Unable to add Text box in Pdf

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Hi all,
I am unable to display 'Text Box' in pdf while converting html string to pdf using HTMLWorker(iTextSharp.dll)

Code:

C#

Document pdfDoc = new Document();
pdfDoc.Open();
iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker hw = new
iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);
string sttt = "<input type='text' name='firstname' value='Hello/>";
hw.Parse(new StringReader(sttt ));
pdfDoc.Close();

Posted 18-Sep-13 18:58pm

Ram424

Updated 22-Sep-13 5:23am

Pradeep Shukla

v9

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Sep-13 1:03am

Not informative. What does it mean, "I'm unable"? And how it is, "display Text Box"? What it should be? PDF is not HTML...
—SA

[no name] 19-Sep-13 1:10am

Hello, do u have any solution for this problem?

[no name] 19-Sep-13 1:05am

Just I need to display text box in my pdf

Thanks7872 19-Sep-13 1:06am

Use reply button while making comment.

[no name] 19-Sep-13 1:08am

Ya fine, is there any specific reason behind it?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Sep-13 1:56am

Yes, very important one. If you comment by "Reply", the person you reply to gets a notification. Otherwise your comment may remain unattended.
—SA

[no name] 19-Sep-13 1:14am

Do you know the solution for above problem?

Thanks7872 19-Sep-13 1:15am

Specific reason is that i will get notification regarding your comment if you did it using reply button. Don't use words that cant be understood by everyone.

[no name] 19-Sep-13 1:17am

Finally do the answer or not ?

Thanks7872 19-Sep-13 1:19am

Don't you follow the comment by Sergey above? How do any one know the solution if you won't provide concrete info? He has asked you some thing.

[no name] 19-Sep-13 1:21am

Hey dude,
He was commented before my question update,
If you don't know the answer just leave it and do your work
bye.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Sep-13 1:53am

This is very, very rude. Here, we support free exchange of opinion and knowledge. How can you say anyone "leave it and do your work"? Nobody ever tell you to stop your questions, even is somebody does not like them...

This member knows better who he should do and what not. And he was trying to help you. Who do you think will want to help you if you talk to people this way?

—SA

[no name] 19-Sep-13 3:05am

I am asking regarding my problem but no one here is trying to talk about this,
then how can I react?

[no name] 19-Sep-13 6:38am

With some manners.

[no name] 19-Sep-13 7:17am

Fine thank you for suggestion could you please provide solution.

[no name] 19-Sep-13 3:07am

I agree with you guys but discussing unwanted stuff is also not correct just think of it!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Sep-13 11:00am

No one told you anything rude, like "leave it and do your work". Who is talking unwanted stuff? Unwanted by who? :-)
—SA

[no name] 20-Sep-13 1:04am

Any way still I didn't get an answer

[no name] 20-Sep-13 1:30am

k yar I don't want to argue with you because you are senior than me
Finally if you know the answer post it Thank you in advance
SA

[no name] 19-Sep-13 1:06am

I am able to display total Html string in pdf but not Textbox

Member 11473491 26-Apr-15 11:40am

textbox ,radiobutton,checkbox is not display and it gives an error input string was not in correct format.(please give solution anybody)

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Thomas Daniels · Answer 1 · 2013-09-22T07:06:00

Solution 1

If you want to add a text box to your PDF file, then have a look here:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/13191097/[^]

[EDIT]

I found the reason why it is not working: your HTML code is not well-formed, because the value attribute is not closed: there's an apostrophe missing.
Try this:

C#

string sttt = "<input type='text' name='firstname' value='Hello'/>";

Posted 22-Sep-13 7:06am

Thomas Daniels

Updated 26-Sep-13 5:21am

v4

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[no name] 23-Sep-13 0:44am

That's fine ProgramFOX, and thank you first of all,

Here the problem is, I want to add text box through html code. Because I am converting html code to pdf using HTMLParser.

Here I am able to parse total my html code into pdf except this text box so.....

Thomas Daniels 23-Sep-13 12:32pm

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid there's a way to create the text box from the input tag, because I find nothing about it in Google. I only found the way as described in the link. Again, I'm sorry.
What you can try: use a HTML parser such as the HtmlAgilityPack, and parse some input tags from the HTML, and make sure that they're added as described in the link.

[no name] 25-Sep-13 0:30am

Hi ProgramFOX,
Actually I used HTMLWorker which belongs to iTextSharp.dll.
It's open source dll to convert any page into pdf format. Using this dll I am unable to add textbox to pdf.(Me to also searched lot of sites in Google to solve this issue.)

[no name] 25-Sep-13 4:18am

Hello Program FOX,
I think it's not correct ask you in this way
Please go through below link

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/658544/Gmail-view-image-link-is-asking-credentials-to-see

Thomas Daniels 25-Sep-13 11:44am

I don't really understand the question.

[no name] 26-Sep-13 0:14am

Hi FOX good morning,
See the question once, there is some discussion happened with some other person,
if possible go through it otherwise just leave it.
Thank you

Thomas Daniels 26-Sep-13 11:20am

Now I know the answer: your HTML is not well-formed! The value attribute is not closed!
Try this:
string sttt = "<input type='text' name='firstname' value='Hello'/>";

[no name] 27-Sep-13 0:26am

that's fine and thank you.
Have you tried this one or not, In my real time there is no such mistakes are placed.
If you want to try this one please download itextsharp.dll and do it.