General Information

Alongside the normal hyperlinks existing in a RichText field or a Notes document, n2pdf can also be work with Notes documents, anchor, views- or database links. You can decide if these links are adopted into the PDF, thereby being clickable, or if they are to be deactivated.

In addition n2pdf offers a special link form, the "user defined custom links".

The look/design of all links may be defined by using n2pdf specific text templates. If such a link is clickable or not in the PDF is freely definable in n2pdf.

How are links between Notes documents created?

n2pdf reproduces the link in the PDF file when you set the configuration to allow links to be accepted into the PDF and made clickable (see above). The two ways that the applied links can be reproduced are as an:

Internal Link

An internal link is made when the Notes content includes a document link and is applied to the PDF. If the document itself to which the link applies is also adopted, then the link within the PDF file is generated automatically. When you click on the link in the PDF you are automatically taken to the target document within the PDF file. This link is made automatically by n2pdf. In the case of links connecting to a document that does not exist in the PDF file, only the respective symbol is displayed and no link is created.

External Link

If Notes content containing a view or database link is imported into a PDF file, then the link is converted into an external URL. The related request is executed over the web browser when the link is clicked in the PDF file. You can specify the format for these links, e.g. the host name (see below).