Class PdfButtonField

Represents button field in the PDF form.

Inheritance
System.Object
PdfField
PdfStyledField
PdfAppearanceField
PdfButtonField
Implements
System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.ToString()
Namespace: Syncfusion.Pdf.Interactive
Assembly: Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll
Syntax
public class PdfButtonField : PdfAppearanceField, IPdfWrapper, INotifyPropertyChanged
Remarks

This PdfButtonField class is used to add the button field to the PDF form. Please refer the UG docuemntation link https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-forms#adding-the-button-field for more details.

Examples
//Create a new PDf document
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Creates a new page and adds it as the last page of the document
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f);
PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes.Black;
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
// Creating action
PdfSubmitAction submitAction = new PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php");
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html;
//Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
PdfButtonField submitButton = new PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton");
submitButton.Bounds = new RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20);
submitButton.Font = font;
submitButton.Text = "Submit";
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction;
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton);
document.Save("Form.pdf");
document.Close(true);
'Create a new PDf document
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a page
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f)
Dim brush As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
' Creating action
Dim submitAction As PdfSubmitAction = New PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php")
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html
'Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
Dim submitButton As PdfButtonField = New PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton")
submitButton.Bounds = New RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20)
submitButton.Font = font
submitButton.Text = "Submit"
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton)
document.Save("Form.pdf")
document.Close(True)

Constructors

PdfButtonField(PdfPageBase, String)

Initializes a new instance of the PdfButtonField class with the specific page and name.

Declaration
public PdfButtonField(PdfPageBase page, string name)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PdfPageBase page

The page where the fields should be placed.
System.String name

The name of the button.
Examples
//Create a new PDf document
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Creates a new page and adds it as the last page of the document
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f);
PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes.Black;
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
// Creating action
PdfSubmitAction submitAction = new PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php");
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html;
//Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
PdfButtonField submitButton = new PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton");
submitButton.Bounds = new RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20);
submitButton.Font = font;
submitButton.Text = "Submit";
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction;
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton);
document.Save("Form.pdf");
document.Close(true);
'Create a new PDf document
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a page
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f)
Dim brush As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
' Creating action
Dim submitAction As PdfSubmitAction = New PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php")
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html
'Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
Dim submitButton As PdfButtonField = New PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton")
submitButton.Bounds = New RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20)
submitButton.Font = font
submitButton.Text = "Submit"
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton)
document.Save("Form.pdf")
document.Close(True)
See Also

Properties

ComplexScript

Gets or sets the complex script language support.

Declaration
public bool ComplexScript { get; set; }
Property Value
Type
System.Boolean
Examples
//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a new PDF page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create font.
Font font = new Font("Tahoma", 10f);
//Create a new PDF font instance.
PdfFont pdfFont = new PdfTrueTypeFont(font, FontStyle.Regular, 10f, true, true);
//Create a new button field.
PdfButtonField buttonField = new PdfButtonField(page, "Click");
//Set bounds
buttonField.Bounds = new RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 20);
//Set font.
buttonField.Font = pdfFont;
//Set text.
buttonField.Text = "เสนอ";
//Enable complex script.
buttonField.ComplexScript = true;
//Add field to form.
document.Form.Fields.Add(buttonField);
document.Form.SetDefaultAppearance(false);
//Save the document.
document.Save("output.pdf");
//Close the document.
document.Close(true);
'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a new PDF page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create font.
Dim font As New Font("Tahoma", 10F)
'Create a new PDF font instance.
Dim pdfFont As PdfFont = New PdfTrueTypeFont(font, FontStyle.Regular, 10F, True, True)
'Create a new button field.
Dim buttonField As New PdfButtonField(page, "Click")
'Set bounds
buttonField.Bounds = New RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 20)
'Set font.
buttonField.Font = pdfFont
'Set text.
buttonField.Text = "เสนอ"
'Enable complex script.
buttonField.ComplexScript = True
'Add field to form.
document.Form.Fields.Add(buttonField)
document.Form.SetDefaultAppearance(False)
'Save the document.
document.Save("output.pdf")
'Close the document.
document.Close(True)

Text

Gets or sets the caption text.

Declaration
public string Text { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

The caption text.
Examples
//Create a new PDf document
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Creates a new page and adds it as the last page of the document
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f);
PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes.Black;
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
// Creating action
PdfSubmitAction submitAction = new PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php");
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html;
//Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
PdfButtonField submitButton = new PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton");
submitButton.Bounds = new RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20);
submitButton.Font = font;
submitButton.Text = "Submit";
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction;
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton);
document.Save("Form.pdf");
document.Close(true);
'Create a new PDf document
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a page
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f)
Dim brush As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
' Creating action
Dim submitAction As PdfSubmitAction = New PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php")
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html
'Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
Dim submitButton As PdfButtonField = New PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton")
submitButton.Bounds = New RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20)
submitButton.Font = font
submitButton.Text = "Submit"
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton)
document.Save("Form.pdf")
document.Close(True)
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Methods

AddPrintAction()

Adds Print action to current button field. Clicking on the specified button will trigger the Print Dialog Box.

Declaration
public void AddPrintAction()
Examples
//Create a new PDf document
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Creates a new page and adds it as the last page of the document
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f);
PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes.Black;
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
// Creating action
PdfSubmitAction submitAction = new PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php");
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html;
//Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
PdfButtonField submitButton = new PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton");
submitButton.Bounds = new RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20);
submitButton.Font = font;
submitButton.Text = "Submit";
// Subscribing print action
submitButton.AddPrintAction();
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction;
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton);
document.Save("Form.pdf");
document.Close(true);
'Create a new PDf document
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a page
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 12f)
Dim brush As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics
' Creating action
Dim submitAction As PdfSubmitAction = New PdfSubmitAction("http://stevex.net/dump.php")
submitAction.DataFormat = SubmitDataFormat.Html
'Create submit button to transfer the values in the form
Dim submitButton As PdfButtonField = New PdfButtonField(page, "submitButton")
submitButton.Bounds = New RectangleF(100, 500, 90, 20)
submitButton.Font = font
submitButton.Text = "Submit"
' Subscribing print action
submitButton.AddPrintAction()
submitButton.Actions.MouseUp = submitAction
document.Form.Fields.Add(submitButton)
document.Save("Form.pdf")
document.Close(True)
See Also

DrawAppearance(PdfTemplate)

Draws the appearance.

Declaration
protected override void DrawAppearance(PdfTemplate template)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PdfTemplate template

The template.
Overrides

DrawPressedAppearance(PdfTemplate)

Draws the pressed appearance.

Declaration
protected void DrawPressedAppearance(PdfTemplate template)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PdfTemplate template

The template.

Initialize()

Initializes an instance.

Declaration
protected override void Initialize()
Overrides

Implements

System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged

See Also