ByteScout PDF Suite – VB.NET – Add text field to pdf form with pdf sdk

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How to add text field to pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in VB.NET to add text field to pdf form with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Sample source code below will display you how to manage a complex task like add text field to pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET. 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. It can be applied to add text field to pdf form with pdf sdk using VB.NET.

The following code snippet for ByteScout PDF Suite works best when you need to quickly add text field to pdf form with pdf sdk in your VB.NET application. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. Applying VB.NET 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.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how text fields and theirs variations.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create new document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
        ' Add page
        Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)

        ' Add simple text field with default properties
        Dim edit1 = New EditBox(20, 20, 120, 25, "editBox1")
        edit1.Text = "One two three"
        page.Annotations.Add(edit1)

        ' Add password box
        Dim edit2 = New EditBox(20, 50, 120, 25, "editBox2")
        edit2.Text = "password"
        edit2.Password = True
        page.Annotations.Add(edit2)

        ' Add multiline text field
        Dim 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 
        Dim 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 document in default PDF viewer app
        Process.Start("result.pdf")

    End Sub

End Class