Form fields in ASP.NET Core DocumentEditor control

22 Jul 2021 / 2 minutes to read

DocumentEditorContainer component provide support for inserting Text, CheckBox, DropDown form fields through in-built toolbar.

Form Fields

Insert form field

Form fields can be inserted using insertFormField method in editor module.

//Insert Text form field
documentEditor.editor.insertFormField('Text');
//Insert Checkbox form field
documentEditor.editor.insertFormField('CheckBox');
//Insert Drop down form field
documentEditor.editor.insertFormField('Dropdown');

Get form field names

All the form fields names form current document can be retrieved using getFormFieldNames().

var formFieldsNames = documentEditor.getFormFieldNames();

Get form field properties

Form field properties can be retrieved using getFormFieldInfo().

//Text form field
var textfieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Text1');
//Checkbox form field
var checkboxfieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Check1');
//Dropdown form field
var dropdownfieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1');

Set form field properties

Form field properties can be modified using setFormFieldInfo.

// Set text form field properties
var textfieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Text1');
textfieldInfo.defaultValue = "Hello";
textfieldInfo.format = "Uppercase";
textfieldInfo.type = "Text";
documentEditor.setFormFieldInfo('Text1',textfieldInfo);

// Set checkbox form field properties
var checkboxfieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Check1');
checkboxfieldInfo.defaultValue = true;
documentEditor.setFormFieldInfo('Check1',checkboxfieldInfo);

// Set checkbox form field properties
var dropdownfieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1');
dropdownfieldInfo.dropDownItems = ['One','Two', 'Three']
documentEditor.setFormFieldInfo('Drop1',dropdownfieldInfo);

Export form field data

Data of the all the Form fields in the document can be exported using exportFormData.

var formFieldDate = documentEditor.exportFormData();

Import form field data

Form fields can be prefilled with data using importFormData.

var textformField = {fieldName: 'Text1', value: 'Hello World'};
var checkformField = {fieldName: 'Check1', value: true};
var dropdownformField = {fieldName: 'Drop1', value: 1};
//Import form field data
documentEditor.importFormData([textformField,checkformField,dropdownformField]);

Reset form fields

Reset all the form fields in current document to default value using resetFormFields.

documentEditor.resetFormFields();

Contents

Insert form field
Get form field names
Get form field properties
Set form field properties
Export form field data
Import form field data
Reset form fields

Contents

Insert form field
Get form field names
Get form field properties
Set form field properties
Export form field data
Import form field data
Reset form fields