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How to add show hide action to pdf with pdf sdk in C# and ByteScout Premium Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to add show hide action to pdf with pdf sdk in C#

Quickly learn how to add show hide action to pdf with pdf sdk in C# with this sample source code. ByteScout Premium Suite: the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can add show hide action to pdf with pdf sdk in C#.

This prolific sample source code in C# for ByteScout Premium Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to add show hide action to 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. Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace ShowHideWidget
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to show/hide a widget in document.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // Add page
            Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);

            // Create widget that will be shown/hidden
            EditBox editBox = new EditBox(20, 20, 100, 25, "editBox1");
            editBox.Text = "editBox1";
            page.Annotations.Add(editBox);
            
            // Create button that will show the widget
            PushButton buttonShow = new PushButton(20, 80, 50, 25, "buttonShow");
            buttonShow.Caption = "Show";
            page.Annotations.Add(buttonShow);
            // Add Show action
            HideAction showAction = new HideAction(false);
            showAction.Fields.Add(editBox);
            buttonShow.OnActivated = showAction;

            // Create button that will hide the widget
            PushButton buttonHide = new PushButton(100, 80, 50, 25, "buttonHide");
            buttonHide.Caption = "Hide";
            page.Annotations.Add(buttonHide);
            // Add Hide action
            HideAction hideAction = new HideAction(true);
            hideAction.Fields.Add(editBox);
            buttonHide.OnActivated = hideAction;

            // 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);
        }
    }
}