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Jotform User GuideJotform WorkflowsHow to Set Up the PDF Element in Jotform WorkflowsLast Update:December 8, 2024Post IDOne of the great features of Jotform is the ability to add PDF elements to your workflow. This allows you to automatically generate PDFs from form submissions, which can be useful for things like creating reports, invoices, or receipts.By setting up PDF elements in your Jotform Workflows, you can automate the process of sending PDF documents to users or storing them for your records. This saves time and makes managing your form submissions more efficient.Adding the PDF ElementThe process of adding the PDF element is relatively simple. Let’s do it!In Workflow Builder, click on Add Element on the left side of the screen.NoteBefore adding the PDF element to your workflow, customize your PDF to include all the important fields. This way, the PDF will look just the way you want and have all the needed information. You can check out this guide for more information. Under the Basic tab, drag and drop or click the PDF element to add it to your workflow.Now, click the PDF element and then the Gear icon next to it to open its Properties. In the Properties window of the PDF element, you’ll find two tabs: General and Advanced.Pro TipYou can also open the Properties window by double-clicking the PDF element itself. Setting up the General TabIn the General tab of the PDF Element, you’ll find several important settings that allow you to customize how your PDF documents are

Size.document.PageSettings.PageSize = PdfPageSize.A4;//Add a new XFA page.PdfXfaPage xfaPage = document.Pages.Add();//Create a new PDF XFA form.PdfXfaForm mainForm = new PdfXfaForm("subform1",xfaPage,xfaPage.GetClientSize ().Width);//Create a text element and add the properties.PdfXfaTextElement textElement = new PdfXfaTextElement("Hello World!!!");//Set font.textElement.Font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14, PdfFontStyle.Bold);//Add the text element to the XFA form.mainForm.Fields.Add(textElement);//Add the XFA form to the document.document.XfaForm = mainForm;//Save the document.document.Save("XfaForm.pdf",PdfXfaType.Dynamic);//Close the document.document.Close();'Create a new PDF XFA document.Dim document As New PdfXfaDocument()'Set the page size.document.PageSettings.PageSize = PdfPageSize.A4'Add a new XFA page.Dim xfaPage As PdfXfaPage = document.Pages.Add()'Create a new PDF XFA form.Dim mainForm As New PdfXfaForm("subform1",xfaPage,xfaPage.GetClientSize().Width)'Create a text element and add the properties.Dim textElement As New PdfXfaTextElement("Hello World!!!")'Set font.textElement.Font = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14, PdfFontStyle.Bold)'Add the text element to the XFA form.mainForm.Fields.Add(textElement)'Add the XFA form to the document.document.XfaForm = mainForm'Save the document.document.Save("XfaForm.pdf",PdfXfaType.Dynamic)'Close the document.document.Close()You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.You can create a custom page size to the PDF document by using following code snippet.C# [Cross-platform]C# [Windows-specific]VB.NET [Windows-specific] //Create a new PDF XFA document.PdfXfaDocument document = new PdfXfaDocument();//Set the page size.document.PageSettings.PageSize = new SizeF(500, 700);//Add a new XFA page.PdfXfaPage xfaPage = document.Pages.Add();//Create a new PDF XFA form.PdfXfaForm mainForm = new PdfXfaForm("subform1", xfaPage, xfaPage.GetClientSize().Width);//Create a text element and add the properties.PdfXfaTextElement textElement = new PdfXfaTextElement("Hello World!!!");//Set font.textElement.Font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14, PdfFontStyle.Bold);//Add the text element to the XFA form.mainForm.Fields.Add(textElement);//Add the XFA form to the document.document.XfaForm = mainForm;//Save the PDF document to stream.MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();document.Save(stream, PdfXfaType.Dynamic);//Close the document.document.Close();//Create a new PDF XFA document.PdfXfaDocument document = new PdfXfaDocument();//Set the page size.document.PageSettings.PageSize = new SizeF(500,700);//Add a new XFA page.PdfXfaPage xfaPage = document.Pages.Add();//Create a new PDF XFA form.PdfXfaForm mainForm = new PdfXfaForm("subform1",xfaPage,xfaPage.GetClientSize ().Width);//Create a text element and add the properties.PdfXfaTextElement textElement = new PdfXfaTextElement("Hello World!!!");//Set font.textElement.Font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14, PdfFontStyle.Bold);//Add