Add Show Hide Action to PDF - C#
PDF SDK sample in C# demonstrating ‘Add Show Hide Action to PDF’
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";
// If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below and comment the Add page section instead
// pdfDocument.Load(@".\existing_document.pdf");
// 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);
}
}
}