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# PDFTextControl

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## Description

The super class of `PDFTextField</api/pdf/pdftextfield>` and `PDFTextArea</api/pdf/pdftextarea>`.

## Properties

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| Name                                                                | Type                               | Read-Only | Shared |
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| `AllowSpellChecking<pdftextcontrol.allowspellchecking>`             | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>` |           |        |
| `FontSize<pdftextcontrol.fontsize>`                                 | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` |           |        |
| `Height<pdftextcontrol.height>`                                     | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` |           |        |
| `MaximumCharactersAllowed<pdftextcontrol.maximumcharactersallowed>` | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` |           |        |
| `Name<pdftextcontrol.name>`                                         | `String</api/data_types/string>`   |           |        |
| `Page<pdftextcontrol.page>`                                         | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` | ✓         |        |
| `ReadOnly<pdftextcontrol.readonly>`                                 | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>` |           |        |
| `Text<pdftextcontrol.text>`                                         | `String</api/data_types/string>`   |           |        |
| `Width<pdftextcontrol.width>`                                       | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` |           |        |
| `X<pdftextcontrol.x>`                                               | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` |           |        |
| `Y<pdftextcontrol.y>`                                               | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` |           |        |

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PDFTextControl.AllowSpellChecking

**AllowSpellChecking** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, words that are believed to be misspelled are underlined.

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PDFTextControl.FontSize

**FontSize** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> The size of the text of the control.

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PDFTextControl.Height

**Height** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> The height of the control.

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PDFTextControl.MaximumCharactersAllowed

**MaximumCharactersAllowed** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> The maximum number of characters allowed.

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PDFTextControl.Name

**Name** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> The name of the control.

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PDFTextControl.Page

**Page** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> The number of the page upon which the control was created.
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> This property is read-only.

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PDFTextControl.ReadOnly

**ReadOnly** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, the text of the control cannot be modified.

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PDFTextControl.Text

**Text** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> The text displayed.
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> Assigning a `string</api/data_types/string>` to the Text property replaces the entire contents of the control.

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PDFTextControl.Width

**Width** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> The width of the control.

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PDFTextControl.X

**X** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> The location on the X axis of the upper-left corner of the control.

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PDFTextControl.Y

**Y** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> The location on the Y axis of the upper-left corner of the control.

## Compatibility

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| **Project Types**     | Console, Desktop, Mobile, Web |
| **Operating Systems** | iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows    |

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`PDFControl</api/pdf/pdfcontrol>` parent class; `PDFTextField</api/pdf/pdftextfield>` and `PDFTextArea</api/pdf/pdftextarea>` classes.

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