eForm Fields Example

This example shows how to change the values of eForm fields. In this example we simply replace each of the fields in a form with the name of that field.

First we create an ABCpdf Doc object and read in our template form.

[C#]
Doc theDoc = new Doc();
theDoc.Read(Server.MapPath("../mypics/form.pdf"));

[Visual Basic]
Dim theDoc As Doc = New Doc()
theDoc.Read(Server.MapPath("../mypics/form.pdf"))

We iterate through each of the top level fields. For each field we set the value of the field to be equal to the value of the name.

[C#]
string[] theNames = theDoc.Form.GetFieldNames();
foreach (string theName in theNames) {
  Field theField = theDoc.Form[theName];
  theField.Value = theField.Name;
}

[Visual Basic]
Dim theNames As String() = theDoc.Form.GetFieldNames()
Dim theName As String
For Each theName In theNames
  Dim theField As Field = theDoc.Form(theName)
  theField.Value = theField.Name
Next

Finally we save.

[C#]
theDoc.Save(Server.MapPath("eformfields.pdf"));

[Visual Basic]
theDoc.Save(Server.MapPath("eformfields.pdf"))

Given the following document.

form.pdf

This is the kind of output you might expect.

eformfields.pdf