How to create a navigation link to a page using ByteScout PDF SDK

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How to create a navigation link to a page using ByteScout PDF SDK

The example demonstrates how to create a navigation link to a page using ByteScout PDF SDK.

Program.vb:
VB

'*******************************************************************
'       ByteScout PDF SDK
'                                                                   
'       Copyright © 2016 Bytescout, https://bytescout.com        
'       ALL RIGHTS RESERVED                                         
'                                                                   
'*******************************************************************
 
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Bytescout.PDF
 
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to create a navigation link to a page.
''' </summary>
Class Program
 
    Shared Sub Main()
 
        ' Create new document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
        pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
        ' Add two pages
        Dim page1 = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1)
        Dim page2 = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page2)
 
        Dim font = New Bytescout.PDF.Font(StandardFonts.Times, 12)
        Dim brush = New Bytescout.PDF.SolidBrush()
 
        ' Create link annotation pointing to Page 2, 200 Points from the top.
        Dim destination = New Destination(page2, 200)
        Dim link = New LinkAnnotation(destination, 20, 20, 100, 25)
        link.Color = New ColorRGB(255, 0, 0) ' you can change the link color
        page1.Annotations.Add(link)
 
        ' Draw link text (optional)
        page1.Canvas.DrawString("Link to Page 2", font, brush, New RectangleF(20, 20, 100, 25),
            New Bytescout.PDF.StringFormat() With {.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center, .VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Center})
 
        ' Draw a text at the link target
        page2.Canvas.DrawString("Link target", font, brush, 20, 200)
 
        ' 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

Program.cs:
C#

//*******************************************************************
//       ByteScout PDF SDK                                           
//                                                                   
//       Copyright © 2016 ByteScout - https://bytescout.com       
//       ALL RIGHTS RESERVED                                         
//                                                                   
//*******************************************************************
 
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using Bytescout.PDF;
using Brush = Bytescout.PDF.Brush;
using Font = Bytescout.PDF.Font;
using SolidBrush = Bytescout.PDF.SolidBrush;
using StringFormat = Bytescout.PDF.StringFormat;
 
namespace LinkToPage
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to create a navigation link to a page.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // Add two pages
            Page page1 = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1);
            Page page2 = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page2);
 
            Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Times, 12);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
             
            // Create link annotation pointing to Page 2, 200 Points from the top.
            Destination destination = new Destination(page2, 200);
            LinkAnnotation link = new LinkAnnotation(destination, 20, 20, 100, 25);
            link.Color = new ColorRGB(255, 0, 0); // you can change the link color
            page1.Annotations.Add(link);
 
            // Draw link text (optional)
            page1.Canvas.DrawString("Link to Page 2", font, brush, new RectangleF(20, 20, 100, 25), 
                new StringFormat {HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center, VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Center});
             
            // Draw a text at the link target
            page2.Canvas.DrawString("Link target", font, brush, 20, 200);
             
            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");
 
            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();
 
            // Open document in default PDF viewer app
            Process.Start("result.pdf");
        }
    }
}

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