ByteScout Premium Suite – VB.NET – 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 VB.NET and ByteScout Premium Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET

The coding instructions are formulated to help you to try-out the features without the requirement to write your own code. ByteScout Premium Suite: the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do read form values from pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Premium 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 get PDF form values programmatically.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Load PDF form
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document("form.pdf")
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        Dim page = pdfDocument.Pages(0)

        ' Get widget by its name and get value
        Dim box1 = DirectCast(page.Annotations("editBox1"), EditBox).Text
        Dim box2 = DirectCast(page.Annotations("editBox2"), EditBox).Text
        Dim checkBox1 = DirectCast(page.Annotations("checkBox1"), CheckBox).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()

    End Sub

End Class