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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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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
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