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How to create checkbox control in PDF document using Bytescout.PDF library for .NET
Adding a text labels wih page numbers to each page of PDF document
This example demonstrates how to add checkbox control into PDF using Bytescout.PDF library
(See also: how to create PDF form and how to fill PDF form tutorials )
Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_checkbox.zip (4 KB)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Bytescout.PDF;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace HelloWorld
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create main PDF Doc Engine
PDFDocEngine engine = new PDFDocEngine("", "");
// Add new document
Document document = engine.AddDocument();
// Append new page to the document
Page page = document.AddPage(PageSizeType.A3, PageOrientationType.LandScape);
// Create new drawing
Drawing drawing = page.AddDrawing();
// Add standard font
uint font = document.AddFontStandard(StandardFontType.TimesRoman, FontEncodingType.WinAnsi);
// Set font size
double fontSize = 30;
// Set Active Font
drawing.SetActiveFont(font, fontSize, false, false);
// Set text position
double textX = 500.0f;
double textY = 280.0f;
// Draw Text
drawing.PlaceText(textX, textY, 0, "CheckBox");
// Set font size
fontSize = 15;
// Set Active Font
drawing.SetActiveFont(font, fontSize, false, false);
// Create new bounding rectangle
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle();
// Set position and size
rect.Left = 500;
rect.Bottom = 500;
rect.Top = 520;
rect.Right = 530;
// Create new check box
AcroCheckBox checkBox1 = new AcroCheckBox(page, rect, "CheckBox1", true);
// Set caption
checkBox1.Caption = "CheckBox1";
// Set style
checkBox1.SetCheckboxStyle(CheckBoxMarkStyleType.Vmark, CheckBoxStyleType.CircleBox);
// Draw text
drawing.PlaceText(535.0f, 330.0f, 0, "CheckBox1");
// Closing drawing on the page
drawing.Close();
// Save document
document.Save("CheckBox.pdf");
// open generated PDF document in default PDF viewer installed in Windows
Process.Start("CheckBox.pdf");
}
}
}
Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_checkbox.zip (4 KB)
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PDF SDK for .NET
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