PDFlib 8 Windows COM/.NET Tutorial

Table 11.3 Conversion of PDF form fields to PDFlib Blocks
PDF form field attribute...
...will be converted to the PDFlib Block property
all fields
Position
Name
Tooltip
Appearance, Text, Font
Appearance, Text, Font Size
Appearance, Text, Text Color
Appearance, Border, Border Color
Appearance, Border, Fill Color
Appearance, Border, Line Thickness
General, Common Properties, Form
Field
General, Common Properties, Orientation
Rect
Name
Description
fontname
fontsize; auto font size will be converted to a fixed font size of 2/3 of the Block
height, and fitmethod will be set to auto. For multi-line fields/Blocks this combination
will automatically result in a suitable font size which may be smaller than
the initial value of 2/3 of the Block height.
strokecolor and fillcolor
bordercolor
backgroundcolor
linewidth: Thin=1, Medium=2, Thick=3
Status:
Visible=active
Hidden=ignore
Visible but doesn’t print=ignore
Hidden but printable=active
orientate: 0=north, 90=west, 180=south, 270=east
text fields
Options, Default Value
Options, Alignment
Options, Multi-line
defaulttext
position:
Left={left center}
Center={center center}
Right={right center}
checked creates Textflow Block
unchecked creates a Textline Block
radio buttons and check boxes
If »Check box/Button is checked by
default« is selected: Options, Check
Box Style or Options, Button Style
defaulttext:
Check=4
Circle=l
Cross=8
Diamond=u
Square=n
Star=H
(these characters represent the respective symbols in the ZapfDingbats font)
list boxes and combo boxes
Options, Selected (default) item
defaulttext
buttons
Options, Icon and Label, Label
defaulttext
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