IPXC_AcroForm::CreateField Method

PDF Core Layer > Interfaces > IPXC_AcroForm > IPXC_AcroForm::CreateField Method

Adds a new form field with widget or adds a new widget to an existing field. If there already is a field with the name specified by sName a new widget will be added if nType corresponds to the type of existing field.

Syntax

HRESULT CreateField([in]           LPWSTR             sName,
                    [in]           PXC_FormFieldType  nType,
                    [in]           ULONG              nPageIdx,
                    [in]           PXC_Rect*          pRect,
                    [out, retval]  IPXC_FormField**   ppField);

Parameters

sName

[in] Name of the field. The name may contain the dot (.) character to specify the full field name. If there are no fields with the specified name the method will add it to the form.

nType

[in] The value of PXC_FormFieldType that specifies the new field type.

nPageIdx

[in] Specifies the 0-based page number in the document where the widget should be added.

pRect

[in] Pointer to the PXC_Rect structure that defines the position and size of the widget on the page. It maybe be empty only for FType_Signature type of field.

ppField

[out, retval] Pointer to IPXC_FormField that receives the object of the newly created field.

Return Value

Returns S_OK if operation was successful or an error code in other cases.

See Also

IPXC_AcroForm