In modern documents, hyperlinks play an important role, allowing users to navigate to various resources on the Internet directly from the text of the document. In this article, we will look at how to use the DocumentBuilder component of SautinSoft.Document to insert hyperlinks into documents using C# and .NET.
Use DocumentBuilderInsertHyperlink method to insert a hyperlink into the document.
Download the resulting file in PDF format: Result-insert hyperlink.pdf
Complete code
using System;
using SautinSoft.Document;
using System.Text;
using SautinSoft.Document.Drawing;
namespace Example
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Get your free trial key here:
// https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
InsertingHyperlink();
}
/// <summary>
/// Insert a hyperlink into a document using DocumentBuilder.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/documentbuilder-inserting-hyperlink.php
/// </remarks>
static void InsertingHyperlink()
{
DocumentCore dc = new DocumentCore();
DocumentBuilder db = new DocumentBuilder(dc);
// Insert the formatted text into the document.
db.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Verdana";
db.CharacterFormat.Size = 16;
db.Writeln("Insert a hyperlink into a document using DocumentBuilder.");
// Inserts a Word field into a document.
db.CharacterFormat.Size = 26;
db.CharacterFormat.FontColor = Color.Brown;
db.InsertField("DATE");
db.InsertSpecialCharacter(SpecialCharacterType.LineBreak);
// Insert URL hyperlink.
db.CharacterFormat.FontColor = Color.Blue;
db.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineType.Dashed;
db.InsertHyperlink("Welcome to SautinSoft!", "https://sautinsoft.com", false);
db.InsertSpecialCharacter(SpecialCharacterType.PageBreak);
// Insert a hyperlink inside a document as a bookmark.
db.CharacterFormat.FontColor = Color.Brown;
db.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineType.DotDotDash;
db.InsertHyperlink("back to the field {DATE}", "DATE", true);
// Save our document into DOCX format.
string resultPath = @"Result.docx";
dc.Save(resultPath, new DocxSaveOptions());
// Important for Linux: Install MS Fonts
// sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer -y
// Open the result for demonstration purposes.
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(resultPath) { UseShellExecute = true });
}
}
}
Imports System
Imports SautinSoft.Document
Imports System.Text
Imports SautinSoft.Document.Drawing
Namespace Example
Friend Class Program
Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
InsertingHyperlink()
End Sub
''' Get your free trial key here:
''' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
''' <summary>
''' Insert a hyperlink into a document using DocumentBuilder.
''' </summary>
''' <remarks>
''' Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/documentbuilder-inserting-hyperlink.php
''' </remarks>
Private Shared Sub InsertingHyperlink()
Dim dc As New DocumentCore()
Dim db As New DocumentBuilder(dc)
Dim resultPath As String = "result.docx"
' Insert the formatted text into the document.
db.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Verdana"
db.CharacterFormat.Size = 16
db.Writeln("Insert a hyperlink into a document using DocumentBuilder.")
' Inserts a Word field into a document.
db.CharacterFormat.Size = 26
db.CharacterFormat.FontColor = Color.Brown
db.InsertField("DATE")
db.InsertSpecialCharacter(SpecialCharacterType.LineBreak)
' Insert URL hyperlink.
db.CharacterFormat.FontColor = Color.Blue
db.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineType.Dashed
db.InsertHyperlink("Welcome to SautinSoft!", "https://sautinsoft.com", False)
db.InsertSpecialCharacter(SpecialCharacterType.PageBreak)
' Insert a hyperlink inside a document as a bookmark.
db.CharacterFormat.FontColor = Color.Brown
db.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineType.DotDotDash
db.InsertHyperlink("back to the field {DATE}", "DATE", True)
' Save our document into DOCX format.
dc.Save(resultPath, New DocxSaveOptions())
' Open the result for demonstration purposes.
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(resultPath) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
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