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PdfAcroFormFacade.GetComboBoxFormField(String) Method

Gets a specific combo box form field’s properties.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

#Declaration

public PdfComboBoxFormFieldFacade GetComboBoxFormField(
    string fullName
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
fullName String

A form field’s name.

#Returns

Type Description
PdfComboBoxFormFieldFacade

An object that contains the form field’s properties.

#Remarks

The PdfComboBoxFormFieldFacade object contains form field and widget properties without access to the form field’s inner structure. Use the Widgets property to get the form field widget settings.

The code sample below specifies the combo box value and disables multiple selection:

using (PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    pdfDocumentProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents//FormDemo.pdf");

    PdfDocumentFacade documentFacade = pdfDocumentProcessor.DocumentFacade;
    PdfAcroFormFacade acroForm = documentFacade.AcroForm;

    //Set combo box field value:
    PdfComboBoxFormFieldFacade nationalityField = acroForm.GetComboBoxFormField("Nationality");
    nationalityField.Value = nationalityField.Items[68].Value;

    //Disable user input:
    nationalityField.Editable = false;

    //Disable multiple selection:
    nationalityField.MultiSelect = false;

    //Sort list items alphabetically:
    nationalityField.Sorted = true;
    pdfDocumentProcessor.SaveDocument("FormDemo_new.pdf");
}
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