Adding links to PDF with JavaScript

[ThrowBackDewd]

Hello, I'm trying to add a hypertext link to my PDF using javascript (or applescript), but it's not adding quite the way I want. 

When I create the link rectangle, I'm applying an action with the setAction command

Example : 

myLink.setAction(\"this.getURL('http://adobe.com')\");

Once the link has been created, upon investigation of the link it will be created as a "Run a javascript" action in the PDF instead of an "Open a web link" action. Is there a different option instead of "getURL" that I should be using to create the link as an "Open a web link" action?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

[Test Screen Name]

There are many types of action in PDF. But you can only add a JavaScript action with this API.  The JavaScript you are adding is this.getURL('http://adobe.com'). The effect is that it makes a JavaScript which acts as a web link. You cannot make links of any other kind programmatically.

[try67]

Use this:

myLink.setAction("app.launchURL('http://adobe.com');");

[JR Boulay]

The "Hyperlink Maker" which is part of the free abracadabraTools can help you:

https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/utilitaires/utilities-in-english/abracadabratools_en/