Thanks, Gilad. The fields in question are USD currency fields -- no "$" symbols, just decimal numbers with a scale of two.
-----Original Message----- From: Gilad Denneboom [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 12:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to set interactive form field to be decimal only? This is usually achieved using some undocumented JS methods, namely AFNumber_Format and AFNumber_Keystroke. Their usage is a bit strange, so if you say how you want the field to function I could provide you with the exact code to use in your case. On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Wojack, Robert (USTP) < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 many > currency fields. Some fields have their format property set such that > they only accept decimal values, and other have no formatting. > > I have found methods that seem to retrieve the formatting or describe > the number formatting (such as PDNumberFormatDictionary), but nothing > that seems to say, "make this a decimal only field". > Given that I know which fields require this formatting, is it possible > to set this via PDFBox? If so, can someone please provide some guidance? > We are using PDFBox 1.8.11. We are not positioned to upgrade to 2.0.0. > > Thanks > > > Bob Wojack > CSRA International, Inc. > Onsite Contractor for the Department of Justice Senior Tech Lead US > Trustee Program > Onsite Email Address: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > Onsite Phone Number: TBD > Cell#: (301)910-9975 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
