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How to create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout PDF Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET

The sample source codes on this page shows how to create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET. ByteScout PDF Suite 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 be applied to create checkbox in pdf form with pdf sdk using VB.NET.

These VB.NET code samples for VB.NET guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout PDF Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. If you want to use these VB.NET sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to create checkboxes.
''' </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 unchecked checkbox
        Dim checkBox1 = New CheckBox(20, 20, 15, 15, "checkBox1")
        page.Annotations.Add(checkBox1)

        ' Add checked checkbox
        Dim checkBox2 = New CheckBox(20, 40, 15, 15, "checkBox2")
        checkBox2.Checked = True
        page.Annotations.Add(checkBox2)

        ' Add readonly checkbox
        Dim checkBox3 = New CheckBox(20, 60, 15, 15, "checkBox3")
        checkBox3.Checked = True
        checkBox3.ReadOnly = True
        page.Annotations.Add(checkBox3)

        ' Draw text labels
        Dim font = New Font(StandardFonts.Times, 12)
        Dim 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 document in default PDF viewer app
        Process.Start("result.pdf")

    End Sub

End Class