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How to query the Base Paragraph element position? in order to add Link Annotation without saving the file

I'm creating a simple PDF file with some text and an hyperlink attached to the that text:
Document pdfDocument = new Document();
Page pdfPage = pdfDocument.Pages.Add();
TextFragment textFragment = new TextFragment("My Text");
Table table = new Table();
Row row = table.Rows.Add();
Cell cell = row.Cells.Add();
cell.Paragraphs.Add(textFragment);
pdfPage.Paragraphs.Add(table);
LinkAnnotation link = new LinkAnnotation(pdfPage, textFragment.Rectangle); //[Before Save]textFragment.Rectangle: 0,0,35.56,10
link.Action = new GoToURIAction("Link1 before save");
pdfPage.Annotations.Add(link);
pdfDocument.Save(dataDir + "SimplePDFWithLink.pdf");
The problem is that the link annotation is being assign to the before save rectangle [0,0,33.56,10] at the bottom of the screen where's the textFragment is being added to a different rectangle (I can't set here the Position property because I don't know it, it is relative to the cell's table).
In order to solve this I've tried saving the page and only then searching the textFragment using TextFragmentAbsorber
pdfDocument.Save(dataDir + "SimplePDFWithLink.pdf");
//[After Save]textFragment.Rectangle: 0,0,90,770
TextFragmentAbsorber textFragmentAbsorber = new TextFragmentAbsorber();
pdfPage.Accept(textFragmentAbsorber);
foreach (TextFragment absorbedTextFragment in textFragmentAbsorber.TextFragments)
{
link = new LinkAnnotation(pdfPage, absorbedTextFragment.Rectangle);
link.Action = new GoToURIAction("Link 2 after save");
pdfPage.Annotations.Add(link);
}
pdfDocument.Save(dataDir + "SimplePDFWithLink.pdf");
My Question:
Is is possible to add a simple link to a TextFragment (which is BaseParagraph not StructureElement) without saving the document first?
Here is a simple demo of the outcome, you can see that before saving the document the link is added to the left bottom of the document instead of the text rectangle:
Update:
If I specify the TextFragment's Position value with some arbitrary values, the link is then added exactly to the text, but I don't know what will be the Position value of the element because it being built dynamically using a Table.

Working with TextFragment and TextSegment does work and adds the link without pre-saving the file:
TextFragment textFragment = new TextFragment("My Text");
TextSegment textSegment = new TextSegment("Link to File");
textSegment.Hyperlink = new Aspose.Pdf.WebHyperlink("www.google.com");
textFragment.Segments.Add(textSegment);
It is worth to mention it is works well when linking to a file on the user's file-system like:
textSegment.Hyperlink = new Aspose.Pdf.WebHyperlink("Files\foo.png");

Replace text in Word with text from C# form

I'm trying to make an application in C#. When pressing a radio button, I'd like to open a Microsoft Word document (an invoice) and replace some text with text from my Form. The Word documents also contains some textboxes with text.
I've tried to implement the code written in this link Word Automation Find and Replace not including Text Boxes but when I press the radio button, a window appears asking for "the encoding that makes the document readable" and then the Word document opens and it's full of black triangles and other things instead of my initial template for the invoice.
How my invoice looks after:
Here is what I've tried:
string documentLocation = #"C:\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2015\\Project\\Invoice.doc";
private void yes_radioBtn_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FindReplace(documentLocation, "HotelName", "MyHotelName");
Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = documentLocation;
process.Start();
}
private void FindReplace(string documentLocation, string findText, string replaceText)
{
var app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
var doc = app.Documents.Open(documentLocation);
var range = doc.Range();
range.Find.Execute(FindText: findText, Replace: WdReplace.wdReplaceAll, ReplaceWith: replaceText);
var shapes = doc.Shapes;
foreach (Shape shape in shapes)
{
var initialText = shape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text;
var resultingText = initialText.Replace(findText, replaceText);
shape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = resultingText;
}
doc.Save();
doc.Close();
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(app);
}

