PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField Class

A signature form field in PDF Graphics API.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

Declaration

C#

public class PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField :
    PdfGraphicsAcroFormCommonField

VB.NET

Public Class PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField
    Inherits PdfGraphicsAcroFormCommonField

Related API Members

The following members return PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField objects:

• PdfGraphicsAcroFormField.CreateSignature(String, RectangleF)

Remarks

Tip

Use the PdfSignatureBuilder class to create a signature field and sign a PDF file. Refer to the following article for more information: Sign PDF Documents.

Create a Form Field

Create a new PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField object, and pass the field name and location as constructor parameters. The field location is calculated in the world coordinate system.

You can also call the PdfGraphicsAcroFormField.CreateSignature method to create a new PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField object.

Specify Form Field Parameters

The following parameters are available:

Parameter	API
Text displayed in the form field	Text
Image displayed in the form field	ContentImage
Form field name	Name
Tooltip text	ToolTip
Appearance settings (background and foreground color, font and border options)	Appearance

Add a Form Field as a Graphics Content

To add a text signature field as graphics content, pass a PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField instance as a parameter to the PdfGraphics.AddFormField method.

To access the PdfGraphics class, reference the DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing.v.23.2 assembly.

Draw a Form Field on a Page

To draw an interactive field on a page, call one of the following methods:

• PdfGraphics.AddToPageForeground, PdfGraphics.AddToPageBackground – to add a field to an existing page;
• PdfDocumentProcessor.RenderNewPage – to add a field to a new page.

Example

This example shows how to use PDF Graphics API to create a signature field and add it to a new 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 signature field.
        using (PdfGraphics graphics = processor.CreateGraphics())
        {
            DrawSignatureField(graphics);

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

static void DrawSignatureField(PdfGraphics graphics)
{
    // Create a signature field
    PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField signature = new PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField("signature", new RectangleF(0, 20, 120, 130));

    // Specify a content image for the signature field.
    Image image = Image.FromFile("..\\..\\Image.png");
    signature.ContentImage = image;            

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

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 signature field.
        Using graphics As PdfGraphics = processor.CreateGraphics()
            DrawSignatureField(graphics)

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

Private Shared Sub DrawSignatureField(ByVal graphics As PdfGraphics)

    ' Create a signature field
    Dim signature As New PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField("signature", New RectangleF(0, 20, 120, 130))

    ' Specify a content image for the signature field.
    Dim image As Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("..\..\Image.png")
    signature.ContentImage = image

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

Inheritance

Object

PdfGraphicsAcroFormField

PdfGraphicsAcroFormCommonField

PdfGraphicsAcroFormSignatureField