EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you to add links to external files in a PDF document. You can create links to external files in a PDF document by adding EvoPdfFileLinkElement objects to a PDF document.
public void CreateFileLinks()
{
// 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();
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 File Links in PDF Document", titleFont);
AddElementResult addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(titleTextElement);
yLocation = addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 15;
// Make a text in PDF a link to an external file
// Add the text element
string text = "Click this text to open an external file!";
float textWidth = linkTextFont.GetTextWidth(text);
TextElement linkTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, text, linkTextFont);
linkTextElement.ForeColor = Color.Navy;
addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(linkTextElement);
// Create the file link element having the size of the text element
RectangleF linkRectangle = new RectangleF(xLocation, yLocation, textWidth, addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Height);
string filePath = @"..\..\Input\Linked_Files\Linked_External_File.txt";
FileLinkElement fileLink = new FileLinkElement(linkRectangle, filePath);
// Add the file link to PDF document
pdfPage.AddElement(fileLink);
yLocation = addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 10;
// Make an image in PDF a link to an external file
TextElement subtitleTextElement = new TextElement(xLocation, yLocation, "Click the image below to open an external file:", subtitleFont);
addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(subtitleTextElement);
yLocation = addElementResult.EndPageBounds.Bottom + 5;
// Add the image element
ImageElement linkImageElement = new ImageElement(xLocation, yLocation, 120, @"DemoAppFiles\Input\Images\logo.jpg");
addElementResult = pdfPage.AddElement(linkImageElement);
// Create the file link element having the size of the image element
linkRectangle = addElementResult.EndPageBounds;
fileLink = new FileLinkElement(linkRectangle, filePath);
// Add the file link to PDF document
pdfPage.AddElement(fileLink);
// Save the PDF document in a memory buffer
byte[] outPdfBuffer = pdfDocument.Save();
// Write the memory buffer in a PDF file
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(outPdfFile, outPdfBuffer);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return;
}
finally
{
// Close the PDF document
pdfDocument.Close();
}
}