How do I add a link to a file in PdfSharp?

Question

I can't seem to get PdfSharp to show a picture for this annotation. It doesn't have the PdfAnnotation.Icon property, so I can't set that.

XFont font = new XFont("Verdana", 10);
        PdfPage page = wDoc.Parent.Page;
        XGraphics gfx = wDoc.Parent.gfx;
        XRect rec = gfx.Transformer.WorldToDefaultPage(new XRect(new XPoint(30, 60), new XSize(30, 30)));
        PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(rec);
        PdfLinkAnnotation link = PdfLinkAnnotation.CreateFileLink(rect, wDoc.FileLocation);
        gfx.DrawString("These files were attached:", font, XBrushes.Black, 30, 50, XStringFormat.Default);
        gfx.
        link.Rectangle = new PdfRectangle(rec);
        page.Annotations.Add(link);

I've gotten it that far, and the annotation DOES exist, except it's a blank box! How do I go about making it say something, or even just show a picture?

Answer 1

I am not familiar with class PdfLinkAnnotation. You can use page.AddDocumentLink, page.AddWebLink, and page.AddFileLink to create links. If you use these methods, you can draw the icon as an image.

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Answer 2

You need to use page.AddWebLink(AREArect) and then add the text area with gfx.drawstring(AREArect)