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Actions
AddControlToAction
CreateGoToPageAction
CreateImportDataAction
CreateJavascriptAction
CreateResetFormAction
CreateSubmitFormAction
CreateURLAction
CreateVisibleControlAction
OpenDocumentAction
PDFANNOTATION_OnBeforeFormatting
PDFANNOTATION_OnChange
PDFANNOTATION_OnKeyPress
PDFANNOTATION_OnSetFocus
PDFANNOTATION_OnLostFocus
PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseDown
PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp
PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseEnter
PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseExit
PDFANNOTATION_OnOtherControlChanged
CreateImportDataAction
IPDFDocument3 :: Actions

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Creates an action that loads data from an FDF file into a PDF form.

Syntax

LONG CreateImportDataAction (
BSTR fileName
)
Parameters
fileName
Path to a FDF file.

Return value
Created action index.

Remarks

CreateImportDataAction is an Action category function that allows users to load data into a predefined form in a PDF document from an external FDF file. The function creates a JavaScript action. The structure of an FDF file can be found in the Adobe PDF Reference (8.6.6 Forms Data Format).

The return value is an action identifier in document's actions collection and can be used in AddControlToAction, OpenDocumentAction, PDFANNOTATION_OnBeforeFormatting, PDFANNOTATION_OnChange, PDFANNOTATION_OnKeyPress, PDFANNOTATION_OnSetFocus, PDFANNOTATION_OnLostFocus, PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseDown, PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp, PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseEnter, PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseExit, PDFANNOTATION_OnOtherControlChanged, PDFPAGE_SetAction, PDFANNOTATION_Action, PDFOUTLINENODE_Action.

The following example  demonstrates form data importing. Click here to download FDF file used (it is ZIP archive with "import.fdf" file). You may unpack it and view using any text editor.

Analogue in new interface: IPDFDocument4::CreateImportDataAction.

Example

Importing form data from FDF file

Delphi
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{ PDF object is supposed to be created }
PDF.FileName := 'import_test.pdf';
PDF.BeginDoc;

e1 := PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit('field1', 20, 20, 120, 32);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Text := 'some text';

e2 := PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit('field2', 140, 20, 240, 32);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Text := 'other text';

c1 := PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Checkbox('check1', 250, 20, 262, 32);

b1 := PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button('but1', 20, 60, 80, 80);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption := 'Reset';
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp := PDF.CreateResetFormAction();

b2 := PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button('but2', 100, 60, 160, 80);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption := 'Import';
{ See Remarks section to view 'import.fdf' file }
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp := PDF.CreateImportDataAction('import.fdf');

PDF.EndDoc;
C/C++
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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF->FileName = "import_test.pdf";
PDF->BeginDoc();

LONG e1 = PDF->PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit("field1", 20, 20, 120, 32);
PDF->PDFANNOTATION_Text = "some text";

LONG e2 = PDF->PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit("field2", 140, 20, 240, 32);
PDF->PDFANNOTATION_Text = "other text";

LONG c1 = PDF->PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Checkbox("check1", 250, 20, 262, 32);

LONG b1 = PDF->PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("but1", 20, 60, 80, 80);
PDF->PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Reset";
PDF->PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp = PDF->CreateResetFormAction();

LONG b2 = PDF->PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("but2", 100, 60, 160, 80);
PDF->PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Import";
// See Remarks section to view "import.fdf" file
PDF->PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp = PDF->CreateImportDataAction("import.fdf");

PDF->EndDoc();
C#
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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.FileName = "import_test.pdf";
PDF.BeginDoc();

long e1 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit("field1", 20, 20, 120, 32);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Text = "some text";

long e2 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit("field2", 140, 20, 240, 32);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Text = "other text";

long c1 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Checkbox("check1", 250, 20, 262, 32);

long b1 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("but1", 20, 60, 80, 80);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Reset";
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp = PDF.CreateResetFormAction();

long b2 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("but2", 100, 60, 160, 80);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Import";
// See Remarks section to view "import.fdf" file
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp = PDF.CreateImportDataAction("import.fdf");

PDF.EndDoc();
Visual Basic
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' PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.FileName = "import_test.pdf"
PDF.BeginDoc

e1 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit("field1", 20, 20, 120, 32)
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Text = "some text"

e2 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Edit("field2", 140, 20, 240, 32)
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Text = "other text"

c1 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Checkbox("check1", 250, 20, 262, 32)

b1 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("but1", 20, 60, 80, 80)
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Reset"
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp = PDF.CreateResetFormAction()

b2 = PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("but2", 100, 60, 160, 80)
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Import"
' See Remarks section to view "import.fdf" file
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_OnMouseUp = PDF.CreateImportDataAction("import.fdf")

PDF.EndDoc

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