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

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

The tutorial shows how to add launch action to PDF in C#

The code below will help you to implement an C# app to add launch action to PDF. 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 add launch action to PDF in 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 launch action to PDF. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! You can use these C# sample examples in one or many applications.

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Program.cs
      
using System.Diagnostics; using Bytescout.PDF; namespace LaunchActionExample { /// <summary> /// This example demonstrates how to create a button that launches an external resource. /// </summary> class Program { static void Main() { // Create new document Document pdfDocument = new Document(); pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"; pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"; // Add page Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4); pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page); // Create button PushButton button = new PushButton(20, 20, 120, 25, "button1"); button.Caption = "Launch sample.txt"; // Create action that opens an external file LaunchAction launchAction = new LaunchAction(System.IO.Path.GetFullPath("sample.txt")); button.OnActivated = launchAction; page.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); } } }

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sample.txt
      
sample.txt 1234567890 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

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