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How to add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk in C# using ByteScout Premium Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk in C#

The coding instructions are formulated to help you to try-out the features without the requirement to write your own code. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording and you can use it to add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk with C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do add textfield to pdf form with pdf sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout Premium Suite. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the C# code. Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace TextFields
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how text fields and theirs variations.
    /// </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 simple text field with default properties
            EditBox edit1 = new EditBox(20, 20, 120, 25, "editBox1");
            edit1.Text = "One two three";
            page.Annotations.Add(edit1);
            
            // Add password box
            EditBox edit2 = new EditBox(20, 50, 120, 25, "editBox2");
            edit2.Text = "password";
            edit2.Password = true;
            page.Annotations.Add(edit2);
            
            // Add multiline text field
            EditBox 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 
            EditBox 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 result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}