Will do! Thanks, Maruan.
On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 12:29 PM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ------ > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > >
