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PdfGraphicsAcroFormBorderAppearance Class

Contains border appearance settings of an interactive form field.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

#Declaration

public class PdfGraphicsAcroFormBorderAppearance

The following members return PdfGraphicsAcroFormBorderAppearance objects:

#Example

This example shows how to use PDF Graphics API to create a check box field and add it to a new page.

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using DevExpress.Pdf;
using System.Drawing;
//...
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
    {
        // Create an empty document. 
        processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");

        // Create graphics and draw a check box field.
        using (PdfGraphics graphics = processor.CreateGraphics())
        {
            DrawCheckBoxField(graphics);

            // Render a page with graphics.
            processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics);
        }
    }
}

static void DrawCheckBoxField(PdfGraphics graphics)
{
    // Create a check box field specifying its name and location.
    PdfGraphicsAcroFormCheckBoxField checkBox = new PdfGraphicsAcroFormCheckBoxField("check box", new RectangleF(20, 20, 30, 30));

    // Specify check box appearance, checked state, and button style.
    checkBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.Azure;
    checkBox.Appearance.BorderAppearance = new PdfGraphicsAcroFormBorderAppearance()
    { Color = Color.Red };
    checkBox.IsChecked = true;
    checkBox.ButtonStyle = PdfAcroFormButtonStyle.Star;

    // Add the field to the document.
    graphics.AddFormField(checkBox);
}

#Inheritance

Object
PdfGraphicsAcroFormBorderAppearance
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