the text element to the XFA form.mainForm.Fields.Add(textElement);//Add the XFA form to the document.document.XfaForm = mainForm;//Save the document.document.Save("XfaForm.pdf",PdfXfaType.Dynamic);//Close the document.document.Close();'Create a new PDF XFA documentDim document As New PdfXfaDocument()'Set the page sizedocument.PageSettings.PageSize = New SizeF(500,700)'Add a new XFA pageDim xfaPage As PdfXfaPage = document.Pages.Add()'Create a new PDF XFA formDim mainForm As New PdfXfaForm("subform1",xfaPage,xfaPage.GetClientSize().Width)'Create a text element and add the propertiesDim textElement As New PdfXfaTextElement("Hello World!!!")'Set fonttextElement.Font = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14, PdfFontStyle.Bold)'Add the text element to the XFA formmainForm.Fields.Add(textElement)'Add the XFA form to the documentdocument.XfaForm = mainForm'Save the documentdocument.Save("XfaForm.pdf",PdfXfaType.Dynamic)'Close the documentdocument.Close()You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.You can change page orientation from portrait to landscape by using PdfXfaPageOrientation Enum. The below code snippet explains this.C# [Cross-platform]C# [Windows-specific]VB.NET [Windows-specific] //Create a new PDF XFA document.PdfXfaDocument document = new PdfXfaDocument();//Set the page size.document.PageSettings.PageSize = new SizeF(500, 700);//Change the page orientation to landscape.document.PageSettings.PageOrientation = PdfXfaPageOrientation.Landscape;//Add a new XFA page.PdfXfaPage xfaPage = document.Pages.Add();//Create a new PDF XFA form.PdfXfaForm mainForm = new PdfXfaForm("subform1", xfaPage, xfaPage.GetClientSize().Width);//Create a text element and add the properties.PdfXfaTextElement textElement = new PdfXfaTextElement("Hello World!!!");//Set font.textElement.Font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 14, PdfFontStyle.Bold);//Add the text element to the XFA form.mainForm.Fields.Add(textElement);//Add the XFA form to the document.document.XfaForm = mainForm;//Save the PDF document to stream.MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();document.Save(stream, PdfXfaType.Dynamic);//Close the document.document.Close();//Create a new PDF XFA document.PdfXfaDocument document = new PdfXfaDocument();//Set the page size.document.PageSettings.PageSize =

AddTextElementResult object when the element is added to a renderer. Top NameDescriptionBackColor Gets or sets element background color. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Blending Gets or sets blending mode for transparent rendering mode of the element. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)CharacterSpacing Gets or sets an additional spacing between characters. ClipRectangle The clip rectangle applied when the element is rendered in PDF (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)EmbedSysFont A flag indicating if the System.Drawing.Font object associated with this text element should be embedded in the generated PDF document ForeColor Gets or sets the element foreground color. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Gradient The gradient used to fill a shape. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Height The height of destination rectangle in PDF where this text element will be rendered LineSpacing Gets or sets the value that indicates the vertical distance between the baselines of adjacent lines of text. LineStyle Gets or sets the line style for elements rendering lines. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Opacity Gets or sets element opacity. The opacity is expressed as a value between 0 and 100. 0 means completely transparent and 100 completely opaque. The default value of this property is 100. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Paginate When true the text can be paginated RightToLeftLanguage Set this property true if the text is in a RTL language. Rotated A flag to indicate if this element was rotated. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Scaled A flag to indicate if this element was scaled. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Skewed A flag to indicate if this element was skewed. (Inherited from PageGraphicElement.)Text The string to be written TextAlign Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the text rendered by this element in PDF TextAngle Gets or sets an angle to control text counter-clockwise direction. The default value is 0. TextFont Gets or sets the font of the text rendered by this element in PDF TextRise Gets or sets the distance to move the