PdfGraphicsAcroFormField.Appearance Property

Specifies the appearance settings for the interactive form field.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

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

Declaration

C#

public PdfGraphicsAcroFormFieldAppearance Appearance { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Appearance As PdfGraphicsAcroFormFieldAppearance

Property Value

Type	Description
PdfGraphicsAcroFormFieldAppearance	A PdfGraphicsAcroFormFieldAppearance object that specifies the appearance of the interactive form field.

Example

This example shows how to create a text box field and add it to a document.

View Example

Program.cs

using DevExpress.Pdf;
using System.Drawing;

namespace AddTextBoxField {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor()) {

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

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

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

        static void DrawTextBoxField(PdfGraphics graphics) {

            // Create a text box field and specify its location on the page using a RectangleF object.
            PdfGraphicsAcroFormTextBoxField textBox = new PdfGraphicsAcroFormTextBoxField("text box", new RectangleF(0, 10, 200, 30));

            // Specify text box properties.
            textBox.Text = "Text Box";           
            textBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Near;
            textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12;
            textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.AliceBlue;          

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

Program.vb

Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports System.Drawing

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

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

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

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

        Private Shared Sub DrawTextBoxField(ByVal graphics As PdfGraphics)

            ' Create a text box field and specify its location on the page using a RectangleF object.
            Dim textBox As New PdfGraphicsAcroFormTextBoxField("text box", New RectangleF(0, 10, 200, 30))

            ' Specify text box properties.
            textBox.Text = "Text Box"
            textBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Near
            textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12
            textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.AliceBlue

            ' Add the field to graphics.
            graphics.AddFormField(textBox)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace