XML API - pdx:addFormElement

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pdx:addFormElement

Inserts form elements into the Word document.

Note

You are reading the XML API documentation. For the PHP API method please go to addFormElement.

Description

Element definition

<pdx:content>
    <pdx:addFormElement pdx:formElementType="textfield|checkbox|select" pdx:defaultValue="" pdx:wordFragmentName="">
        <pdx:options>
            <pdx:item>Item</pdx:item>
            <pdx:item>Other item</pdx:item>
        </pdx:options>
        <pdx:paragraphStyle />
    </pdx:addFormElement>
</pdx:content>

This method allows to insert form elements of various kinds into your Word document:

text fields
check boxes
select fields

If one wishes to insert a form element within a complex paragraph one should use this method in combination with the addText method.

Attributes and sub-elements

type

Possible values are:

textfield
checkbox
select

options

Specific options for form elements:

Key	Description
defaultValue	A string of text for the textfield type, a boolean value for the checkbox type or an integer representing the index (0 based) for the options of a select form element.
selectOptions	An array of options for the dropdown menu.

This is an array including all general paragraph wide options.

The possible keys and values of this array are:

Key	Description
pStyle	Word style to be used. Run parseStyles() method to check all available paragraph styles.
backgroundColor	Hexadecimal color value: FF0000, 000000...
bidi	Set to true for right to left languages like Hebrew or Arabic.
bold	If true the text will be shown in bold characters.
border	Available values are: none (default) double dashed outset inset threeDEmboss threeDEngrave You can access to the complete list in: Border Styles.
borderBottom	Overwrites the general border type for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeft	Overwrites the general border type for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTop	Overwrites the general border type for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRight	Overwrites the general border type for the right border of the paragraph.
borderColor	Hexadecimal color value: FF0000, 000000...
borderBottomColor	Overwrites the general border color for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeftColor	Overwrites the general border color for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTopColor	Overwrites the general border color for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRightColor	Overwrites the general border color for the right border of the paragraph.
borderSpacing	Separation between border and text in points.
borderBottomSpacing	Overwrites the general border spacing for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeftSpacing	Overwrites the general border spacing for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTopSpacing	Overwrites the general border spacing for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRightSpacing	Overwrites the general border spacing for the right border of the paragraph.
borderWidth	Border width in eigths of a point.
borderBottomWidth	Overwrites the general border width for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeftWidth	Overwrites the general border width for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTopWidth	Overwrites the general border width for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRightWidth	Overwrites the general border width for the right border of the paragraph.
caps	If true displays text in capital letters.
color	Hexadecimal color value: 'FF0000', '000000'...
contextualSpacing	If true ignores spacing above and below the paragraph whenever the neighbouring paragraphs use the same Word style (false by default).
doubleStrikeThrough	If true displays text in doubleStrikeThrough.
em	Emphasis mark type: 'none', 'dot', 'circle', 'comma', 'underDot'.
firstLineIndent	First line indentation in twentieths of a point (twips).
font	Font family: 'Arial', Calibri'...
fontSize	Font size in points.
hanging	Paragraph hanging in twentieths of a point (twips).
headingLevel	The heading level if you want this paragraph to be a heading.
italic	If true displays the text in italics.
indentLeft	Left margin in points.
indentRight	Right margin in points.
keepLines	Keeps (whenever possible) all the current paragraph lines on the same page (default value is false).
keepNext	Keeps (whenever possible) in the same page the current paragraph with next paragraph (default value is false).
lineSpacing	120, 240 (standard), 360, 480... (in twentieths of a point).
pageBreakBefore	If true forces a page break before the paragraph.
position	Position value. Positive value for raised and negative value for lowered.
rtl	Set to true for right to left languages like Hebrew or Arabic.
scaling	Scaling value, 100 is the default value.
smallCaps	If true displays text in small capital letters.
spacingBottom	Bottom padding in twentieths of a point.
spacingTop	Top padding in twentieths of a point.
strikeThrough	If true displays text in strikethrough.
tabPositions	Each entry is an associative array with the following keys and values: 'type' (string) can be clear, left (default), center, right, decimal, bar and num. 'leader' (string) can be none (default), dot, hyphen, underscore, heavy and middleDot. 'position' (int) given in twentieths of a point. If there is a tab and the tabPositions array is not defined the standard tab position (default of 708) will be used.
textAlign	Text alignment within paragraph. Possible values are: center, right, both and distribute.
textDirection	Text flow direction within a table cell. Possible values are: lrTb, tbRl, btLr, lrTbV, tbRlV and tbLrV.
underline	Underlines text. Possible values are: single, words, double, dotted, dash and wave.
underlineColor	Underlines text with a color: 'FF0000', '000000'...
vanish	Uses a vanish style.
widowControl	Prevents Word from printing the last line of a paragraph by itself at the top of the page (widow) or the first line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page (orphan).
wordWrap	Allows line breaking at character level (default value is false).

Code samples

Example #1

config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:config>
        <pdx:output pdx:name="output" pdx:type="docx" />
    </pdx:config>
</pdx:document>

content.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:content>
        <pdx:addFormElement pdx:formElementType="textfield" pdx:defaultValue="This is a test" >
            <pdx:paragraphStyle>
                <pdx:color pdx:value="0000CC" />
                <pdx:fontSize pdx:value="12" />
                <pdx:italic pdx:value="true" />
                <pdx:bold pdx:value="true" />
                <pdx:font pdx:value="Arial" />
            </pdx:paragraphStyle>
        </pdx:addFormElement>
        <pdx:addFormElement pdx:formElementType="checkbox" pdx:defaultValue="true" >
            <pdx:paragraphStyle>
                <pdx:fontSize pdx:value="12" />
            </pdx:paragraphStyle>
        </pdx:addFormElement>
        <pdx:addFormElement pdx:formElementType="select" pdx:defaultValue="true" >
            <pdx:options>
                <pdx:item>One</pdx:item>
                <pdx:item>Two</pdx:item>
                <pdx:item>Three</pdx:item>
                <pdx:item>Four</pdx:item>
            </pdx:options>
            <pdx:paragraphStyle>
                <pdx:color pdx:value="C90000" />
                <pdx:fontSize pdx:value="14" />
                <pdx:bold pdx:value="true" />
                <pdx:font pdx:value="Algerian" />
                <pdx:underline pdx:value="double" />
            </pdx:paragraphStyle>
        </pdx:addFormElement>
    </pdx:content>
</pdx:document>

settings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:settings>
    </pdx:settings>
</pdx:document>

PHP code

require_once 'path_to_phpdocx/classes/CreateDocx.php';

$docx = new XMLAPI('config.xml');
$docx->setDocumentProperties('settings.xml');
$docx->addContent('content.xml');

$docx->render();

The resulting Word document looks like: