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Hello
I have a PDF with data and check boxes
i need to find whether the check boxes are checked or not?
and i need to extract the different fields when different checkboxes are checked.
The checkboxes are usually saved as images and do not get properly extracted by extracting the text in PAD. You need more advanced functionalities to do this - namely, AI builder in Power Automate.
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Hi,Another way to get the values is via PowerShell using an external library, e.g. PdfSharp.
(However, coding will be required...)
[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\System\Lib\PdfSharp.dll") $doc = [PdfSharp.Pdf.IO.PdfReader]::Open("C:\Test\PDF\checkbox.pdf", [PdfSharp.Pdf.IO.PdfDocumentOpenMode]::ReadOnly) $fields = $doc.AcroForm.Fields $names = $fields.Names for($i=0; $i -lt $names.Count; $i++){ $field = $fields[$names[$i]] if($field -is [PdfSharp.Pdf.AcroForms.PdfCheckBoxField]){ Write-Output("Name:{0}, Checked:{1}" -f $field.Name, $field.Checked) } } $doc.Close()
Regards,kinuasa
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