EVO HTML to PDF Converter

Execute Acrobat JavaScript Code when a Button is Clicked

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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#
protected void convertToPdf()
{
    // Get the server IP and port
    String serverIP = textBoxServerIP.Text;
    uint serverPort = uint.Parse(textBoxServerPort.Text);

    // Create a HTML to PDF converter object
    HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null;
    if (radioButtonUseTcpService.Checked)
        htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort);
    else
        htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, textBoxWebServiceUrl.Text);

    // Set optional service password
    if (textBoxServicePassword.Text.Length > 0)
        htmlToPdfConverter.ServicePassword = textBoxServicePassword.Text;

    // 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 = htmlStringTextBox.Text;
    string baseUrl = baseUrlTextBox.Text;

    // 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 (alertMessageRadioButton.Checked)
        {
            // JavaScript to display an alert mesage 
            javaScript = String.Format("app.alert(\"{0}\")", alertMessageTextBox.Text);
        }
        else if (printDialogRadioButton.Checked)
        {
            // JavaScript to open the print dialog
            javaScript = "print()";
        }
        else if (zoomLevelRadioButton.Checked)
        {
            // JavaScript to set an initial zoom level 
            javaScript = String.Format("zoom={0}", int.Parse(zoomLevelTextBox.Text));
        }

        // Set the JavaScript action
        pdfButton.Action = new PdfActionJavaScript(javaScript);
    }

    // Save the PDF document in a memory buffer
    byte[] outPdfBuffer = pdfDocument.Save();
}