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How to attach files to generated PDF document using PDFDoc Scout library:

 

You can download the source code of this example here: pdfdocscout_attaching_files.zip 

This example shows how to attach files to the generated PDF document with PDFDoc Scout library

Attached files are displayed on "Attachments" tab when you view PDF document in Adobe Reader:

Attached files are displayed on Attachments tab in Adobe Reader

' this example demonstrates how to attach file to generated PDF document using PDFDoc Scout

Set PDFDoc = CreateObject("PDFDocScout.PDFDocument") ' create PDFDoc object
PDFDoc.InitLibrary "demo", "demo" ' initialize library

PDFDoc.OutputFileName = "AttachedFiles.pdf" ' set output filename for PDF document
PDFDoc.AutoOpenGeneratedPDF = true ' automatically open generated PDF document in default PDF viewer application

PDFDoc.BeginDocument ' starts PDF document generation

' add text to a page
PDFDoc.Page.AddText "Testing Attached Files ('sample.png' file attached - see ATTACHMENTS tabs at the left)", 100, 10, 0

PDFDoc.AddAttachedFile "sample.png", "Sample.png File"

PDFDoc.EndDocument ' close pdf document generation

' disconnect from library
Set PDFDoc = Nothing

You can download the source code of this example here: pdfdocscout_attaching_files.zip 

Filed in: PDFDoc Scout SDK

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