target property

FieldHyperlink.target property

Gets or sets the target to which the link should be redirected.

@property
def target(self) -> str:
    ...

@target.setter
def target(self, value: str):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to use HYPERLINK fields to link to documents in the local file system.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
field = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_HYPERLINK, update_field=True).as_field_hyperlink()
# When we click this HYPERLINK field in Microsoft Word,
# it will open the linked document and then place the cursor at the specified bookmark.
field.address = MY_DIR + 'Bookmarks.docx'
field.sub_address = 'MyBookmark3'
field.screen_tip = 'Open ' + field.address + ' on bookmark ' + field.sub_address + ' in a new window'
builder.writeln()
# When we click this HYPERLINK field in Microsoft Word,
# it will open the linked document, and automatically scroll down to the specified iframe.
field = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_HYPERLINK, update_field=True).as_field_hyperlink()
field.address = MY_DIR + 'Iframes.html'
field.screen_tip = 'Open ' + field.address
field.target = 'iframe_3'
field.open_in_new_window = True
field.is_image_map = False
doc.update_fields()
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Field.HYPERLINK.docx')

See Also

FieldHyperlink.sub_address property