EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you to add an Acrobat JavaScript code in generated PDF to be executed when a button of a PDF form is clicked. You can set button actions in the generated PDF document to display an alert message, automatically open the print dialog or set the zoom level of the generated PDF document.
An Acrobat JavaScript action is represented by a PdfActionJavaScript object which can be assigned to PdfFormFieldAction property of a PDF form button.
Code Sample - Execute Acrobat JavaScript Code when a Button is Clicked
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http; // Use EVO PDF Namespace using EvoPdfClient; namespace EvoHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers.PDF_Creator.PDF_Actions { public class PDF_Creator_Execute_JavaScript_Button_ClickedController : Controller { [HttpPost] public ActionResult CreatePdf(IFormCollection collection) { // Get the server options string serverIP = collection["textBoxServerIP"]; uint serverPort = uint.Parse(collection["textBoxServerPort"]); string servicePassword = collection["textBoxServicePassword"]; bool useServicePassword = servicePassword.Length > 0; bool useTcpService = collection["ServerType"] == "radioButtonUseTcpService"; string webServiceUrl = collection["textBoxWebServiceUrl"]; // Create a PDF document Document pdfDocument = null; if (useTcpService) pdfDocument = new Document(serverIP, serverPort); else pdfDocument = new Document(true, webServiceUrl); // Set optional service password if (useServicePassword) pdfDocument.ServicePassword = servicePassword; // Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode // Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode pdfDocument.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c="; // Add a page to PDF document PdfPage pdfPage = pdfDocument.AddPage(); // The titles font used to mark various sections of the PDF document PdfFont titleFont = new PdfFont("Times New Roman", 8, true); TextElement titleTextElement = new TextElement(5, 5, "Execute an Acrobat JavaScript code when the button below is clicked. Using a JavaScript code you can open the print dialog, display an alert message or set the document zoom level in PDF viewer.", titleFont); pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); PdfPage buttonPdfPage = pdfDocument.GetPage(0); RectangleFloat buttonRectangle = new RectangleFloat(5, 40, 100, 20); // The font used for buttons text in PDF document PdfFont buttonTextFont = new PdfFont("Times New Roman", 8, true); // Create a PDF form button PdfFormButton pdfButton = new PdfFormButton(buttonRectangle, "Execute Acrobat JavaScript", buttonTextFont); pdfButton.Style.BackColor = RgbColor.Beige; pdfDocument.Form.AddButton(buttonPdfPage, pdfButton); // Set JavaScript action to be executed when the button is clicked string javaScript = null; if (collection["JavaScriptAction"] == "alertMessageRadioButton") { // JavaScript to display an alert mesage javaScript = String.Format("app.alert(\"{0}\")", collection["alertMessageTextBox"]); } else if (collection["JavaScriptAction"] == "printDialogRadioButton") { // JavaScript to open the print dialog javaScript = "print()"; } else if (collection["JavaScriptAction"] == "zoomLevelRadioButton") { // JavaScript to set an initial zoom level javaScript = String.Format("zoom={0}", int.Parse(collection["zoomLevelTextBox"])); } // Set the JavaScript action pdfButton.Action = new PdfActionJavaScript(javaScript); // Save the PDF document in a memory buffer byte[] outPdfBuffer = pdfDocument.Save(); // Send the PDF file to browser FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf"); fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Button_JavaScript_Actions.pdf"; return fileResult; } } }