Fill Form W-9 - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Fill Form W-9’
Program.vb
Imports Bytescout.PDF
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to fill PDF form programmatically.
''' </summary>
Class Program
Shared Sub Main()
' Map of form fields and sample values to set
Dim fieldMap As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)()
fieldMap.Add("f1_1[0]", "John J Smith") ' Name
fieldMap.Add("f1_2[0]", "12 Palm st., Hill Valley, CA 12345") ' Business address
' Load PDF form
Dim pdfDocument = New Document("W-9.pdf")
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
' Get first page
Dim page = pdfDocument.Pages(0)
' Get widget by its name and change value
For Each keyValuePair In fieldMap
Dim annotation As Annotation = page.Annotations(keyValuePair.Key)
If TypeOf (annotation) Is CheckBox Then
CType(annotation, CheckBox).Checked = CType(keyValuePair.Value, Boolean)
ElseIf TypeOf (annotation) Is EditBox Then
CType(annotation, EditBox).Text = CType(keyValuePair.Value, String)
End If
Next
' Save modified document
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")
' Cleanup
pdfDocument.Dispose()
' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Dim processStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf")
processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = True
Process.Start(processStartInfo)
End Sub
End Class