ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Create Button in PDF Form

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How to create button in PDF form in C# with ByteScout PDF SDK

The tutorial shows how to create button in PDF form in C#

This sample source code below will demonstrate you how to create button in PDF form in C#. ByteScout PDF SDK is the component to help programmers in generating new pdf files, modifying and updating existing pdf documents or pdf forms. Provides support for auto-filling pdf forms, adding text with adjustable font, style, size, font family, new form fields, vector and raster drawings and you can use it to create button in PDF form with C#.

This code snippet below for ByteScout PDF SDK works best when you need to quickly create button in PDF form in your C# application. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the C# code. Use of ByteScout PDF SDK in C# is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace Buttons
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to create a button and decorate it.
    /// </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 a button
            PushButton button = new PushButton(50, 50, 100, 30, "button1");
            button.Caption = "Button";
            // Decorate the button with various styles
            button.BackgroundColor = new ColorRGB(192, 192, 255);
            button.BorderWidth = 2;
            button.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Beveled;
            button.BorderColor = new ColorRGB(0, 0, 128);
            button.Font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 16);
            button.FontColor = new ColorRGB(0, 0, 0);
            button.HighlightingMode = PushButtonHighlightingMode.Outline;

            // Add button to the page
            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);
        }
    }
}