I'm currently using rectangle links that clip into the text that I want the user to click.Does anybody have c++ code for Acrobat Pro DC toCreate a named destination to a page number that is currently valid, but allow the user to come in later insert pages in between and retain the destination.On a different page add what appears to be (and prints as) ordinary text but is actually a link to the named destination.Failing that, how do I turn my rectangular link annotations invisible so they don't interfere with the link text?

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I'm currently using rectangle links that clip into the text that I want the user to click.

Does anybody have c++ code for Acrobat Pro DC to

Create a named destination to a page number that is currently valid, but allow the user to come in later insert pages in between and retain the destination.
On a different page add what appears to be (and prints as) ordinary text but is actually a link to the named destination.

Failing that, how do I turn my rectangular link annotations invisible so they don't interfere with the link text?

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This turned out to need a lot more research than I was expecting, though this is fairly typical. I created two link annotations in the UI. One with a visible border and one without. The only difference was the visible one had /Border [0 0 1] while the invisible one had /Border [0 0 0]. This could be done with the Cos layer, but I believe the simplest API is likely to be PDLinkAnnotSetBorder .

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can you please send me the code for rectangular selection, i'm facing problem.

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Why would you expect us to write your code for you?

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Chenchaiah5C1E

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Atleast explain the flow, How to select rectangular area/how to select text through arrow cursor.

I tried, Its not working.

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Which API do you use at the moment? I ask because there are multiple overlapping APIs. Are you trying to use only the plugin guide or are you using the API Reference too?

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Here is the C++ code I am using currently to put a white rectangle around the link. Can I make it transparent instead?

// Box around the link

ASFixedRect initialRect;

initialRect.left = ASInt32ToFixed(writeLeft);

initialRect.top = ASInt32ToFixed(writeTop -5);

initialRect.right = ASInt32ToFixed(endText +2);

initialRect.bottom = ASInt32ToFixed(writeTop - lrint(1.5 * fontSize));

PDPage gotoPage = PDDocAcquirePage(pdDoc, linkedPage);

ASFixedRect destRect;

PDPageGetCropBox(gotoPage,&destRect);

PDViewDestination aViewDest=PDViewDestCreate(pdDoc,gotoPage,ASAtomFromString("XYZ"),&destRect,PDViewDestNULL,0);

PDPageRelease(gotoPage);

PDAction aAction= PDActionNewFromDest(pdDoc,aViewDest,pdDoc);

PDAnnot aLinkAnnot = PDPageAddNewAnnot(pdPage, -2, ASAtomFromString("Link"), &initialRect);

PDLinkAnnotSetAction(aLinkAnnot, aAction);

PDColorValueRec colourWhite;

memset (& colourWhite, 0x00, sizeof (colourWhite));

colourWhite.space = PDDeviceRGB;

colourWhite.value [0] = fixedOne;

colourWhite.value [1] = fixedOne;

colourWhite.value [2] = fixedOne;

PDAnnotSetColor(aLinkAnnot, & colourWhite);

PDAnnotSetTitle(aLinkAnnot, linkText.c_str(), linkText.length());

PDEContentAddElem(pageContent, kPDEAfterLast, reinterpret_cast<PDEElement>(textObj));

PDPageSetPDEContentCanRaise(pdPage, NULL); //Set the content back into the page.

PDERelease(reinterpret_cast<PDEObject>(textObj)); // Done

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This turned out to need a lot more research than I was expecting, though this is fairly typical. I created two link annotations in the UI. One with a visible border and one without. The only difference was the visible one had /Border [0 0 1] while the invisible one had /Border [0 0 0]. This could be done with the Cos layer, but I believe the simplest API is likely to be PDLinkAnnotSetBorder .