If getAcroForm returns null it means there are no form fields in the file, at least not any valid ones...
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Ruggentaler, JR < [email protected]> wrote: > How do I list and set/update the input fields in the attached PDF document > using PDFBox? In the code snippet below form is null. If my PDF does not > contain a PDAcroForm how do I access the input fields? > > try { > > pdf = PDDocument.load(new File(fileName)); > > PDAcroForm form = pdf.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(); > > if (form == null) { > > System.err.println("Error: This PDF does not contain a form."); > > } else { > > for(PDField pdField : form.getFields()){ > > System.out.println(pdField.getValueAsString()); > > } > > } > > } finally { > > close(fdf); > > close(pdf); > } > > > JR > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
