Adding Form Fields to PDF

How to Add Buttons to a PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrates adding Buttons to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding Buttons to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object instances.
3. Create a Button object and set its properties.
4. Add the Button object instance to the Page instance.
5. Add the Page instance to the Document instance.
6. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
Page page = new Page(PageSize.Letter);
            
Button button = new Button("btn", 50, 50, 100, 50);
button.Action = new JavaScriptAction("app.alert('Hello');");
button.Label = "Click";
            
page.Elements.Add(button);
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add a Checkbox to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code add a Checkbox to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding Checkbox to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create Page object instance.
3. Create a CheckBox object and set its properties.
4. Add the CheckBox instance to the Page instance
5. Add the Page instance to Document instance.
6. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
Page page = new Page(PageSize.Letter);
            
CheckBox checkBox = new CheckBox( "Check Box Name", 5, 7, 50, 50 );
checkBox.DefaultChecked = true;
checkBox.ToolTip = "Check it";
            
page.Elements.Add(checkBox);
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add a ComboBox to a PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a ComboBox to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding ComboBox to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object.
3. Create a ComboBox object and set its properties.
4. Add the ComboBox instance to the Page instance.
5. Add the Page instance to the Document object instance.
6. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
Page page = new Page(PageSize.Letter);
            
ComboBox comboBox = new ComboBox( "Combo Box Name", 50, 75, 150, 25 );
comboBox.Items.Add( "One", true );
comboBox.Items.Add( "Two" );
comboBox.Items.Add( "Three" );
comboBox.BackgroundColor = RgbColor.AliceBlue;
comboBox.BorderColor = RgbColor.DarkMagenta;
comboBox.Editable = true;
comboBox.ToolTip = "Select"; 
            
page.Elements.Add(comboBox);
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add ListBox to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a ListBox to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding ListBox to PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object.
3. Create a ListBox object and set its properties.
4. Add the ListBox object to the Page object.
5. Add the Page object to the Document object.
6. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
Page page = new Page(PageSize.Letter);
            
ListBox listBox = new ListBox( "List Box Name", 5, 2, 100, 150 );
listBox.Items.Add( "One",true );
listBox.Items.Add( "Two",true );
listBox.Items.Add( "Three" );
listBox.BackgroundColor = RgbColor.AliceBlue;
listBox.BorderColor = RgbColor.DarkMagenta;
listBox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Dashed;
listBox.Multiselect = true;
listBox.ToolTip = "Select"; 
            
page.Elements.Add(ListBox);
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add Radio Button to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a Radio Button to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding Radio Button to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object.
3. Create a RadioButton object and set its properties.
4. Add the RadioButton object instance to the Page instance.
5. Add the Page object to the Document object.
6. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
Page page = new Page(PageSize.Letter);
            
RadioButton radio1 = new RadioButton( "Radio Button Name", 50, 25, 100, 75 );
radio1.DefaultChecked = true;
radio1.ExportValue = "abc";
radio1.ToolTip = "first";
RadioButton radio2 = new RadioButton( "Radio Button Name", 50, 140, 100, 75 );
radio2.ExportValue = "def";
radio2.ToolTip = "second";
RadioButton radio3 = new RadioButton( "Radio Button Name", 50, 250, 100, 75 );
radio3.ExportValue = "ghi";
radio3.ToolTip = "third";
            
page.Elements.Add(radio1);
page.Elements.Add(radio2);
page.Elements.Add(radio3);
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add Text Fields to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code add Text Fields to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding Text Fields to PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object.
3. Create a TextField object and set its properties.
4. Add the TextField object to the Page object.
5. Add the Page object to the Document object.
6. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
Page page = new Page(PageSize.Letter);
            
TextField textField = new TextField( "Text Field Name", 50, 75, 150, 100 );
textField.TextAlign = Align.Center;
textField.BackgroundColor = RgbColor.AliceBlue;
textField.BorderColor = RgbColor.DeepPink;
textField.Font = Font.TimesItalic;
textField.FontSize = 16.0f;
textField.TextColor = RgbColor.Brown;
textField.DefaultValue = "ceTe Software";
textField.MultiLine = true;
textField.ToolTip = "Text";  
            
page.Elements.Add(textField);
document.Pages.Add(page);
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

GitHub Project

Clone or view the example project at GitHub. This example code is contained in the Examples/AddFormFieldsExample.cs file.

Getting Started

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• DynamicPDF CoreSuite for .NET.

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