ByteScout PDF SDK – VB.NET – Create ZUGFeRD Invoice

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ByteScout PDF SDK – VB.NET – Create ZUGFeRD Invoice

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How to create zugferd invoice in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF SDK

How to create zugferd invoice in VB.NET

Learn how to create zugferd invoice in VB.NET with this source code sample. What is ByteScout PDF SDK? It 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 help you to create zugferd invoice in your VB.NET application.

You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the VB.NET code from ByteScout PDF SDK for create zugferd invoice below and use it in your application. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the VB.NET code. Detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout PDF SDK if you’d like to dive deeper into the topic and the details of the API.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to attach a file to PDF document.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create new PDF document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
		pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Load existing document
        pdfDocument.Load(".\Invoice.pdf")

        ' Attach ZUGFeRD XML file
        Dim fileAttachment As New Bytescout.PDF.FileAttachmentAnnotation(".\ZUGFeRD-invoice.xml", 0, 0, 0, 0)
        pdfDocument.Pages.Item(0).Annotations.Add(fileAttachment)

        ' Instruct PDF viewer applications to show attachment page on startup
        pdfDocument.PageMode = PageMode.Attachment

        ' Save document to file
        pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

        ' Cleanup
        pdfDocument.Dispose()

        ' Open result document in default associated application (for demo puropse)
        Dim processStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf")
        processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = True
        Process.Start(processStartInfo)

    End Sub

End Class