Am Samstag, dem 15.07.2023 um 11:04 +0200 schrieb Gilad Denneboom:
> The CO-array (no spelling-mistake) is a part of the AcroForm object,
> which
> defines the order in which fields are calculated (see Table 218 in
> the PDF
> ISO specs). But it only contains (indirect) references to the fields.
>
> However, your tip put me on the right path and I was able to get the
> actual
> PDField objects by comparing the values in this array to the
> values returned by the getCOSObject method of the PDFields under
> PDAcroForm.
>
> It would actually be nice to have a direct getter and setter for it
> under
> PDAcroForm... Maybe in future versions?
Dear Gilad,
feel free to file an enhancement request with the desciption of this
mail thread.
BR
Maruan
>
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 10:50 AM Tilman Hausherr
> <thaush...@t-online.de>
> wrote:
>
> > I don't know what you mean with "CO array", I thought this was a
> > typo
> > because your image does not have a "CO" array.
> >
> > Re "but they seem to be quite oblique" - please try to run
> > .getObject()
> > on them.
> >
> > PDField.createField() does not create a new field, it just creates
> > the
> > PD-Object from a COSDictionary.
> >
> > Tilman
> >
> >
> > On 15.07.2023 10:43, Gilad Denneboom wrote:
> > > The CO array contains COSObjects, yes, but they seem to be quite
> > > oblique,
> > > with nothing more than a reference number.
> > > Are you saying I can use the COSObject itself to find the field?
> > > If so,
> > how?
> > > Note I'm not trying to create new fields, just locate the
> > > existing ones
> > > referenced in this array.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 4:15 AM Tilman Hausherr
> > > <thaush...@t-online.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > How did you get the indirect number in the first place?
> > > >
> > > > Normally this would be a COSObject and you can dereference that
> > > > one by
> > > > calling getObject() and here it would be a COSDictionary. You
> > > > can pass
> > > > this to PDField.createField().
> > > >
> > > > Tilman
> > > >
> > > > On 14.07.2023 20:54, Gilad Denneboom wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to see if there's a way to get a field's name
> > > > > using PDFBox
> > > > based
> > > > > on the Indirect Reference number to it.
> > > > > Namely, the numbers that are used in the CO array of the
> > > > > AcroForm
> > > > object. I
> > > > > can see those numbers in the PDF Debugger app next to the
> > > > > field name
> > (see
> > > > > screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/gCHvVRx.png), but I looked
> > > > > everywhere
> > in
> > > > > the properties of the PDField and PDAnnotationWidget and
> > > > > can't find
> > them
> > > > > there. Any pointers will be much appreciated!
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards, Gilad.
> > > > >
> > > >
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