Adding Show/Hide Actions to a PDF

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How to Add AnnotationShowHideAction to PDF

The following steps and code illustrates adding an AnnotationShowHideAction to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET.

Steps for Adding AnnotationShowHideAction to a PDF

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create a Page object and add it to the Document instance.
3. Create a Button object.
4. Create a TextField object.
5. Create a AnnotationShowHideAction object and in its constructor, associate it with the TextField object's name (Text1).
6. Associate the action to the button by setting the Button instance's ReaderEvents.MouseDown event.
7. Add the Button to the Page instance.
8. Add the Draw method to output the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();
Page page = new Page();
document.Pages.Add( page );
Button button = new Button("btn", 50, 150, 100, 30);
button.Label = "Click Here";
TextField field = new TextField("Text1", 330, 100, 100, 30);
field.DefaultValue = "Text Field Value"; 
AnnotationShowHideAction action = new AnnotationShowHideAction("Text1");
button.ReaderEvents.MouseDown = action;  
page.Elements.Add(button);	
document.Draw("Output.pdf");

GitHub Project

An example project is available on GitHub (examples.dynamicpdf-core-suite-dotnet-core). Examples are provided in C# and VB.NET. Clone or view the example project at GitHub. This specific example is contained in the following classes on GitHub.

• C# - AnnotationShowHideActionExample.cs
• VB.NET - AnnotationShowHideActionExample.vb

Getting Started

Get started easily by installing DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET through NuGet or manually. Then, refer to the documentation for more information on using and purchasing the product.

NuGet Package

The easiest way to install DynamicPDF Core Suite is by obtaining the NuGet package using Visual Studio's Package Manager. You can also obtain the NuGet package by downloading it directly. Refer to the installation documentation for more information.

DynamicPDF Core Suite Information

DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET combines creating, merging, and visual report creation into one powerful product for creating PDF documents. It is ideal for anyone who needs to generate PDF documents or reports or work with existing PDFs in their applications. With a free Evaluation Edition to try and with flexible and royalty-free licensing options, why not start using DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET today!

• DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET Product Page
• DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET Documentation

More Information on AnnotationShowHideAction

• Refer to the Actions documentation topic, or
• Chapter 16, Making PDFs Interactive, in the book DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET by Example available on GitHub.

Available on Other Platforms

DynamicPDF Core Suite is also available for the Java and COM/ActiveX platforms. Refer to the respective product pages for more details.

• DynamicPDF Generator
  • Java - DynamicPDF Generator for Java
  • COM/ActiveX - DynamicPDF Generator for COM/ActiveX
• DynamicPDF Merger
  • Java - DynamicPDF Merger for Java
  • COM/ActiveX - DynamicPDF Merger for COM/ActiveX