Read Form Values from PDF Form - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Read Form Values from PDF Form’
Program.vb
Imports Bytescout.PDF
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to get PDF form values programmatically.
''' </summary>
Class Program
Shared Sub Main()
' Load PDF form
Dim pdfDocument = New Document("form.pdf")
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
Dim page = pdfDocument.Pages(0)
' Get widget by its name and get value
Dim box1 = DirectCast(page.Annotations("editBox1"), EditBox).Text
Dim box2 = DirectCast(page.Annotations("editBox2"), EditBox).Text
Dim checkBox1 = DirectCast(page.Annotations("checkBox1"), CheckBox).Checked
' Cleanup
pdfDocument.Dispose()
' Writing values to console
Console.WriteLine("Form values are as follows:")
Console.WriteLine(box1)
Console.WriteLine(box2)
Console.WriteLine(checkBox1)
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit....")
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Class