Hi,
I don't see how these field names are double. Some of the fields have
several widgets, e.g. OBJ2 is on page 1 and page 3. This is done to have
the content on several pages.
Tilman
Am 12.08.2025 um 14:14 schrieb Ulf Dittmer:
Hello-
I'm encountering PDFs with forms that have non-unique field names.
Sometimes fields with the same names are used for the same information (a
useful scenario, making filling them out programmatically easier). But
sometimes the same names are used for entirely different field purposes.
Is there a way within the PDFBox API to dis-ambiguate those fields? Or are
there tools that can do this (we do have a budget, so payware would be OK,
within limits)?
These are government PDFs, so we don't control their creation. But if there
is a way to edit them that addresses this, that would also work for us -
the forms do not change frequently.
http://ulfdittmer.com/Guide_TH.pdf is an example of such a PDF. OBJ3, OBJ4,
OBJ10, OBJ18 and OBJ24 are field names that are used twice.
Any help would be appreciated.
Ulf
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