Links

While using Report Templates in DsWord, you can also add hyperlinks to Word documents which can navigate to any specified web URL.

For example, consider a template layout for Document Solutions products which are added in a table.

A Hyperlink is added to {{linkName}} field by clicking on 'Link' in 'Insert' tab and adding a template tag {{ds.linkURL}} (here ds is the name of data source), into the Address field as shown below:

Consider the following sample data:

[
  {
    "name": "Document Solutions for Word",
    "description": "DsWord is a part of Document Solutions that aims to be a complete solution to program and work with Word documents",
    "linkName": "Learn More",
    "linkURL": "https://developer.mescius.com/documents-api-word"
  },
  {
    "name": "Document Solutions for Imaging",
    "description": "DsImaging offers imaging API for image processing without using any external image editor.",
    "linkName": "Learn More",
    "linkURL": "https://developer.mescius.com/documents-api-imaging"
  },
  {
    "name": "Document Solutions for Pdf",
    "description": "Document Solutions for PDF handles majority of the PDF related needs as it conforms to a large part of Adobe PDF specification",
    "linkName": "Learn More",
    "linkURL": "https://developer.mescius.com/documents-api-word"
  },
  {
    "name": "Document Solutions for Excel, .NET",
    "description": "Document Solutions for Excel, .NET Edition is a new small-footprint, high-performance spreadsheet component that can be used in your server or desktop applications.",
    "linkName": "Learn More",
    "linkURL": "https://developer.mescius.com/documents-api-excel"
  },
  {
    "name": "Document Solutions for Excel, Java",
    "description": "DsExcel Java is a high-performance spreadsheet component that comes packaged with all the necessary features to help users handle complex spreadsheet challenges in an efficient way.",
    "linkName": "Learn More",
    "linkURL": "https://developer.mescius.com/documents-api-excel-java"
  }
]

The below output is generated upon template processing which contains hyperlinks to corresponding web pages:

Limitation

You can add {{ds.linkURL}} as a hyperlink address on a template tag (as explained above) but it is not allowed to specify any hyperlink inside a template tag.

Limitation