Get, create or edit PDF interactive from actions in C# and VB.NET

GemBox.Pdf supports creating, removing and editing interactive form field actions.

Interactive form actions are represented by the following classes in GemBox.Pdf: PdfSubmitFormAction, PdfResetFormAction and PdfImportFormDataAction.

The following example demonstrates how to add submit form and reset form actions to button fields.

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C#
VB.NET

using GemBox.Pdf;
using GemBox.Pdf.Forms;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");

        using (var document = PdfDocument.Load("%InputFileName%"))
        {
            // Get a button field.
            var submitButtonField = (PdfButtonField)document.Form.Fields["Submit"];

            // Create "submit form" field action.
            var submitFormAction = submitButtonField.Actions.AddSubmitForm("https://www.gemboxsoftware.com/");
            // Set XFDF (XML Forms Data Format) as form data export format.
            submitFormAction.ExportFormat = PdfFormDataFormat.XFDF;
            // Submit all form fields.
            submitFormAction.SelectedFields.All = true;

            // Get a button field.
            var resetButtonField = (PdfButtonField)document.Form.Fields["Reset"];

            // Create "reset form" field action.
            var resetFormAction = resetButtonField.Actions.AddResetForm();
            // Reset "Gender" and "Age" fields.
            resetFormAction.SelectedFields.Excluded = false;
            resetFormAction.SelectedFields.Add("Gender");
            resetFormAction.SelectedFields.Add("Age");

            document.Save("Form Actions.pdf");
        }
    }
}

Imports GemBox.Pdf
Imports GemBox.Pdf.Forms

Module Program

    Sub Main()

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

        Using document = PdfDocument.Load("%InputFileName%")

            ' Get a button field.
            Dim submitButtonField = CType(document.Form.Fields("Submit"), PdfButtonField)

            ' Create "submit form" field action.
            Dim submitFormAction = submitButtonField.Actions.AddSubmitForm("https://www.gemboxsoftware.com/")
            ' Set XFDF (XML Forms Data Format) as form data export format.
            submitFormAction.ExportFormat = PdfFormDataFormat.XFDF
            ' Submit all form fields.
            submitFormAction.SelectedFields.All = True

            ' Get a button field.
            Dim resetButtonField = CType(document.Form.Fields("Reset"), PdfButtonField)

            ' Create "reset form" field action.
            Dim resetFormAction = resetButtonField.Actions.AddResetForm()
            ' Reset "Gender" and "Age" fields.
            resetFormAction.SelectedFields.Excluded = False
            resetFormAction.SelectedFields.Add("Gender")
            resetFormAction.SelectedFields.Add("Age")

            document.Save("Form Actions.pdf")
        End Using
    End Sub
End Module

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