Hello, Thank you for your quick reaction! I will give a try to those methods that you mentioned in your answer. However, in the same book, page 182, you give an example of calling getAppearanceStates method to get possible values, and I used that as a template. Nice to hear that there is a fix coming up!
Regards, Petr Le 05.04.2013 16:07, Michael Demey a écrit : > Hi, > > > I went ahead and fixed this problem and it should be in the next release > (5.4.1, released in the next week). Even though the JavaDocs of > getAppearance(fieldName) did not mention it applied to a Combobox, it > should process it correctly. AcroFields.getAppearance(fieldName) now > returns the display values (not the export values). > > > Do note that there are other methods to retrieve the display/export > values of a combobox: > > AcroFields.getListOptionDisplay(fieldName); > AcroFields.getListOptionExport(fieldName); > > These return the values in an ordered array. > > These two methods are described in the documentation (iText in Action > Second Edition, p255). > > > Kind regards, > Michaël. > > > > Op 2/04/2013 11:50, Petr KOKOREV schreef: >> Hello, >> I have got a little problem with getting dropdown option values from Acro >> Form using iText version 5.4.0. The problem is that the above method returns >> values in the incorrect order. I looked inside the source code of this >> method and found out that there is a HashSet collection type used for >> storing intermediate method return value. >> >> Method starts at the line 271 in com.itextpdf.text.pdf.AcroFields >> >> // the returned collection is created here >> HashSet<String> names = new HashSet<String>(); >> // ... >> // then we put everything from options >> // here we get a sorted array and then lose the order by putting values into >> a HashSet >> // ... >> PdfArray arrayOpt = vals.getAsArray(PdfName.OPT); >> // ... >> // put everything from widgets >> // ... >> String out[] = new String[names.size()]; >> return names.toArray(out); >> >> I propose to split this method into two parts, each part will return an >> array or ArrayList with possible duplicates, and in the end we can merge >> both collections using LinkedHashSet to keep the order of the first >> collection that seems to be more important to me. >> I was obliged to write a hack in order to override the mentioned method in >> the AcroFields class as its constructor is only package visible. >> >> Regards, >> >> Petr >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Own the Future-Intel(R) Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 >> Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete >> for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. >> $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo >> by 6/6/13. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/12124-176961-30367-2 >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >> Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >> reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >> Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >> http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > Employer Resources Portal > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a > reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: > http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
