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How to Edit PDF Hyperlink (url) in VB.NET


VB.NET Sample Code to Help to Insert a Hyperlink to Specified PDF Document Page in VB.NET Class







  • XDoc.PDF SDK for Visual Basic .NET project, able to edit hyperlink in PDF document in Visual Studio .NET
  • Support .NET WinForms, ASP.NET MVC in IIS, ASP.NET Ajax, Azure cloud service, DNN (DotNetNuke), SharePoint
  • Empower to create and insert clickable and active html links to PDF document
  • Able to embed link to specific PDF pages in VB.NET program
  • Easy to put link into specified position, such as PDF text, image and PDF table
  • Delete or remove partial or all hyperlinks from PDF file in VB.NET class
  • Copy, cut and paste PDF link to another PDF file in VB.NET project
  • Extract and search url in existing PDF file in VB.NET
  • Link access to variety of objects, including website, image, document, bookmark, PDF page number, flash, etc
  • Keep Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint links in PDF document
  • Make PDF link open in a new window, blank page or tab
  • Edit PDF url in preview without adobe PDF reader control
  • Free library and control for .NET framework and easy to be integrated in .NET WinForms and ASP.NET
  • Accessible online VB.NET class source codes


Similar to C#.NET RasterEdge PDF SDK, VB.NET PDF SDK offers a variety of PDF file editing options, such as editing PDF document hyperlink and navigation links. By using specific PDF editing APIs, VB.NET users will be able to add a url to specified area on PDF page and edit hyperlinks within the document. This online tutorial will give a Visual Basic sample code to illustrate how to add and edit PDF hyperlink in PDF document.



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VB.NET Demo Code: Insert Hyperlink to PDF



After integrating XDoc.PDF for .NET SDK to VB.NET project, you may use the following programming demo to add a hyperlink to input PDF document.




' Define input and output documents.
Dim inputFilePath As String = Program.RootPath + "\\" + "1.pdf"
Dim outputFilePath As String = Program.RootPath + "\\" + "Output.pdf"

' Open a PDF file.
Dim doc As PDFDocument = New PDFDocument(inputFilePath)

' Get the 1st page.
Dim page As PDFPage = doc.GetPage(0)

' Set a rectangle area starting from Point (0, 0) with width 400, height 200 pixels (in 96 dpi).
Dim linkAnnotBoundary As RectangleF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 400, 200)

' Set URL value.
Dim uri As String = "http://www.google.com"

' Create the annotation.
Dim annot As PDFAnnotLink = New PDFAnnotLink()
annot.SetBoundary(linkAnnotBoundary)
annot.Uri = uri

' Add annotation to the page.
page.AddPDFAnnot(annot)

' Save to a new file.
doc.Save(outputFilePath)