So if your word template is the same each time you essentially
Copy The Template
Work On The Template
Save In Desired Format
Delete Template Copy
Each of the sections that you are replacing within your word document you have to insert a bookmark for that location (easiest way to input text in an area).
I always create a function to accomplish this, and I end up passing in the path - as well as all of the text to replace my in-document bookmarks. The function call can get long sometimes, but it works for me.
Application app = new Application();
Document doc = app.Documents.Open("sDocumentCopyPath.docx");
if (doc.Bookmarks.Exists("bookmark_1"))
{
object oBookMark = "bookmark_1";
doc.Bookmarks.get_Item(ref oBookMark).Range.Text = My Text To Replace bookmark_1;
}
if (doc.Bookmarks.Exists("bookmark_2"))
{
object oBookMark = "bookmark_2";
doc.Bookmarks.get_Item(ref oBookMark).Range.Text = My Text To Replace bookmark_2;
}
doc.ExportAsFixedFormat("myNewPdf.pdf", WdExportFormat.wdExportFormatPDF);
((_Document)doc).Close();
((_Application)app).Quit();
This code should get you up and running unless you want to pass in all the values into a function.
EDIT: If you need more examples I'm working on a blog post as well, so I have a lot more detail if this wasn't clear enough for your use case.

HyperLink text not rendered after controls are added

I have a HyperLink control with text in its Text property.
With the following code:
var link = new HyperLink();
var img = new HtmlGenericControl("img");
img.Attributes.Add("src", "text.png");
link.Text = "Test";
link.Controls.Add(img);
When I do this, the image is rendered inside a a tag, but the text is not rendred.
Is there a way to render both the image and the text inside the Text property without throwing a third control in to the mix?

When you put any controls into the WebControl.Controls collection, it will ignore what you have inside Text. So if you want to render both text and other child controls, you should add the text into Controls:
var link = new HyperLink();
var img = new HtmlGenericControl("img");
img.Attributes.Add("src", "text.png");
link.Controls.Add(new Literal{ Text = "Test"}); // this line will add the text
link.Controls.Add(img);

I feel this should work out for you.
var link = new HyperLink();
var img = new HtmlGenericControl("img");
var lbl = new Label();
img.Attributes.Add("src", "text.png");
lbl.Text = "Test";
link.Controls.Add(img);
link.Controls.Add(lbl);
this.Controls.Add(link);

According to the MSDN article "The HyperLink control can be displayed as text or an image." So the answer is no, I'm afraid.

How to change the location of a textbox

I have a problem, im making me own custom SharePoint webpart.
everything is going well, but the problem is that i can't figure out how to change the location of the textboxes and labels.
anyone knows how i can change the locations?
I am trying to accomplish it in C#.
problem SOLVED.

With the help of component ids. set position of that particular component.

"How to change the location of the textboxes and labels"
In this example i'm using a Button (Action performed on Button Click) and i am also adding how to Generate a TextBox and a Label (When you press this Button).
Just because this is usually a common process within setting locations to a control.
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Settings to generate a New TextBox
TextBox txt = new TextBox(); // Create the Variable for TextBox
txt.Name = "MyTextBoxID"; // Identify your new TextBox
// Create Variables to Define "X" and "Y" Locations
var txtLocX = txt.Location.X;
var txtLocY = txt.Location.Y;
//Set your TextBox Location Here
txtLocX = 103;
txtLocY = 74;
// This adds a new TextBox
this.Controls.Add(txt);
// Now do the same for Labels
// Settings to generate a New Label
Label lbl = new Label(); // Create the Variable for Label
lbl.Name = "MyNewLabelID"; // Identify your new Label
// Create Variables to Define "X" and "Y" Locations
var lblLocX = lbl.Location.X;
var lblLoxY = lbl.Location.Y;
//Set your Label Location Here
lblLocX = 34;
lblLoxY = 77;
// Adds a new Label
this.Controls.Add(lbl);
}
}
Note: This is just an example and will not work after postback.
I hope this answers to your and everyone's question.

