Adding a Link to Word Document Programmatically

Aspose.Words Product Family
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I would like to add a link to a Word Document using Aspose.Words. I would like a relative link to a document that will be stored at the same level in the directory. How can this be done?
This would be the equivalent of taking the following steps in word:
Insert…
Object…
Then, in the object dialog (see attachment)
Select Create from File tab
Select Link to File
Select Display as Icon
Your assistance is appreciated.

2

Hi
Thanks for your inquiry. Unfortunately there is not way to insert embedded or linked objects. But you can try inserting LINK field. See the following code example:

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.InsertField("LINK Word.Document.8 \"C:\\\\Temp\\\\in.doc\" \"\" \\a \\f 0 \\p", "doc");
doc.Save(@"Test287\out.doc");

But note that Aspose.Words doesn’t update this field so you should update fields inside the document manually (ctrl+A and F9). Also you can use macro to update fields. See the following link to learn more.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-filename-field-does-not-automatically-update-when-you-open-a-document-in-word-de2bfb95-d990-1ced-a618-5ac0a2ec1be4
Best regards.

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Thanks for your prompt reply Alexey. What about adding a simple, relative HREF to the document? For example: Another Document. I have seen this in a .mht word file, could I reproduce this with a DocumentBuilder?

4

Hi
Thanks for your inquiry. You can try using the following code:

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.InsertHtml("document");
doc.Save(@"Test288\out.doc");

Best regards.