VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK 12.3: Documentation for .NET developer
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    PDF: View interactive fields of PDF document in WPF
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    The fields of interactive form can be displayed on PDF page in WPF image viewer using visual tool - WpfPdfAnnotationTool.


    The visual appearance of interactive field is defined by PdfWidgetAnnotation class, an instance of which can be obtained using PdfInteractiveFormField.Annotation property. For each type of interactive field is implemented the type of annotation, which defines how the interactive field is displayed and how the user can interact with the interactive field:

    The WpfPdfAnnotationTool class allows to display the interactive fields in two modes: None and View.

    In None mode the WpfPdfAnnotationTool class:

    In View mode the WpfPdfAnnotationTool class:

    Here is an example that demonstrates how to display interactive fields of PDF file in WPF image viewer:
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates the PDF annotation tool.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="viewer">The image viewer.</param>
    public static Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool CreatePdfAnnotationTool(
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Wpf.UI.WpfImageViewer viewer)
    {
        // create PdfAnnotationTool
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool pdfAnnotationTool = 
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool(true);
        pdfAnnotationTool.InteractionMode = Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationInteractionMode.Markup;
    
        // create an application action executor
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionCompositeExecutor applicationActionExecutor = 
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionCompositeExecutor();
        // add executor for PdfGotoAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfGotoActionExecutor(viewer));
        // add executor for PdfNamedAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfNamedActionExecutor(viewer));
        // add executor for PdfResetFormAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolResetFormActionExecutor(pdfAnnotationTool));
        // add executor for PdfAnnotationHideAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolAnnotationHideActionExecutor(pdfAnnotationTool));
        // add executor for PdfUriAction to the application action executor,
        // executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        //applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfUriActionExecutor());
        // add executor for PdfLaunchAction to the application action executor,
        // executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        //applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfLaunchActionExecutor());
        // add executor for PdfSubmitFormAction to the application action executor,
        // executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        //applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfSubmitActionExecutor(viewer));
        // add the default executor (for PdfResetFormAction and PdfAnnotationHideAction)
        // to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionExecutor());
    
        // set the application action executor as action executor of PDF annotation tool
        pdfAnnotationTool.ActionExecutor = applicationActionExecutor;
    
        return pdfAnnotationTool;
    }
    
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Creates the PDF annotation tool.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="viewer">The image viewer.</param>
    Public Shared Function CreatePdfAnnotationTool(viewer As Vintasoft.Imaging.Wpf.UI.WpfImageViewer) As Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool
        ' create PdfAnnotationTool
        Dim pdfAnnotationTool As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool(True)
        pdfAnnotationTool.InteractionMode = Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationInteractionMode.Markup
    
        ' create an application action executor
        Dim applicationActionExecutor As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionCompositeExecutor()
        ' add executor for PdfGotoAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfGotoActionExecutor(viewer))
        ' add executor for PdfNamedAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfNamedActionExecutor(viewer))
        ' add executor for PdfResetFormAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolResetFormActionExecutor(pdfAnnotationTool))
        ' add executor for PdfAnnotationHideAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolAnnotationHideActionExecutor(pdfAnnotationTool))
        ' add executor for PdfUriAction to the application action executor,
        ' executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        'applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfUriActionExecutor());
        ' add executor for PdfLaunchAction to the application action executor,
        ' executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        'applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfLaunchActionExecutor());
        ' add executor for PdfSubmitFormAction to the application action executor,
        ' executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        'applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfSubmitActionExecutor(viewer));
        ' add the default executor (for PdfResetFormAction and PdfAnnotationHideAction)
        ' to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionExecutor())
    
        ' set the application action executor as action executor of PDF annotation tool
        pdfAnnotationTool.ActionExecutor = applicationActionExecutor
    
        Return pdfAnnotationTool
    End Function
    


    The WpfPdfAnnotationTool class has the WpfPdfAnnotationTool.ActionExecutor property, which is used for executing the PDF actions when the interactive field events are triggered. By default the WpfPdfAnnotationTool.ActionExecutor property represents a composite action executor, which can execute different types of actions. For example, the PdfJavaScriptActionExecutor class executes PDF JavaScript action, i.e. executes JavaScript code using JavaScript interpreter.

