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How to create a questionnaire using PdfTextElement in WinForms?

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The questionnaire can be created using WinForms PDF TextElement. Please find the code snippet and sample for the same.

C#:
//Create a PDF document
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Add a page
PdfPage newPage = doc.Pages.Add();
//Draw the question
PdfLayoutResult layoutResult = AddQuestion(" Question 1 ", newPage, 0);
//Draw the answer
layoutResult = AddText("Answer 1", layoutResult.Page, layoutResult.Bounds.Bottom);
//Draw the question
layoutResult = AddQuestion("Question 2", layoutResult.Page, layoutResult.Bounds.Bottom);
//Draw the answer
layoutResult = AddText("Answer 2", layoutResult.Page, layoutResult.Bounds.Bottom);
//Draw the question
layoutResult = AddQuestion("Question 3", layoutResult.Page, layoutResult.Bounds.Bottom);
//Read the texts from text file.
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(@"..\..\Data\Answer3.txt", System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
//Draw the answer
layoutResult = AddText(reader.ReadToEnd(), layoutResult.Page, layoutResult.Bounds.Bottom);
//Save the document.
doc.Save(@"Output.pdf");
//Close the document.
doc.Close(true);
 
private PdfLayoutResult AddQuestion(string text, PdfPage page, float bottom)
{
PdfStandardFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 12f);
PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes.Blue;
float prevBottom = bottom + font.Height;
//Rendering text
PdfTextElement textElement = new PdfTextElement( text, font, brush);
// Formatting layout
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage;
//Drawing string
PdfLayoutResult result = textElement.Draw(page, new RectangleF(0, prevBottom, page.GetClientSize().Width, 0), format);
return result;
}
 
private PdfLayoutResult AddText(string text, PdfPage page, float bottom)
{
PdfStandardFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 12f);
PdfBrush brush = PdfBrushes.Black;
float prevBottom = bottom + font.Height;
//Rendering text
PdfTextElement textElement = new PdfTextElement( text, font, brush);
// Formatting layout
PdfMetafileLayoutFormat format = new PdfMetafileLayoutFormat();
format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage;
//Drawing string
PdfLayoutResult result = textElement.Draw(page, new RectangleF(0, prevBottom, page.GetClientSize().Width, 0), format);
return result;
}

 

Sample link:

https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/PdfSample163904622

 

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about to create a questionnaire using PdfTextElement.

You can refer to our Winforms PDF’s feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our  WinForms PDF documentation to understand how to present and manipulate data.

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