ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Set navigation bookmarks in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to set navigation bookmarks in pdf with pdf sdk in C# using ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in C# to set navigation bookmarks in pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. ByteScout PDF Suite can set navigation bookmarks in pdf with pdf sdk. It can be applied from C#. 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.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to set navigation bookmarks in pdf with pdf sdk. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. This basic programming language sample code for C# will do the whole work for you to set navigation bookmarks in pdf with pdf sdk.

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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);
        }
    }
}