ByteScout PDF Suite – VB.NET – Add javascript action in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to add javascript action in pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to add javascript action 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 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 be applied to add javascript action in pdf with pdf sdk using VB.NET.

These VB.NET code samples for VB.NET guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout PDF Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to add JavaScript actions to document events.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

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

        ' Add action to document open event
        Dim onOpenDocument = New JavaScriptAction("app.alert(""OnOpenDocument"",3)")
        pdfDocument.OnOpenDocument = onOpenDocument

        ' Add action to document close event
        Dim onBeforeClosing = New JavaScriptAction("app.alert(""OnBeforeClosing"",3)")
        pdfDocument.OnBeforeClosing = onBeforeClosing

        ' 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