Select checkbox

The example shows you how to find checkbox and mark it as "checked".
import java.util.List;

import com.independentsoft.office.ExtendedBoolean;
import com.independentsoft.office.IContentElement;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.fields.ComplexField;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            List<IContentElement> allElements = doc.getContentElements();

            for (IContentElement element : allElements)
            {
                if (element instanceof Paragraph)
                {
                    Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph)element;

                    for (int i = 0; i < paragraph.getContent().size(); i++)
                    {
                        if (paragraph.getContent().get(i) instanceof Run)
                        {
                            Run run = (Run)paragraph.getContent().get(i);

                            for (int r = 0; r < run.getContent().size(); r++)
                            {
                                if (run.getContent().get(r) instanceof ComplexField)
                                {
                                    ComplexField complexField = (ComplexField)run.getContent().get(r);

                                    if (complexField.getFormFieldProperties() != null && complexField.getFormFieldProperties().getName() != null && complexField.getFormFieldProperties().getName().equals("CheckBox1") && complexField.getFormFieldProperties().getCheckBoxFormFieldProperties() != null)
                                    {
                                        complexField.getFormFieldProperties().getCheckBoxFormFieldProperties().setChecked(ExtendedBoolean.TRUE);
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
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