Creating a Document or form

[Administrator]

I'm just starting out with creating a pdf document and I'm pretty sure I want to create a document vs creating a form, because I'm going to create the form at runtime and the layout can vary.  If I'm going to output a read-only pdf, there is no use in creating a form vs just making a PdfDocument.

The other question is, I want to create a pdf that looks sort of like a form.  For example a text label, like 

Employee ID: 

and a value like 100 to look like:

Name:  Dan                 Employee ID:  100                

I'd want the underlines to show a defined length.  Do I draw a line under them, or is there some thing else I could do?

Also I plan to make a lot of rows, I guess I would add a bunch of rectangles with strings in them, but is there a way to do it like a cursor position, or do I have to get the exact pixel x/y points?

[Administrator]

Ok, I think the best way to do it is to use pdfGrids.  Then use only the bottom border for the values.  Let me know if I'm on the right track:

                  PdfStringFormat cellFLeft = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Bottom);

                  PdfStringFormat cellFRight = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Bottom);

                  PdfPen noPen = new PdfPen(Colors.Transparent);

                  PdfPen botBorder = new PdfPen(Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 0), 1f);

                  noPen.Width = 1.0f;

                  PdfGridCellStyle labelStyle = new PdfGridCellStyle();

                  labelStyle.Font = font;

                  PdfBorders pdfbNone = new PdfBorders();

                  pdfbNone.All = noPen;

                  labelStyle.Borders = pdfbNone;

                  PdfGridCellStyle valueStyle = new PdfGridCellStyle();

                  valueStyle.Font = font;

                  PdfBorders pdfbBot = new PdfBorders();

                  pdfbBot.Bottom = botBorder;

                  pdfbBot.Top = noPen;

                  pdfbBot.Left = noPen;

                  pdfbBot.Right = noPen;

                  valueStyle.Borders = pdfbBot;

                  PdfGrid grid = new PdfGrid();

               

                  grid.Rows.Add();

                  grid.Columns.Add(3);

                  grid.Rows.ApplyStyle(labelStyle);

                  grid.Rows[0].Cells[0].Value = "Test1";

                  grid.Rows[0].Cells[1].Value = "Test2";

                  grid.Rows[0].Cells[1].Style = valueStyle;

                  grid.Columns[0].Format = cellFRight;

                  grid.Columns[0].Width = 80;

                  grid.Columns[1].Format = cellFLeft;

                  grid.Columns[1].Width = 180;

                 

             

                  PdfLayoutResult resultg = grid.Draw(page, PointF.Empty);

[George Livingston]

Hi Dan,

Thank you for using Syncfusion Products.

Yes, using PdfGrid to achieve your target is the recommended way.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
George