PdfGraphicsAcroFormChoiceField.SelectValue(String) Method

Selects an item in a combo box or a list box by its export value.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v23.2.Drawing.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

Declaration

C#

public bool SelectValue(
    string exportValue
)

VB.NET

Public Function SelectValue(
    exportValue As String
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
exportValue	String	The item’s export value.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if the combo box or list box item was successfully selected; otherwise, false.

Example

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

View Example

Program.cs

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 combo box field.
        using (PdfGraphics graphics = processor.CreateGraphics())
        {
            DrawComboBoxField(graphics);

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

static void DrawComboBoxField(PdfGraphics graphics)
{
    // Create a combo box field
    PdfGraphicsAcroFormComboBoxField comboBox = 
        new PdfGraphicsAcroFormComboBoxField("combo Box", new RectangleF(20, 20, 100, 20));

    // Add values to the combo box.  
    comboBox.AddValue("Red");
    comboBox.AddValue("Yellow");
    comboBox.AddValue("Green");
    comboBox.AddValue("Blue");

    // Specify combo box selected value, text alignment, and appearance.
    comboBox.SelectValue("Red");
    comboBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Far;
    comboBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.Beige;
    comboBox.Appearance.FontSize = 14;

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

Program.vb

Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports System.Drawing
'...


Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
    Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()

        ' Create an empty document. 
        processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")

        ' Create graphics and draw a combo box field.
        Using graphics As PdfGraphics = processor.CreateGraphics()
            DrawComboBoxField(graphics)

            ' Render a page with graphics.
            processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics)
        End Using
    End Using
End Sub

Private Shared Sub DrawComboBoxField(ByVal graphics As PdfGraphics)

    ' Create a combo box field
    Dim comboBox As New PdfGraphicsAcroFormComboBoxField("combo Box", New RectangleF(20, 20, 100, 20))

    ' Add values to the combo box.  
    comboBox.AddValue("Red")
    comboBox.AddValue("Yellow")
    comboBox.AddValue("Green")
    comboBox.AddValue("Blue")

    ' Specify combo box selected value, text alignment, and appearance.
    comboBox.SelectValue("Red")
    comboBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Far
    comboBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.Beige
    comboBox.Appearance.FontSize = 14

    ' Add the field to the document.
    graphics.AddFormField(comboBox)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

pdf-document-api-create-combo-box-field/CS/AddComboBoxField/Program.cs#L35

// Specify combo box selected value, text allignment, and appearance.
comboBox.SelectValue("Red");
comboBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Far;

pdf-document-api-create-list-box-field/CS/AddListBoxField/Program.cs#L37

listBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Far;
listBox.SelectValue("Blue");

VB.NET

pdf-document-api-create-combo-box-field/VB/AddComboBoxField/Program.vb#L30

' Specify combo box selected value, text allignment, and appearance.
comboBox.SelectValue("Red")
comboBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Far

pdf-document-api-create-list-box-field/VB/AddListBoxField/Program.vb#L32

listBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Far
listBox.SelectValue("Blue")
' Add the field to the document.