AddEditBox

This method creates a text edit control in a PDF document.

Syntax

LONG AddEditBox (
FLOAT left,
FLOAT top,
FLOAT right,
FLOAT bottom,
BSTR name
)

Parameters

left

X coordinate of the top-left corner of the bounding rectangle

top

Y coordinate of the top-left corner of the bounding rectangle

right

X coordinate of the bottom-right corner of the bounding rectangle

bottom

Y coordinate of the bottom-right corner of the bounding rectangle

name

Name of the control

Return value

Index of the edit box

Remarks

This method creates a text edit control with name name on the current PDF page in an area bounded by the specified coordinates.

The return value is an annotation/control identifier in the document's annotations collection and can be used in AddControlToAction and CurrentAnnotation.

See the AddButton method for examples.

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Parameters

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