ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Navigation Bookmarks in PDF

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How to set navigation bookmarks in PDF in C# with ByteScout PDF SDK

How to set navigation bookmarks in PDF in C#

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. ByteScout PDF SDK is the library 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 set navigation bookmarks in PDF using C#.

C# code samples for C# developers help to speed up coding of your application when using ByteScout PDF SDK. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the C# code. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample C# codes.

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Program.cs

      using System.CodeDom;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace Bookmarks
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to create document outlines (bookmarks).
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            
            Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 18);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();

            // Create pages
            for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
            {
                Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
                page.Canvas.DrawString(string.Format("Page {0}", i + 1), font, brush, 20, 20);
                pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);
            }

            // Create outlines:

            Destination destination1 = new Destination(pdfDocument.Pages[0]);
            Outline outline1 = new Outline("Page 1", destination1);
            pdfDocument.Outlines.Add(outline1);

            // Example of sub-bookmark
            Destination destination2 = new Destination(pdfDocument.Pages[1]);
            Outline outline2 = new Outline("Page 2", destination2);
            pdfDocument.Outlines[0].Kids.Add(outline2);

            Destination destination3 = new Destination(pdfDocument.Pages[2]);
            Outline outline3 = new Outline("Page 3", destination3);
            pdfDocument.Outlines.Add(outline3);

            // Force PDF viewer to show Bookmarks panel at start up.
            pdfDocument.PageMode = PageMode.Outlines;
            
            // 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);
        }
    }
}