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How to create outlines with different colors in PDF document using Bytescout.PDF library for .NET

How to use different colors for outlines in bookmarks in PDF document

This example teaches how to mark outlines with different colors in bookmarks tree in PDF document generated by Bytescout.PDF library

Outlines marked with different colors in PDF



Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_outlines_bookmarks_with_colors.zip (5 KB)

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace ColorizedOutlines

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

PDFDocEngine engine =

new PDFDocEngine("", "");

// Add new document

Document document = engine.AddDocument();

// Add standard font

uint font = document.AddFontStandard(StandardFontType.Courier, FontEncodingType.Standard);

// Append new pages to the document

Page page = document.AddPage(PageSizeType.A4, PageOrientationType.LandScape);

Page page2 = document.AddPage(PageSizeType.A4, PageOrientationType.LandScape);

// Create new drawing

Drawing drawing = page.AddDrawing();

// Set Active Font

drawing.SetActiveFont(font, 50, false, false);

// Draw Text

drawing.PlaceText(100, 100, 0, "Hello World!");

// Close drawing

drawing.Close();

// Create new drawing

drawing = page2.AddDrawing();

// Set Active Font

drawing.SetActiveFont(font, 50, false, false);

// Draw Text

drawing.PlaceText(100, 100, 0, "Hello again, World!");

// Close drawing

drawing.Close();

// Add root outline

Outline root = document.Outlines.AddChild();

root.Title = "Root";

// Add link to page 1

Outline child = root.AddChild();

child.Title = "Page 1";

child.destination = new Destination(document, "Page1", false);

child.Color = Drawing.ToRGB(0, 0, 1); // blue color (components are 0..1 value)

// Add link to page 2

child = root.AddChild();

child.Title = "Page 2";

child.Color = Drawing.ToRGB(0, 1, 0); // red color (components are 0..1 value)

child.destination = new Destination(document, "Page2", false);

// Add NamedDestinations to document

document.AddNamedDestination("Page1", Destination.FitPage(0));

document.AddNamedDestination("Page2", Destination.FitPage(1));

// Save document

document.Save("HelloWorld.pdf");

}

}

}

Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_outlines_bookmarks_with_colors.zip (5 KB)

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