How to create URI action

[Boris56]

Hello,

I need to create a link to the selected text so that when I click on it a certain page opens in the browser.
I created a PDAnnot object
PDAnnot annot = PDPageCreateAnnot (page, ASAtomFromString ("Link"), & fr);
Now, as I understand it, I need to add an action to this object - PDAction. But I don’t know how to do this. There is no such example in the Acrobat DC SDK in Documentation and in projects.

Help me, please.

[ls_rbls]

Are you trying to create a javascript that will provide a user with a link that when you click on it it will jump to a designated page inside the same PDF  document?

OR,

Are you trying to embedd a URL in the PDF document, that when the user clicks on it, it will redirect to a webpage outside of the document and viewed in a default browser?

[Boris56]

I need a 2nd. To embedd a URL in the PDF document

[ls_rbls]

Hi,

See if  PDF  Open Parameters reference  helps. See here:

https://www.mobilefish.com/tutorials/pdf/pdf_quickquide_openparameters.html 

And here:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devne... 

[Boris56]

Looks like we're talking about different things. I'm talking about creating an addin application based on Visual C ++, you are talking about working with Acrobat Reader as a user.

[ls_rbls · Accepted solution]

Ok, got it.

See if these other threads can assist you:

• http://www.justskins.com/forums/pdactionisvalid-throws-exception-for-99521.html

• https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/plugin-creation/td-p/9290013

• https://help.adobe.com/pdfl_sdk/15/PDFL_SDK_HTMLHelp/PDFL_SDK_HTMLHelp/API_References/PDFL_API_Refer...

• See library samples here: https://github.com/datalogics/adobe-pdf-library-samples/blob/master/CPlusPlus/Sample_Source/ContentM...

[Boris56]

Thanks. Everything worked out. I used the library sample https://github.com/datalogics/adobe-pdf-library-samples/blob/master/CPlusPlus/Sample_Source/ContentM... (Step 3). But, I had to slightly correct the code: replace the operator
PDAnnot URIAnnot = PDPageCreateAnnot (page1, ASAtomFromString ("Text"), & annotLocation);
to the operator
PDAnnot URIAnnot = PDPageCreateAnnot (page1, ASAtomFromString ("Link"), & annotLocation);
and delete the operator
CosDictPutKeyString (URILinkObj, "Subtype", CosNewNameFromString (inputDocCosDoc, false, "Link"));
After that, the code worked.

[ls_rbls]

Great!

And you're welcome. Happy to know that it helped Sir.

[rboehne]

Samples git repository has moved -

https://github.com/datalogics/apdfl-cplusplus-samples/blob/develop/ContentModification/AddLinks/AddL...