ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk

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How to create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk in C# using ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in C# to create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

An easy to understand sample source code to learn how to create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk in C# ByteScout PDF Suite: the set that includes 6 SDK products 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. It can create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk in C#.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout PDF Suite. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace CheckBoxes
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to create checkboxes.
    /// </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 unchecked checkbox
            CheckBox checkBox1 = new CheckBox(20, 20, 15, 15, "checkBox1");
            page.Annotations.Add(checkBox1);
            
            // Add checked checkbox
            CheckBox checkBox2 = new CheckBox(20, 40, 15, 15, "checkBox2");
            checkBox2.Checked = true;
            page.Annotations.Add(checkBox2);
            
            // Add readonly checkbox
            CheckBox checkBox3 = new CheckBox(20, 60, 15, 15, "checkBox3");
            checkBox3.Checked = true;
            checkBox3.ReadOnly = true;
            page.Annotations.Add(checkBox3);
            
            // Draw text labels
            Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 12);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Unchecked box", font, brush, 45, 20);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Checked box", font, brush, 45, 40);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Read-only checked box", font, brush, 45, 60);
            
            // 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);
        }
    }
}