Hi, > Am 29.03.2016 um 17:01 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) > <[email protected]>: > > Thanks for that info! We shall upgrade to 1.8.11 >
what about PDFBox 2.0.0? Dependent on what you are doing there are a lot of improvements and some new functionality: - better parsing - enhancements to AcroForms - much better rendering … BUT there might be some changes to your code necessary. BR Maruan > -----Original Message----- > From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? > > Hi, >> Am 28.03.2016 um 22:51 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >> <[email protected]>: >> >> Thanks Maruan! >> >> However, when try to use the code, I get an exception in line 4th line: >> >> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDCheckbox cannot be cast >> to org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotationWidget >> >> As a reminder, I'm using PDFBox 1.8.8 if that matters. In the meantime, I'll >> play around with what you provided and see if I can get it to work. > > yes, that matters - my code worked with 1.8.11. The fact that a widget > annotation was treated as a checkbox in 1.8.8 (and earlier) was a bug which > has been resolved in 1.8.9 onwards. See PDFBOX-2617 > > BR > Maruan > >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 3:30 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? >> >> Hi, >> >> here you go. >> >> >> PDDocument document = PDDocument.load("form_b122a-2.pdf"); >> PDAcroForm form = document.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(); >> PDField field = form.getField("CheckBox16"); >> PDAnnotationWidget widget = (PDAnnotationWidget) >> field.getKids().get(1); >> >> // get the fields normal appearances i.e. the options to be >> selected >> Map<String,PDAppearanceStream> normalAppearances = >> widget.getAppearance().getNormalAppearance(); >> >> // Print out the current entries. There are two options >> // On and Off >> System.out.println(normalAppearances); >> >> // Add a new entry with the desired value copying over the >> // appearance stream of the to be 'renamed' entry >> normalAppearances.put("Yes",normalAppearances.get("On")); >> normalAppearances.remove("On"); >> >> // Print out the new entries. There are two options >> // Yes and Off >> System.out.println(normalAppearances); >> >> document.save("form_b122a-2-pdfbox.pdf"); >> document.close(); >> >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >>> Am 28.03.2016 um 15:14 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >>> <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Yes. It is a publicly available PDF: >>> >>> http://www.uscourts.gov/file/18792/download >>> >>> >>> Go to the last page (pg9) and click the No/Yes checkboxes for line 43. You >>> will see the behavior where each box is checked or unchecked regardless of >>> which one is actually clicked. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for taking a look at this. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 7:58 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> is it possible to share the PDF? >>> >>> BR >>> Maruan >>> >>>> Am 25.03.2016 um 19:02 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >>>> <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> They are two distinct checkboxes within a radio collection. The problem is >>>> they both have their onValue set to "On". I need to set the onValue for >>>> one of them to something else ("Off"). >>>> >>>> Your code has given me some ideas, but so far, I haven't been able to >>>> adequately solve it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 6:16 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> are you sure that these are two distinct fields? If yes, you can set >>>> the On value - using 1.8.x - with >>>> >>>> PDAnnotationWidget widget = field.getWidget() PDAppearanceDictionary >>>> apDictionary = widget.getAppearance(); PDAppearanceEntry >>>> normalAppearance = apDictionary.getNormalAppearance(); >>>> >>>> // to get the current values >>>> Map<String,PDAppearanceStream> appearanceMap = >>>> apDictionary.getNormalAppearance(); >>>> >>>> // to set the values >>>> apDictionary.setNormalAppearance(Map<String,PDAppearanceStream>); >>>> >>>> >>>> Haven't tested that code but should give you an idea. >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Am 23.03.2016 um 16:51 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> We have a client that provides us with interactive PDF forms for our app >>>>> to populate fields with user data. The problem is the client sometimes >>>>> provides us forms with typos and mistakes and is not responsive about >>>>> fixing them. >>>>> >>>>> In this case, we are given an interactive PDF form that has a pair of >>>>> Yes/No checkboxes. Unfortunately, when creating the PDF, the client bound >>>>> both checkboxes to the same "On" value. As a result, when a user checks a >>>>> box, both of them get checked (additionally, when a user unchecks a box, >>>>> they both become unchecked). >>>>> >>>>> I can use PDFBox to open the file, find the PDCheckbox object in question >>>>> and list their On and Off values, but I can't figure out how to update >>>>> the bindings to distinct values. Is it possible to do this in PDFBox? If >>>>> so, can someone please provide some guidance? >>>>> >>>>> We are using PDFBox 1.8.8. 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