A text box can be formatted to display number, currency, date, time, zip code, phone number, social security number, etc. Adobe Acrobat provides various built-in JavaScripts, such as AFNumber_Keystroke(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true) and AFNumber_Format(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true), to format and validate the input of text field. The script with Format suffix is used to format the input, the script with Keystroke suffix is used to validate the input.
However, Spire.PDF has offered corresponding methods to perform formatting and validation on text field. Here is the list of frequently used formats and corresponding methods in Spire.PDF.
| Description | Example | JavaScript | Method |
| Date | 01/31/2008 | AFDate_FormatEx("mm/dd/yyyy"); AFDate_KeystrokeEx("mm/dd/yyyy"); |
GetDateFormatString("mm/dd/yyyy"); GetDateKeystrokeString("mm/dd/yyyy"); |
| Date | 1/31/2008 | AFDate_FormatEx("m/d/yyyy"); AFDate_KeystrokeEx("m/d/yyyy"); |
GetDateFormatString("m/d/yyyy"); GetDateKeystrokeString("m/d/yyyy"); |
| Zip code | 12345 | AFSpecial_Format(0); AFSpecial_Keystroke(0); |
GetSpecialFormatString(0); GetSpecialKeystrokeString(0); |
| Zip+4 | 12345-1234 | AFSpecial_Format(1); AFSpecial_Keystroke(1); |
GetSpecialFormatString(1); GetSpecialKeystrokeString(1); |
| Phone number | (123) 456-7890 | AFSpecial_Format(2); AFSpecial_Keystroke(2); |
GetSpecialFormatString(2); GetSpecialKeystrokeString(2); |
| Money (minus sign if negative) | $12,345.00 -$12,345.00 |
AFNumber_Format(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true); AFNumber_Keystroke(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true); |
GetNumberFormatString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true); GetNumberKeystrokeString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true); |
| Validate | 1.5≤input value≤5.5 | AFRange_Validate(true,1.5,true,5.5) | GetRangeValidateString(true, 1.5, true, 5.5); |
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a text box and display its contents in currency format in C# and VB.NET.
Code Snippets:
Step 1: Create an object of PdfDocument and add a page to it.
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(); PdfPageBase page = pdf.Pages.Add();
Step 2: Initialize an instance of PdfTextBoxField class and set its position, border width and border style.
PdfTextBoxField textbox = new PdfTextBoxField(page, "Number-TextBox"); textbox.Bounds = new RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 20); textbox.BorderWidth = 0.75f; textbox.BorderStyle = PdfBorderStyle.Solid;
Step 3: Set a JavaScript action to be performed when uses type a keystroke into a text field. This action can check the keystroke for validity and reject or modify it.
string js = PdfJavaScript.GetNumberKeystrokeString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true); PdfJavaScriptAction jsAction = new PdfJavaScriptAction(js); textbox.Actions.KeyPressed = jsAction;
Step 4: Set a JavaScript action to format the value of text field before showing it.
js = PdfJavaScript.GetNumberFormatString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true); jsAction = new PdfJavaScriptAction(js); textbox.Actions.Format = jsAction;
Step 5: Add the text box to PDF field and save the file.
pdf.Form.Fields.Add(textbox);
pdf.SaveToFile("FormatField.pdf",FileFormat.PDF);
Output:
Full Code:
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Actions;
using Spire.Pdf.Fields;
using System.Drawing;
namespace FormatTextboxField
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string []args)
{
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();
PdfPageBase page = pdf.Pages.Add();
PdfTextBoxField textbox = new PdfTextBoxField(page, "Number-TextBox");
textbox.Bounds = new RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 20);
textbox.BorderWidth = 0.75f;
textbox.BorderStyle = PdfBorderStyle.Solid;
string js = PdfJavaScript.GetNumberKeystrokeString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true);
PdfJavaScriptAction jsAction = new PdfJavaScriptAction(js);
textbox.Actions.KeyPressed = jsAction;
js = PdfJavaScript.GetNumberFormatString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", true);
jsAction = new PdfJavaScriptAction(js);
textbox.Actions.Format = jsAction;
pdf.Form.Fields.Add(textbox);
pdf.SaveToFile("FormatField.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
}
}
}
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Actions
Imports Spire.Pdf.Fields
Imports System.Drawing
Namespace FormatTextboxField
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
Dim pdf As New PdfDocument()
Dim page As PdfPageBase = pdf.Pages.Add()
Dim textbox As New PdfTextBoxField(page, "Number-TextBox")
textbox.Bounds = New RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 20)
textbox.BorderWidth = 0.75F
textbox.BorderStyle = PdfBorderStyle.Solid
Dim js As String = PdfJavaScript.GetNumberKeystrokeString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", True)
Dim jsAction As New PdfJavaScriptAction(js)
textbox.Actions.KeyPressed = jsAction
js = PdfJavaScript.GetNumberFormatString(2, 0, 0, 0, "$", True)
jsAction = New PdfJavaScriptAction(js)
textbox.Actions.Format = jsAction
pdf.Form.Fields.Add(textbox)
pdf.SaveToFile("FormatField.pdf", FileFormat.PDF)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
