We have many legacy systems using PDFBox 1.X, and there is too much PDFBox 1.X specific code that would need to change. We don't have the bandwidth to take on that refactoring at this time. :-(
-----Original Message----- From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 12:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? Hi, > Am 29.03.2016 um 17:01 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) > <[email protected]>: > > Thanks for that info! We shall upgrade to 1.8.11 > what about PDFBox 2.0.0? Dependent on what you are doing there are a lot of improvements and some new functionality: - better parsing - enhancements to AcroForms - much better rendering … BUT there might be some changes to your code necessary. BR Maruan > -----Original Message----- > From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? > > Hi, >> Am 28.03.2016 um 22:51 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >> <[email protected]>: >> >> Thanks Maruan! >> >> However, when try to use the code, I get an exception in line 4th line: >> >> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDCheckbox cannot be cast >> to >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotationWidget >> >> As a reminder, I'm using PDFBox 1.8.8 if that matters. In the meantime, I'll >> play around with what you provided and see if I can get it to work. > > yes, that matters - my code worked with 1.8.11. The fact that a widget > annotation was treated as a checkbox in 1.8.8 (and earlier) was a bug > which has been resolved in 1.8.9 onwards. See PDFBOX-2617 > > BR > Maruan > >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 3:30 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? >> >> Hi, >> >> here you go. >> >> >> PDDocument document = PDDocument.load("form_b122a-2.pdf"); >> PDAcroForm form = document.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(); >> PDField field = form.getField("CheckBox16"); >> PDAnnotationWidget widget = (PDAnnotationWidget) >> field.getKids().get(1); >> >> // get the fields normal appearances i.e. the options to be >> selected >> Map<String,PDAppearanceStream> normalAppearances = >> widget.getAppearance().getNormalAppearance(); >> >> // Print out the current entries. There are two options >> // On and Off >> System.out.println(normalAppearances); >> >> // Add a new entry with the desired value copying over the >> // appearance stream of the to be 'renamed' entry >> normalAppearances.put("Yes",normalAppearances.get("On")); >> normalAppearances.remove("On"); >> >> // Print out the new entries. There are two options >> // Yes and Off >> System.out.println(normalAppearances); >> >> document.save("form_b122a-2-pdfbox.pdf"); >> document.close(); >> >> >> BR >> Maruan >> >>> Am 28.03.2016 um 15:14 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >>> <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Yes. It is a publicly available PDF: >>> >>> http://www.uscourts.gov/file/18792/download >>> >>> >>> Go to the last page (pg9) and click the No/Yes checkboxes for line 43. You >>> will see the behavior where each box is checked or unchecked regardless of >>> which one is actually clicked. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for taking a look at this. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 7:58 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> is it possible to share the PDF? >>> >>> BR >>> Maruan >>> >>>> Am 25.03.2016 um 19:02 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >>>> <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> They are two distinct checkboxes within a radio collection. The problem is >>>> they both have their onValue set to "On". I need to set the onValue for >>>> one of them to something else ("Off"). >>>> >>>> Your code has given me some ideas, but so far, I haven't been able to >>>> adequately solve it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 6:16 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: How to bind distinct OnValues for checkbox group? >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> are you sure that these are two distinct fields? If yes, you can >>>> set the On value - using 1.8.x - with >>>> >>>> PDAnnotationWidget widget = field.getWidget() >>>> PDAppearanceDictionary apDictionary = widget.getAppearance(); >>>> PDAppearanceEntry normalAppearance = >>>> apDictionary.getNormalAppearance(); >>>> >>>> // to get the current values >>>> Map<String,PDAppearanceStream> appearanceMap = >>>> apDictionary.getNormalAppearance(); >>>> >>>> // to set the values >>>> apDictionary.setNormalAppearance(Map<String,PDAppearanceStream>); >>>> >>>> >>>> Haven't tested that code but should give you an idea. >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Maruan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Am 23.03.2016 um 16:51 schrieb Wojack, Robert (USTP) >>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> We have a client that provides us with interactive PDF forms for our app >>>>> to populate fields with user data. The problem is the client sometimes >>>>> provides us forms with typos and mistakes and is not responsive about >>>>> fixing them. >>>>> >>>>> In this case, we are given an interactive PDF form that has a pair of >>>>> Yes/No checkboxes. Unfortunately, when creating the PDF, the client bound >>>>> both checkboxes to the same "On" value. As a result, when a user checks a >>>>> box, both of them get checked (additionally, when a user unchecks a box, >>>>> they both become unchecked). >>>>> >>>>> I can use PDFBox to open the file, find the PDCheckbox object in question >>>>> and list their On and Off values, but I can't figure out how to update >>>>> the bindings to distinct values. Is it possible to do this in PDFBox? If >>>>> so, can someone please provide some guidance? >>>>> >>>>> We are using PDFBox 1.8.8. 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