XFA Field Check Box

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   I can populate fields in a XFA document as long as it it a text field.I don't see anyway to check a field that is a Check Box however.

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thanks

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mdgodfrey Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 09 Jul 13 Location: Utah Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdgodfrey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: XFA Field Check Box Posted: 02 Nov 17 at 9:30PM
	I can populate fields in a XFA document as long as it it a text field. I don't see anyway to check a field that is a Check Box however. Does anyone know how to do that? Thanks

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 17 at 10:42PM
	Hi, perhaps this guide from the online reference will be a help? http://www.debenu.com/kb/programmatically-extract-form-field-data-pdf-files/
	Cheers, Ingo

mdgodfrey Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 09 Jul 13 Location: Utah Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdgodfrey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Nov 17 at 5:25PM
	I appreciate the reference. I have been able to extract data from a form and mostly can place data into a form. This guide does give me a few more options I hadn't considered so thanks. The exception for me at the moment is a CheckBox. I can see how to alter the format of the check but so far can only place a check by manually doing that in the form. In reading the data from a CheckBox when it is unchecked the field value is 'Off'. So one might think that placing 'On' into the checkbox would activate the check mark. This does not work for me however. I am attempting to place that data with this code: PDF.SetXFAFormFieldValue('Form1099-S/c1_3', 'On'); //Does not produce the check mark Doing something similar works just fine it the field is a text box but not when its a check box. Thanks again

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Nov 17 at 6:15PM
	Hi, fpr normal forms (not XFA) it works like this: // ... QP.SetNeedAppearances(1); QP.SetFormFieldValueByTitle( FieldName, FieldValue ); nresult := QP.FindFormFieldByTitle(FieldName); QP.UpdateAppearanceStream(nresult); // ... And you're right a value "On" oder "Off" will change the checkbox and regarding XFA it should work similar ...? BTW: Is your fieldname correct with the slash in it? Edited by Ingo - 03 Nov 17 at 6:16PM
	Cheers, Ingo

mdgodfrey Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 09 Jul 13 Location: Utah Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdgodfrey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Nov 17 at 9:55PM
	This works fine with text fields but I can't get either method to work with a check box.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Nov 17 at 8:07PM
	for me it works fine ;-) Perhaps it would help if you're able to post more than only one single line of code...
	Cheers, Ingo