    Here is an example that demonstrates how to display interactive fields of PDF file in WPF image viewer with enabled JavaScript:
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates the PDF annotation tool with JavaScript support.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="viewer">The image viewer.</param>
    public static Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool CreatePdfAnnotationToolWithJavaScriptSupport(
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Wpf.UI.WpfImageViewer viewer)
    {
        // create PDF JavaScript application
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.JavaScript.WpfPdfJsApp jsApp = 
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.JavaScript.WpfPdfJsApp();
        // add PDF documents, which are associated with images in viewer,
        // to the document set of PDF JavaScript application
        jsApp.RegisterImageViewer(viewer);
        // create PdfJavaScriptActionExecutor for PDF JavaScript application
        jsApp.ActionExecutor = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.JavaScript.PdfJavaScriptActionExecutor(
            jsApp, new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.JavaScriptApi.PdfJsConsole());
    
        // create PdfAnnotationTool
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool annotationTool = 
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool(jsApp, true);
        annotationTool.InteractionMode = Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationInteractionMode.Markup;
    
        // create an application action executor
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionCompositeExecutor applicationActionExecutor = 
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionCompositeExecutor();
        // add executor for PdfJavaScriptAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(jsApp.ActionExecutor);
        // add executor for PdfGotoAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfGotoActionExecutor(viewer));
        // add executor for PdfNamedAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfNamedActionExecutor(viewer));
        // add executor for PdfResetFormAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolResetFormActionExecutor(annotationTool));
        // add executor for PdfAnnotationHideAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolAnnotationHideActionExecutor(annotationTool));
        // add executor for PdfUriAction to the application action executor,
        // executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        //applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfUriActionExecutor());
        // add executor for PdfLaunchAction to the application action executor,
        // executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        //applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfLaunchActionExecutor());
        // add executor for PdfSubmitFormAction to the application action executor,
        // executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        //applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfSubmitActionExecutor(viewer));
        // add the default executor (for PdfResetFormAction and PdfAnnotationHideAction)
        // to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionExecutor());
    
        // set the application action executor as action executor of PDF annotation tool
        annotationTool.ActionExecutor = applicationActionExecutor;
    
        // create a document-level actions executor
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocumentLevelActionsExecutor documentLevelActionsExecutor =
           new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocumentLevelActionsExecutor(jsApp);
        // set the application action executor as action executor of the document-level actions executor
        documentLevelActionsExecutor.ActionExecutor = applicationActionExecutor;
    
        return annotationTool;
    }
    
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Creates the PDF annotation tool with JavaScript support.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="viewer">The image viewer.</param>
    Public Shared Function CreatePdfAnnotationToolWithJavaScriptSupport(viewer As Vintasoft.Imaging.Wpf.UI.WpfImageViewer) As Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool
        ' create PDF JavaScript application
        Dim jsApp As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.JavaScript.WpfPdfJsApp()
        ' add PDF documents, which are associated with images in viewer,
        ' to the document set of PDF JavaScript application
        jsApp.RegisterImageViewer(viewer)
        ' create PdfJavaScriptActionExecutor for PDF JavaScript application
        jsApp.ActionExecutor = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.JavaScript.PdfJavaScriptActionExecutor(jsApp, New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.JavaScriptApi.PdfJsConsole())
    
        ' create PdfAnnotationTool
        Dim annotationTool As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationTool(jsApp, True)
        annotationTool.InteractionMode = Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationInteractionMode.Markup
    
        ' create an application action executor
        Dim applicationActionExecutor As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionCompositeExecutor()
        ' add executor for PdfJavaScriptAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(jsApp.ActionExecutor)
        ' add executor for PdfGotoAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfGotoActionExecutor(viewer))
        ' add executor for PdfNamedAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.WpfPdfNamedActionExecutor(viewer))
        ' add executor for PdfResetFormAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolResetFormActionExecutor(annotationTool))
        ' add executor for PdfAnnotationHideAction to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Wpf.UI.Annotations.WpfPdfAnnotationToolAnnotationHideActionExecutor(annotationTool))
        ' add executor for PdfUriAction to the application action executor,
        ' executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        'applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfUriActionExecutor());
        ' add executor for PdfLaunchAction to the application action executor,
        ' executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        'applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfLaunchActionExecutor());
        ' add executor for PdfSubmitFormAction to the application action executor,
        ' executor is located in WpfPdfDemosCommonCode
        'applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(new PdfSubmitActionExecutor(viewer));
        ' add the default executor (for PdfResetFormAction and PdfAnnotationHideAction)
        ' to the application action executor
        applicationActionExecutor.Items.Add(New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfActionExecutor())
    
        ' set the application action executor as action executor of PDF annotation tool
        annotationTool.ActionExecutor = applicationActionExecutor
    
        ' create a document-level actions executor
        Dim documentLevelActionsExecutor As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocumentLevelActionsExecutor(jsApp)
        ' set the application action executor as action executor of the document-level actions executor
        documentLevelActionsExecutor.ActionExecutor = applicationActionExecutor
    
        Return annotationTool
    End Function
    


    The information on how to edit the interactive fields of PDF document in WPF image viewer is available here: "Editing interactive fields of PDF document in WPF".