VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK 15.2: Documentation for .NET developer
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PDF: Add a list box field to the PDF interactive form
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Here is C#/VB.NET code that demonstrates how to create a list box field and add it to an interactive form of PDF document:
class PdfInteractiveFormListBoxFieldExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a PDF document with the list box field.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
    public static void CreateDocumentWithListBoxField(string filename)
    {
        // create PDF document
        using (Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument document = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument())
        {
            // create interactive form in PDF document
            document.InteractiveForm = 
                new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.InteractiveForms.PdfDocumentInteractiveForm(document);

            // specify that the viewer application must construct appearance streams and
            // appearance properties for all widget annotations
            document.InteractiveForm.NeedAppearances = true;

            // create an empty page
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.PdfPage page = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.PdfPage(
                document, Vintasoft.Imaging.PaperSizeKind.A4);
            // add page to the document
            document.Pages.Add(page);

            float width = 60;
            float height = 70;
            // create a rectangle that defines list box position on PDF page
            System.Drawing.RectangleF rect = new System.Drawing.RectangleF(
                (page.Size.Width - width) / 2,
                ((page.Size.Height - height) / 3) * 2,
                width, height);

            // create a list box field
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.InteractiveForms.PdfInteractiveFormListBoxField listBox = 
                new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.InteractiveForms.PdfInteractiveFormListBoxField(
                    document, "ListBox1", rect, new string[] { "Item1", "Item2", "Item3" });
            // set the selected item
            listBox.SelectedItem = "Item2";
            // set yje default selected item
            listBox.DefaultSelectedItem = listBox.SelectedItem;
            
            // set the border style
            listBox.Annotation.BorderStyle = 
                new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationBorderStyle(document);
            listBox.Annotation.BorderStyle.Style = 
                Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationBorderStyleType.Beveled;
            listBox.Annotation.BorderStyle.Width = 1;
            
            // set the appearance characteristics
            listBox.Annotation.AppearanceCharacteristics = 
                new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationAppearanceCharacteristics(document);
            listBox.Annotation.AppearanceCharacteristics.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Gray;

            // set the default appearance of text
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Fonts.PdfFont font = document.FontManager.GetStandardFont(
                Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Fonts.PdfStandardFontType.TimesRoman);
            listBox.SetTextDefaultAppearance(font, 12, System.Drawing.Color.Black);

            // add the list box field to the interactive form of document
            document.InteractiveForm.Fields.Add(listBox);

            // add annotation, associated with list box field, to the page
            page.Annotations = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationList(document);
            page.Annotations.Add(listBox.Annotation);

            // save the document
            document.Save(filename);
        }
    }
}
Class PdfInteractiveFormListBoxFieldExample
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Creates a PDF document with the list box field.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
    Public Shared Sub CreateDocumentWithListBoxField(filename As String)
        ' create PDF document
        Using document As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument()
            ' create interactive form in PDF document
            document.InteractiveForm = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.InteractiveForms.PdfDocumentInteractiveForm(document)

            ' specify that the viewer application must construct appearance streams and
            ' appearance properties for all widget annotations
            document.InteractiveForm.NeedAppearances = True

            ' create an empty page
            Dim page As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.PdfPage(document, Vintasoft.Imaging.PaperSizeKind.A4)
            ' add page to the document
            document.Pages.Add(page)

            Dim width As Single = 60
            Dim height As Single = 70
            ' create a rectangle that defines list box position on PDF page
            Dim rect As New System.Drawing.RectangleF((page.Size.Width - width) / 2, ((page.Size.Height - height) / 3) * 2, width, height)

            ' create a list box field
            Dim listBox As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.InteractiveForms.PdfInteractiveFormListBoxField(document, "ListBox1", rect, New String() {"Item1", "Item2", "Item3"})
            ' set the selected item
            listBox.SelectedItem = "Item2"
            ' set yje default selected item
            listBox.DefaultSelectedItem = listBox.SelectedItem

            ' set the border style
            listBox.Annotation.BorderStyle = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationBorderStyle(document)
            listBox.Annotation.BorderStyle.Style = Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationBorderStyleType.Beveled
            listBox.Annotation.BorderStyle.Width = 1

            ' set the appearance characteristics
            listBox.Annotation.AppearanceCharacteristics = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationAppearanceCharacteristics(document)
            listBox.Annotation.AppearanceCharacteristics.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Gray

            ' set the default appearance of text
            Dim font As Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Fonts.PdfFont = document.FontManager.GetStandardFont(Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Fonts.PdfStandardFontType.TimesRoman)
            listBox.SetTextDefaultAppearance(font, 12, System.Drawing.Color.Black)

            ' add the list box field to the interactive form of document
            document.InteractiveForm.Fields.Add(listBox)

            ' add annotation, associated with list box field, to the page
            page.Annotations = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.Annotations.PdfAnnotationList(document)
            page.Annotations.Add(listBox.Annotation)

            ' save the document
            document.Save(filename)
        End Using
    End Sub
End Class