Yeah, getWidgets also works, in the versions it's implemented. Glad to hear you got it to work!
On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Kevin Ternes <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you! Here is an implementation of Gilad's advice: > > PDField pdField = pdAcroForm.getField("EffectiveDate"); > List<PDAnnotationWidget> widgetList = pdField.getWidgets(); > for (PDAnnotationWidget widget : widgetList) { > PDRectangle r = widget.getRectangle(); > log.info(" - rectangle: llx={}, lly={}, w={}, h={}", > r.getLowerLeftX(), r.getLowerLeftY(), r.getWidth(), r.getHeight()); > } > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilad Denneboom [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 1:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Multiple instances of the same field name > > The "#0" is not a part of the actual field name, it's just a convention > used by Acrobat to show that the field has more than one widgets. To access > these widgets using PDFBox you can use the getKids method of PDField. > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Kevin Ternes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > How do I deal with incoming PDFs that appear to have more than one > > field with the same name? > > When I open the doc with Acrobat, I see fields "EffectiveDate#0" and > > "EffectiveDate#1". > > I am trying to manipulate the position/width/height of the two fields, > > #0 and #1, independently. > > > > But when I use PDFBox, > > PDField pdField0 = pdAcroForm.getField("EffectiveDate"); > > I get an instance and I can get/set the field value. > > > > But... > > PDField pdField0 = pdAcroForm.getField("EffectiveDate#0"); > > returns NULL. > > > > I am not allowed to change the names of the fields. Otherwise, I > > would change them to EffectiveDate_0 and EffectiveDate_1. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
