Adding "Destinations" and "Go To" actions to text, a box and an image, in a PDF/UA document.
Example_22.pdf — the PDF this example creates.
/*
* Example_22.cs
*
* Copyright (c) 2026 PDFjet Software
* Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in the project root.
*/
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using PDFjet.NET;
/**
* Example_22.cs
*/
public class Example_22 {
public Example_22() {
PDF pdf = new PDF(new BufferedStream(
new FileStream("Example_22.pdf", FileMode.Create)));
pdf.SetCompliance(Compliance.PDF_UA_1);
pdf.SetTitle("Internal links and destinations");
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
Page page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
TextLine text = new TextLine(f1, "Page #1 -> Go to Destination #3.");
text.SetGoToAction("dest#3");
text.SetLocation(90f, 50f);
page.AddDestination("dest#1", 0f, 0f);
text.DrawOn(page);
page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
text = new TextLine(f1, "Page #2 -> Go to Destination #3.");
text.SetGoToAction("dest#3");
text.SetDestination("dest#2");
text.SetLocation(90f, 550f);
text.DrawOn(page);
page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
text = new TextLine(f1, "Page #3 -> Go to Destination #4.");
text.SetGoToAction("dest#4");
text.SetDestination("dest#3");
text.SetLocation(90f, 700f);
text.DrawOn(page);
page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
text = new TextLine(f1, "Page #4 -> Go to Destination #1.");
text.SetGoToAction("dest#1");
text.SetDestination("dest#4");
text.SetLocation(90f, 100f);
text.DrawOn(page);
text = new TextLine(f1, "Page #4 -> Go to Destination #2.");
text.SetGoToAction("dest#2");
text.SetLocation(90f, 200f);
text.DrawOn(page);
// Create a rect with no border that links to destination #1
Rect rect = new Rect(20f, 20f, 20f, 20f);
rect.SetGoToAction("dest#1");
rect.DrawOn(page);
// Create an up arrow and place it in the rect
PDFjet.NET.Path path = new PDFjet.NET.Path();
path.Add(new Point(10f, 1f));
path.Add(new Point(17f, 9f));
path.Add(new Point(13f, 9f));
path.Add(new Point(13f, 19f));
path.Add(new Point( 7f, 19f));
path.Add(new Point( 7f, 9f));
path.Add(new Point( 3f, 9f));
path.SetClosed(true);
path.SetStrokeColor(Color.oldgloryblue);
path.SetStrokeColor(Color.deepskyblue);
path.SetFillShape(true);
path.DrawOn(page);
Image image = new Image(pdf, "images/up-arrow.png");
image.SetLocation(40f, 40f);
image.SetGoToAction("dest#1");
image.DrawOn(page);
pdf.Complete();
}
public static void Main(String[] args) {
Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
long time0 = sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
new Example_22();
long time1 = sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
sw.Stop();
Console.WriteLine($"Example_22 => {time1 - time0,4} ms");
}
} // End of Example_22.cs
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