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How to submit or reset form using ByteScout PDF SDK

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The example demonstrates how to submit or reset form using ByteScout PDF SDK.

Program.vb:

VB

'*******************************************************************
'       ByteScout PDF SDK
'                                                                   
'       Copyright © 2016 Bytescout, https://bytescout.com        
'       ALL RIGHTS RESERVED                                         
'                                                                   
'*******************************************************************

Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to submit or reset form.
''' </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)

        ' Create sample form
        Dim font = New Font(StandardFonts.Times, 14)
        Dim brush = New SolidBrush()
        ' EditBox
        Dim editBox = New EditBox(20, 20, 100, 25, "editBox1")
        editBox.Text = "editBox1"
        page.Annotations.Add(editBox)
        ' CheckBox
        Dim checkBox = New CheckBox(20, 60, 15, 15, "checkBox1")
        page.Annotations.Add(checkBox)
        page.Canvas.DrawString("CheckBox", font, brush, 45, 60)

        ' Add Submit button
        Dim submitButton = New PushButton(20, 120, 80, 25, "buttonSubmit")
        submitButton.Caption = "Submit"
        page.Annotations.Add(submitButton)
        ' Add action
        Dim submitAction = New SubmitFormAction(New Uri("http://login.live.com"))
        submitAction.SubmitFormat = SubmitDataFormat.HTML
        submitAction.SubmitMethod = SubmitMethod.Get
        submitAction.Fields.Add(editBox)
        submitAction.Fields.Add(checkBox)
        submitButton.OnActivated = submitAction

        ' Add Reset button
        Dim resetButton = New PushButton(120, 120, 80, 25, "butonReset")
        resetButton.Caption = "Reset"
        page.Annotations.Add(resetButton)
        ' Add action
        Dim resetAction = New ResetFormAction()
        resetAction.Fields.Add(editBox)
        resetAction.Fields.Add(checkBox)
        resetButton.OnActivated = resetAction

        ' 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 

Program.cs:

C#

//*******************************************************************
//       ByteScout PDF SDK		                                     
//                                                                   
//       Copyright © 2016 ByteScout - https://bytescout.com       
//       ALL RIGHTS RESERVED                                         
//                                                                   
//*******************************************************************

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace SubmitFormActionExample
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This example demonstrates how to submit or reset form.
	/// </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);

			// Create sample form

			Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 14);
			Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
			// EditBox
			EditBox editBox = new EditBox(20, 20, 100, 25, "editBox1");
			editBox.Text = "editBox1";
			page.Annotations.Add(editBox);
			// CheckBox
			CheckBox checkBox = new CheckBox(20, 60, 15, 15, "checkBox1");
			page.Annotations.Add(checkBox);
			page.Canvas.DrawString("CheckBox", font, brush, 45, 60);

			// Add Submit button
			PushButton submitButton = new PushButton(20, 120, 80, 25, "buttonSubmit");
			submitButton.Caption = "Submit";
			page.Annotations.Add(submitButton);
			// Add action
			SubmitFormAction submitAction = new SubmitFormAction(new Uri("http://login.live.com"));
			submitAction.SubmitFormat = SubmitDataFormat.HTML;
			submitAction.SubmitMethod = SubmitMethod.Get;
			submitAction.Fields.Add(editBox);
			submitAction.Fields.Add(checkBox);
			submitButton.OnActivated = submitAction;

			// Add Reset button
			PushButton resetButton = new PushButton(120, 120, 80, 25, "butonReset");
			resetButton.Caption = "Reset";
			page.Annotations.Add(resetButton);
			// Add action
			ResetFormAction resetAction = new ResetFormAction();
			resetAction.Fields.Add(editBox);
			resetAction.Fields.Add(checkBox);
			resetButton.OnActivated = resetAction;
			
			// Save document to file
			pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

			// Cleanup 
			pdfDocument.Dispose();

			// Open document in default PDF viewer app
			Process.Start("result.pdf");
		}
	}
}

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