LinkAnnotation Class

Contains settings for a link annotation.

Namespace: DevExpress.Docs.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.Pdf.v26.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public class LinkAnnotation :
    BaseAnnotation

VB.NET

Public Class LinkAnnotation
    Inherits BaseAnnotation

Example

How to: Create a Link Annotation in a PDF Document

C#

FileStream fs = File.OpenRead("Demo.pdf");
var options = new LoadOptions();
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(fs, options);
Page page = document.Pages[0];

var searchResults = document.FindText("PDF Viewer", 0, 0).ToArray();

RectangleF textRect = searchResults[0].Groups[0].Matches[0].MatchFragment.Rectangle.BoundingBox;

LinkAnnotation linkAnnotation = new(textRect) {
    Action = new UriAction { Uri = "https://www.devexpress.com" },
    HighlightingMode = AnnotationHighlightingMode.Invert
};

page.Annotations.Add(linkAnnotation);

document.Save(new FileStream("Demo2.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));

VB.NET

Dim fs As FileStream = File.OpenRead("Demo.pdf")
Dim options As New LoadOptions()
Dim document As New PdfDocument(fs, options)
Dim page As Page = document.Pages(0)

Dim searchResults = document.FindText("PDF Viewer", 0, 0).ToArray()

Dim textRect As RectangleF = searchResults(0).Groups(0).Matches(0).MatchFragment.Rectangle.BoundingBox

Dim linkAnnotation As New LinkAnnotation(textRect) With {
    .Action = New UriAction With { .Uri = "https://www.devexpress.com" },
    .HighlightingMode = AnnotationHighlightingMode.Invert
}

page.Annotations.Add(linkAnnotation)

document.Save(New FileStream("Demo2.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))

Implements

ICloneable

Inheritance

Object

BaseAnnotation

LinkAnnotation