# TextControl.CanEditFormFields Property

> Informs whether form fields can be edited. The property's value depends on the DocumentPermissions.AllowEditingFormFields property and the currently set edit mode.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 28.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.WPF`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.WPF.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.WPF.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.WPF > TextControl.CanEditFormFields Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/caneditformfields-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/caneditformfields-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/caneditformfields-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Informs whether form fields can be edited. The property's value depends on the [DocumentPermissions.AllowEditingFormFields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/documentpermissions/alloweditingformfields-property/llms-full.txt) property and the currently set [edit mode](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/editmode-property/llms-full.txt).

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool CanEditFormFields { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property CanEditFormFields As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example checks the can edit form fields state before recording the object's current status.

```csharp
if (textControl.CanEditFormFields)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Text Control is ready for this operation.");
}
```

```vbnet
If textControl.CanEditFormFields Then
    Console.WriteLine("Text Control is ready for this operation.")
End If
```

### Limitations

Runtime only.

Read only.

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