Form fields in Vue DocumentEditor component
Document Editor Container component provide support for inserting Text, CheckBox, DropDown form fields through in-built toolbar.
Insert form field
Form fields can be inserted using insertFormField method in editor module.
//Insert Text form field
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.editor.insertFormField('Text');
//Insert Checkbox form field
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.editor.insertFormField('CheckBox');
//Insert Drop down form field
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.editor.insertFormField('Dropdown');Get form field names
All the form fields names form current document can be retrieved using getFormFieldNames().
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.getFormFieldNames();Get form field properties
Form field properties can be retrieved using getFormFieldInfo().
//Text form field
var textfieldInfo = this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.getFormFieldInfo('Text1');
//Checkbox form field
var checkboxfieldInfo = this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.getFormFieldInfo('Check1');
//Dropdown form field
var dropdownfieldInfo = this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1');Set form field properties
Form field properties can be modified using setFormFieldInfo.
// Set text form field properties
var textfieldInfo = this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.getFormFieldInfo('Text1');
textfieldInfo.defaultValue = "Hello";
textfieldInfo.format = "Uppercase";
textfieldInfo.type = "Text";
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.setFormFieldInfo('Text1',textfieldInfo);
// Set checkbox form field properties
var checkboxfieldInfo = this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.getFormFieldInfo('Check1');
checkboxfieldInfo.defaultValue = true;
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.setFormFieldInfo('Check1',checkboxfieldInfo);
// Set checkbox form field properties
var dropdownfieldInfo = this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1');
dropdownfieldInfo.dropDownItems = ['One','Two', 'Three']
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.setFormFieldInfo('Drop1',dropdownfieldInfo);Export form field data
Data of the all the Form fields in the document can be exported using exportFormData.
var formFieldDate = this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.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
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.importFormData([textformField,checkformField,dropdownformField]);Reset form fields
Reset all the form fields in current document to default value using resetFormFields.
this.$refs.documenteditor.ej2Instances.resetFormFields();Protect the document in form filling mode
Document Editor provides support for protecting the document with FormFieldsOnly protection. In this protection, user can only fill form fields in the document.
Document editor provides an option to protect and unprotect document using enforceProtection and stopProtection API.
The following example code illustrates how to enforce and stop protection in Document editor container.
<template>
<div id="app">
<ejs-documenteditorcontainer ref='container' :serviceUrl='serviceUrl' height="590px" id='container' :enableToolbar='true'></ejs-documenteditorcontainer>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { DocumentEditorContainerPlugin, DocumentEditorContainerComponent,Toolbar} from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-documenteditor';
Vue.use(DocumentEditorContainerPlugin);
export default {
data() {
return { serviceUrl:'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/documenteditor/'};
},
provide: {
//Inject require modules.
DocumentEditorContainer: [Toolbar]
},
mounted(){
//enforce protection
this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.editor.enforceProtection('123','FormFieldsOnly');
//stop the document protection
this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.editor.stopProtection('123');
}
}
</script>Note: In enforce Protection method, first parameter denotes password and second parameter denotes protection type. Possible values of protection type are NoProtection |ReadOnly |FormFieldsOnly. In stop protection method, parameter denotes the password.