PdfTextFormField.InputType Property

Specifies text form field’s input type.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public PdfTextFieldInputType InputType { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property InputType As PdfTextFieldInputType

Property Value

Type	Description
PdfTextFieldInputType	An enumeration value that indicates the input type.

Available values:

Name	Description
PlainText	The field value is a plain text string.
RichText	The field value is a rich text string.
Password	The field value is a password.
FileSelect	The field value is a path to a file.
Comb	The field is divided into equally spaced positions or combs. The PdfTextFormField.MaxLen or PdfTextFormFieldFacade.MaxLength property defines the number of available characters.

Remarks

The code sample below retrieves the text form field by name and changes its properties:

C#

using (PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    pdfDocumentProcessor.LoadDocument("FormDemo.pdf");
    ChangeFormFields(pdfDocumentProcessor);
    pdfDocumentProcessor.SaveDocument("FormDemo.pdf");
    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("FormDemo.pdf")
       { UseShellExecute = true });
}


  private static void ChangeFormFields(PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor)
  {
      PdfInteractiveForm acroForm = pdfDocumentProcessor.Document.AcroForm;

      //Change text field properties:
      PdfTextFormField addressFormField = (PdfTextFormField)acroForm.GetFormField("Address");
      addressFormField.Multiline = false;
      addressFormField.InputType = PdfTextFieldInputType.PlainText;
  }

VB.NET

Using pdfDocumentProcessor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  pdfDocumentProcessor.LoadDocument("FormDemo.pdf")
  ChangeFormFields(pdfDocumentProcessor)
  pdfDocumentProcessor.SaveDocument("FormDemo.pdf")
  Process.Start(New ProcessStartInfo("FormDemo.pdf") With {.UseShellExecute = True})
End Using


  private static void ChangeFormFields(PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor)
    Dim acroForm As PdfInteractiveForm = pdfDocumentProcessor.Document.AcroForm

    'Change text field properties:
    Dim addressFormField As PdfTextFormField = CType(acroForm.GetFormField("Address"), PdfTextFormField)
    addressFormField.Multiline = False
    addressFormField.InputType = PdfTextFieldInputType.PlainText

    End Sub