PDF Form — Check Box

PDF Check Boxes are small boxes which, when selected, display a check mark (or another symbol). There are six different symbols as illustrated in the sample.

In PDF, only the cross symbol fits squarely in the box. The other symbols appear to the right.

The stylesheet samples in Arbortext-path/samples/APP/pdfFormFields provide these components to support definition and output of a PDF Check Box:

Component	Description
Element	Name — checkBox Attributes: • style — defines the character added when the check box is selected: can be circle, check, cross, diamond, star, or square Empty element
UFE	Name — addCheckBox Added by Before-text generated text defined for checkBox element Attributes: • height • width • display (inline or block) • state — activate or deactivate the check box (on or off)
property set	Name — pdfForms_addCheckBox Applied by the addCheckBox UFE
APP function	Name — addPDFCheckBox Called by the property set pdfForms_addCheckBox