Doug James wrote:
> I have a PDF which I am going to convert into an AcroForm that contains 
> a list of checkboxes and corresponding titles. The titles are stored in 
> a database so it is likely they will change. Is there some way to add 
> the checkboxes (selecting the desired box) and titles during run time 
> instead of using field names to select the desired box? In other words, 
> is there a way to create a field or template on a form which will accept 
> an array of checkboxes and titles at run time?

I would provide a fixed number of TextFields.
Retrieve the coordinates of those text fields
using PdfReader, and use PdfStamper to add
the checkboxes (addAnnotation) and corresponding
text (getOverContent). Don't forget to remove
the original text fields (AcroFields.removeField()).

best regards,
Bruno

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