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Interactive Forms

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Interactive Forms

DynaPDF supports a large set of functions to create and edit form fields incl. predefined actions

and JavaScript actions. This section describes how interactive forms can be created and how

certain features can be used.

Field Appearance

Interactive Form Fields support user defined background, text and border colors, as well as

different border styles. These properties can be set or changed with following functions:

Global properties for new created fields:

• Get/SetBorderStyle()

// Border style

• Get/SetFieldBackColor()

// Background color

• Get/SetFieldBorderColor()

// Border color

• Get/SetColorSpace()

// Color space

• Get/SetFieldTextColor()

// Text color

• Get/SetLineWidth()

// Line width of the border

Functions to change the appearance or format of a field:

• SetFieldBBox()

// Changes the field’s bounding box

• Get/SetFieldBorderStyle()

// Border style

• Get/SetFieldBorderWidth()

// Line width of the border

• Get/SetFieldColor()

// Background, border, or text color

• SetFieldFont()

// Set or change the field font

• SetFieldFontEx()

// Set or change the field font

• SetFieldFontSize()

// Changes the field’s font size

• Get/SetFieldHighlightMode() // Highlight mode

• SetDateTimeFormat()

// Set a date or time format

• SetNumberFormat()

// Set a number format

Global field appearance properties:

• Get/SetNeedAppearance()

// See below

Calc order:

• Get/SetFieldCalcOrder()

// Get or change the calc order

Other:

• DeleteAcroForm()

// Delete the entire AcroForm

• DeleteXFAForm()

// Delete the XFA form of a hybrid form

• DeleteJavaScripts() // Delete global Javascripts and JS Actions

• LoadFDFData()

// Load form data from a FDF file

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