if they have the same fully qualified name they will share the same value. You need to give them individual names e.g. by wrapping the fields in individual parents.
Could you upload the PDF template in question to a shared hoster so I can take a look. Might be easier for me to understand what the issue is. I think I got it from your descriptiopn but I might be wrong. BR Maruan > Exactly. That's the tricky part. How can I name them individually when > the names on the template are static? > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:43 AM Maruan Sahyoun <sahy...@fileaffairs.de> > wrote: > > > if you have mutiple fields but you give them the same name then this will > > be the same field with multiple occurences (widgets). > > If you set the value all occurences will have the same value. To treat > > them individually you need to name them individually. > > > > BR > > Maruan > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
