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Imports Bytescout.PDF
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to create a button that launches an external resource.
''' </summary>
Class Program
Shared Sub Main()
' Create new document
Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
' Add page
Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)
' Create button
Dim button = New PushButton(20, 20, 120, 25, "button1")
button.Caption = "Launch sample.txt"
' Create action that opens an external file
Dim launchAction = New LaunchAction(IO.Path.GetFullPath("sample.txt"))
button.OnActivated = launchAction
page.Annotations.Add(button)
' 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
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