# PDF Forms

> Create fillable PDF forms from TextControl form fields in Windows Forms, read the returned values with GetAcroFormFields and flatten forms for archiving.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > PDF Processing > PDF Forms
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [How a PDF Form Travels](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/#how-a-pdf-form-travels)
- [Find the Right Page](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/#find-the-right-page)
- [Where to Start](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/#where-to-start)
- [Related Sections](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/#related-sections)

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## In This Section

- [Creating AcroForms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/acroforms/llms.txt): Turn TextControl form fields and Word forms into AcroForm fields in Windows Forms: field mapping, DescriptiveText tooltips and checking with GetAcroFormFields.
- [Exporting Interactive and Flattened Forms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/exporting/llms.txt): Save PDF forms fillable with access permissions or flattened in Windows Forms: GetTextFields and Clear, flatten single fields, and FormFieldMergeType.Replace.
- [Reading Form Fields and Values](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/reading-fields/llms.txt): Get the values of a returned PDF form in Windows Forms with GetAcroFormFields: FormTextField, FormCheckBox and FormChoiceField, copied into the TextControl.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Font Embedding and Substitution](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/fonts/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Creating AcroForms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/forms/acroforms/llms.txt)