ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk

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How to add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk in C# using ByteScout PDF Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk in C#

The sample source code below will teach you how to add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk in C#. ByteScout PDF Suite is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript and you can use it to add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk with C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in C#.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace TextFields
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how text fields and theirs variations.
    /// </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);

            // Add simple text field with default properties
            EditBox edit1 = new EditBox(20, 20, 120, 25, "editBox1");
            edit1.Text = "One two three";
            page.Annotations.Add(edit1);
            
            // Add password box
            EditBox edit2 = new EditBox(20, 50, 120, 25, "editBox2");
            edit2.Text = "password";
            edit2.Password = true;
            page.Annotations.Add(edit2);
            
            // Add multiline text field
            EditBox edit3 = new EditBox(20, 80, 120, 50, "editBox3");
            edit3.Multiline = true;
            edit3.Text = "The quick brown fox jumps over, the lazy dog.";
            page.Annotations.Add(edit3);
            
            // Demonstrate various decoration properties 
            EditBox edit4 = new EditBox(20, 135, 120, 30, "editBox4");
            edit4.Text = "Decorated text field";
            edit4.TextAlign = TextAlign.Right;
            edit4.BackgroundColor = new ColorRGB(255, 240, 240);
            edit4.BorderWidth = 2;
            edit4.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Dashed;
            edit4.BorderColor = new ColorRGB(128, 0, 0);
            edit4.FontColor = new ColorRGB(128, 0, 0);
            edit4.Font.Size = 9;
            page.Annotations.Add(edit4);
            
            // 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);
        }
    }
}