain the order of the fields? > > Regards, > > Jochen Boehringer > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=ick > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
