How do I insert a hyperlink to another page in an existing PDF?
I would like to add a link to an existing pdf that jumps to a coordinate on another page.
I am able to add a rectangle using this code:
PdfContentByte overContent = stamper.GetOverContent(1);
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle rectangle = new Rectangle(10,10,100,100,0);
rectangle.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.BLUE;
overContent.Rectangle(rectangle);
stamper.Close();
How can I do similar to create a link that is clickable?
Posted on StackOverflow on Nov 19, 2012 by dazzler77
You are already adding the Rectangle
, now you need to add the annotation. This is how it looks in Java:
PdfAnnotation annotation = new PdfLinkAnnotation(rectangle)
.setHighlightMode(PdfAnnotation.HIGHLIGHT_INVERT)
.setAction(PdfAction.createURI("https://itextpdf.com/"))
.setBorder(new PdfArray(new int[] {0,0,1}));
pdfDoc.getPage(page).addAnnotation(annotation);
In this code sample page
is the number of the page where you want to add the link and rectangle
is the Rectangle
object defining the coordinates on that page. You can use the similar methods in iTextSharp.
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