PdfAcroFormField Class

Represents the base class for all interactive form fields.

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v20.2.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Pdf.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public abstract class PdfAcroFormField

Public MustInherit Class PdfAcroFormField

Remarks

The table below lists available form fields and API used to create each type.

Form Field	Class	Method
Check Box	PdfAcroFormCheckBoxField	PdfAcroFormField.CreateCheckBox
Combo box	PdfAcroFormComboBoxField	PdfAcroFormField.CreateComboBox
Group	PdfAcroFormGroupField	PdfAcroFormField.CreateGroup
List Box	PdfAcroFormListBoxField	PdfAcroFormField.CreateListBox
Radio Group	PdfAcroFormRadioGroupField	PdfAcroFormField.CreateRadioGroup
Signature	PdfAcroFormSignatureField	PdfAcroFormField.CreateSignature
Text Box	PdfAcroFormTextBoxField	PdfAcroFormField.CreateTextBox

Example

This example shows how to create text box and radio button group fields and add them to a document.

View Example

Program.cs
Program.vb

using DevExpress.Pdf;

namespace AddFormFieldsToExistingDocument {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
            {
                // Load a document.
                processor.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Document.pdf");

                // Create a text box field specifying the field name, page number, and field location on the page.
                PdfAcroFormTextBoxField textBox = new PdfAcroFormTextBoxField("text box", 1, new PdfRectangle(230, 690, 280, 710));

                // Specify text box text, and appearance.
                textBox.Text = "Text Box";
                textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = new PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.5, 0.3);
                textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12;

                // Create a radio group field specifying its name and the page number.
                PdfAcroFormRadioGroupField radioGroup = new PdfAcroFormRadioGroupField("Gender Group", 1);

                // Add the first radio button to the group and specify its location using a PdfRectangle object.
                radioGroup.AddButton("button1", new PdfRectangle(230, 635, 250, 655));

                // Add the second radio button to the group.
                radioGroup.AddButton("button2", new PdfRectangle(310, 635, 330, 655));

                // Specify radio group selected index, and appearance.
                radioGroup.SelectedIndex = 0;
                radioGroup.Appearance.BorderAppearance = new PdfAcroFormBorderAppearance()
                { Color = new PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.5, 0.3), Width = 3 };

                // Add form fields to the page.
                processor.AddFormFields(textBox, radioGroup);

                // Save the result document.
                processor.SaveDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports DevExpress.Pdf

Namespace AddFormFieldsToExistingDocument
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()

                ' Load a document.
                processor.LoadDocument("..\..\Document.pdf")

                ' Create a text box field specifying the field name, page number, and field location on the page.
                Dim textBox As New PdfAcroFormTextBoxField("text box", 1, New PdfRectangle(230, 690, 280, 710))

                ' Specify text box text, and appearance.
                textBox.Text = "Text Box"
                textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = New PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.5, 0.3)
                textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12

                ' Create a radio group field specifying its name and the page number.
                Dim radioGroup As New PdfAcroFormRadioGroupField("Gender Group", 1)

                ' Add the first radio button to the group and specify its location using a PdfRectangle object.
                radioGroup.AddButton("button1", New PdfRectangle(230, 635, 250, 655))

                ' Add the second radio button to the group.
                radioGroup.AddButton("button2", New PdfRectangle(310, 635, 330, 655))

                ' Specify radio group selected index, and appearance. 
                radioGroup.SelectedIndex = 0
                radioGroup.Appearance.BorderAppearance = New PdfAcroFormBorderAppearance() With {.Color = New PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.5, 0.3), .Width = 3}

                ' Add form fields to the page.
                processor.AddFormFields(textBox, radioGroup)

                ' Save the result document.
                processor.SaveDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")
            End Using
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace