Yes, that's the naming hierarchy that's discussed here: https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/naming.pdf
I have done that with a fixed number of form fields. But, I have to take it a step further. I need to reuse the PDF form multiple times. This means that there will be multiple fields that have the same name. If I reuse the form fields that have the same name on two different pages, then any values that I set in fields with the same names will be set to the same values. I tried this out with a two simple text fields with the same name. When I type a value into either text field, that value is automatically set in the other text field. On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:16 AM Maruan Sahyoun <sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > Ahen you enter the field names with a period "." as a separator in Acrobat > the name before the separator will be the parent. > > So you could call the fields of the first row row1.firstname, > row1.lastname ... second row becomes row2.firstname, > row2.lastname ... or row[0].firstname, row[1].firstname ... (Please note > that although that might look like an array notation > it's only part of the name). > > To access the field you could either use the fully qualified name e.g. > "row1.lastname". Or if you'd like to go by "row" you > could call getField with "row1! and the use getChildren() to get the > direct child field. > > BR > Maruan > > > In addition naming and position > > > > I have created a form template using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. It's just > rows > > of form fields arranged in a grid. > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 8:55 AM Maruan Sahyoun <sahy...@fileaffairs.de> > > wrote: > > > > > You can nest form fields. How do you generate the form template? > > > > > > BR > > > Maruan > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > > > > > Is there a way to group form fields (i.e. subclasses of PDField) into > > > rows, > > > > sort of like grouping HTML elements in a <div>? My requirement is to > > > > prefill a PDF file with rows of form fields in Acrobat Pro DC, and > then > > > use > > > > PDFBox to fill in the rows of fields with data from Java objects. I > also > > > > have to be able to reuse the same PDF file to add more rows of data > until > > > > the data runs out. > > > > > > > > I've searched the mailing list, and couldn't find it. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob > > > -- > > > Maruan Sahyoun > > > > > > FileAffairs GmbH > > > Josef-Schappe-Straße 21 > > > 40882 Ratingen > > > > > > Tel: +49 (2102) 89497 88 > > > Fax: +49 (2102) 89497 91 > > > sahy...@fileaffairs.de > > > www.fileaffairs.de > > > > > > Geschäftsführer: Maruan Sahyoun > > > Handelsregister: AG Düsseldorf, HRB 53837 > > > UST.-ID: DE248275827 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > >
