Introduction

Form fields include text boxes, multi-line text boxes, check boxes, combo boxes, list boxes, buttons, radio buttons, and signatures. In this chapter, you will learn how to retrieve a list of form fields using the -formfield option.

The figure below shows the form fields on the third page of the ApUtilsSample.pdf file supplied with APGetInfo.

Retrieving a Simple List of Form Fields

Use the -formfield option to list all of the form fields in a PDF document.

Command

$apgetinfo -formfield inPDFFile

Windows Example

$apgetinfo -formfield C:\Appligent\APGetInfo\samples\ApUtilsSample.pdf

UNIX/Macintosh Example

$./apgetinfo -formfield /Appligent/APGetInfo/samples/ApUtilsSample.pdf

Result

The figure below shows the results of running apgetinfo with the -formfield option on the ApUtilsSample.pdf file. For each form field, the following information is returned: field name, field type, field value, and alternative name (tool tip text), if one exists. Note that the button field does not have a value. It is also the only field that has an alternative name.

The following table describes the value returned for each field type.