That should work. It will return null or a PdfString. It's better to
wrap it in a PdfReader.getPdfObject() to resolve indirect references.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Luis Catalino
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [iText-questions] Get the default value of a PDF field
> 
> Hello.
> 
> How do I get the default value of a PDF field? I reached here:
> 
> PdfStamper stp = new PdfStamper(reader, new 
> FileOutputStream(tmpfile));
> AcroFields af = stp.getAcroFields();
> String fieldName = ...;
> ((PdfDictionary) af.getFieldItem("NumOptimus").merged.get(0))
>                     .get(PdfName.DV);
> 
> I don't know if i'm going in the right way. How do I do this?
> 
> Thanks, 
> 


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