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Form fields in JavaScript DocumentEditor control

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().

let formFieldsNames: string[] = documentEditor.getFormFieldNames();

Get form field properties

Form field properties can be retrieved using getFormFieldInfo().

//Text form field
let textfieldInfo: TextFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Text1') as TextFormFieldInfo;
//Checkbox form field
let checkboxfieldInfo: CheckBoxFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Check1') as CheckBoxFormFieldInfo;
//Dropdown form field
let dropdownfieldInfo: DropDownFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1') as DropDownFormFieldInfo;

Set form field properties

Form field properties can be modified using setFormFieldInfo.

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

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

// Set checkbox form field properties
let dropdownfieldInfo: DropDownFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1') as DropDownFormFieldInfo;
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.

let formFieldDate: FormFieldData[] = documentEditor.exportFormData();

Import form field data

Form fields can be prefilled with data using importFormData.

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

Reset form fields

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

documentEditor.resetFormFields();
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