Hi, Ok. This is by design.
Each table document is one page. So, if I merge the same document more than once, will the fields in each page get their own unique name/number? For example, table page 1 gets fields named dummyFieldName1.0.firstName, dummyFieldName1.0.lastName, etc, and page 2 gets fields named dummyFieldName2.0.firstName, dummyFieldName2.0.lastName, etc. ? What if I have more than one table template to append multiple times? Thanks, Rob On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 6:19 AM Maruan Sahyoun <sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > When merging documents the merged AcroForm fields get a prefix > "dummyFieldName" and a number (starting from 1) assigned as their > root field names. > > This exists as -currently -when multiple AcroForms are merged each > AcroForm set of fields is treated independently of each > other. > > BR > Maruan > > > Hi all, > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > I have a PDF file that has form fields named using the hierarchical > naming convention. For example: > > table.0.firstName, table.0.middleName, table.0.lastName, > > table.1.firstName, table.1.middleName, table.1.lastName, etc. > > > > I'm changing the numeric nodes' partial names using: > field.setPartialName(newName) > > > > After that, I check the new field names, and they are renamed correctly > (see the attached output.txt). So, it seems that it worked. > > > > Then, I'm merging the document after another document using: > PDFMergerUtility.mergeDocuments(null) > > > > But, when I open the newly created (merged) PDF file in Acrobat Pro, all > the field names have names like "dummyFieldName" (the incorrect part) > followed by "1.0A.firstName" (the correct part), instead of the names in > the attached output.txt. > > > > I have attached the PDF file that I'm changing names in, Attachment.pdf, > and the new file after merging, test.pdf. > > > > Thanks, > > Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > >
