fieldValue always empty

[ezsper]

When getting form fields with getAnnotation, fieldValue is always empty for checkboxes and radios. Look at the console screenshot, the correct value should be Male for the named radio field of gender.

[timvandermeij]

We are not handling all widget annotation types yet, so this might be a consequence of that.

[ezsper]

I'm aware that annotations are not fully supported, but this seems to be an issue of the beta version or maybe it's not meant to support forms at all, but 1.3 get the values just fine.

[xlc]

I don't see any issue here. The fieldValue is the FT field and you are looking at sub dictionary of AP (appearance dictionary) field.

[ezsper]

No, it's not. At least not for radios and checkboxes, or at least not in this version of pdf.js. I just know for sure that the field has the specified value Male, and the pdf form that is being parsed was created by hand. In the pdf.js 1.3 it came the correct value for the field, but in the 1.4 beta, it came as empty.

[ezsper]

This doesn't work for buttons either.

What I'm doing is injecting in core/annotation.js close to line 572 something like this:

var fieldValue = Util.getInheritableProperty(dict, 'V');

if(fieldType == 'Btn') {
  if(fieldFlags & 65536) {
    //buttons
    try{
      fieldValue = dict.get('MK').get('CA');
    } catch(e) {}
  } else {
    //radios and checkboxes
    try{
      var values = Object.keys(dict.get('AP').get('N').map).reverse(), found = false;
      values.forEach(function(value) {
        if(value !== 'Off') {
          found = true;
          fieldValue = value;
        }
      })
      if(!found) fieldValue = 'Off';
    } catch(e) {}
  }
}

fieldValue = stringToPDFString(fieldValue || ''); 

Probably not the best approach, but is doing the trick at least.

[brendandahl]

Can you post an example pdf?

[ezsper]

http://208.109.168.78/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/pdf/test.pdf (detailed log at the console)
http://208.109.168.78/pdf/test.pdf

[timvandermeij]

Closing as fixed by #7898. Pushbuttons are tracked in #7613.

[drakar4ik]

now if radio's parent has no value (all radios unchecked), radio's buttonValue ("on" value) is null.