When I said getOptions() returned null I meant it returns empty list. Not enough coffee. Everything else applies.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Evan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely you can! > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9TQWtr2Ipa9YlRORHVlTDVGS0k/view?usp=sharing > > But I strongly, strongly suspect that it is nothing to do with the pdf > document itself because there are many many forms from many many sources > and they all exhibit the same behavior. > > In the linked document I was, for example, able to enumerate 'Male' and > 'Female' as values for the Radio Button group 'Gender' with my 1.8.9 code. > In my 2.0 code I can't. > > The way I used to enumerate radio button groups was to call the getKids() > method an the radio collection and enumerate the returned fields. That is > not possible in 2.0 and I don't have anything that works. the PDButton > method goetOptions() always returns null. > > Thank you! > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> > Am 24.06.2015 um 22:20 schrieb Evan Williams <[email protected] >> >: >> > >> > I have an application written to use pdfbox 1.8.9 which is all about >> > filling forms. I have a form library and I fill in values in forms using >> > data I am handed. >> > >> > One of the things I also need to do is do introspection on the pdf >> document >> > to find out what fields are in it and make a template for filling the >> form >> > with data in my application. >> > >> > I am trying to get my application to work with pdfbox 2.0. Getting the >> > forms I have to fill was pretty straightforward. >> > >> > But I am having some difficulty with the introspection. >> > >> > For the templates I like to have an enumeration of the possible values >> of >> > the field if the field has such values. For example the names of the >> > possible values for a collection of radio buttons. >> > >> > I understood how to get those values for the 1.8.9 PDRadioCollection >> but I >> > have tried various things to get the same information for the 2.0 >> > PDRadioButton and I am not getting the information I need. the >> getOptions() >> > method on PDButton looked like exactly what I needed. But it always >> returns >> > null for me. >> > >> >> could you upload a sample form to a public location to take a look? >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >> > As an aside I also used to get the on and off values of checkboxes with >> > getOnValue() and getOffValue(). These are in the Javadoc but appear to >> not >> > be in the actual API. I don't care very much about those, but they were >> > nice to have, and the Javadoc should be accurate as much as possible. >> > >> > If anyone can help me with the RadioButton thing that would be a big >> help. >> > >> > Thank you. >> > -- >> > *Evan Williams* >> > Sr. Software Engineer >> > [email protected] >> > >> > *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>* >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > *Evan Williams* > Sr. Software Engineer > [email protected] > > *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>* > > -- *Evan Williams* Sr. Software Engineer [email protected] *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>*
