ByteScout PDF SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Create Submit Form Action in PDF

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How to create submit form action in PDF in VBScript and VB6 with ByteScout PDF SDK

This tutorial will show how to create submit form action in PDF in VBScript and VB6

We made thousands of pre-made source code pieces for easy implementation in your own programming projects. What is ByteScout PDF SDK? It is the pdf library that can create, update and modify PDF files. Supports text with fonts and style selections, layers, form fields, drawing lines and objects, automatic tables, images. Can be used to create and fill pdf forms. It can help you to create submit form action in PDF in your VBScript and VB6 application.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF SDK for VBScript and VB6 plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to create submit form action in PDF. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the VBScript and VB6 code. Use of ByteScout PDF SDK in VBScript and VB6 is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.

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SubmitFormAction.vbs

      ' This example demonstrates how to submit or reset form.

' Create Bytescout.PDF.Document object
Set pdfDocument = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDF.Document")
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers

' Add page
Set page1 = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1)

' Create sample form
Set timesFont = comHelpers.CreateStandardFont(comHelpers.STANDARDFONTS_TIMES, 14)
Set blackBrush = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorGray(0))
' EditBox
Set editBox1 = comHelpers.CreateEditBox(20, 20, 100, 25, "editBox1")
editBox1.Text = "editBox1"
page1.Annotations.Add(editBox1)
' CheckBox
Set checkBox1 = comHelpers.CreateCheckBox(20, 60, 15, 15, "checkBox1")
page1.Annotations.Add(checkBox1)
page1.Canvas.DrawString "CheckBox", (timesFont), (blackBrush), 45, 60 

' Add Submit button
Set submitButton = comHelpers.CreatePushButton(20, 120, 80, 25, "buttonSubmit")
submitButton.Caption = "Submit"
page1.Annotations.Add(submitButton)
' Add action
Set submitAction = comHelpers.CreateSubmitFormAction("http://login.live.com")
submitAction.SubmitFormat = comHelpers.SUBMITDATAFORMAT_HTML
submitAction.SubmitMethod = comHelpers.SUBMITMETHOD_GET
submitAction.Fields.Add(editBox1)
submitAction.Fields.Add(checkBox1)
submitButton.OnActivated = submitAction

' Add Reset button
Set resetButton = comHelpers.CreatePushButton(120, 120, 80, 25, "butonReset")
resetButton.Caption = "Reset"
page1.Annotations.Add(resetButton)
' Add action
Set resetAction = comHelpers.CreateResetFormAction()
resetAction.Fields.Add(editBox1)
resetAction.Fields.Add(checkBox1)
resetButton.OnActivated = resetAction

' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "result.pdf", 1, false