ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk

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How to read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk in C# and ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to code in C# to read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

The sample source codes on this page shows how to read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk in C#. What is ByteScout PDF Suite? It is 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 help you to read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk in your C# application.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the C# code. Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.cs

      using Bytescout.PDF;
using System;

namespace ReadForm
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Load PDF form
            Document pdfDocument = new Document(@"form.pdf");
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            Page page = pdfDocument.Pages[0];

            // Get widget by its name and get value
            string box1 = ((EditBox) page.Annotations["editBox1"]).Text;
            string box2 = ((EditBox) page.Annotations["editBox2"]).Text;
            bool checkBox1 = ((CheckBox) page.Annotations["checkBox1"]).Checked;

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Writing values to console
            Console.WriteLine("Form values are as follows:");
            Console.WriteLine(box1);
            Console.WriteLine(box2);
            Console.WriteLine(checkBox1);

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}