How to Reading hyperlinks with AnchorText from pdf file C#

I have taken the link values from PDF file like http://google.com
but I need to take the anchor text value, for example click here.
How to to take the anchor link value text?
I have taken the URL value of the PDF file by using the below URL: Reading hyperlinks from pdf file
for example.
Anchor a = new Anchor("Test Anchor");
a.Reference = "http://www.google.com";
myParagraph.Add(a);
Here I get the http://www.google.com but I need to get anchor value i.e. Test Anchor
Need your suggestions.

From the PDF file you need to identify the region where the link is placed and then read the text below the link using iTextSharp.
This way you can extract the text underneath the link. The limitation of this approach is that if the link region is wider than the text, the extraction will read the full text under that region.
private void GetAllHyperlinksFromPDFDocument(string pdfFilePath)
{
string linkTextBuilder = "";
string linkReferenceBuilder = "";
PdfDictionary PageDictionary = default(PdfDictionary);
PdfArray Annots = default(PdfArray);
PdfReader R = new PdfReader(pdfFilePath);
List<BinaryHyperlink> ret = new List<BinaryHyperlink>();
//Loop through each page
for (int i = 1; i <= R.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
//Get the current page
PageDictionary = R.GetPageN(i);
//Get all of the annotations for the current page
Annots = PageDictionary.GetAsArray(PdfName.ANNOTS);
//Make sure we have something
if ((Annots == null) || (Annots.Length == 0))
continue;
//Loop through each annotation
foreach (PdfObject A in Annots.ArrayList)
{
//Convert the itext-specific object as a generic PDF object
PdfDictionary AnnotationDictionary = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.GetPdfObject(A);
//Make sure this annotation has a link
if (!AnnotationDictionary.Get(PdfName.SUBTYPE).Equals(PdfName.LINK))
continue;
//Make sure this annotation has an ACTION
if (AnnotationDictionary.Get(PdfName.A) == null)
continue;
//Get the ACTION for the current annotation
PdfDictionary AnnotationAction = (PdfDictionary)AnnotationDictionary.GetAsDict(PdfName.A);
if (AnnotationAction.Get(PdfName.S).Equals(PdfName.URI))
{
//Get action link URL : linkReferenceBuilder
PdfString Link = AnnotationAction.GetAsString(PdfName.URI);
if (Link != null)
linkReferenceBuilder = Link.ToString();
//Get action link text : linkTextBuilder
var LinkLocation = AnnotationDictionary.GetAsArray(PdfName.RECT);
List<string> linestringlist = new List<string>();
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle rect = new iTextSharp.text.Rectangle(((PdfNumber)LinkLocation[0]).FloatValue, ((PdfNumber)LinkLocation[1]).FloatValue, ((PdfNumber)LinkLocation[2]).FloatValue, ((PdfNumber)LinkLocation[3]).FloatValue);
RenderFilter[] renderFilter = new RenderFilter[1];
renderFilter[0] = new RegionTextRenderFilter(rect);
ITextExtractionStrategy textExtractionStrategy = new FilteredTextRenderListener(new LocationTextExtractionStrategy(), renderFilter);
linkTextBuilder = PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(R, i, textExtractionStrategy).Trim();
}
}
}
}

Unfortunately I don't think you're going to be able to do this, at least not without a lot of guess-work. In HTML this would be easy because a hyperlink and its text are stored together as:
Click here
However, in a PDF these two entities are not stored with any form of relationship. What we think of as a "hyperlink" within a PDF is technically a PDF Annotation that just happens to be sitting on top of text. You can see this by opening a PDF in an editing program such as Adobe Acrobat Pro. You can change the text but the "clickable" area doesn't change. You can also move and resize the "clickable" area and put it anywhere in the document.
When creating PDFs, iText/iTextSharp abstract this away so you don't have to think about this. You can create a "hyperlink" with clickable text but when it generates a PDF it ultimately will create the text as normal text, calculate the rectangle coordinates and then put an annotation at that rectangle.
I did say that you could try to guess at this, and it might or might not work for you. To do this you'd need to get the rectangle for annotation and then find the text that's also at those coordinates. It won't be an exact match, however, because of padding issues. If you absolutely have to get the text under a hyperlink then this is the only way that I know of for doing this. Good luck!