getting value of form field and its name

[joeitaliano]

hello

i want to extract the value of all the form fields so i have written this code. if there is a different function/better way to do it please let me know

BSTR RESULT;

BSTR Mem1 = SysAllocString(L"var count = 0; count = this.numFields;");
m_spView->RunJavaScript(Mem1, &RESULT, 0, 0);
SysFreeString(Mem1);

int icount = _wtoi(RESULT); i NOW HAS THE NUMBER OF FIELDS IN THE FORM

for (int j=1; j<icount; j++) {
CString JavaString;
JavaString.Format(L"var fname = this.getNthFieldName(%d);var f = this.getField(fname);f.value;", j); THIS DOES NOT WORK
// JavaString.Format(L"var fname = this.getNthFieldName(%d);var f = this.getField(fname);f.name;", j); THIS WORKS AND RETURN FORM NAME
// JavaString.Format(L"var fname = this.getNthFieldName(%d);var f = this.getField(fname);f.name,f.value;", j); WOULD THIS RETURN BOTH??? NAME AND VALUE
BSTR Mem2 = SysAllocString(JavaString);
m_spView->RunJavaScript(Mem2, &RESULT, 0, 0);
SysFreeString(Mem2);
}

all is fine - until i TRY to return the value of the form field which it is not doing

my preference is to return the name of the form field and its value

thank you in advance

joe italiano

[Corwin - Tracker Sup]

Hi joe,

As I have test it, this line

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JavaString.Format(L"var fname = this.getNthFieldName(%d);var f = this.getField(fname);f.name;", j);

works fine. Please make sure that you are using latest build of Viewer. Also you may test JS in standalone Viewer just to check how it works.

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JavaString.Format(L"var fname = this.getNthFieldName(%d);var f = this.getField(fname);f.name,f.value;", j); WOULD THIS RETURN BOTH??? NAME AND VALUE

Using this code you will get only field value.

HTH.

[joeitaliano]

hi corwin

i agree that

JavaString.Format(L"var fname = this.getNthFieldName(%d);var f = this.getField(fname);f.name;", j);

works but the following code does not work and it is the form field value i need

JavaString.Format(L"var fname = this.getNthFieldName(%d);var f = this.getField(fname);f.value;", j); THIS DOES NOT WORK

joe

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Joe,

I have asked Corwin to take another look here, but in the mean time please ensure that you are using build 193, as in the end user Viewer at least, using the JS console I was able to obtain both the form name and value.

The file I tried with is this one.

Best,
Stefan

[joeitaliano]

hi stefan

from what i can see i am

i have attached a zip file with the app source

look at the close function or search for f.value dlgdocument.cpp

cheers

joe

[Corwin - Tracker Sup]

Hello Joe,

And again - all works fine for me (name and value gets fine). Can you please send us sample file where you get such problems?
Also note that annots array is zero based, so if you want to get all annots, you should change your "for" statement:

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for (int j=0; j<icount; j++)

[joeitaliano]

hi corwin

did you test with the source code from the zip file i sent you

joe

[joeitaliano]

all fixed it was the pdf file that was corrupted works ok with the others

thank you all

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]