Generates a file with a launch action : Action « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. Action

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAction;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));

    document.open();

    Paragraph p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Click to open test.txt in Notepad.")
        .setAction(new PdfAction("c:/windows/notepad.exe", "test.txt", "open", "c:\\")));
    document.add(p);
    document.close();
  }
}