Create an external URL hyperlink with JasperReports

Question

How do you include a hyperlink (URL) in a PDF that links to an external site?

Using a simple string like \"http://www.stackoverflow.com\", a link is automatically ge

Answer 1

To make a textField a hyperlink to an external URL, you need to add the attribute hyperlinkType="Reference" to the element, and add a tag within it. The reference expression is where you put the URL.

For example:

The hyperlinkTarget attribute behaves in the same way as the target attribute in HTML.

Note that only textFields, images, and charts can be hyperlinked in this way.