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ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Add goto action to pdf with pdf sdk

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How to add goto action to pdf with pdf sdk in C# using ByteScout PDF Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to add goto action to pdf with pdf sdk in C#

Source code documentation samples give simple and easy method to install a needed feature into your application. ByteScout PDF Suite is the set that includes 6 SDK products to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript. It can add goto action to pdf with pdf sdk in C#.

The following code snippet for ByteScout PDF Suite works best when you need to quickly add goto action to pdf with pdf sdk in your C# application. 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! Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace GoToActionExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to create a button with GoTo action.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Add pages
            Page page1 = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1);
            Page page2 = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page2);
            
            Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 18);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
            
            // Mark action target with text
            page2.Canvas.DrawString("Action target", font, brush, 20, 200);
            
            // Create button
            PushButton button = new PushButton(20, 20, 100, 25, "button1");
            button.Caption = "Go To Page 2";
            // Create action to go to page 2 at 200 points from the top
            button.OnActivated = new GoToAction(new Destination(page2, 200));
            
            page1.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);
        }
    }
}