Re: PDFBox detecting checked/unchecked checkboxes

2015-04-26 Thread Andrew Munn
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015, Tilman Hausherr wrote: > I looked at your file... it doesn't have acroforms. So we're back to square > one. > > So what you could do is either to use text extraction (to test whether these > boxes are glyphs), or graphic method you mentioned at the beginning. > > However I ju

Re: PDFBox detecting checked/unchecked checkboxes

2015-04-26 Thread Tilman Hausherr
I looked at your file... it doesn't have acroforms. So we're back to square one. So what you could do is either to use text extraction (to test whether these boxes are glyphs), or graphic method you mentioned at the beginning. However I just tried text extraction, but I didn't get the boxes.

Re: PDFBox detecting checked/unchecked checkboxes

2015-04-26 Thread Andrew Munn
> > I think I looked at that a while back and didn't get anyplace. I just > > tried to run the PrintFields app and I get a NullPointerException. I am > > thinking the checkboxes in my form are just stored as black squares, not > > completed form fields. Is that possible? > > > > PDDoc

Re: PDFBox detecting checked/unchecked checkboxes

2015-04-26 Thread Tilman Hausherr
Am 26.04.2015 um 18:54 schrieb Andrew Munn: On Sun, 26 Apr 2015, Tilman Hausherr wrote: Am 26.04.2015 um 07:10 schrieb Andrew Munn: Is there some trick to this stuff that I should know? Yes, "acroform". See the PrintFields example in the source package :-) I think I looked at that a while ba

Re: PDFBox detecting checked/unchecked checkboxes

2015-04-26 Thread Andrew Munn
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015, Tilman Hausherr wrote: > Am 26.04.2015 um 07:10 schrieb Andrew Munn: > > Is there some trick to this stuff that I should know? > > Yes, "acroform". See the PrintFields example in the source package :-) > I think I looked at that a while back and didn't get anyplace. I just

Re: PDFBox detecting checked/unchecked checkboxes

2015-04-25 Thread Tilman Hausherr
Am 26.04.2015 um 07:10 schrieb Andrew Munn: What is the best way for PDFBox to detect checked vs unchecked checkboxes in forms? I am thinking use the known x/y coordinates to pull the small image of the checkbox out as a BufferedImage then write code that determines if the box is filled in. Som

PDFBox detecting checked/unchecked checkboxes

2015-04-25 Thread Andrew Munn
What is the best way for PDFBox to detect checked vs unchecked checkboxes in forms? I am thinking use the known x/y coordinates to pull the small image of the checkbox out as a BufferedImage then write code that determines if the box is filled in. Some boxes are solid black but some just have