Adding attachment is one of the distinctive features for PDF files. PDF allows people to add different file formats as attachments such as doc/docx, xls/xlsx, txt, jpg, png, etc. This section will introduce a solution to quickly add attachments in PDF and also create PDF attachments annotations in C#, VB.NET via a .NET PDF component.
Spire.PDF for .NET, implementing rich capabilities to manipulate PDF files, enables you to add attachments in PDF as well as remove these attachments from PDF in C#, VB.NET. In the solution, two methods are mainly called to perform the task of adding attachments. The first method is byte[] ReadAllBytes(string path) which is applied to load the certain file that you want to attach in PDF. The other method is PdfAttachmentAnnotation(RectangleF rectangle, string fileName, byte[] data) that is used to add PDF attachment with attachment annotation.
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Detail Code:
//attach an image
PdfTrueTypeFont font2 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 12f, FontStyle.Bold));
PointF location = new PointF(0, y);
String label = "Sales Report Chart";
byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes(@"..\SalesReportChart.png");
SizeF size = font2.MeasureString(label);
RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(location, size);
page.Canvas.DrawString(label, font2, PdfBrushes.DarkOrange, bounds);
bounds = new RectangleF(bounds.Right + 3, bounds.Top, font2.Height / 2, font2.Height);
PdfAttachmentAnnotation annotation1
= new PdfAttachmentAnnotation(bounds, "SalesReportChart.png", data);
annotation1.Color = Color.Teal;
annotation1.Flags = PdfAnnotationFlags.ReadOnly;
annotation1.Icon = PdfAttachmentIcon.Graph;
annotation1.Text = "Sales Report Chart";
(page as PdfNewPage).Annotations.Add(annotation1);
y = y + size.Height + 2;
'attach an image
Dim font2 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 12F, FontStyle.Bold))
Dim location As New PointF(0, y)
Dim label As [String] = "Sales Report Chart"
Dim data As Byte() = File.ReadAllBytes("..\SalesReportChart.png")
Dim size As SizeF = font2.MeasureString(label)
Dim bounds As New RectangleF(location, size)
page.Canvas.DrawString(label, font2, PdfBrushes.DarkOrange, bounds)
bounds = New RectangleF(bounds.Right + 3, bounds.Top, font2.Height / 2, font2.Height)
Dim annotation1 As New PdfAttachmentAnnotation(bounds, "SalesReportChart.png", data)
annotation1.Color = Color.Teal
annotation1.Flags = PdfAnnotationFlags.[ReadOnly]
annotation1.Icon = PdfAttachmentIcon.Graph
annotation1.Text = "Sales Report Chart"
TryCast(page, PdfNewPage).Annotations.Add(annotation1)
y = y + size.Height + 2
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