ByteScout PDF Suite – VB.NET – Create combobox in pdf form with pdf sdk

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How to create combobox in pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to create combobox in pdf form with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. Want to create combobox in pdf form with pdf sdk in your VB.NET app? ByteScout PDF Suite is designed for it. 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.

The following code snippet for ByteScout PDF Suite works best when you need to quickly create combobox in pdf form with pdf sdk in your VB.NET application. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. 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 to create and decorate comboboxes.
''' </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 dropdown box (not editable combobox)
        Dim comboBox1 = New ComboBox(20, 20, 150, 25, "comboBox1")
        comboBox1.Font.Size = 12
        comboBox1.BorderColor = New ColorRGB(0, 0, 128)
        comboBox1.BackgroundColor = New ColorRGB(220, 220, 255)
        comboBox1.BorderWidth = 2
        comboBox1.Text = "Select item"
        comboBox1.Items.Add("Item 1")
        comboBox1.Items.Add("Item 2")
        comboBox1.Items.Add("Item 3")
        page.Annotations.Add(comboBox1)

        ' Add editable combobox
        Dim comboBox2 = New ComboBox(20, 50, 150, 25, "comboBox2")
        comboBox2.Editable = True
        comboBox2.Font.Size = 12
        comboBox2.BorderColor = New ColorRGB(0, 128, 0)
        comboBox2.BackgroundColor = New ColorRGB(220, 255, 220)
        comboBox1.BorderWidth = 2
        comboBox2.Text = "Editable ComboBox"
        comboBox2.Items.Add("Item 1")
        comboBox2.Items.Add("Item 2")
        comboBox2.Items.Add("Item 3")
        page.Annotations.Add(comboBox2)

        ' 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