Please ignore this I set a unique value in setPartialName() instead of wanting PDFBox to automatically do the renaming.
It works. On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:22 PM, chitgoks <[email protected]> wrote: > hi > > i have a tiny issue with regards to a grouped PDCheckBox (2 checkboxes). > > if i set partial name and mapping name to say "cb1" > > the partial name should become cb11 while the other checkbox should be > cb12 (COSName.T) > > while the mapping name will persist with cb1 (COSName.TM) > > however, this is not the case, hence will result in the checkbox acting > like a grouped radio button (cannot select both checkboxes) because both > COSName.T and COSName.TM have the same values. > > Am I missing some method to call in order to make it behave like this? > > iText and Aspose both automatically rename its COSName.T value (not > comparing libraries here but trying to understand how it works in PDFBox), > so in PDFBox, do I have to call some other method? if so, which one? > > please advise > > thank you > >

