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 EvoPdfInternalLinkElement objects to a PDF document.
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;
using System.Drawing;
// Use EVO PDF Namespace
using EvoPdf;
namespace EvoHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers.PDF_Creator
{
public class PDF_Creator_Internal_LinksController : Controller
{
private readonly Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment m_hostingEnvironment;
public PDF_Creator_Internal_LinksController(IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
{
m_hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
}
// GET: PDF_Creator_Internal_Links
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult CreatePdf(IFormCollection collection)
{
// Create a PDF document
Document pdfDocument = new Document();
// 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();
try
{
// The titles font used to mark various sections of the PDF document
PdfFont titleFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(new Font("Times New Roman", 10, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Point));
PdfFont subtitleFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(new Font("Times New Roman", 8, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point));
// The links text font
PdfFont linkTextFont = pdfDocument.AddFont(new Font("Times New Roman", 8, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Point));
linkTextFont.IsUnderline = true;
float xLocation = 5;
float yLocation = 5;
// Add document title
TextElement titleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Create Internal Links in PDF Document", titleFont);
AddElementResult addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement);
yLocation = addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 15;
// 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!";
float textWidth = linkTextFont.GetTextWidth(text);
TextElement linkTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, text, linkTextFont);
linkTextElement.ForeColor = Color.Navy;
addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(linkTextElement);
// Make the text element an internal link to the second page of this document
RectangleF linkRectangle = new RectangleF(xLocation, yLocation, textWidth, addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Height);
// Create the destination in second page
ExplicitDestination secondPageDestination = new ExplicitDestination(secondPdfPage, new PointF(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
pdfPage.AddElement(internalLink);
yLocation = addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10;
// Make an image in PDF an internal link to the third page of the PDF document
TextElement subtitleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Click the image below to go to the third page of this document:", subtitleFont);
addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(subtitleTextElement);
yLocation = addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 5;
// Add the image element
ImageElement linkImageElement = new ImageElement(xLocation, yLocation, 120, m_hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath + "/wwwroot" + "/DemoAppFiles/Input/Images/logo.jpg");
addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(linkImageElement);
// Make the image element an internal link to the third page of this document
linkRectangle = addElementResult.EndPageBounds;
// Create the destination in third page
ExplicitDestination thirdPageDestination = new ExplicitDestination(thirdPdfPage, new PointF(5, 5));
// Create the internal link from image element to third page
internalLink = new InternalLinkElement(linkRectangle, thirdPageDestination);
// Add the internal link to PDF document
pdfPage.AddElement(internalLink);
// 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;
}
finally
{
// Close the PDF document
pdfDocument.Close();
}
}
}
}