How to replace the particular text with hyperlink in Word document?
Syncfusion Essential DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can replace the particular text with hyperlink in C# and VB.NET.
Replace the particular text with hyperlink using C#:
- Create a new C# console application project.
- Install Syncfusion.DocIO.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from the NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
VB
Imports Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
- Use the following code example to replace the particular text with hyperlink.
C#
//Opens the template document
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx", FormatType.Docx))
{
string textToReplace = "Syncfusion";
//Initializes text body part
TextBodyPart textBodyPart = new TextBodyPart(document);
//Initialize new paragraph
WParagraph paragraph = new WParagraph(document);
//Adds new paragraph to the text body part
textBodyPart.BodyItems.Add(paragraph);
//Appends web hyperlink to the paragraph
paragraph.AppendHyperlink("http://www.syncfusion.com", textToReplace, HyperlinkType.WebLink);
//Replaces all entries of given string in the document with text body part
document.Replace(textToReplace, textBodyPart, false, true);
//Clears the text body part
textBodyPart.Clear();
//Saves the Word document
document.Save("Result.docx");
}
VB
'Opens the template document
Using document As WordDocument = New WordDocument("Template.docx", FormatType.Docx)
Dim textToReplace As String = "Syncfusion"
'Initializes text body part
Dim textBodyPart As TextBodyPart = New TextBodyPart(document)
'Initializes new paragraph
Dim paragraph As WParagraph = New WParagraph(document)
'Adds new paragraph to the text body part
'Replaces all entries of given string in the document with text body part
textBodyPart.BodyItems.Add(paragraph)
paragraph.AppendHyperlink("http://www.syncfusion.com", textToReplace, HyperlinkType.WebLink)
'Clears the text body part
textBodyPart.Clear()
'Saves the Word document
document.Save("Result.docx")
End Using
A complete working example to replace the particular text with hyperlink using C# can be downloaded from Replace text with hyperlink.
By executing the application, you will get the output Word document as follows. 
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