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Appearance streams for PDF form fields

by Conor | September 17, 2013
A form field must have an appearance stream associated with it in the PDF in order for the form field to be visible when the PDF is viewed or printed. Appearance streams control the appearance of widget annotations and allow them to be presented in visually different ways to reflect user interactions. When creating form […]
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Create PDF form fields programmatically

by Conor | September 17, 2013
Creating PDF forms programmatically is easy with Foxit Quick PDF Library. In the sample code below we show you how to create text, checkbox and radio button form fields. A list of all form field functions available in our PDF SDK can be found in our form field function reference. PDF form fields need appearance […]
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Setup Visual Basic and Visual Studio with the ActiveX edition of Foxit Quick PDF Library

by Conor | September 6, 2013
In order to use the ActiveX edition of Foxit Quick PDF Library you first need to register it on your machine. To register it simply type the following into the command line (Start > Run > CMD): regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\Debenu\PDF Library\ActiveX\DebenuPDFLibraryAX0916.dll" If necessary, update the path to the ActiveX edition of the PDF library. Once you’ve […]
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Programmatically flatten form fields in a PDF using Foxit Quick PDF Library

by Conor | September 6, 2013
Foxit Quick PDF Library enables you to programmatically flatten PDF form fields. Flattening a PDF form means that the content (text and images) of the form fields are converted to regular text and image objects in the PDF and the form fields are removed. The FormFieldCount function always returns the total number form fields in the […]
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