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.HTML_to_PDF.PDF_Actions { public class Execute_JavaScript_Button_ClickedController : Controller { [HttpPost] public ActionResult ConvertHtmlToPdf(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 the HTML to PDF converter object HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null; if (useTcpService) htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort); else htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, webServiceUrl); // Set optional service password if (useServicePassword) htmlToPdfConverter.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 htmlToPdfConverter.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c="; // Set an adddional delay in seconds to wait for JavaScript or AJAX calls after page load completed // Set this property to 0 if you don't need to wait for such asynchcronous operations to finish htmlToPdfConverter.ConversionDelay = 2; string htmlWithButton = collection["htmlStringTextBox"]; string baseUrl = collection["baseUrlTextBox"]; // Convert a HTML string with a button to a PDF document object Document pdfDocument = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertHtmlToPdfDocumentObject(htmlWithButton, baseUrl); // Get the button location in PDF HtmlElementMapping buttonMapping = htmlToPdfConverter.HtmlElementsMappingOptions.HtmlElementsMappingResult.GetElementByMappingId("javascript_button"); if (buttonMapping != null) { PdfPage buttonPdfPage = pdfDocument.GetPage(buttonMapping.PdfRectangles[0].PageIndex); RectangleFloat buttonRectangle = buttonMapping.PdfRectangles[0].Rectangle; // 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; } } }