ByteScout PDF SDK – VB.NET – Create Button in PDF Form

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How to create button in PDF form in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF SDK

This tutorial will show how to create button in PDF form in VB.NET

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 create button in PDF form in VB.NET.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF SDK for VB.NET plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to create button in PDF form. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the VB.NET code. Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to create a button and decorate it.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create new document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
        ' Add page
        Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)

        ' Create a button
        Dim 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 document in default PDF viewer app
        Process.Start("result.pdf")

    End Sub

End Class