I apologize for my stupidity, but I have no idea how to get the value I need from a PDAppearanceEntry. It is obviously a map of appearance streams but I am not certain how to extract the actual name of the widget from the appearance entry. Could you possibly give me a bit more detail
Thank you, and once again, I apologize for being dense. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Am 25.06.2015 um 16:23 schrieb Evan Williams <[email protected]>: > > > > When I said getOptions() returned null I meant it returns empty list. Not > > enough coffee. Everything else applies. > > I've created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2841 < > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2841> to handle that. > > - getOptions() returns the export values of the radio button group so > that's not what you are looking for (and we might rename that method to > better reflect it's intention) > - you could use getWidgets() to get the individual radio buttons and from > there for each individual widget > widget.getAppearance().getNormalAppearance() gives you the dictionary to > get the values from. > > BR > Maruan > > > > > 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/>* > > -- *Evan Williams* Sr. Software Engineer [email protected] *www.ZappRx.com <http://www.zapprx.com/>*
