Class PdfForm
A collection of the user-editable form fields within a PDF document
Inheritance
Namespace: IronPdf.Forms
Assembly: IronPdf.dll
Syntax
public class PdfForm : ObjectProperties
FieldNames
Retrieve a new copy of the list of form fields names contained within a PDF document
Declaration
public string[] FieldNames { get; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.String[] |
Remarks
Modifying this list will not affect the PDF document
Fields
Retrieve a new copy of the list of form fields contained within a PDF document
Declaration
public List<FormField> Fields { get; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Collections.Generic.List<FormField> |
Remarks
Generates a snapshot of the form fields currently within the PDF document. Modifying properties of form fields will immediately update the document. Adding or removing from this list will not add or remove fields from the document.
Methods
GetFieldByName(String)
Returns a FormField by its name. This method is fault tolerant and will attempt to match case mistakes and partial field names.
Declaration
public FormField GetFieldByName(string FieldName)Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.String | FieldName | The name of the field to be edited. This is analogous to the HTML input 'name' attribute when creating a PDF with forms from HTML using IronPDF. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| FormField | A FormField object |
RenameField(String, String)
Rename a FormField
Declaration
public string RenameField(string CurrentFieldName, string NewFieldName)Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.String | CurrentFieldName | Current fully qualified field name |
| System.String | NewFieldName | New partial field name |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.String | New fully-qualified field name |
Remarks
When renaming a form field, please provide the partial (unqualified) new and old form field names