EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you to transform any region of a PDF page into a link to any point of PDF page of the same PDF document. You can create internal links in a PDF document by adding EvoPdfClientInternalLinkElement objects to a PDF document.
Code Sample - Add Internal Links in a PDF Document
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting; // Use EVO PDF Namespace using EvoPdfClient; namespace EvoHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers.PDF_Creator { public class PDF_Creator_Internal_LinksController : Controller { private readonly Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostEnvironment m_hostingEnvironment; public PDF_Creator_Internal_LinksController(IWebHostEnvironment hostingEnvironment) { m_hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment; } // GET: PDF_Creator_Internal_Links public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } [HttpPost] public ActionResult CreatePdf(IFormCollection collection) { // Get the server options string serverIP = collection["textBoxServerIP"]; uint serverPort = uint.Parse(collection["textBoxServerPort"]); string servicePassword = collection["textBoxServicePassword"]; bool useServicePassword = servicePassword.Length > 0; bool useTcpService = collection["ServerType"] == "radioButtonUseTcpService"; string webServiceUrl = collection["textBoxWebServiceUrl"]; // Create a PDF document Document pdfDocument = null; if (useTcpService) pdfDocument = new Document(serverIP, serverPort); else pdfDocument = new Document(true, webServiceUrl); // Set optional service password if (useServicePassword) pdfDocument.ServicePassword = servicePassword; // Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode // Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode pdfDocument.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c="; // Add a page to PDF document PdfPage pdfPage = pdfDocument.AddPage(); // Add second page to PDF document PdfPage secondPdfPage = pdfDocument.AddPage(); // Add third page to PDF document PdfPage thirdPdfPage = pdfDocument.AddPage(); // The titles font used to mark various sections of the PDF document PdfFont titleFont = new PdfFont("Times New Roman", 10, true); titleFont.Bold = true; PdfFont subtitleFont = new PdfFont("Times New Roman", 8, true); // The links text font PdfFont linkTextFont = new PdfFont("Times New Roman", 8, true); linkTextFont.Bold = true; linkTextFont.Underline = true; // Add document title TextElement titleTextElement = new TextElement(5, 5, "Create Internal Links in PDF Document", titleFont); pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement); // Add a text in second page TextElement secondPageTextElement = new TextElement(5, 5, "This text is the target of an internal text link", subtitleFont); secondPdfPage.AddElement(secondPageTextElement); // Add a text in third page TextElement thirdPageTextElement = new TextElement(5, 5, "This text is the target of an internal image link", subtitleFont); thirdPdfPage.AddElement(thirdPageTextElement); // Make a text in PDF an internal link to the second page of the PDF document // Add the text element string text = "Click this text to go to the second page of this document!"; TextElement linkTextElement = new TextElement(5, 30, 200, text, linkTextFont); linkTextElement.ForeColor = RgbColor.Navy; pdfPage.AddElement(linkTextElement); // Make the text element an internal link to the second page of this document RectangleFloat linkRectangle = RectangleFloat.Empty; // Create the destination in second page ExplicitDestination secondPageDestination = new ExplicitDestination(secondPdfPage, new PointFloat(5, 5)); // Create the internal link from text element to second page InternalLinkElement internalLink = new InternalLinkElement(linkRectangle, secondPageDestination); // Add the internal link to PDF document pdfDocument.AddElement(internalLink, 0, true, true, 0, true, false); // Make an image in PDF an internal link to the third page of the PDF document TextElement subtitleTextElement = new TextElement(0, 0, "Click the image below to go to the third page of this document:", subtitleFont); pdfDocument.AddElement(subtitleTextElement, 10); // Add the image element ImageElement linkImageElement = new ImageElement(0, 0, 120, m_hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath + "/wwwroot" + "/DemoAppFiles/Input/Images/logo.jpg"); pdfDocument.AddElement(linkImageElement); // Make the image element an internal link to the third page of this document linkRectangle = RectangleFloat.Empty; // Create the destination in third page ExplicitDestination thirdPageDestination = new ExplicitDestination(thirdPdfPage, new PointFloat(5, 5)); // Create the internal link from image element to third page internalLink = new InternalLinkElement(linkRectangle, thirdPageDestination); // Add the internal link to PDF document pdfDocument.AddElement(internalLink, 0, true, true, 0, true, false); // Save the PDF document in a memory buffer byte[] outPdfBuffer = pdfDocument.Save(); // Send the PDF file to browser FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf"); fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Internal_Links.pdf"; return fileResult; } } }