Hi,
for checkboxes and radiobuttons iText only considers the /V (value key):
String value = acroFields.getField(fieldName);
You only see /OFF thus the /V attribute is probably missing in your PDF
since many PDF Tools/Viewers do not set the value for
checkboxes/radiobuttons.
According to the PDF spec the /AS key should contain the correct state.
You can optain it like this:
PdfDictionary dict = entry.getValue().getWidget(0);
PdfName as = dict.getAsName(PdfName.AS);
if(as==null){
// 'AS' key is missing which e.g. violates the PDF/A-1 spec
}
else{
System.out.println(PdfName.decodeName(as.toString()));
}
Regards,
TvT
2015-02-09 14:11 GMT+01:00 Thomas Harre <thomas.ha...@abacus.ch>:
> Hi Eveybody
>
> I've got a PDF with 3 Checkboxes.
> One of these Checkboxes is selected, as can be seen in the attached PDF
> and in the attached screenshot.
>
> When I analyse the pdf file with following code i get this result:
>
> for (Map.Entry<String, AcroFields.Item> entry :
> acroFields.getFields().entrySet()) {
> String fieldName = entry.getKey();
> String value = acroFields.getField(fieldName);
> if (acroFields.getFieldType(fieldName) ==
> AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_CHECKBOX) {
> String[] appearanceStates =
> acroFields.getAppearanceStates(fieldName);
> System.out.println("Checkbox: " + fieldName + " Value:" + value
> +
> " AvailableValues:" + StringUtil.concatWithDelimiter(",",
> appearanceStates));
> }
> }
>
> Result:
> Checkbox: CheckBox_Group1 Value:Off AvailableValues:chk1,Off
> Checkbox: CheckBox_Group2 Value:Off AvailableValues:chk2,Off
> Checkbox: CheckBox_Group3 Value:Off AvailableValues:Off,chk3
>
> So all of the values are "Off".
> Is there something wrong with my pdf file or have I completely
> misunderstood something?
>
> Thanks for your help and kind regards
> Thomas
>
>
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