Quoting "Ricky M. Codizar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi!
>
> Just a bit of curiosity about the Anchor class. In the sample code below:
>
> Anchor anchor = new Anchor("this is a link");
> anchor.setName("LINK");
> anchor.setReference("http://www.lowagie.com";);
>
> What does the setName() method really do? I tried the sample code above and
> on my pdf document it displays "this is a link"
> and when you click the text, the reference "http://www.lowagie.com"; works.
> Does the method setName() only sets the internal
> name and not for displaying on the document?
NAME can be used to set a local destination.
In HTML: <A NAME="DESTINATION">dest</A>
You can jump to the position of dest like this:
<A HREF="#DESTINATION">
The same is possible in PDF.
With a localGoto, you can jump to a local destination.
Bruno
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