To download the trial version of EasyXLS Excel Library, press the below button:
If you already own a license key, you may login and download EasyXLS from your account.
Install the downloaded EasyXLS installer for v8.6 or earlier.
Step 2: License file setup
Step required for EasyXLS v9.0 or later.
If you are using a trial, generate a trial license file from EasyXLS trials page. The trial license is valid for 30-days.
If you own a license key, you may login to the account that purchased the license and generate the license file from: https://www.easyxls.com/my-orders
Setup the license file into your project using these guidelines.
Step 3: Create a Java project
If don't have a project already, create a new Java project.
Step 4: Include EasyXLS library into project
EasyXLS.jar must be added to external libraries into your project for Eclipse or to your application CLASSPATH.
EasyXLS.jar can be found: - Inside the downloaded archive at Step 1 for EasyXLS v9.0 or later - Under installation path for EasyXLS v8.6 or earlier, in "Lib" folder.
Step 5: Run Java code that adds hyperlinks to Excel
Execute the following Java code that exports an Excel file with hyperlinks on a cell or cell ranges.
package testexceljava;
import EasyXLS.*;
/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Tutorial 15
|
| This tutorial shows how to create an Excel file with hyperlinks in Java.
|
| EasyXLS supports the following hyperlink types:
| (1) - hyperlink to URL
| (2) - hyperlink to file
| (3) - hyperlink to UNC
| (4) - hyperlink to cell in the same Excel file
| (5) - hyperlink to name
|
| Every type of hyperlink accepts a tool tip description.
|
| Every type of hyperlink accepts a text mark. A text mark is a link inside the file.
* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */public class Tutorial15 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
System.out.println("Tutorial 15");
System.out.println("----------");
// Create an instance of the class that exports Excel files having two sheets
ExcelDocument workbook = new ExcelDocument(2);
// Set the sheet names
ExcelWorksheet xlsTab1 = (ExcelWorksheet) workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0);
ExcelWorksheet xlsTab2 = (ExcelWorksheet) workbook.easy_getSheetAt(1);
xlsTab1.setSheetName("First tab");
xlsTab2.setSheetName("Second tab");
// Create hyperlink to URL
xlsTab1.easy_addHyperlink(EasyXLS.Constants.HyperlinkType.URL,
"https://www.easyxls.com", "Link to URL", "B2:E2");
// Create hyperlink to file
xlsTab1.easy_addHyperlink(EasyXLS.Constants.HyperlinkType.FILE,
"c:\\myfile.xls", "Link to file", "B3");
// Create hyperlink to UNC
xlsTab1.easy_addHyperlink(EasyXLS.Constants.HyperlinkType.UNC,
"\\\\computerName\\Folder\\file.txt", "Link to UNC", "B4:D4");
// Create hyperlink to cell on second sheet
xlsTab1.easy_addHyperlink(EasyXLS.Constants.HyperlinkType.CELL,
"'Second tab'!D3", "Link to CELL", "B5");
// Create a name on the second sheet
xlsTab2.easy_addName("Name", "=Second tab!$A$1:$A$4");
// Create hyperlink to name
xlsTab1.easy_addHyperlink(EasyXLS.Constants.HyperlinkType.CELL,
"Name", "Link to a name", "B6");
// Export Excel file
System.out.println("Writing file: C:\\Samples\\Tutorial15 - hyperlinks in Excel.xlsx");
workbook.easy_WriteXLSXFile("C:\\Samples\\Tutorial15 - hyperlinks in Excel.xlsx");
// Confirm export of Excel fileif (workbook.easy_getError().equals(""))
System.out.println("File successfully created.");
else
System.out.println("Error encountered: " + workbook.easy_getError());
// Dispose memory
workbook.Dispose();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
