PdfPageFacade.AddFileAttachmentAnnotation(PdfPoint, PdfFileAttachment) Method

Creates a file attachment annotation at the specified point on the page.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public PdfFileAttachmentAnnotationFacade AddFileAttachmentAnnotation(
    PdfPoint point,
    PdfFileAttachment file
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddFileAttachmentAnnotation(
    point As PdfPoint,
    file As PdfFileAttachment
) As PdfFileAttachmentAnnotationFacade

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
point	PdfPoint	The point on the page to position the annotation.
file	PdfFileAttachment	The file associated with this annotation.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfFileAttachmentAnnotationFacade	An object that contains file attachment annotation properties.

Remarks

The code sample below creates a file attachment annotation:

C#

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    // Load a document
    processor.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Document.pdf");

    // Access page properties
    PdfPageFacade pageFacade = processor.DocumentFacade.Pages[0];

    // Create a file attachment object
    PdfFileAttachment attachment = new PdfFileAttachment()
    {
        CreationDate = DateTime.Now,
        Description = "This is my attach file.",
        FileName = "MyAttach.txt",
        Data = File.ReadAllBytes("..\\..\\FileToAttach.txt")
    };

    // Create a file attachment annotation
    PdfFileAttachmentAnnotationFacade pdfFileAttachment =
        pageFacade.AddFileAttachmentAnnotation(new PdfPoint(700,100), attachment);
    pdfFileAttachment.Author = "Sabella Jaida";
    pdfFileAttachment.Subject = "Attachment";

    // Save the result
    processor.SaveDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
}

VB.NET

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  ' Load a document
  processor.LoadDocument("..\..\Document.pdf")

  ' Access page properties
  Dim pageFacade As PdfPageFacade = processor.DocumentFacade.Pages(0)

  ' Create a file attachment object
  Dim attachment As New PdfFileAttachment()
  With {.CreationDate = Date.Now,
    .Description = "This is my attach file.",
    .FileName = "MyAttach.txt",
    .Data = File.ReadAllBytes("..\..\FileToAttach.txt")}

  ' Create a file attachment annotation
    Dim pdfFileAttachment As PdfFileAttachmentAnnotationFacade =
       pageFacade.AddFileAttachmentAnnotation(New PdfPoint(700,100), attachment)
    pdfFileAttachment.Author = "Sabella Jaida"
    pdfFileAttachment.Subject = "Attachment"
  ' Save the result
  processor.SaveDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")
End Using