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Programmatically Insert Editable Textbox in PDF

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Textbox is one type of form fields in PDF, which allows users to enter data into PDF without any editing software. It is commonly used in a document to obtain information of the readers. This article presents how to insert editable textbox in a PDF programmatically using free  PDF API  in C#. This PDF library provides a class of  PdfTextBoxField , initialize a new object of the class and set it properties like Bounds ,  BounderWidth , then you can add the textbox to PDF document by  Form.Fields.Add ()  method. Using the code //Create a new object of PdfDoument, insert a page PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument (); PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add ( PdfPageSize .A4, new PdfMargins ()); //Set font, brush PdfFont font = new PdfFont ( PdfFontFamily .TimesRoman, 12f, PdfFontStyle .Bold); PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes .Black; float x = 50; float y = 50; float tempX = 0; //Draw sting in Pdf string text = "Phone Number: " ; page.Canvas.DrawString(text, font,