Working with PDF forms in Xamarin Pdf Viewer (SfPdfViewer)
5 May 2021 / 1 minute to read
Xamarin PDF Viewer supports adding/modifying the existing forms fields content present in the PDF document. By default, it detects the form fields present in the PDF document and enables modifying or filling the values.
NOTE
PDF Viewer supports only Acroform. PDF documents with XFA form fields cannot be viewed in PDF Viewer.
How to restrict editing the Acroform field values in the existing PDF document
By setting the EnableFormFilling property of the PdfViewerControl instance to false, you can avoid modifying the values of the form field elements present in the loaded PDF document.
//Does not load the form fields in PDF Viewer
pdfViewerControl.EnableFormFilling = false;NOTE
By default, the EnableFormFilling property is set to true.
How to flatten and save the Acroform fields data
Flattening PDF form is a process of removing the form fields in the PDF document, thereby rendering the form fields appearance and its content in the page graphics. This will avoid the PDF form being edited in any device. PDF Viewer supports flattening the PDF form when saving. You can perform this action by passing the parameter true to the Save method of PDF Viewer.
//Flatten and save the form fields during saving process
pdfViewerControl.SaveDocument(true);Loading PDFs with XFA forms
PDF documents that contain XFA form fields cannot be viewed in PDF Viewer since they can be viewed only in Adobe reader. When a PDF with XFA form is loaded, its original contents may not be rendered as expected.
The value of the IsXFAForm property indicates whether the PDF loaded contains XFA form.
bool pdfContainsXFAForm = pdfViewerControl.IsXFAForm;NOTE
You can also explore our Xamarin.Forms PDF Viewer example to knows the functionalities of each feature.