PdfTextFormField.InputType Property

Specifies text form field’s input type.

Assembly : DevExpress.Pdf.v25.2.Core.dll

Declaration

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VB.NET

csharp

public PdfTextFieldInputType InputType { get; set; }

Public Property InputType As PdfTextFieldInputType

Property Value

Type	Description
PdfTextFieldInputType

An enumeration value that indicates the input type.

Available values:

Name	Description
PlainText

The field value is a plain text string.

| | RichText |

The field value is a rich text string.

| | Password |

The field value is a password.

| | FileSelect |

The field value is a path to a file.

| | Comb |

The field is divided into equally spaced positions or combs. The PdfTextFormField.MaxLen or PdfTextFormFieldFacade.MaxLength property defines the number of available characters.

Remarks

The code sample below retrieves the text form field by name and changes its properties:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using (PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    pdfDocumentProcessor.LoadDocument("FormDemo.pdf");
    ChangeFormFields(pdfDocumentProcessor);
    pdfDocumentProcessor.SaveDocument("FormDemo.pdf");
    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("FormDemo.pdf")
       { UseShellExecute = true });
}

  private static void ChangeFormFields(PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor)
  {
      PdfInteractiveForm acroForm = pdfDocumentProcessor.Document.AcroForm;

      //Change text field properties:
      PdfTextFormField addressFormField = (PdfTextFormField)acroForm.GetFormField("Address");
      addressFormField.Multiline = false;
      addressFormField.InputType = PdfTextFieldInputType.PlainText;
  }

Using pdfDocumentProcessor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  pdfDocumentProcessor.LoadDocument("FormDemo.pdf")
  ChangeFormFields(pdfDocumentProcessor)
  pdfDocumentProcessor.SaveDocument("FormDemo.pdf")
  Process.Start(New ProcessStartInfo("FormDemo.pdf") With {.UseShellExecute = True})
End Using

  private static void ChangeFormFields(PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor)
    Dim acroForm As PdfInteractiveForm = pdfDocumentProcessor.Document.AcroForm

    'Change text field properties:
    Dim addressFormField As PdfTextFormField = CType(acroForm.GetFormField("Address"), PdfTextFormField)
    addressFormField.Multiline = False
    addressFormField.InputType = PdfTextFieldInputType.PlainText

    End Sub