Hi Thanks for the quick reply. This is exactly the approach I wanted to take for my next option.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's some code I have from working on > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2249 with the file > JMACTest.pdf that is in that issue. While that issue was about listbox > controls, the PDF file JMACTest.pdf does also have some radio and checkbox > elements. Of the attached code, I tested changing "Check Box1" and "Group1" > and it worked as expected. What I can see is that PDCheckbox uses a > different approach than yours, so it may be worth a try. The other ones use > all the same approach, i.e. setValue(). > > What I would also suggest: > Take one of the things that don't work. Then open the "old" and the "new" > PDF with an editor like NOTEPAD++, search for the field name and look what > the differences are. (And have you verified that the template PDF does > really have the same field names, or the same type?) > > You could of course, while waiting for our expert, try the 2.0 version > (see https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html ) and create a > 2nd project and try to see whether it gets better. > > Tilman > > > package testpdfbox18; > > > import java.io.File; > import java.io.IOException; > import java.util.HashMap; > import java.util.Iterator; > import java.util.List; > import java.util.Map; > > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument; > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocumentCatalog; > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm; > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDCheckbox; > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDChoiceField; > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField; > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDRadioCollection; > import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextbox; > > public class AcroFormTest > { > > public static void fillPDFForm(String inputFile, String outputFile, > Map<String, String> fieldValues, boolean > ignoreUnknownFieldTypes) throws Exception > { > File myFile = new File(inputFile); > PDDocument pdDoc; > String fieldName = null; > String fieldType; > try > { > pdDoc = PDDocument.loadNonSeq(myFile, null); > > PDDocumentCatalog pdCatalog = pdDoc.getDocumentCatalog(); > PDAcroForm pdAcroForm = pdCatalog.getAcroForm(); > pdAcroForm.setCacheFields(true); > List<PDField> l = pdAcroForm.getFields(); > Iterator<PDField> it = l.iterator(); > > while (it.hasNext()) > { > PDField f = it.next(); > fieldName = f.getFullyQualifiedName(); > fieldType = f.getClass().getSimpleName(); > System.out.println(fieldType); > System.out.println(f.getClass().getName()); > String fieldValue; > if (f instanceof PDTextbox) > { > fieldValue = fieldValues.get(fieldName); > if (fieldValue != null) > { > f.setValue(fieldValue); > } > > } // end PDTextbox > else if (f instanceof PDCheckbox) > { > fieldValue = fieldValues.get(fieldName); > if (("TRUE".equalsIgnoreCase(fieldValue)) > || ("CHECKED".equalsIgnoreCase(fieldValue)) > || ("YES".equalsIgnoreCase(fieldValue))) > { > ((PDCheckbox) f).check(); > } > else > { > ((PDCheckbox) f).unCheck(); > } > } // end PDCheckbox > else if (f instanceof PDChoiceField) > { > fieldValue = fieldValues.get(fieldName); > if (fieldValue != null) > { > f.setValue(fieldValue); > } > } // PDChoiceField > else if (f instanceof PDRadioCollection) > { > fieldValue = fieldValues.get(fieldName); > if (fieldValue != null) > { > f.setValue(fieldValue); > } > } // end PDRadioCollection > else > { > if (!ignoreUnknownFieldTypes) > { > throw new Exception("Fields of type [" + fieldType > + "] are unsupported"); > } > } > > } > However, I do get the same dreaded: org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDRadioCollection cannot be cast to org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDCheckbox as I get with the following code: HashMap<String, PDAcroForm> pdAcroFormMap = new HashMap<>(); @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") List<PDField> oldFields = oldPDF.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm().getFields(); for (PDField pdField : oldFields) { pdAcroFormMap.put(pdField.getFullyQualifiedName(), pdField.getAcroForm()); pdField.getAcroForm().exportFDF(); } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") List<PDField> templateFields = oldPDF.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm().getFields(); for (PDField pdField : templateFields) { pdField.setAcroForm(pdAcroFormMap.get(pdField.getFullyQualifiedName())); } This is probably due to the class definitions of PDRadioCollection and PDCheckbox. I'll keep investigating ... Best regards Roberto
