The correct thing here is that the Help file has "named destinations" included (these are equivalent to HTML's anchors) and then you just add links (via GoToR actions) in your PDF to the associated help file and the named dest.
Leonard From: Victor Badic [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [iText-questions] text searching + opening a document directly to the search result location Hello again! Ok, I'll try to make it a bit clearer. Imagine this table: Property Name | Blah 1 | .... Blah n | HELP_BUTTON property 1 | | | btnHelp propery 2 | | |btnHelp It the user presses the btnHelp, the Pdf help-file should appear on the screen. This document has the explanations for all the properties. For example: 1. Property 1 blahblah and more blah. 2. Property 2 blaaaah (tables, diagrams...) Because the help is amassed in one file, the client would want this behavior: -user clicks on property "n" btnHelp -pdf document opens scrolled directly to "n. Property n....." - much like the bookmark behavior I found the SetOpenAction method. It executes when the document opens. But it needs some parameters. It needs a LocalDestination. And here i thought that the "text searching" would come in. I was thinking that: - get Property Name from the table - search "n. property n" string in the PDF - get the coordinates, location of the string occurrence - set the Open Action would to the trick. But can I do that? Any other suggestions or solutions would be welcomed. Thank you for your time & patience.
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