' This example demonstrates how to attach a file to PDF document.

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

Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers

' Add page
Set page1 = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1)

' Attach file
Set fileAttachment = comHelpers.CreateFileAttachmentAnnotation("sample_attachment.txt", 20, 20, 20, 20)
fileAttachment.Icon = comHelpers.FILEATTACHMENTANNOTATIONICON_PAPERCLIP
page1.Annotations.Add(fileAttachment)

' Instruct PDF viewer application to show attachments pane on startup
pdfDocument.PageMode = comHelpers.PAGEMODE_ATTACHMENT

' 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

sample_attachment.txt

1234567890
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz