ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Add GoTo Action to PDF

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ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Add GoTo Action to PDF

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How to add goto action to PDF in C# with ByteScout PDF SDK

This code in C# shows how to add goto action to PDF with this how to tutorial

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. ByteScout PDF SDK is the SDK for pdf documents generation, modification and updates. Can also generate and fill PDF forms. Provides support for text (fonts, style, size, font family), layers, pdf form fields, vector and raster drawings. It can be used to add goto action to PDF using C#.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF SDK for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to add goto action to PDF. In your C# project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Further enhancement of the code will make it more vigorous.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace GoToActionExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to create a button with GoTo action.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Add pages
            Page page1 = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1);
            Page page2 = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page2);
            
            Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 18);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
            
            // Mark action target with text
            page2.Canvas.DrawString("Action target", font, brush, 20, 200);
            
            // Create button
            PushButton button = new PushButton(20, 20, 100, 25, "button1");
            button.Caption = "Go To Page 2";
            // Create action to go to page 2 at 200 points from the top
            button.OnActivated = new GoToAction(new Destination(page2, 200));
            
            page1.Annotations.Add(button);
            
            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}