Read Word form controls in C# and VB.NET

Name: GemBox.Document
Author: GemBox Ltd.

The following example shows how you can read text, checkbox, and drop-down form fields data using the GemBox.Document library.

using GemBox.Document;
using System;

// If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");

var document = DocumentModel.Load("FormFilled.docx");

// Get a snapshot of all form fields in the document.
FormFieldDataCollection formFieldsData = document.Content.FormFieldsData;

Console.WriteLine($" {"Field type",-20} | {"Name",-20} | {"Value",-20} | {"Value type",-20} ");
Console.WriteLine(new string('-', 88));

// Read type, name, value and value type of each form field in the document.
foreach (FormFieldData formFieldData in formFieldsData)
{
    Type fieldType = formFieldData.GetType();
    string fieldName = formFieldData.Name;
    object fieldValue = formFieldData.Value;
    Type valueType = fieldValue.GetType();

    Console.WriteLine($" {fieldType.Name,-20} | {fieldName,-20} | {fieldValue,-20} | {valueType.FullName,-20} ");
}

Imports GemBox.Document
Imports System

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")

        Dim document = DocumentModel.Load("FormFilled.docx")

        ' Get a snapshot of all form fields in the document.
        Dim formFieldsData As FormFieldDataCollection = document.Content.FormFieldsData

        Console.WriteLine($" {"Field type",-20} | {"Name",-20} | {"Value",-20} | {"Value type",-20} ")
        Console.WriteLine(New String("-"c, 88))

        ' Read type, name, value and value type of each form field in the document.
        For Each formFieldData As FormFieldData In formFieldsData

            Dim fieldType As Type = formFieldData.GetType()
            Dim fieldName As String = formFieldData.Name
            Dim fieldValue As Object = formFieldData.Value
            Dim valueType As Type = fieldValue.GetType()

            Console.WriteLine($" {fieldType.Name,-20} | {fieldName,-20} | {fieldValue,-20} | {valueType.FullName,-20} ")

        Next

    End Sub
End Module

Reading a Word document's text, checkbox and drop-down form fields in C# and VB.NET — Screenshot of read form values from a Word file

For convenience, GemBox.Document provides form values as objects of different types. The value type depends on the type of the field and, in the case of a FormText field, on the value of FormTextData.TextType. You can read more about this in the FormFieldData.Value remarks.

Read Word form controls in C# and VB.NET

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