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How to add submit form action to PDF in C# and ByteScout PDF SDK

How to add submit form action to PDF in C#

Learn how to add submit form action to PDF in C# with this source code sample. ByteScout PDF SDK: the library for pdf documents generation, modification and updates. Can also generate and fill PDF forms. Provides support for text (fonts, style, size, font family), layers, pdf form fields, vector and raster drawings. It can add submit form action to PDF in C#.

This code snippet below for ByteScout PDF SDK works best when you need to quickly add submit form action to PDF in your C# application. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instruction. You can use these C# sample examples in one or many applications.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace SubmitFormActionExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to submit or reset form.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // Add page
            Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);

            // Create sample form

            Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 14);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
            // EditBox
            EditBox editBox = new EditBox(20, 20, 100, 25, "editBox1");
            editBox.Text = "editBox1";
            page.Annotations.Add(editBox);
            // CheckBox
            CheckBox checkBox = new CheckBox(20, 60, 15, 15, "checkBox1");
            page.Annotations.Add(checkBox);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("CheckBox", font, brush, 45, 60);

            // Add Submit button
            PushButton submitButton = new PushButton(20, 120, 80, 25, "buttonSubmit");
            submitButton.Caption = "Submit";
            page.Annotations.Add(submitButton);
            // Add action
            SubmitFormAction submitAction = new SubmitFormAction(new Uri("http://login.live.com"));
            submitAction.SubmitFormat = SubmitDataFormat.HTML;
            submitAction.SubmitMethod = SubmitMethod.Get;
            submitAction.Fields.Add(editBox);
            submitAction.Fields.Add(checkBox);
            submitButton.OnActivated = submitAction;

            // Add Reset button
            PushButton resetButton = new PushButton(120, 120, 80, 25, "butonReset");
            resetButton.Caption = "Reset";
            page.Annotations.Add(resetButton);
            // Add action
            ResetFormAction resetAction = new ResetFormAction();
            resetAction.Fields.Add(editBox);
            resetAction.Fields.Add(checkBox);
            resetButton.OnActivated = resetAction;
            
            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}