Example that adds a link into a table that is added using writeSelectedRows().
LinkInPositionedTable.java
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/*
This file is part of the iText (R) project.
Copyright (c) 1998-2020 iText Group NV
Authors: iText Software.
For more information, please contact iText Software at this address:
sales@itextpdf.com
*/
/**
* Example written in answer to:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33633363/itextpdf-cannot-use-writeselectedrows-on-a-table-where-an-anchor-has-been-in
*/
package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.tables;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.action.PdfAction;
import com.itextpdf.layout.Document;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.AreaBreak;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Cell;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Link;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Table;
import com.itextpdf.layout.property.UnitValue;
import java.io.File;
public class LinkInPositionedTable {
public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/tables/link_in_positioned_table.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new LinkInPositionedTable().manipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc);
Table table = new Table(UnitValue.createPercentArray(1));
table.setWidth(500);
Cell cell = new Cell();
Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
Link link = new Link("link to top of next page", PdfAction.createGoTo("top"));
p.add(link);
cell.add(p);
table.addCell(cell);
doc.add(table);
doc.add(new AreaBreak());
// Creates a target that the link leads to
Paragraph target = new Paragraph("top");
target.setDestination("top");
doc.add(target);
doc.close();
}
}
