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How to add listbox control into PDF document using Bytescout.PDF library for .NET
Adding a listbox control into PDF form document
This example demonstrates how to create listbox control in PDF form document made with Bytescout.PDF library
(See also: how to create PDF form and how to fill PDF form tutorials )

Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_listbox.zip (10 KB)
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Bytescout.PDF;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace HelloWorld
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create main PDF Doc Engine
PDFDocEngine engine = new PDFDocEngine("", "");
// Add new document
Document document = engine.AddDocument();
// Append new page to the document
Page page = document.AddPage(PageSizeType.A3, PageOrientationType.LandScape);
// Create new drawing
Drawing drawing = page.AddDrawing();
// Add standard font
uint font = document.AddFontStandard(StandardFontType.TimesRoman, FontEncodingType.WinAnsi);
// Set font size
double fontSize = 30;
// Set Active Font
drawing.SetActiveFont(font, fontSize, false, false);
// Set text position
double textX = 500.0f;
double textY = 280.0f;
// Draw Text
drawing.PlaceText(textX, textY, 0, "ListBox");
// Closing drawing on the page
drawing.Close();
// Create new bounding rectangle
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle();
// Set position and size
rect.Left = 500;
rect.Bottom = 300;
rect.Top = 530;
rect.Right = 700;
// Create new edit box
ListBoxControl listBox = new ListBoxControl(page, rect, "ListBox1");
// Add items
listBox.AddItem("Item1");
listBox.AddItem("Item2");
listBox.AddItem("Item3");
// Set border width
double borderWidth = 5.0f;
// Set border style
listBox.SetBorderStyle(Drawing.RGBToColor(0, 0, 0), Drawing.RGBToColor(255, 255, 255), borderWidth);
// Set font size
fontSize = 25;
// Set font
listBox.SetFont(font, fontSize, Drawing.RGBToColor(0, 0, 0));
// Save document
document.Save("ListBox.pdf");
// open generated PDF document in default PDF viewer installed in Windows
Process.Start("ListBox.pdf");
}
}
}
Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_listbox.zip (10 KB)
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