Creating HyperLink in DOCX Dynamic Template

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Hi All, 
 
 I am trying to find a way where I can add a hyperlink calling an external URL using the XML Data Model . I tried using XLinks and other alternatives but I could not render it in the document. 
 So if anyone could assist me in creating a hyperlink would be great!.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

If you look at the underlying XML within a Word document (i.e. with a link previously added), you will find that links work really weirdly. Any given hyperlink has a pointer to a link referenced in a completely different file within the .docx zip package. I don't know of any straightforward way to add dynamic new ones to this structure, other than deconstructing the zip file, pulling out the references file, manually editing it, re-adding it to the zip package, etc. It would be a lot of work before even figuring out whether it would actually work. Overall I recommend taking a different approach if at all possible.

Creating HyperLink in DOCX Dynamic Template

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