RemoteGoToAction Class

An action that jumps to a destination in another PDF file instead of the current file.

Namespace: DevExpress.Docs.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.v26.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Docs.Pdf

Declaration

C#

public class RemoteGoToAction :
    InteractiveAction

VB.NET

Public Class RemoteGoToAction
    Inherits InteractiveAction

Example

How to: Create a Link to Another PDF Document

C#

FileStream fs = File.OpenRead("Demo.pdf");
var options = new LoadOptions();
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(fs, options);
Page page = document.Pages[0];

RectangleF textRect = new RectangleF(500, 30, 100, 50);
document.Pages[0].Fragments.Add(new TextFragment {
    Text = "Open Invoice",
    Location = new PointF(510, 50),
    Font = new TextFont("Arial", TextFontStyle.Regular),
    ForegroundFill = new SolidFill(PdfColor.Blue)
});

LinkAnnotation linkAnnotation = new(textRect) {
    Action = new RemoteGoToAction { Destination = new FitDestination { PageIndex = 1 }, FileSpecification = new FileSpecification { FileName = "Invoice.pdf" }, OpenInNewWindow = true },
    HighlightingMode = AnnotationHighlightingMode.Push
};

page.Annotations.Add(linkAnnotation);

document.Save(new FileStream("Demo2.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));

VB.NET

Dim fs As FileStream = File.OpenRead("Demo.pdf")
Dim options As New LoadOptions()
Dim document As New PdfDocument(fs, options)
Dim page As Page = document.Pages(0)

Dim textRect As New RectangleF(500, 30, 100, 50)
document.Pages(0).Fragments.Add(New TextFragment With {
    .Text = "Open Invoice",
    .Location = New PointF(510, 50),
    .Font = New TextFont("Arial", TextFontStyle.Regular),
    .ForegroundFill = New SolidFill(PdfColor.Blue)
})

Dim linkAnnotation As New LinkAnnotation(textRect) With {
    .Action = New RemoteGoToAction With {
        .Destination = New FitDestination With { .PageIndex = 1 },
        .FileSpecification = New FileSpecification With { .FileName = "Invoice.pdf" },
        .OpenInNewWindow = True
    },
    .HighlightingMode = AnnotationHighlightingMode.Push
}

page.Annotations.Add(linkAnnotation)

document.Save(New FileStream("Demo2.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))

Inheritance

Object

InteractiveAction

RemoteGoToAction