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How to create bookmarks for navigation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript with ByteScout Premium Suite

How to write a robust code in VBScript to create bookmarks for navigation in pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

An easy to understand sample source code to learn how to create bookmarks for navigation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript ByteScout Premium Suite: the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can create bookmarks for navigation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript.

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Bookmarks.vbs

      ' This example demonstrates how to create document outlines (bookmarks).

' Create Bytescout.PDF.Document object
Set pdfDocument = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDF.Document")
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers

Set font = comHelpers.CreateStandardFont(comHelpers.STANDARDFONTS_TIMES, 18)
Set brush = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorGray(0))

' Create pages
For i = 0 To 2
    Set newPage = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4)
    newPage.Canvas.DrawString "Page " & (i + 1), (font), (brush), 20, 20
    pdfDocument.Pages.Add(newPage)
Next

' Create outlines:

Set destination1 = comHelpers.CreateDestination(pdfDocument.Pages.Item(0), 0)
Set outline1 = comHelpers.CreateOutline_2("Page 1", (destination1))
pdfDocument.Outlines.Add(outline1)

' Example of sub-bookmark
Set destination2 = comHelpers.CreateDestination(pdfDocument.Pages.Item(1), 0)
Set outline2 = comHelpers.CreateOutline_2("Page 2", (destination2))
pdfDocument.Outlines.Item(0).Kids.Add(outline2)

Set destination3 = comHelpers.CreateDestination(pdfDocument.Pages.Item(2), 0)
Set outline3 = comHelpers.CreateOutline_2("Page 3", (destination3))
pdfDocument.Outlines.Add(outline3)

' Force PDF viewer to show Bookmarks panel at start up.
pdfDocument.PageMode = comHelpers.PAGEMODE_OUTLINES

' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "result.pdf", 1, false