PrizmDoc Viewer v13.11 Release - Updated
Class: DocumentHyperlink
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Class: DocumentHyperlink

PCCViewer. DocumentHyperlink

The PCCViewer.DocumentHyperlink object represents hyperlinks in the original document.

There are two types of hyperlinks that can appear in a document, a DocumentHyperlink and a hyperlink drawn by an end user with the viewer's markup system, a "Markup hyperlink".

At a high level, these two different types of hyperlinks behave the same:

  1. They can be clicked and the hyperlink followed.

There are several differences between the DocumentHyperlink and a Markup hyperlinks:

  1. DocumentHyperlinks are written into the original document by the author of the original document. They are parsed out by the PrizmDoc Server and sent to the client viewer.
  2. Markup hyperlinks are created by an end user of the viewer and saved and loaded with the rest of the markup in the viewer.
  3. DocumentHyperlinks are immutable.
    • Their attributes href, position, and styling cannot be modified.
    • They cannot be deleted.
    • They cannot be added.
  4. Markup hyperlinks have full CRUD operation support via the API and mouse tools.
  5. DocumentHyperlinks are loaded with the document.
  6. Markup hyperlinks are loaded with the rest of the markup, which may be at the discretion of the end user or of the application embedding the PrizmDoc Viewing Client.

Constructor

NOTE: this constructor is for internal use only.

DocumentHyperlinks cannot be added via the API, they can only be retrieved via the PCCViewer.ViewerControl#requestDocumentHyperlinks method.

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Example
var viewerControl = new PCCViewer.ViewerControl(...);

// use PCCViewer.ViewerControl#requestDocumentHyperlinks(pageNumber)
viewerControl.requestDocumentHyperlinks(1).then(
    function (documentHyperlinks) {
        // do something with the documentHyperlinks
        documentHyperlinks.forEach(function(dh) {
            // ...
        });
    },
    function (error) {
        alert("Something went wrong " + (error.message ? error.message : error));
    }
);

Members

(readonly) href :string|number

Gets the link target for DocumentHyperlink.

Type:
  • string | number
See:
Example
var href = documentHyperlink.href;

switch (typeof href) {
    case "number":
        // navigate to the page
        viewerControl.setPageNumber(href);
        break;
    case "string":
    default:
        // Interpret the URL and execute the navigation.
        window.location.href = href;
        break;
}

(readonly) pageNumber :number

Gets the page number where the DocumentHyperlink object is located.

Type:
  • number
See:
Example
var pageNumber = myDocumentHyperlink.pageNumber;

(readonly) rectangle :number

Gets the bounding rectangle for the DocumentHyperlink. The returned object has the type {x: xValue, y: yValue, width: widthValue, height: heightValue}.

Type:
  • number
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Example
var boundingRectangle = myDocumentHyperlink.rectangle;

Methods

getHref() → {string|number}

Gets the link target for DocumentHyperlink.

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Returns:

The link target.

A number value indicates that the target is a page number within the document.

Type
string | number
Example
var href = documentHyperlink.getHref();

switch (typeof href) {
    case "number":
        // navigate to the page
        viewerControl.setPageNumber(href);
        break;
    case "string":
    default:
        // Interpret the URL and execute the navigation.
        window.location.href = href;
        break;
}

getPageNumber() → {number}

Gets the page number where the DocumentHyperlink object is located.

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Returns:

The page number where the DocumentHyperlink is located.

Type
number
Example
var pageNumber = myDocumentHyperlink.getPageNumber();

getRectangle() → {Object}

Gets the bounding rectangle for the DocumentHyperlink.

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Returns:

A rectangle object of the type {x: xValue, y: yValue, width: widthValue, height: heightValue}.

Type
Object
Example
var boundingRectangle = myDocumentHyperlink.getRectangle();