Hi, > Am 25.06.2015 um 19:27 schrieb Evan Williams <[email protected]>: > > I apologize for my stupidity, but I have no idea how to get the value I > need from a PDAppearanceEntry. It is obviously a map of appearance streams > but I am not certain how to extract the actual name of the widget from the > appearance entry. Could you possibly give me a bit more detail
I'll send you a quick sample later today for the Gender field - and no need to apologize - it's us who should make it easier to work with PDFBox. BR Maruan > > Thank you, and once again, I apologize for being dense. > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> Am 25.06.2015 um 16:23 schrieb Evan Williams <[email protected]>: >>> >>> When I said getOptions() returned null I meant it returns empty list. Not >>> enough coffee. Everything else applies. >> >> I've created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2841 < >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2841> to handle that. >> >> - getOptions() returns the export values of the radio button group so >> that's not what you are looking for (and we might rename that method to >> better reflect it's intention) >> - you could use getWidgets() to get the individual radio buttons and from >> there for each individual widget >> widget.getAppearance().getNormalAppearance() gives you the dictionary to >> get the values from. >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Evan Williams < >> [email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Absolutely you can! >>>> >>>> >>>> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9TQWtr2Ipa9YlRORHVlTDVGS0k/view?usp=sharing >>>> >>>> But I strongly, strongly suspect that it is nothing to do with the pdf >>>> document itself because there are many many forms from many many sources >>>> and they all exhibit the same behavior. >>>> >>>> In the linked document I was, for example, able to enumerate 'Male' and >>>> 'Female' as values for the Radio Button group 'Gender' with my 1.8.9 >> code. >>>> In my 2.0 code I can't. >>>> >>>> The way I used to enumerate radio button groups was to call the >> getKids() >>>> method an the radio collection and enumerate the returned fields. That >> is >>>> not possible in 2.0 and I don't have anything that works. the PDButton >>>> method goetOptions() always returns null. >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected] >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>>> Am 24.06.2015 um 22:20 schrieb Evan Williams < >> [email protected] >>>>>> : >>>>>> >>>>>> I have an application written to use pdfbox 1.8.9 which is all about >>>>>> filling forms. I have a form library and I fill in values in forms >> using >>>>>> data I am handed. >>>>>> >>>>>> One of the things I also need to do is do introspection on the pdf >>>>> document >>>>>> to find out what fields are in it and make a template for filling the >>>>> form >>>>>> with data in my application. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to get my application to work with pdfbox 2.0. Getting the >>>>>> forms I have to fill was pretty straightforward. >>>>>> >>>>>> But I am having some difficulty with the introspection. >>>>>> >>>>>> For the templates I like to have an enumeration of the possible values >>>>> of >>>>>> the field if the field has such values. For example the names of the >>>>>> possible values for a collection of radio buttons. >>>>>> >>>>>> I understood how to get those values for the 1.8.9 PDRadioCollection >>>>> but I >>>>>> have tried various things to get the same information for the 2.0 >>>>>> PDRadioButton and I am not getting the information I need. the >>>>> getOptions() >>>>>> method on PDButton looked like exactly what I needed. But it always >>>>> returns >>>>>> null for me. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> could you upload a sample form to a public location to take a look? >>>>> >>>>> BR >>>>> Maruan >>>>> >>>>>> As an aside I also used to get the on and off values of checkboxes >> with >>>>>> getOnValue() and getOffValue(). These are in the Javadoc but appear to >>>>> not >>>>>> be in the actual API. I don't care very much about those, but they >> were >>>>>> nice to have, and the Javadoc should be accurate as much as possible. >>>>>> >>>>>> If anyone can help me with the RadioButton thing that would be a big >>>>> help. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *Evan Williams* >>>>>> Sr. Software Engineer >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Evan Williams* >>>> Sr. Software Engineer >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>* >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Evan Williams* >>> Sr. Software Engineer >>> [email protected] >>> >>> *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>* >> >> > > > -- > *Evan Williams* > Sr. Software Engineer > [email protected] > > *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>* --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
