Interactive Forms

An interactive form—sometimes referred to as an AcroForm—is a collection of fields for gathering information interactively from the user. A PDF document may contain any number of fields, appearing on any combination of pages, all of which make up a single, global interactive form spanning the entire document.

Field Types

Interactive forms support the following field types:

Button fields represents, interactive controls on the screen, a user can manipulate with the mouse. They include push buttons, check boxes, and radio buttons.
Text fields are boxes or spaces in which the user can enter text from the keyboard.
Choice fields contain several text items; only one value may be selected at a time.They include scrollable list boxes and combo boxes.

Button Form Field

This example shows how to create a Button and add it to the page.

[ASP - VBScript]
Dim MyButton
Set MyButton = MyPage.AddButton( "Button Name", 50, 50, 100, 50 )
MyButton.SetJavaScriptAction "app.alert('Hello');"
MyButton.BackgroundColor = "AliceBlue"
MyButton.Behavior = DPDF_Behavior_Push
MyButton.BorderColor = "BlueViolet"
MyButton.BorderStyle = DPDF_BorderStyle_Beveled
MyButton.Label = "Push"
MyButton.TextColor = DarkGreen
MyButton.ToolTip = "Click"

Check Box Form Field

This example shows how to create an Check Box and add it to the page.

[ASP - VBScript]
Dim MyCheckBox
Set MyCheckBox = MyPage.AddCheckBox( "Check Box Name", 5, 7, 50, 50 )
MyCheckBox.Symbol = DPDF_Symbol_Check
MyCheckBox.ToolTip = "Check it"

Combo Box Form Field

This example shows how to create a Combo Box and add it to the page.

[ASP - VBScript]
Dim MyComboBox
Set MyComboBox = MyPage.AddComboBox( "Combo Box Name", 50, 75, 150, 25 )
MyComboBox.AddItem("One")
MyComboBox.AddItem("Two")
MyComboBox.AddItem("Three")
MyComboBox.BackgroundColor = "AliceBlue"
MyComboBox.BorderColor = "DarkMagenta"
MyComboBox.DefaultChoice = "One"
MyComboBox.Editable = true
MyComboBox.ToolTip = "Select"

List Box Form Field

This example shows how to create a List Box and add it to the page.

[ASP - VBScript]
Dim MyListBox
Set MyListBox = MyPage.AddListBox( "List Box Name", 5, 2, 100, 150 )
MyListBox.AddItem("One")
MyListBox.AddItem("Two")
MyListBox.AddItem("Three")
MyListBox.BackgroundColor = "AliceBlue"
MyListBox.BorderColor = "DarkMagenta"
MyListBox.BorderStyle = DPDF_BorderStyle_Dashed
MyListBox.DefaultChoice = "One"
MyListBox.Multiselect = true
MyListBox.ToolTip = "Select"

Radio Button Form Field

This example shows how to create a Radio Button and add it to the page.

[ASP - VBScript]
Dim MyRadio1
Set MyRadio1 = MyPage.AddRadioButton( "Radio Button Name", 50, 25, 100, 75 )
MyRadio1.DefaultChecked = true
MyRadio1.ExportValue = "abc"
MyRadio1.ToolTip = "First"
Dim MyRadio2
Set MyRadio2 = MyPage.AddRadioButton( "Radio Button Name", 50, 140, 100, 75 )
MyRadio2.ExportValue = "def"
MyRadio2.ToolTip = "Second"
Dim MyRadio3
Set MyRadio3 = MyPage.AddRadioButton( "Radio Button Name",  50, 250, 100, 75 )
MyRadio3.ExportValue = "ghi"
MyRadio3.ToolTip = "Third"

Text Form Field

This example shows how to create a Text Field and add it to the page.

[ASP - VBScript]
Dim MyTextField
Set MyTextField = MyPage.AddTextField ("Text Field Name", 50, 75, 150, 100)
MyTextField.TextAlign = DPDF_Align_Center
MyTextField.BackgroundColor = "AliceBlue"
MyTextField.BorderColor = "DeepPink"
MyTextField.TextColor = "Brown"
MyTextField2.DefaultValue = "ceTe Software"
MyTextField2.MultiLine = true
MyTextField2.ToolTip = "Text"